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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #164
October 16, 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 next Wednesday’s
Post-Bulletin’s Lifestyle section
(www.postbulletin.com/life) where you can read all about
Quarry Hill’s Creatures of the Night (family-friendly
Halloween fun) and a run down of a number of other local
family-friendly Halloween and fall activities (Great
Country Pumpkin Party, Spooktacular Halloween Event @ the
Y, Hysterical Historical Halloween @ the History Center,
Pumpkin Patch Party @ the Plummer House and more!).
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 - Lights @ Bluff Valley WINNER
And the winner is... Rachel F. Rachel F. is the winner of
the Week #1 Lights @ Bluff Valley Great Giveaway. Congrats
Rachel! To find out how your family can win a trip to
Lights @ Bluff read below.
Great Giveaway - Lights @ Bluff Valley
Lights @ Bluff Valley is sponsoring
a ROCHESTERfamilies.com Great Giveaway this week and for
the next two weeks! Four lucky ROCHESTERfamilies.com
readers will win a Lights@BluffValley (open Wednesday
through Sunday, Oct. 16-Nov. 30) gift certificate, good for
1 vehicle admission (up to seven people in the vehicle), 2
adult meals at the dinner buffet (ages 13 and up) and 2
youth meals at the dinner buffet (ages 5-12). To enter the
Great Giveaway, email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. Please
put Bluff Valley in the subject box. You only need to
email once to be eligible to win any of the four weeks.
Thanks to Lights@BluffValley for providing this Great
Giveaway. To find out more about this one-of-a-kind lighted
maze experience, visit lights@bluffvalley.com.
Great Giveaway - Studio Seven WINNER
And the winner is... Lindsey T. Lindsey T. is the winner of
the Studio Seven Great Giveaway! Thanks to Studio Seven for
providing this Great Giveaway. The giveaway is for a
regular portrait session (one hour at your choice of
location) and two 8X10 prints. Thanks to Studio Seven,
www.studiosevenphoto.com, 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, Oct. 17
• Kids Adventure Days @ The Y
• RCYBA registration - closes today!
• Crescendo Dance Convention
• Zoom Buggy Kindermusik Class - Starts Today!
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• 18th Annual Wine Tasting to Benefit Y Mentors
• The Jungle Book @ The Masque
Saturday, Oct. 18
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market - Yard Care!
• Think Green Fair
• Legend of Paul Bunyan @ The Library
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Naturalist Choice @ Oxbow
• Nazarene Well House Open House & Fall Festival
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• The Jungle Book @ The Masque
• Ice Hawks Home Game
• HallZOOween @ The Minnesota Zoo
Sunday, Oct. 19
• SteveSongs Concert
• Cave Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Quarry
• That Writing Contest Awards Program @ The Library
• The Jungle Book @ The Masque
• HallZOOween @ The Minnesota Zoo
Monday, Oct. 20
• Open Gym @ Soccer World
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift
• Kids Day @ Color Me Mine
• G.O.A.T. Mtg. @ The Library
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• Ceramic Pumpkin Painting Class @ Color Me Mine
• Bluestem 4-Week Parenting Workshop - Starts Today!
Tuesday, Oct. 21
• 8-Week Adolescent Social Skills Training - Starts Today!
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Grandparents Parenting Again Support Group Mtg.
• Circle of Parents Support Group Mtg.
• Bedtime Stories @ The Library
• Le Leche League of Rochester - monthly mtg.
Wednesday, Oct. 22
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspection Clinics
• NAMI Family to Family Support Group
Thursday, Oct. 23
• Stories for Toddlers & Twos @ The Library
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• Single Parent Support Group @ PAIIR
Friday, Oct. 24
• TGIF @ PAIIR
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Creatures of the Night - Family Halloween Happening @
Quarry Hill
• Kids Holiday Dance Camp - Halloween Edition
• Spooktacular Halloween Event @ The Y
• The Jungle Book @ The Masque
Saturday, Oct. 25
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market - Last Day For Outdoor
Market!
• Spanglish Story Time @ The Library
• Hysterical Historical Halloween @ History Center
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Hallelujah Fall Carnival @ RCLS
• Creatures of the Night - Family Halloween Happening @
Quarry Hill
• The Jungle Book @ The Masque
• Friends of Oxbow Halloween Program
• HallZOOween @ The Minnesota Zoo
Sunday, Oct. 26
• Nature Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Animal Survival Game
• The Jungle Book @ The Masque
• HallZOOween @ The Minnesota Zoo
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And a big thank you to all of our advertisers - Magician
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
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www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html.
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