Aug. 23

Market Monday partners on building project

Market Monday, the Central Minnesota Sustainability Project and Cherrico Pottery will partner to host a community coil building project at farmers’ market on Monday. Come and help create a large planter. Market Monday is held from 3-6:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Sartell baseball to hold gopher state tryouts

Tryouts for 2014 Gopher State travel teams will be held Saturday, Sept. 7 at Oak Ridge Elementary in Sartell at the following times: 15U at 10 a.m., 14U at 11:30 a.m., 10U at 1 p.m., 11U at 2:30 p.m., 12U at 4 p.m., 13U at 5:30 p.m.

You are encouraged to arrive at least one-half hour prior to your scheduled time. Saturday, Sept. 14 will be a callback date. More information can be found on our website at http://syba.atomicleagues.com/page/gopherstate.

Help reset your child’s body clock for school

If your children have been staying up late and sleeping in all summer, start planning now to reset their body clocks. Starting now, have them go to bed earlier each night and get up earlier each morning, until they match their school schedule.

Inadequate sleep can have a negative effect on health, school performance, mood and ability to process information.

If your child struggles with lack of sleep, try these tips:

Have children complete homework early and not wait until bedtime.
Have regular bedtime and wake time — even on weekends.
Provide downtime by reading before bed to settle the mind and unwind.
Restrict TV time and video games, especially scary movies before bed.
Limit or eliminate caffeine. Do not drink caffeinated beverages six hours before bedtime.
For teenagers who can’t get out of bed before noon, avoid light at night and bring on more light in the morning.

A child should be evaluated by a health-care provider or a sleep specialist if there are any concerns about sleep deprivation or daytime sleepiness. If you suspect your child has a sleeping disorder, the St. Cloud Hospital Sleep Center is able to test and treat children as young as 5 years of age. For more information about the Sleep Center, call 320-251-0726 or visit www.centracare.com.

Heart Center offers outpatient nicotine-dependence program

Quit tobacco through five weekly group sessions led by experts from the CentraCare Heart and Vascular Center at St. Cloud Hospital. The class will run for five consecutive Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. starting Tuesday, Sept. 10 in the Heart Center’s third-floor library. Deadline to register is Sept. 5. Find success through the program’s personalized treatment, support group, medication therapy, relapse prevention and self-help plan.

Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death accounting for approximately 443,000 deaths in the United States each year – about one of every five deaths. People who use tobacco are at higher risk of stroke and heart attack.

“The cigarette industry spends billions on advertising and promotions each year,” said Sarah Volker, a tobacco treatment specialist from the CentraCare Heart and Vascular Center. “Your health is priceless and we want to help anyone who would like to discontinue use of nicotine.”

According to the Center for Disease Control, an estimated 46 million people smoke in the United States, which is 19.3 percent of adults 18 years and older. Approximately 70 percent of smokers want to quit; 52 percent tried to quit in 2010.

If you are interested in individual counseling or to register for the group sessions, call 320-251-2700, ext. 57448.

Girl Scout Registration/Information Night

Girls interested in joining Girl Scouts are invited to a fun-filled registration/information night at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 at St Francis Xavier School in Sartell. For all girls K-12 of Sartell, St Stephen, Sauk Raids, Rice and Royalton. If you decide to join Girl Scouting the registration fee is $15 per girl/adult.

Little Falls hosts Living History Day

A Living History Day, complete with characters portraying family and friends of Charles Lindbergh, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last tour leaves at 4 p.m.) Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Charles Lindgbergh Historic Site (a national historic landmark operated by the Minnesota Historical Society), 1620 Lindbergh Drive, Little Falls. Learn what life was like for Charles Lindbergh when growing up on the family farm a century ago during World War I. A costumed character portraying Lindbergh’s mother, Evangeline, will provide insights to her son’s interests in aviation, technology and the natural environment. Visitors will also have the chance to hear inside stories about the Lindbergh family from Gustav Gerts, who lived in the tenant’s house in 1917-18, and Mary Hannah Stevens, whose family rented from the Lindberghs from 1906-13. Visitors also have the chance to try their hand at some of the chores young Lindbergh did around the farm. Come and experience the life of an ordinary boy who grew up to do extraordinary things. Nominal fee per person. For more information, call 320-616-5421.

Aug. 23 St. Joseph

Aug. 23 Sartell

Janelle Von Pinnon

Aug. 23 Sartell

Search

Categories

Recent Posts

City Links

School District Links

Chamber Links