The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Cokato today from 1 to 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 395 Broadway Ave. North.
Walk-ins are welcome.
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Bloodmobile in Cokato today
Peter Yarrow at the PAC Sunday
Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary will begin the ninth season for the Dassel-Cokato Arts Association with an intimate concert Sunday, Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. at the Dassel-Cokato Performing Arts Center.
All tickets are reserved seats and are $15 for adults and $7 for youth (HS students and under).
To purchase tickets, which are now available online, visit www.dc.k12.mn.us/pac on contact the Dassel-Cokato Community Education office by calling (320) 286-4120.
Funeral notice: Quinn Senske, 42, Glencoe
Quinn Scott Senske, 42, passed away Oct. 20 at his home in Glencoe. Memorial services will take place Saturday, Oct. 26, 11:30 a.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Glencoe, with internment at the Cokato City Cemetery. Senske was a 1989 Dassel-Cokato graduate. See the full obituary in Monday’s Enterprise Dispatch.
Cokato Legion turkey supper Friday
Cokato American Legion Post 209 will host its annual turkey supper Friday, Oct. 25 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Cokato City Hall. Adults eat for $9; children for $5.
Quilts of Valor sewing weekend Friday-Sunday
A sewing weekend has been planned in an effort to make 95 quilts through Quilts for Valor for the troops and families of the 849th Mobility Augmentation Company now serving in Afghanistan.
Community members can participate in this national service by providing sewing, cutting, and ironing Friday through Sunday, Oct. 25-27 at the Cokato Centennial room of the library museum/library building, starting at 9:30 a.m.
Legislators to host town hall meeting regarding childcare unionization
District 18 legislators are conducting a town hall meeting 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5 to receive input regarding a pending vote on whether to unionize childcare providers in Minnesota.
Sen. Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson; Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Acton Township; and Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, will host the event. They will be joined by Hollee Saville, a childcare provider from St. Michael, who has led efforts opposing the childcare unionization effort.
All citizens are invited to attend. Childcare providers and parents of children who receive care are especially encouraged to participate in the discussion. The meeting will take at the Hutchinson Public Library, 50 Hassan St. S.E.
A recent ruling from a federal appellate court kept in place an injunction issued in September. It halts the unionization law until the U.S. Supreme Court makes a decision on Harris vs. Quinn, a similar case in Illinois. Polls by Twin Cities media outlets continue to indicate this unionization initiative is unpopular among Minnesotans, including parents and providers themselves.
