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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #161

September 26, 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 Wednesday’s 
Post-Bulletin’s Lifestyle section 
(www.postbulletin.com/life) where you can read all about 
the Young Women’s Forum. You’ll also find information on 
the Kick Off to Kindergarten, America On the Move @ The Y, 
RNeighborWoods Fall Tree Planting, and A Day in the Park @ 
Chester Woods. 
 
 
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 - Masque Youth Theatre 
You could be the lucky winner of 
two free tickets to the Masque Theatre’s production of The 
Jungle Book. The Great Giveaway lucky winner can choose 
between six performance dates: Oct. 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 
26. To enter, send an email (no later than Thursday, Oct. 
9) to  lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. Please 
put Masque Theatre in the Subject Box. The winner will 
be selected by a random drawing. A gift certificate 
for the free tickets will be mailed to the lucky winner. 
Thanks to the  Masque Theatre for providing this 
Great Giveaway! To find out more about this production or 
their other 2008/09 productions -- Alice In Wonderland, 
Alphabet Soup, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Cinderella -- 
visit  www.masque.org.      
 
 
 
GREAT GIVEAWAY - Northwoods Orchard 
The winner of the Northwoods Orchard Week #4 Great Giveaway 
is KaeMee J. Congrats KaeMee! Thanks again to Northwoods 
Orchard, www.northwoodsorchard.com! 
 
 
 
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, Sept. 26 
• America on the Move Week @ The Y 
• Applications for District's Curriculum Council - Due 
Today! 
• Hands-On-History @ Olmsted County History Center 
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• J.M. Homecoming 
• Century Homecoming 
 
Saturday, Sept. 27  
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market 
• Rochester Civic Theatre Costume Sale 
• Sit in with SEMYO 
• Young Women’s Forum @ RCTC 
• A Day in the Park @ Chester Woods 
• America on the Move Week @ The Y 
• RNeighborWoods Fall Tree Planting 
• Storytime @ A Puzzled World 
• Folk Music for Families @ Library 
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Ice Hawks Home Game 
 
Sunday, Sept. 28  
• Nature Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Fossil Fortunes 
 
Monday, Sept. 29  
• Open Gym @ Soccer World 
• Storytime @ Christian Book & Gift 
• Kids Day @ Color Me Mine 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos 
 
Tuesday, Sept. 30  
• Storytime @ Great Harvest 
• Car Seat Inspections 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sports Bar & Grill 
• Circle of Parents Support Group Mtg. 
 
Wednesday, Oct. 1 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World 
 
Thursday, Oct. 2  
• Read for the Record - register to participate! 
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine 
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's 
• Single Parent Support Group @ PAIIR 
 
Friday, Oct. 3  
• TGIF @ PAIIR 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
 
Saturday, Oct. 4  
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market 
• Cans for Kids - Fall Fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald 
House 
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Little House on the Prairie @ the Guthrie - Comm. Ed. 
• Free Family Day @ Rochester Art Center - Installation 
Station 
• Feed the Bear @ Oxbow 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
 
Sunday, Oct. 5  
• Fall Festival @ St. Francis of Assisi 
• Bird Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Waves of Whitethroats 
 
 
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