Breast Cancer Awareness Walk
Join The Journey 6th Annual 10 Mile Breast Cancer Awareness Walk!
Sept. 19th at Mayo High School, Rochester, MN
7:30 AM Shirt pick up for pre-registered walkers
8:45 AM Opening Ceremony
9 AM – 12:30 Ten Mile Walk
Lunch
1 PM Closing Ceremony
$50.00 donation required upon registration
“money raised here stays here”
Register on line www.jointhejourney.us
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Energy Assistance
The Energy Assistance Program for Olmsted County, and statewide, will be starting soon. Low income households will be determined if eligible. Home owners and renters are eligible, along with self-employed people and seniors.
To request an application call 507-328-6508, or go online at www.co.olmsted.mn.us and search for Energy Assistance.
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RNews August 2010
Summer to Fall in RNeighborhoods
Check the latest edition of RNews, RNeighbors online newsletter to find out.
In this edition of RNews we’re looking back over the summer to highlight many of the efforts that neighbors across Rochester worked on together. As well as shifting our gears are shifting to looking forward to the annual festive RLuau, Citizen Forester Training, boulevard tree plantings, candidate forums and energy workshops.
If you don’t already receive this newsletter via email and would like to, you can use this link to sign up.
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General Election Candidate Forums
Heintz Center RCTC
1926 Collegeview Road East
Forum Partners: League of Women Voters Rochester, Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Rochester Post Bulletin, Rochester Public Library, Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester Area Council PTSA, RNeighbors, and the Washington Neighborhood Association.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
City & County
6:30-7:05 pm: City Council Wards 3 and 5
7:10-7:45 pm: Rochester Mayor
7:50-8:25 pm: Olmsted County Sheriff
8:30-9:05 pm: Olmsted County Commissioner District #4
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
School Board
6:30-7:05 pm: ISD 535 School Board Seat #6
7:10-7:45 pm: ISD 535 School Board Seat #5
7:50-8:25 pm: ISD 535 School Board Seat #4
8:30-9:05 pm: ISD 535 School Board Seat #2
Thursday, October 14, 2010
State House & Senate
7-7:40
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Robert DeYoung
Written by Taryn Upmann, RNeighbors Summer 2010 Intern
Photo: Standing on the Goose Egg mural prior to summer 2010 painting is Taryn Upman, RNeighbors Intern; Robert DeYoung, Northrop staff; Greg Wimmer, muralist; and Cassie Runke, RColorful Corners Chair.
This year our RColorful Corners program worked on refreshing and creating new artwork on neighborhood intersections across the city. It takes much time and coordination ahead of time in order to get the paint where it needs to be. Thankfully, we have people who work exceptionally hard behind the scenes to make these events the community building experiences that they are.
One of these amazing people is Robert
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Board Member Spotlight – Heather Peterson
In order to thank all of the board members for their hard work and dedication, RNeighbors decided to devote a section of our website and newsletter to different RNeighbors board members.
Heather Peterson
City of Rochester Public Works & RNeighbors Board Member
When you started out did you think you would spend your life in Rochester?
Not Really. I am not a winter or cold weather fan so I did not plan on staying in Minnesota but Rochester is a great place to live.
If you had the choice, what would your dream job be?
If there were no obstacles, such as finances, I would like to
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2010 Fall Citizen Forester Training
When: Saturday, September 11, 2010. 8 am to 2 pm..
Where: Quarry Hill Nature Center
Community Ed Class Number: 8644.131
Price: $15.00
Become a part of the Rochester urban forester team through this course led by the City of Rochester Forestry Division and RNeighborWoods. This class is packed with tree education, climbing, and planting. You’ll be an active participant in learning tree planting basics, care, basic arboriculture, urban forest advocacy, and hands-on activities.
Discover techniques that will give you the knowledge to correctly plant trees that will grow 100 years or more, rather than the average of 20-30 years.
To wind up the morning, you’ll help plant a
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RLuau 2010
RNeighbors RLuau 2010 – Save the Date
Friday, September 17, 2010
International Event Center will once again be transformed into a tropical paradise when RNeighbors holds its fourth annual fundraising event, RLuau.
It will be a fun-filled evening of tropical foods, a silent auction with numerous items of interest for all ages, local musical entertainment, games and tropical dances.
Hawaiian Cuisine & Silent Auction
6–8:30 pm
Entertainment • 6–10 pm
Big Mark Clark from Laser 101.7, Emcee
Hawaiian Hula with the Rochester International Dance Studio and our Mayors
Neighborhood Feud with Denny Hanson, City Council President
The Nodding Wild Onions
Tickets: $15 for 1, $25 for 2, $100 for 8 (table)
Funds raised
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RColorful Corners Paints a Tree of Knowledge
A brand new mural now graces the streets of a NE Rochester neighborhood.
The Tree of Knowledge street mural was finaly painted after a month of sweltering humidity and storms that caused the paint date to be postponed several times until August 14. Thankfully neighbors and volunteers alike braved the heat throughout the day and brought this mural to life. With their help, this new tree now blooms on the corner of 17th St and 2nd Ave NE, just across the street from the Multicultural Learning Center and down the hill from Kellogg Middle School.
Neighbors enthusiastically enjoyed the painting, several having just moved to
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National Night Out 2010
National Night Out, a nation- wide annual event, took place this year on Tuesday, August 3. Around 40,000 people signed up to participate in this year’s neighborhood parties, breaking Rochester’s goal of 30,000. This year’s record setting Night Out took place in neighborhoods all across Rochester. This event is organized by Crime Prevention of the Police Department.
The RNeighbors crew stopped by seven different parties this year, bringing door prizes, ordinance booklets, and “How to make a difference in your neighborhood” flyers to each one. Washington neighborhood even got their new meeting announcement signs delivered. Each party had their own style including some with
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