Watts News
 Published for the members of North Itasca Electric Cooperative
VOL. 10 NO. 5  - May 2007


May 2007 Calendar

3 Northome Craft Store opens. To consign homemade articles, contact Joe Ann at 897-5918
3,4 Pick up for Native Plant Sale orders at Itasca County Fairgrounds, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
4 Baby Steps comes to Marcell Family Center the first Friday of the month, 9 a.m.
4 Opening reception for Bigfork School Student Art Show at Edge Gallery, 5-7 p.m. Show opens May 3 continues to May 26. Gallery hours: Thurs. and Sat., 1-4 p.m., Fri. 1-7 p.m.
5 Grand March for Bigfork High School Prom at the Edge Center. Call school at 743-3444
5 Northome High School prom at Kelliher, 5 p.m.
7-10 Kindergarten registration week at North School. Open House for incoming kindergarteners and parents May 9, 10:30 a.m.
7 Deer River School Board meets at King School. Open Forum at 5 p.m. for community input. Meeting starts at 5:30 p.m.
8 “Stop & Stitch” quilting group meets at Marcell Family Center from 9:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. Bring your supplies, $1 and a sack lunch. For more info, call Judy at 832-3237 or Rhonda at 832-3597
8 Northome Elementary Music Concert, 7 p.m.
10 Eagleview Community Foundation meets at Eagleview School in Squaw Lake, 6:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.
11 North Itasca Electric Cooperative Mother’s Day Sale, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
11 Track and Field Day at North School, North, Northome and Kelliher students, 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
12 Fishing Opener
12 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive; leave a non-perishable food item in your mailbox. Co-sponsored by Campbell’s Soup and the U.S. Postal Service.
12 Eagleview Foundation Pancake Breakfast and Eagleview Library Used Book Sale at Eagleview School in Squaw Lake, 7 - 11 a.m.
12 Open House and Community Chili Feed at Swampsiders Clubhouse on Highway 52 north of junction with Highway 7, noon -5 p.m. Chili, cornbread and dessert. See the new Fire Hall addition. Free will donation.
12 Northwoods Saddle Club meets 7 p.m., Effie Community Center. Open to the public. Meetings every second Saturday.
14 Women of the Woods meet at 10 a.m. All women in the area welcome! Call Connie Vesey at 659-4669 for location.
14 Deadline for receiving entries for Art on the Edge: 3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibit. Call Nichole Baker at 832-3529 for more information
14-16 Eagleview 5th and 6th grade at Long Lake Conservation Camp
15 Northome grades 7 - 12 Spring Concert in the Northome School Commons, 1:30 p.m.
16 Senior reception at Bigfork High School, 7 p.m.
18 Eagleview School’s all school field trip to Reif Center
18 Native Vegetation and Natural Erosion Control course offered by Itasca School SWCD. For more information, visit the web site www.itascaswcd.org or call 326-0017
21 Bigfork Lions Club meets the third Monday at 6 p.m. at the Huskie Cafe. New members welcome. For more information, call Laurel Laudert at 743-6142
21-25 Environmental Week at North School: May 21, Peace Breakfast 8 a.m., public welcome. Speaker: Brent Colligan; May 21-23 Artist-in-residence Mary Helen Pelton; May 24, Pow-wow, call school at 743-3621 for time; May 25 School Forest Improvement and Garden Club Day
22 Northwoods Quilters meet at Marcell Town Hall, 9 a.m. Free and open to everyone. Potluck lunch, afternoon session continues to about 3.
24 Bigfork School’s 2nd and 3rd grades present a musical play, “Rumpus in the Rainforest” at Edge Center in Bigfork, 2 p.m
25 Northome High School graduation, 7 p.m.
28 No school, all schools. Memorial Day.
30 Last day of school, Northome School
30 North School’s all school field trip to Duluth
30 Kindergarten graduation at Bigfork School, 2 p.m.
31 Last day of school, Blackduck School




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