...change. "There are enough charitable organizations that support the community that we shouldn't go outside the community."Council members held little discussion on the topic.The charitable organizations located in the Brainerd and Baxter city...
...general and motioned to form subcommittee of business members and public on how GreenStep could help them and the community. Council member Bob Olson agreed with Koep."I too have read the information on the GreenStep and the concerns I have is...
...Health's request."I think it's an opportunity for the benefit of the school system, the hospital and also the community," council member Lucy Nesheim said.Council member Bonnie Cumberland said she was in favor of the use of Whittier for medical...
...for weeks. For some Hmong families, however, reassurances might already be too late. Chou Lee, who works for a community council in a predominantly Hmong neighborhood, says some Hmong have already left the country. ''They went back to Thailand...
...Our community is buying a lot of leftover houses," said Cha Lee, executive director of the Southeast Asian Community Council in Minneapolis. "Many were rental before and not well-maintained, and the roof is leaking and the owner has...
...affect Baxter and what they do in Baxter will affect Brainerd," Olander said. " ... We are intertwined as a community." Council member Lucy Nesheim said the council has every confidence the city of Baxter will do the right thing and the Brainerd...
...suggested the council have more information on whether such an ordinance was a problem for businesses in other communities. Council member Terry Curtis said it was tough to cross over to antiques and he wondered if secondhand meant used physical...
...you, Jiggs, and we'll miss you." Mayor James Wallin said Blanck was very concerned about and involved in the community. Council member Bonnie Cumberland remembered Blank helping the city's young people and for the things he did that many...
...problems that threaten to undercut Marine success in this onetime Taliban stronghold. Photos Two members of the community council, the group organized by Marines to instill confidence among villagers in their government, have been killed, probably...
...symptomatic of something else going on in their life," Ault said. She said the reservation has had success with community council circle approaches to other problems. She is hopeful this grant may help keep more children in school. The county...
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