Thank You!

The 2011 IGH Days Parade Food Drive was a terrific success. Thank you to all of our terrific volunteers and donors. - Rep. Joe Atkins

Inver Grove Heights Days Parade Food Drive September 10

This year's Inver Grove Heights Days Parade is on September 10 at 11 AM. It runs along Cahill  between 65th and 80th.

Rep. Joe Atkins (D-39B) and Mayor George Tourville are again organizing the food drive, with help from Joe's son, Tom. Tom, now 17, serves as chair of the food drive, helping to organize it and get volunteers.

The effort seeks donations of food, household and school supplies, to help those in need in our area. Joe says the local food shelf that serves people in Inver Grove Heights, South Saint Paul and West Saint Paul are really short on food resources right now.

In addition Joe Atkins will be participating in the other IGH days events form September 8 - 11, 2011: IGH Days schedule of events (pdf). Joe is organizing or helping with the following activities:

Bike the Bridges Ride. Saturday, 4 PM, meet at Jersey's on Concord. This free, family-friendly, flat, 5.9-mile ride will go from Jersey's to the recently-renovated Rock Island Swing Bridge, then north on the bike trail to the Wakota Bridge, before returning via the same trail back to Jersey's.

Home Run Derby. Sunday, 11 AM - 4 PM, near Bremer Bank on Cahill. Come hit home runs off Joe in the Twins inflatable Target Field.

IGH Animal Hospital Pet Contest. Sunday, noon, Village Square

more at: http://www.ighdays.org/

Update on the Inver Grove Heights School Board Races withing ISD 199.

A mini-version of Wisconsin is brewing in the ISD 199 school board race. There are the four seats that are open this year on the ISD 199 School Board. The District 199 Board of Education is comprised of seven voting members elected at-large from the total school community. The superintendent serves as a non-voting ex-officio member.

Four board positions will be open for election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Board members serve four-year terms. There are 4 great candidates:
Micky Difronzo (incumbent), Keri Myran (incumbent), Allen Gerber, and Tom Begich.

This election is very reminisced of two years ago the State GOP got involved in the IGH School Board races, trying to elect a slate of three very conservative Republicans. We expect to see them involved in these races again this year. We've heard that SD39B GOP Chair Mark Westpfal is running along with Bridget Sutton (incumbent) who is GOP State Chair Tony Suttons wife. These are very uber-rightwing GOP that supported and helped crafted Emmer's failed run for office last year.

We will need your help to elect the four great candidates (Difronzo, Myran, Gerber, Begich) to the school board that promote education, support teachers and funding for our Minnesota schools.

Senate District 39 Committee Meeting

Senate District 39 Committee Meeting

Date: Tuesday, August 23

Time: 7:00PM - 8:30 PM

Location: Dodge Nature Center, 365 Marie Avenue, West St. Paul (map)

 Join Us!

Volunteer at the DFL State Fair Booth

Will you be attending the 2011 Great Minnesota Get Together?

This year’s State Fair runs from August 25 through Labor Day, and the DFL is looking for volunteers to help staff the DFL pavilion. Come mingle with other DFLers, watch a panel discussion with some of our elected officials, help promote our candidates and issues, and when you’re done working, try something on a stick!

Many weekday shifts are still available; please visit http://dfl.org/statefair to sign up or call Emily McGann at 651-251-6312.

SD39 Central Committee Meeting

Join with us! DFL Senate District 39's  next Central Committee meeting will be July 26 at the Dodge Nature Center.

**Beginning June 13, Dakota County will be doing significant road construction along Delaware Avenue from Marie Avenue to Mendota Road (Hwy 110 frontage road). As such, the road will be closed to through traffic.

Download the map and directions (PDF)

365 Marie Ave

West St. Paul, MN 55118

We Support Governor Mark Dayton

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