Letter to the Editor, Posted: 10/4/05
TO THE EDITOR:
The North Branch Area Chamber would like to express our appreciation to everyone who braved the elements to join us for the Fall Harvest Festivalís activities.
To kick-off the festivities, on Thursday we held a Block Party to highlight our member businesses in the Central Park area. Thank you to these businesses for hosting this event: Bozeman-Newton Insurance, Central Park Sports, Country Insurance & Financial, Petersonís Farm, Home & Garden, Quality Tax Service, Lundstrom Pest Control, Inc., North Branch Hockey, Personal image Photography, Sylvan Learning Center and WCMP 100.9 FM & 1350 AM.
Congratulations to our Block Party Bingo winner of $100 chamber dollars, Stuart Schmidt of North Country Coffee. At the Block Party, we started the bidding for the Silent Auction that continued at the Art, Craft & Commercial Fair on Saturday and Sunday.
Thank you to these businesses that provided items for the Silent Auction: Ace Main Street Hardware, AFLAC, American Dream Antiques, AmericInn Lodge & Suites, Anderson Chiropractic, Anytime Fitness, Avon- Mary Eslinger, Bearly Big Gymnastics, Blue Sky Travel, Blockbuster Video, Bozeman-Newton Insurance, Central Park Sports, Cool Beanz Coffee & Tan, County Pawn, Creative Treasures, Curves, Falcon Ridge Golf Course, First National Bank, Grand Casino Hinckley, Havoline Fast Lube & Wash, KBEK 95.5 FM, Lake State Federal Credit Union, Lamperts, Lundstrom Pest Control, Inc., Maggie Jís Dance Company, Natural Balance Bodywork Therapy, North Branch Dairy Queen, North Branch Dental, North Branch Golf Course, North Branch Liquor, Nelsonís Market, North Country Coffee, North Country Cuts, NorthStar Access, OíFudge Deli & Coffee, Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, Personal image Photography, Pizza Pub, Post Review, Prism Design & Embroidery, Quality Tax Service, Ruddyís Rental, Shop On Main, Star, Tastefully Simple- Toni Olinske, The Flower Shop, Tupperware- Elda Hanson, Wild Mountain Recreation and Wurdemann Chiropractic.
Congratulations to Russ Mansmith of Forest Lake and Bruce Rogers of North Branch for the correct guess of 409 lbs. in our guess the pumpkinís weight contest. Both winners received $25 chamber dollars. As with any event we have many individuals that help make it possible. Thank you to: Steve Vanden Heuvel- Fernwood Developers, Vicki & George Lesmann- Quad ìVî Coaching, Jennifer Melton- Green Acres Country Care Center, Heather Gilbertson- Personal image Photography, George Beck- Star, Carol Rice- Landmark Personnel, Inc. and members from Triple 4 ATV Club, Boy Scout Troop/Pack 141 and the Midsummer Royalty. A special ìthanksî to the city of North Branch for allowing us to invade Central Park for Fall Harvest and to the staff for making set-up so much easier.
Arlys Walberg,
North Branch Area
Chamber
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