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Community News The Ramsey Women of Today The Ramsey Women of Today, a social and civic organization, has been busy this fall. We held our second annual Bingo event at the Ramsey Happy Days. We had a very successful event and we appreciate all of the support we received from the community. We would especially lil(e to thank the following business for their Bingo prize donations: EI Azteca, Ramsey Movie Gallery, Ramsey Subway, Ace Hardware, Total En- tertainment, Fantastic Sams on 47, Serums, The Vineyard, Kitty's Glitter, Blatz Oil Change, Salon Capari in Elk River, Curves in Ramsey, Elk River Ford, McDonalds, Q Nails, Bill's Superette, Tanning Salons, and Super Bowl. We also had another successful annual Halloween Carnival at Ramsey Elementary School. The kids had fun with Halloween games, a dance, a cos- tume contest and Chanticlear pizza. The adults had fun too with dancing and drawings from the remainder of our Bingo prizes including a grand prize bowl- ing party package from Super Bowl. Thank you to all the people and businesses who have supported the Ramsey Women of Today this fall in our fundraising activities to enable us to donate to worthy causes. For more information about the Women of Today, please join us for our monthly meetings, the fourth Tuesday of each month, at our "new" Ramsey Municipal Center (located on Sunwood Blvd. off ofHwy 10 between Ramsey and Armstrong Boulevards) or call Dawn at 763-422-9351 or Laura at 763-753- 0936. Our next meeting (and first in the new Municipal Center) will be Tues- day, November 28 at 7: 15 pm in the Alexander Ramsey Room. We hope to see you there for fun and friendship! Ramsey Senior News On October 4, 2006, the Ramsey Seniors met at Savannah Oaks for the second time. They shared a wonderful pot-Iucl( lunch and played fruit bingo which was provided for by Riverview Banks. On November 1,2006, the Ramsey Seniors again met at Savannah Oaks. After a wonderful pot-Iucl( lunch, Mike Smith will showed slides and told about his trip to Africa. He's very good at this. The December 6, meeting will once again be at Savannah Oaks. We ask that all members bring a toy donation for Toys for Tots. Representatives from Toys for Tots will pick-up our donation at 11 :45 am. Lyric Theater will be putting on a 45 minute play for us starting at 1 :30 pm. We will also have plants as door prizes to give away. Mary Guentzel will be at the door letting people in, so please be on time. I hope some of the new people who came in September and November will be back. We have a fun club. Zola Malamen, President Ramsey Seniors ~ Minnesota Gardening 2007 Calendar Now Available I The Univer- ~\~~~ ~ sity of !"finnes~ta ~~ ExtensIon ServIce and Minnesota Agricultural Ex- periment Station have released Min- nesota Gardening 2007, a calendar developed for home gardening and landscape enthusiasts across the state. Minnesota Gardening 2007 is the only calendar designed and written exclusively for Minnesota. It is the perfect complement to any gardener's collection. Each month, in addition to the full-page color photo, the calendar features timely tips for lawn, garden and houseplant care, as well as useful titles of related Extension publica- tions. Maps of average frost-free dates and USDA Plant Hardiness Zones for Minnesota are also includ- ed. This special anniversary edition brings your favorite photos and useful gardening tips culled from the past fifteen years and features informa- tion about recent Minnesota plant introductions. The calendar is 12" x 9" and is spiral bound. If you'd lil(e to preview the calendar, you can visit http://www. extension. umn. edu/ distri- bu ti on/h orti cui ture/DG 8 240. h tml. Minnesota Gardening 2007 is available at the Anoka County Exten- sion Service. The price is $12.00 per calendar. Individuals interested in purchasing the calendar can stop by the Extension office at 550 Bunker Lake Boulevard NW, Andover or call the office at 763-755-1280. Office hours are 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. www.ci.ramsey.mn.us 7