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<br />CHEERFUL CHUGGERS 4-H CLUB
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<br />For those of you not familiar with the Cheerful Chuggers 4-H club, it is
<br />one of many 4-H clubs around the country open to both girls and boys of all ages.
<br />The Cheerful Chuggers are the oldest 4-H club in Anoka County, being over 60
<br />years old.
<br />Recently, the Anoka County 4-H Share the Fun was held, with many
<br />clubs acting out skits and plays that they have been practicing together, for several
<br />judges and audience members. Also individual members can do their own specialty
<br />act: such as singing, dancing, karate demos, or anything else that they are
<br />interested in. Seven Cheerful Chuggers acted out a sl(it called "Too Much Junk
<br />Food" on behalf of their club. "Too Much Junk Food" was judged as one of the
<br />top eight out of fifteen skits performed. They will perform it again at the finals on
<br />March 23rd where one act, which includes sl(its, individual music acts, and plays,
<br />will be chosen to perform at the State Fair. Club members, Joy Betsy and Jessica
<br />Hanson, received honorable mentions for their acting in "Too Much Junk Food,"
<br />and club member Sadie Miller also received an honorable mention for her individual
<br />performance on the piano.
<br />The Cheerful Chuggers are now preparing for the quickly arriving County
<br />Fair in July. At the Fair, each member will exhibit at least one project in any
<br />category to be judged. The club also worl(s together to make a club scrapbool(,
<br />a club banner, and a club container garden. The Cheerful Chuggers also take
<br />part in their community. In April, they cleaned a section of Ramsey Boulevard,
<br />they performed their sl(it "Too Much Junk Food" for the Ramsey Seniors, and
<br />every month they make a craft for Meals on Wheels. Yet this club is not all work
<br />and no play. After their business meeting in March they had a pajama pizza
<br />party. Each year the club members vote on a fall, winter, and summer fun event,
<br />as well as the club getting together in June at Lake George for a picnic instead of
<br />a meeting.
<br />If you are interested injoining a 4-H Club, please contact the University
<br />of Minnesota Extension Service, Anol( County at 763-755-1280.
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<br />FREE DOLLARS
<br />INTO SENSE CLASSES
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<br />Anoka County Extension Service Staff and Dollar Worl(s Volunteers will
<br />present Free Dollars Into Sense classes on May 18 and June 15, 10:00 a.m.
<br />at the Bunker Hills Activities Center (550 Bunl(er Lake Blvd, Andover) and again
<br />at 7:00 p.m. at the Northtown Library (711 County Rd lONE, Blaine). To register,
<br />call the University of Minnesota Extension Service, Anoka County, at 763-755-
<br />1280 at least three days prior to the class you wish to attend. Classes will cover
<br />budgeting and address credit issues, tracking expenses, making a spending plan,
<br />goal setting and how to get help.
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<br />RAMSEY GARDEN CLUB
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<br />The Ramsey Garden Club will host it's annual plant sale Saturday, May
<br />15th, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. or until all plants are gone in the Vineyard Restaurant
<br />parking lot west of Anoka on Hwy 10 and Thurston Ave.
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<br />If you are an amateur photo
<br />enthusiast, get your cameras ready!
<br />This is your chance!
<br />The City of Ramsey Happy
<br />Days Festival is having it's first Photo
<br />Contest.
<br />The categories are as follows:
<br />Furry and Feathered
<br />Friends: Capture a pose that
<br />will include wild animals, birds,
<br />etc.
<br />Landscapes: Capture the
<br />natural beauty, colors or
<br />geologic interest within the City
<br />of Ramsey.
<br />Vintage: Pictures of Ramsey
<br />circa 1974.
<br />Rules and date will be posted
<br />shortly on the City's website.
<br />www.cLramsey.mn.us
<br />If you have questions, please
<br />contact Heidi Nelson at 433-9817.
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<br />Check the City's website for
<br />Happy Days registration forms
<br />for the Car Show. Craft Show,
<br />Parade and Photo Contest.
<br />
<br />Have you lived
<br />in Ramsey your entire
<br />life? Do you remember
<br />Ramsey - way back when?
<br />In honor of our 30th Anniversary
<br />as a City we are looking for the
<br />resident of Ramsey who has
<br />lived here the longest to serve
<br />as the Grand Marshall of the
<br />Happy Days Parade! Contact
<br />Heidi Nelson at 763-433-9817
<br />or hnelson@ci.ramsey.mn.us
<br />if you think you may be the
<br />"most senior" resident
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<br />I've learned. . . That under everyone 's hard shell is son1eone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
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