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The Montevideo Community Center recently opened up an opportunity for those in the community to utilize equipment, and help from staff to create what they are calling a “legacy project”. The idea behind the project is that community members can bring in old photographs, drawings, postcards, and more, and utilize equipment the Community Center has on hand to scan those into a digital format, with the ability to enhance images through the computer’s basic photo editing program. Those images can then be turned into a slideshow, and participants can even record voiceover the slideshow to narrate their memories of the photographs. Additionally, Tracy Wellendorf, manager of the Community Center, says that she hopes that others in the community will volunteer to assist less tech-savvy community members with the work as a service project.

The Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging (MNRAAA) is seeking applicants for funding under Title III-E of the Older Americans Act. Funding is available to develop and/or expand caregiver support services in MNRAAA’s twenty-seven county service area for the period of June 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022.

Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office Blue, Julius Ryan, Granite Falls; Offense date 2/15/22 DRUGS-Possess Marijuana in MV (Misdemeanor); Plea 2/19/22 Guilty; Disposition 2/19/22 Convicted; Court Decision 2/19/22 Payable without appearance; $150 Fine.

The Minnesota Walk-In Access (WIA) program continues to offer opportunities for hunters to have access to excellent habitats for outdoor recreation. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) programs protect Minnesota’s endangered prairie habitats to ensure, rare and unique native species of plants and animals have the necessary habitats to be successful and thrive in the landscape.

Turkey hunters can buy their licenses for the spring 2022 season starting Tuesday, March 1. Licenses can be purchased online (mndnr.gov/licenses/online-sales.html), by phone at 888-665-4236 or in-person wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold.

This March, Prairie Five Meals joins the Administration for Community Living and senior nutrition service providers across the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the national Senior Nutrition Program.

Anyone interested in fishing, hunting, habitat, and the outdoors can learn about activities like sturgeon and steelhead fishing, native plants and pollinators, creating sharp-tailed grouse habitat, wild rice management, and more during webinars hosted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources this spring.