– looking for vendors to participate in the 21st Annual Becker Business Expo Jan. 25, 2014. Home based businesses are welcome.

 

Contact the Becker Area Chamber of Commerce at 763-262-2420 or info@beckerchamber.org for registration forms or for information.

 

Notice: Becker Cemetery Association Annual Cemetery Meeting

 

–will be held Mon., Jan. 20, 2014 at the Becker Community Center at 7 p.m.

 

Questions contact Ann Johnson secretary/treasurer 763-262-5629.

 

 

-Seniors Without Partners will be held at Clearwater Travel Plaza in Clearwater, Tues., Jan. 21 at 11:30.

 

Cardboard/Newspaper Collection Drop-off

 

-Becker Boy Scout Troop 92 invites you to recycle your flattened cardboard, office paper and newspaper.

 

Bring these items to the west side of the Jubilee Foods parking lot Sat., Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

 

Flatten all cardboard.

 

For information call Kevin 320-743-2591 or Mike 763-263-0858.

 

 

-Parents of Becker band students and all residents of District 726 interested in supporting the band program are invited to attend the Becker Band Boosters bi-monthly meeting Tues., Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school band room.  Enter through door number 1.

 

 

–There will be a meeting at Becker High School auditorium Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. For information contact Cary Rauch, Becker Trap Shoot Organizer, 320-493-4331.

 

 

– at Palmer Township hall, 4180 - 105th Ave., Co. Rd. 6 and 42nd St., the second and fourth Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. 

 

Bring tips, recipes and topics of interest. Everyone welcome.

 

 

– items are: eye glasses, hearing aids, cell phones and printer ink cartridges. 

 

Collection boxes are located at the Becker Community Center (entryway) and Insight Eye Care.

 

Becker Legion And Auxiliary Meeting 

 

– is the second Wednesday of every month at 8 p.m.

 

 

-Area 35 Alcoholics Anonymous District 5 meets Thursdays at 8 p.m. at Church of Mary of the Visitation (12100 Sherburne Ave.),  Becker.

 

For information call 763-275-0110 or visit www.area35.org.

 

 

– Thursdays at 8 p.m. at Church of Mary of the Visitation (12100 Sherburne Ave.),  Becker.

 

Call  763-275-0110.

 

 

– Monday nights at 7 p.m. Location is Church of Mary of The Visitation, (440 Lake St. North) Big Lake.

 

Any questions contact Dean M. at 763-263-2855.

 

 

– open Mondays 5:30-7 p.m., Tuesdays 9-11a.m. and 6-8 p.m., Wednesdays 3-5 p.m. and is in the brown Lions Community Building beneath the water tower in Clearwater.  We service residents of Clearwater and Clear Lake.

 

 

-G.A.L.A. stands for “Get A Life Again”.  This is a group of widows and widowers.  They meet twice a month to eat out and socialize.  The events are held at different places around the surrounding counties. There are also different card groups that meet monthly.

 

If interested contact Lorraine Theis at 763-263-0202 or Gwen Chamberlin at 763-295-6105.

 

 

-Become free from life’s hurts, hang-ups and habits.  Women’s group meets Monday’s at 7 at Riverside Church.  

 

For information, call 763-263-2410 or visit www.myriversidechurch.com/supportgroups.  

 

 

–on the second Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m. at the Monticello Cancer Center. 

 

Topics addressed include benefits of good nutrition, managing eating problems during treatment, how to read food labels and how to eat well after cancer treatment ends. 

 

For information about these informative nutrition education classes, call the Monticello Cancer Center at 763-271-2800. 

 

Living With Parkinson’s Under The Age Of 60

-If you or anyone you know is 60 or under and has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, you are welcome to join a newly forming group. Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. at Saron Lutheran Church in Big Lake.

 

Specific topics will be scheduled along with open forum. Questions call Camille Johnson at 763-350-7401.

 

 

– is the first and third Tuesday night of each month at Cafe Pawz, 6:30-8:30 p.m., join as your schedule allows. All ages and levels of yarn lovers welcome.  

 

Working towards creating items to donate locally if you'd like to help.

 

 

–available through January. 6 Movies for only $6 at the Monticello 15 and Rogers 18 Theatres. Movies begin showing Jan. 18 through Feb. 23 at 10:40 am and 1 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.  

 

This series of six movies offers a variety of entertainment for children of all ages and interest. The tickets may be purchased all ages two and up, including parents. Part of the proceeds of each ticket will be donated to the school.  The featured movies are Escape From the Planet Earth, Epic, The Croods, Turbo, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and Despicable Me 2.  Students will get a free ticket for any general admission movie if their family purchases five or more Family Movie Series tickets.

 

To purchase your tickets, forms are available at school offices or  go to the PTSA website http://beckerptsa.weebly.com, send completed form with payment to your child’s school Attn. Becker PTSA. Your tickets will be delivered to your student.  If you have any question, contact     Ann Olson 612-889-2206

 

 

 

-Join in for winter afternoons with friends, coffee, and presentations by St. Cloud State University graduate students.  

 

The next meeting will be Tues., Jan. 21 at 2 p.m.  The speaker is Jeffrey Williams, who will be presenting Apollo 11: From the Moon to the Earth. Williams is a St. Cloud State University grad student and the author of Muskets and Memories: A Modern Man’s Journey Through the Civil War.  This free lecture series will take place on the first and third Tuesdays of the month through the winter, and all are welcome to attend.

 

For more information, call the Sherburne History Center at 763-261-4433 or 763-262-4433 (metro line) or visit our website at www.sherburnehistorycenter.org.