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Colleen Faacks, Executive Officer of the Mid-Minnesota Builders Association, and Donnie Berg, Owner of Greenday Rolloff and Landscaping Services of Brainerd join us to talk about the benefits of being a member of the MMBA and Colleen also highlights some of their upcoming events for 2023.
Lakes Area United Way’s Jonathan Aga joined the show to discuss the latest with their end of year fundraising campaign, their numerous partner programs, grant opportunities and a new event coming in Spring 2023:
Tuesday, December 13th: Wednesday, December 14th:
Lakes Area Food Shelf in Pequot Lakes is ready to help this holiday season with needed food and warm clothing. Board member, Jean Kraft tells us more information on how their goal is to be a resource when it’s a challenge to make ends meet.
–How to determine if an egg is fresh: Fill a bowl full of water–A very fresh egg will sink to the bottom and lay on its side. Week old eggs will rest on the bottom, but the fat end of the egg will rise up slightly. Three week old eggs will be balanced on the…
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Carroll Janzen, Russ and Tom Philstrom give an update on the latest happening with local American Legions and VFW’s:
We visit with Candice Zimmermann, Executive Director of Northland Arboretum, and find out all of the fun winter activities happening at the Arb, including “Winter Wonderland,” skiing on their trails, snowshoeing, their Winter Nature Camp and MORE!
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Social Worker Kim Olesen joined the show to talk about the 38th annual Tree of Love to honor loved ones and area hospice patients, how people can donate to the non-profit group, and what all goes into hospice care:
–You only technically have one birthday, the rest are just congratulations for surviving. (Hey, you’re STILL alive…way to go) –Being a truck driver for a company that transports eggs must be an extremely stressful job. –Eventually, when everyone’s car is fully autonomous, we are going to get charged money for our cars to get somewhere…
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