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CELEBRATING 70 YEARS: The Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount is a landmark like no other – the tall columns, bright lights and steam during cold winter days can be seen from miles away. Generations of workers have helped operate, maintain and transform the refinery, making it one of the nation’s most innovative and efficient energy facilities of its kind. This year, Flint Hills Resources celebrates 70 years of dedicated employees at the Pine Bend refinery who have produced the fuels that help move us forward. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/4dRlutF (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources)
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AIR SHOW: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “A Minnesota nonprofit is helping a young cancer survivor soar — literally. Wishes & More, a nonprofit that grants wishes to terminally ill or critically ill children, recently fulfilled a special request for 5-year-old Steven Leko of Melrose, Minnesota. Steven’s wish was simple: to see airplanes in flight. That dream became reality at this year’s Duluth Airshow and Expo. Steven’s journey to the airfield has been anything but simple. At just 2 years old, doctors discovered a brain tumor the size of a lime. He was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a fast-growing cancerous tumor. What followed was a year of grueling treatment that included multiple surgeries, chemotherapy, and stem cell transplants.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3GyhO3w
FOOTBALL; Via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “Fifteen years ago, Vikings linebacker Brian Asamoah II was on a family trip to Ghana when he told some kids there he played football. They didn’t know what he was talking about. Asamoah, then 10, had to clarify he wasn’t talking about soccer. He didn’t have a football with him to show them anything about the game. When Asamoah returned to the United States after a year living with his uncle in Ghana, that interaction stuck with him. He was going to bring football to the country of his heritage.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nCDqwv
BASEBALL: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “The grass grows tall along the chain link fencing that surrounds the baseball diamonds at Brooklyn Center’s Thurs Field . . . It’s been at least two years since a Little League team has cheered from the dugouts at the field. Kevin Pitman hates to see it. On a scorching hot July 3, he trimmed the grass with a John Deere lawn tractor . . . ‘When I started coaching it was about the baseball. And like, over the last decade, it’s really, it’s become about having an impact on the kids,’ he said. The same could be said for Jennifer Brenny. By 10:30 a.m., she’d already filled a bag with trash from one of the dugouts. A second bag was well on its way as she cleaned the parking lot. ‘For us to not have the fields would take away one more opportunity that our kids deserve to have,’ she said.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4lGVwvm
PIANO: Via Detroit Lakes Tribune, VERBATIM: “A lot of musical acts have claimed to be a ‘one-man band,’ but did you know that in the early 1900s, an American company was manufacturing ‘one-band pianos’ that could mimic the sounds of multiple musical instruments by activating different floor pedals? Known as the Crown Orchestral Piano, this unique instrument was created by the George P. Bent Piano and Organ Company, according to Becker County Museum Executive Director Becky Mitchell — who was recently gifted with a particularly well-preserved Crown piano by a Lake Park-area family. ‘One of the family members paid to have it restored,’ Mitchell said, noting that the restoration included a complete refinishing of the piano’s exterior, which they believe to be mahogany.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44GMyrh
RESCUE: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Julie Dickie cares for a lot of orphaned babies — and right now they’re really hungry. Eleven spotted fawns all need to be bottle fed with a special formula. Nearby, two young trumpeter swans chatter while a baby otter plays in a cage. Early summer is the busiest time of the year at her Northwoods Wildlife Rescue near Menahga.” LISTEN/PHOTOS: https://fluence-media.co/45TehXZ
MOVE: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “Former WCCO anchor and reporter Pauleen Le will join the nonprofit world after leaving the station last month. Le made her final appearance on WCCO on June 20 following three years of morning broadcasts. On Thursday, Le announced she’d be joining affordable housing nonprofit Project for Pride in Living as director of communications and marketing.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/406pZed
GRANTS: Via KROX-Radio, VERBATIM: “Art Grant applications opened July 1 for government entities and nonprofit organizations. Applications are being accepted from our seven-county Minnesota service area, including Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau counties. Nonprofits and government organizations can apply for one arts project at a time. Grant deadlines for these are July 31, October 31, and February 28. Grants are between $500 and $10,000. Funding sources for these grants are Clean Water, Land and Legacy funds, and general allocation funds from the State of Minnesota.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3I9tf2i
SALVATION ARMY: Via Brainerd Dispatch, VERBATIM: “The Brainerd Lakes Salvation Army is encouraging donations to support its community food shelf during the ‘Open Your Heart Summer Challenge’ now through July 31. The Summer Challenge is being sponsored by Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless, which will match all donations made to The Salvation Army food shelf up to $4,000.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4eJCqCO
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
MEDIA: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “Brian Prudhomme was just a rookie fill-in sportscaster at Northern News Now in 1999. Now, he is one of the most valuable players in sports radio with The FAN 106.5. Every July, he hooks up with co-anchor Dave Cook and historian Jay Hagen to profile five veterans who were athletes as well. That segment is a part of the ‘Northland Sports Page’ show on The Northland Fan station.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4nCkMot
GRANTS: Via Philanthropy News Digest, VERBATIM: “The Grand Rapids-based Blandin Foundation has announced 48 grants totaling $10.2 million in support of initiatives across Itasca County and rural northern Minnesota. The funding to nonprofits, townships, and Native communities will enable community development, strengthen social connections, and help keep financial resources ‘close to home.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3Il8XCR
MORE: Via Blandin, more about the grants issued. SEE: https://fluence-media.co/4096lhA
TREES: Via Metropolitan Council, VERBATIM: “The Metropolitan Council has approved $2.5 million in Community Tree Planting grants to 14 cities and regional park agencies, launching an ambitious effort to plant more than 5,100 new trees while removing over 2,200 diseased or hazardous trees across the Twin Cities region.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3TsyyMA LIST: https://fluence-media.co/3TpkXFV
MORE: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “The grant program will also pay for the removal of around 2,200 dying ash trees infected with emerald ash borer, an invasive insect linked to the deaths of millions of ash trees. After the tiny green insect lays its eggs on the bark of ash trees, hatched larvae burrow underneath and chew s-shaped tunnels, called galleries. The galleries hamper the movement of water and nutrients. Within several years, the tree’s crown dies back.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/408TUT0
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