This photo of Park Point Nature Trail is courtesy of TripAdvisor

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Thursday, April 7, Free, 7pm

Spirit of the North Theater, Fitgers Brewery Complex, 600 E. Superior St.

Cash bar and appetizers at 6:30pm before the presentation

David Krmpotich grew up in Duluth and began rowing with the Duluth Rowing Club as a teenager in the 1970s.  He went on to have a stellar rowing career competing on the international level and in 1988 won an Olympic silver medal in Seoul, Korea. Still active in rowing and coaching in Philadelphia, Dave returns to Duluth to share his Olympic experience and how it relates to those of the young men featured in The Boys in the Boat.

The Boys in the Boat Events

Two guests from the Duluth Fire Dept. will speak about the All-Hazard Water Craft: Asst. Chief Reff and Captain Kleive. Here are details about the vessel. Answers to questions submitted are here.

Neighbor Jim Ouray will be requesting community support for the May 15 Smelt Parade. Jim will explain the event which the club has supported in 2012-2015. More details here on Facebook.

Neighbor Coral McDonnell will be requesting support for funding of new potting beds in the Lafayette Community Edible Garden. See proposal here, Community Garden Proposal

Tom Rauschenfels will be requesting support for the Duluth Rowing Club improvements. Call Park Pointer, Greg Peterson with your questions on the project, 722-0668. History & Project Details here.

The Breeze Editor contract will be up for a vote. The executive board will be meeting about this before the regular meeting at 5:45 to discuss this and the above agenda items. Contract proposal here.

Breeze Editor 2016

Tips and Principles for contributing to the Breeze. Breeze Guidelines

Want to volunteer for your community? Speak up at the meeting or contact a member of the exec. board. A nominating committee will work on the list of candidates for the May election.

Youth Committee – Parents Needed for Committee, long term volunteers are moving on

Hoping to see you on Tuesday.

Have questions or comments on any agenda items ?

Contact the president, Dawn Buck, at parkpointcc@gmail.com or 525-1764 or any executive board member:

John Sargent, Diane Gould, Natalija Walbridge, Al Robins, Pam Griggs, Dave Poulin, Dave Lavamaki, Jake Kapsner

Here are the answers to the thirty one submitted questions:Answers are here

Thank you to Deputy Chief/Emergency Manager, Erik Simonson for gathering the answers to the questions submitted by Dennis Hoelscher.

esimonson@duluthmn.gov

218-730-4393

The speakers at our March 15 PPCC meeting will be Assistant Fire Chief Clint Reff and  Fire Captain Scott Kleive. They will answer questions on the grant for the All-Hazard Watercraft. Thanks to Dave Poulin for setting up the presentation.

Rummage Sale: June 10 & 11, 2016
Art Fair: June 25 & 26, 2016

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