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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #156

August 21, 2008

Welcome to the ROCHESTERfamilies.com weekly newsletter. 
Each week the newsletter is brought to you by the 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Family of Advertisers (Rochester Area 
Family Y, Bob Miller - Magician!, Olive Juice Studios, Tim 
& Sandy Williams Coldwell Banker Burnet and Color Me Mine), 
www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html.  
 
 
Can’t get enough of ROCHESTERfamilies.com? Check out our 
Family Time and Family Calendar columns in Friday’s 
Post-Bulletin’s Lifestyle section 
(www.postbulletin.com/opinion/columnists) where you can 
read all about the RT Autism Awareness Foundation’s 
MusicFest 2008. You’ll also find information on the 45th 
Annual GreekFest, the Word of Life Church of God in Christ 
Communitywide Picnic, Monarch Butterfly presentation @ 
Quarry Hill, and Eyota Storyteller Steve Juenemann @ Barnes 
& Noble, Apache. 
 
 
Also tune into the Tracy McCray show, 1340 KROC-AM 
(www.KROC.com), Friday mornings at 9:40 a.m. for a quick 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com rundown of this weekend’s 
family-friendly events. 
 
 
 
GREAT GIVEAWAY 
And the winner is... Sarah M. is the winner of the Week #3 
Sesame Street Live Great Giveaway. Sarah and her family win 
a family four pack of tickets to see “Elmo! Ready for 
Action!” Congrats Sarah! Enjoy the show. Thanks to the 
VEE Corporation for providing this Great Giveaway. 
 
 
 
CALENDAR OF EVENTS   
For more information on the events listed below - or the 
more than 100 events listed this month - visit our Calendar 
of Events, www.rochesterfamilies.com/page/page/1049874.htm. 
 
With all events, please remember, dates change, weather 
happens, and events are sometimes moved, postponed, 
or canceled. It’s always a good idea to call ahead (or 
visit the host organization’s website) and confirm all 
details. 
 
Friday, Aug. 22 
• Minnesota Ice Hawks Training Camp Aug. 22-24 
• Movies on the Barn - Gone with the Wind 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Greek Fest 
• High School Musical @ Byron Middle School 
 
Saturday, Aug. 23  
• Minnesota Ice Hawks Training Camp Aug. 22-24 
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World 
• Storytime @ B&N (Apache) - Eyota Storyteller Steve 
Juenemann 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau Theatres - Night @ The Museum 
• Summer Theatre Academy of Rochester - free performance 
• Snake Feeding @ Oxbow Park 
• RT Autism Awareness Foundation's Music Fest 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls 
• High School Musical @ Byron Middle School 
• Greek Fest 
 
Sunday, Aug. 24  
• Minnesota Ice Hawks Training Camp Aug. 22-24 
• Word of Life Church of God in Christ Communitywide Picnic 
• Back to School Day @ Color Me Mine 
• Greek Fest 
• Mothers of Multiples Mtg. - Family Picnic 
 
Monday, Aug. 25  
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift 
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau Theatres - Night @ the Museum 
• Kids Day @ Color Me Mine 
• Harmony for Mayo 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos 
• Sit-Stay-Read @ Rochester Public Library 
 
Tuesday, Aug. 26  
• Playdates @ The Park 
• Story Time @ Great Harvest 
• Story Time @ Pax Christi Church 
• Parent/Child Power Struggles Seminar 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls 
• RCLS-Redeemer Campus Preschool Open House 
• Circle of Parents Mtg. 
• Monarch Butterflies presentation 
 
Wednesday, Aug. 27  
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World 
• NAMI Family to Family Support Group Mtg. 
 
Thursday, Aug. 28  
• Parent/Child Power Struggles Seminar 
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine 
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's 
• Story Time @ Pax Christi Church 
 
Friday, Aug. 29  
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
 
Saturday, Aug. 30  
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market - Chef Omar Feyen 
• AKC Agility Trials 
• Children Zoo Hour @ Oxbow Park 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Over the Hedge 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Grand Opening of Macho Nacho Blues 
Bar & Grill 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls 
• Rochester Civic Theatre's Park Players - free Shakespeare 
performance 
 
Sunday, Aug. 31  
• AKC Agility Trials 
• RYBA Fall Baseball - registration ends today! 
 
 
 
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Bob Miller (www.BobMillerMagic.com), the Rochester Area 
Family Y (www.rochfamy.org), Olive Juice Studios 
(www.olivejuicestudios.com), Tim & Sandy Williams, Coldwell 
Banker Burnet (www.rochesterhomes4you.com) and Color Me 
Mine (www.rochester.colormemine.com) - for advertising on 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com!  
 
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ROCHESTERfamilies.com’s Our Advertisers page, 
www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html. 
 
 
 
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