http://www.albertleajournal.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:24:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Monday, October 12, 2009 the meeting of the Albert Lea City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. in the City Center Council Chambers by Mayor Michael Murtaugh. 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Present were Mayor Michael Murtaugh, Councilors Vern Rasmussen, Larry Baker, Ellen Kehr, Reid Olson, Larry ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/news/city-council-minutes-10122009/ On Monday, September 28, 2009 the meeting of the Albert Lea City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. in the City Center Council Chambers by Mayor Michael Murtaugh. 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Present were Mayor Michael Murtaugh, Councilors Vern Rasmussen, Larry Baker, Ellen Kehr, Reid Olson and ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/news/city-council-minutes-9282009/ Joan Claire Graham is an author, editor, and publisher who resides in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Among other literary projects and artistic endeavors, she's compiled seven volumes of Minnesota Memories. Each book in the seven volume set contains a collection of short stories written by Minnesotans, and a large ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/features/interview-with-joan-claire-graham/ Regular School Board Meeting September 8, 2009 Chair Leland called the Regular Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room at Brookside Education Center. Members present: Bill Leland, Jolinda Schreiber, Sally Ehrhardt, Jill Marin, Bill Villarreal, Linda Laurie, Mike Funk, Judy Knudtson, and Larry Kellogg Absent: None There were approximately 17 community and ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/news/school-board-minutes-september-2009/ Check out the new and improved website index at index.albertleajournal.com. As always, it is a work in progress. I'm attempting to compile as many websites as possible from the Albert Lea area into one. This will make some sites easier to find...hopefully. Furthermore, if anyone would ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/news/new-and-improved-website-index/ On Monday, August 24, 2009 the meeting of the Albert Lea City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. in the City Center Council Chambers by Mayor Pro-Temp Al Brooks 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Present were Mayor Pro-Temp Al Brooks, Councilors Vern Rasmussen, Larry Baker, Ellen Kehr, Reid ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/news/city-council-minutes-8242009/ I recently customized a Wordpress CMS template for the City of Albert Lea. We started with a theme by Brian Gardner called "Revolution City," which I'm not sure he is distributing at the moment. Anyway, Gardner provided us with an excellent starting point. We also used the Suckerfish ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/features/wordpress-and-the-city-of-albert-lea/ A week from last Friday I attended a day long gathering at the Ramada Inn here in Albert Lea. Dan Burden, founder of Walkable Communities, spoke for a couple hours about why making towns and cities more walkable makes property values go up, fosters better health for citizens, and ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/features/walkability/ This Tuesday, March 11 Stage Left will be showing "for the BIBLE tells me so" at the Riverland College Community Theater (1600 8th Ave. NW, Austin, MN). Stage Left will start showing the film at 7pm and there is no charge for admission. Not long ago my dad, who ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/events/for-the-bible-tells-me-so/ The school levy referendum is for 7 years and has 2 questions. As a voter, you have a choice. Instead of 'all or nothing', you can vote yes or yes, yes! The first yes, stops the deep cutting. For the average valued home in Albert Lea ... http://www.albertleajournal.com/news/do-you-know-what-the-yes-yes-vote-is-for/