BOLD Football Reunion

It should be a fun evening on Friday, Sept 9^th at members of the State Champion BOLD Warriors of 1990-1991 and 1991-1992 are honored at half-time of the home opener football game.  It was a really fun time for the fans all those years ago and it will be good to see these young people again.  Having kids in the school back in those days I remember the excitement of that fall.  It was definitely a good time.  I hope to see lots of people there. 

Robotics to MSHSL venue

Robotics competition is now part of the Minnesota State High School League’s venues of competition.

This was announced at the Minnesota State Fair which hosted a demonstration of the robotics obstacle course.   The Minnesota State High School League will be partnering with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in supporting the robotics competitions. 

 Minnesota is in a good position to make FIRST Robotics Competition a mainstream program because it

has the fourth-largest state contingent of teams in the nation and hosts the largest of the more than 50

FIRST Robotics Competition regional events. This event consistently fills Williams and Mariucci Arenas

on the University of Minnesota campus with a combined total of 123 teams.

 In its partnership, the League will promote the FIRST Robotics Competition among Minnesota

high schools, support a state championship for which teams qualify at FIRST Robotics Competition

regional competitions in March, and provide teams the same prominence of other League activities within their schools.

 Here is the link to the announcement at the State Fair: http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/index.asp

Thank yous and back-to-school

I would like to personally thank the Good Neighbor Garden Club for helping to weed the flowers and trees downtown.  They approached the Chamber of Commerce and offered their services and it is greatly appreciated.  I received many comments during Corn Capital Days and continue to receive compliments on how lovely our downtown area looks.  Many thanks.

The city crews are back to the once-a-month curbside brush pick-up.  It is requested that brush not be placed in the street but on the boulevard.  Brush in the street is problematic on a number of different levels.  The city appreciates homeowners support in this matter.

It is back-to-school next week and we should all be cautious drivers about young people making their way to school mornings and afterschool.  I know more children take the bus than back in my days when we had school ranks that children would line up in and a patrol leader would walk home in a variety of directions from school for up to a mile.  Even in these days, children are still on streets so please, be aware of school times and activities.  It is also a good time to remind drivers about school buses and the extra attention that needs to be given to them. 

I hope everyone has a safe, restful and enjoyable Labor Day.