Newsletter

2nd Quarter 2008                                Chamber@meltel.net                                    320-256-7174

REMINDER: May General Membership Meeting Thursday May 15 at noon at Rondezvous Grille

    We have 55 days before the Melrose Riverfest celebration begins. We are currently working on logistics, advertising and little details.

I often tell people who wonder what goes into putting on a celebration, that they take for granted when they come to a celebration that there will be a chair to sit on. No one thinks of who ordered it, made sure it was delivered, and set it up-just for them to sit on, not to mention who cleaned it and put it away. And that is just for one chair!

The Melrose Riverfest Committee has been working very hard to assure that this years celebration is a success. Please do your part to assist in this city wide celebration by volunteering to work a shift in the beer garden, advertise in the promotional newspaper, sell duck raffle tickets, buy presale wristbands for the inflatable games or tell everyone you know about it! It takes all of us to make this a success.

Our next Melrose Riverfest meeting is Tuesday May 20 at El Portal.

Please find the schedule below

Wednesday June 25

7:30 Miss Melrose Pageant

Melrose Area Schools Auditorium

(Tickets needed)

Friday June 27

6pm Bean Bag Tournament by the Melrose Jaycees

6pm Soap Box Derby by North Water Tower

    Contact Tim Vogel to sign up 256-3819 or 267-1748 by June 1st

6-9pm Inflatable Games

6-9pm Rock Climbing Wall

7pm Melrose Riverfest Idol

            Qualify at the following locations

             May 16            Chain Reaction               Meire Grove

            May 23            R-Place Bar                    Spring Hill

            May 30            Goatropers                      Farming

            June 6              Horseshoe Bar                Spring Hill

            June 13            Scooters Tavern              Melrose

            June 20            Greenwald Pub               Greenwald

  9 pm  Music by Kodiak "

Food, Beverages, Games, and Fun all night

 Saturday June 28

8am 5K Run/Walk- Begins at the City Center

8:30am Kids 1/2 miles fun run/walk

8am Little League Tournament

11am Melrose Riverfest Parade "Fun on the River." Main Street

1:30 pm Duck Race Raffle- Sauk River Dam

2-9 pm Inflatable Games

2-9pm Rock Climbing Wall

2-5pm Little White School House Tours (Petermeier School House)

2pm Firemen's Kickball Tournament

            Call Aaron Schmitz to sign up 256-7939

2-4:30 pm Bingo by the Firemen's Auxiliary

2pm Cross Cut Saw Competition

            Call Gerry Osendorf to sign up 256-3521

2-4pm Fishing Skills Contest by the Little Birch Lake Association

3pm "Are you Smarter than and 5th Grader."

4pm "Country Polkateers" pre-mass entertainment

5pm St. Mary's Catholic Church Services featuring

            the "Country Polkateers"- Sauk River Park

6pm Music by "Shaketown" and "The Buck Band"

9pm St. Mary's Church Raffle

Fireworks at Dusk

Food and Beverages all afternoon and evening!

Sunday June 29

9am St. Paul's Lutheran Church Service- Sauk River Park

    Melrose Farm/City Crazy Days- July 18th

As we let out a sigh of exhaustion that Melrose Riverfest will be over, we will be gearing up for Melrose Farm/City Crazy Days on July 18. We will once again be having the kids pedal tractor pull in the morning (sponsored by Central MN Federal Credit Union and Ernie's Family Foods). Followed by the petting zoo and the turkey plate lunch and agricultural displays.

We are asking businesses who have retail, to put bargains out on the street. We are asking businesses who are not retail to either have games for people to play or host an employee garage sale. We will also advertise to have a second city wide garage sale that weekend. Please let the chamber know if you have any questions.

 2008 Home Health and Family Expo Recap

April 5th was the date of the Melrose Home Health and Family Expo this year. We had 43 booths, many with new a fresh ideas for our attendees. The U of M Raptor center was a successful draw, as we have heard many great comments about their presentation. Thank you to Grand Casino Mille Lacs for sponsoring them.

Estimated attendance is 500 people.

Thank you for all those who participated and we look forward to next year.

2008 Membership List

As of May 12, 2008

2008 Miss Melrose Pageant

The 2008 Miss Melrose Pageant will be held on June 25th at 7:30pm at the Melrose High School Auditorium. The 2008 Candidates are:

Michelle Boecker- Sponsored by Mayers Inc., Melrose

Adrianna Hennen- Sponsored by Hennen Lumber, Freeport

Leah Herdering- Sponsored by Ernie's Family Foods, Melrose

Catherine Lucken- Sponsored by Rahn's Oil and Propane, Melrose

Heather Meyer- Sponsored by International Precision Machining, Waite Park

Alexis Manning- Sponsored by John Dough's Pizza, Melrose

Ink Cartridges Collected Here

Remember that the chamber is a source to recycle your used laser and ink jet cartridges. We recycle them through "Funding Factory" and use the rewards to buy office products. Drop them off at the chamber office anytime, or call and we will come pick them up. Thank you for participating!