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The League of Women Voters of the Brainerd Lakes Area
Meeting Dates

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March 12, 2009 Tackling Homelessness in the Lakes Area
Speaker: Patrice O'Leary of Lutheran Social Services
Note - the meeting is at the First Congregational UCC Church, Fellowship Hall, Brainerd, MN
Feb 20, 2009 Monthly Membeship in Conjunction with Town Meeting
Jan 15, 2009 Tri-Cap Anti-Poverty Program
Dec 11, 2008 December: Parents United for Public Schools The New Minnesota Miracle - Mary Cecconi Program Chs. Elaine Leach and Sandra Reuther
Nov. 13, 2008 Nov. Comprehensive Health Care, Kip Sullivan, Author
Jean Prickett, program chair
Oct. 9, 2008 Shoreland Standards (5 pm) – Kathe Lemmerman/Jean Prickett
Sept 11, 2008 A CALL TO ACTION: PASSING THE CLEAN WATER, LAND, AND HERITAGE AMENDMENT
May 29, 2008

Monthly Membership Annual Dinner: SPEAKER AT 7:00 PM: Senator Mary Olson on Health Care in Minnesota

April 20, 2008 SYVANTIS TOUR - HOST: Dan Froemming
March 13, 2008 Local Youth Visit Pine Ridge Reservation; A Life-Changing Experience, Dan Hegstad
February 14, 2008 “The World is Run by Those Who Show Up”
Speaker: Marcia Ferris, Lutheran Social Services Program Manager
January 23, 2008 Panel discussion on the Importance of an Independent Judiciary
December 13, 2007 Second Discussion and Consensus on the LWVUS Work on Immigration Policy
November 8, 2007 Immigration - National Study
Oct 11, 2007 Brainerd High School Referendum, Educational Meeting for the Community - Kathy Hegstrom coordinator
Sept 13, 2007 1000 Friends of Minnesota - Phil Hunsicker, Lakes Region Program Director for 1000 Friends of MN
May 10, 2007 Annual Membership Meeting
April 12, 2007 Speaker: Charles K. Dayton, environmental lawyer who practiced in Minneapolis for 40 years, representing environmental groups as well as corporations.
March 8, 2007 LWVMN Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Study
February 8, 2007 Topic, "State of Our Schools", Jerry Walseth,Brainerd Supt.
Report: Hannah Steinke, Lott Experience
January 11, 2007 United Way of Crow Wing County, United Way Executive Director, Heidi Funk
December 14, 2006 Brainerd Food Shelf - Debbie Lick
December 8, 2005 Celebrating 10 years of League of Women Voters in the Brainerd Lakes Country.
Speaker: Roy Miller Brainerd Dispatch
November 10, 2005 Impact of the Methamphetamine Problem on the Lakes Area’s Court System and Taxpayers. Terry Sluss, Crow Wing County Commissioner
October 13, 2005 The problem of obesity: Impact of this clinical problem on society and specifically in Crow Wing County. Speaker: Jackie Oelfke, MS Nursing.
September 8, 2005 "What Has Our Legislature Been Up To?" Speaker: Nancy Witta, Volunteer Lobbyist for the League of Women Voters of Minnesota.
April 14, 2005 Health Hazards of Common Household Products by Jean Prickett, RN, BSN, Volunteer Nurse, Aitkin MN.
March 10, 2005 "Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Talks Casinos to the Leauge." Tadd Johnson, Special Counsel on Government Affairs for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Meeting held at the Brainerd Public Library.
February 19, 2005 "The State of Health Care Costs in Minnesota." David Durenberger, Former Senator from MN, US Senate 1978-1995. Public Forum, co-sponsored with the Rosenmeier Center, held Saturday, 10:00a.m. at Central Lakes Community College Brainerd.
January 13, 2005 "The Role of the Media in Political Campaigns-Virtue or Villainy?" Terry McCullough and Michael O'Rourke of the Brainerd Daily Dispathc; Ross Alexander of Lakeland Public TV; and David Alan Pundt of KLKS 104.3 FM radio. Meeting held at Brainerd Public Library.
December 9, 2004 "2004 MN Legislative Session and Best Guesses for 2005." Nancy Witta, longtime member of LWV and Lobbyist for LWVMN. Meeting held at Brainerd Public Library.
November 11, 2004 "Instant Run-Off Voting and Alternative Voting Systems." Discussion and concensus on LWVMN members. Meeting held at Brained Public Library.
October 14, 2004 "Instant Run-Off Voting Study and Electronic Voting." Ady Wickstrom, Member LWV and Staff Member of LWV Minnesota. meeting held at Brainerd Public Library.
September 9, 2004 "Off-Road Vehicle Trails in the Lakes Area." Carrie Ruud, MN Senator from District 4. Meeting held at First Congregational Church, Brainerd.
   
       
 

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Last updated May 5, 2009