Archive - Jan 2008

My neighbor is a truck driver and parks his truck in his driveway and I do not see why that would bother anyone. It's not like he is bringing his trailer with him. We talk about city ordinance and I don't understand how parking your semi truck is any different than parking your motor home or 5th wheel on your property. Driving your semi truck in a residential area is no more dangerous or harder on the roads than a motor home. So let's stop worrying about everyone else and worry about ourselfs!

Where can you see the Oscar nominees for Best Picture? Listen to this week's installment of "Six Minutes Over Hutchinson" to find out!

"Six Minutes Over Hutchinson"
is the Leader's new weekly entertainment podcast. Kay Johnson and I
will tell you all about the latest movies and other fun things you can
do around town each weekend.

Mark Saturday, March 8, on your calendar. This year's Hutchinson Jaycee Comedy Bash features two headliners: Scott Novotny and C. Willi Myles. Tickets are $25 general admission and $40 VIP reserved seat (includes appetizer buffet). Tickets are available at Hutchinson Event Center, Hutchinson Chamber, Main Street Sports Bar, American Legion Post 96 and online at www.hutchinsonjaycees.org.

(Kay Johnson is a staff writer at the Hutchinson Leader. She can be reached at johnson@hutchinsonleader.com).

Meet mystery writer Janet Entzel, author of “aka McGuire,” from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Litchfield Public Library, 216 N. Marshall Ave. Refreshments will be served and the author will have copies of her book for sale and for signing. There’s no charge to attend and the public is welcome. For more information, call (320) 693-2483.

Several papers printing at Crow River Press including the Weekend Leader Shopper, Tuesday and Thursday Leader, Thursday Litchfield Independent Review, Sunday Meeker County Advertiser and several others are converting to a new narrower size starting Sunday, Feb. 3.

The skinnier format is the new standard among many daily and weekly papers. Readers of papers using the narrower size like it for ease of use. We hope you do, too.

Tonight might be the biggest night of wrestling for the Tigers this season (well, to this point).

Tonight's quad feature section opponents Scott West, Mankato East and host New Ulm, but it also will play an important role in seeding Section 2AA.

As of right now, I see it like this:
1. Scott West (tonight's third match and No. 5 in state)
2. Watertown-Mayer (no match with MLLC, finishes season against Scott West)
3. Montgomery-Lonsdale/LeCenter (beat Hutch, St. Peter and New Prague)
4. Delano (surprise team beat Hutch and Class 3A power Owatonna)

This year Minnesota high school students have until June 30 to take up to six free College-Level Examination Program (CLEP®) exams as part of the Get Ready, Get Credit initiative. The testing window for the 2008-09 school year is Oct. 1 -June 30, 2009.

Super Saturday is a new venture being launched by Ridgewater College’s Center for Customized and Continuing Education.

Aimed at children in second, third, and fourth grades, Super Saturday is a hands-on learning adventure focused on the environment. This year's focus will be on environmental education. While participating, students will be provided a snack, participate in hands-on games and activities, and will have fun discovering our world.

Courses run on the following Saturdays:

Feb. 9

March 8

April 12

May 10

A local contest allows kids to explore their creative sides. From Jan. 9 to Feb. 29 Heritage Makers is looking for stories from young authors about what it means to be a member of their family.

Here's how it works:

1. Stories are to be authored in a 5-by-7 or 8-by-8 storybook.
2. Stories must be about what it means to be a member of your family. For example: What it means to me to be a Smith.
3. Participants must be between the ages of 8 and 17.
4. Submit a complete copy of the Young Authors' Contest application by Feb. 29.

Winners will be announced March 31.

St. Cloud — The St. Cloud Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota National Guard, Camp Ripley, will conduct the Fourth Annual Physically Disabled Veterans Turkey Hunt April 22-24, 2008 at Camp Ripley in Little Falls.

This special hunt is provided for physically disabled veterans who are currently receiving outpatient treatment at a VA Medical Center or who are eligible for care and who cannot hunt during the regular firearms season.