Blog Category: Meetings, Events, and Activities

For members only: Legislative interviews – Jan. 20 and 25

Members from District 25 B will have a chance to meet with their Representative, David Bly, and State Senator, Kevin Dahle, on Wed., Jan.20, at 7:00 p.m. at The Hideaway, 421 Division.  Members from District 36B can meet Representative Patrick Garofalo and Senator Pat Pariseau on Mon., Jan.25, at 7:00 p.m., location to be announced.
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Important! for members: Program Planning

Our annual Program Planning Meeting will occur on Saturday, Jan. 9th, 2010
9:00 AM -     St. John’s Church, 500 W. 3rd St., the Old Fellowship Hall
Come grab a cup of coffee and join in the discussion of what we’d like to accomplish next year!

Tour of the Safety Center

Kiffi Summa and Jane McWilliams have arranged a tour of the Safety Center on Monday, November 22, at 10:00 a.m. The Northfield City Council has put replacing the Safety Center into their five year Capital Improvement Plan. This is the first step toward planning in order to begin the project in 2011.
Randy Jennings has [...]

Next LWVNCF Board Meeting

Monday, November 23rd, at 6:45.
Venue will probably be Co-op meeting room – to be confirmed

City Council Work Session – Monday, April 13, 2009

Kathryn Summa, LWV Observer
All Councilors present; also City Administrator, various staff members, consultants, and interested public.
There were seven items on this evening’s agenda;  items 2 through 7 were essentially policy discussions which needed evaluation, or possibly revision.
ITEM # 1 -  Update discussion on Ames Park Planning
What was listed as an “update”, turned into a  2 [...]

Event for members

LWVNCF is going to have another League Salon
7-9 p.m., Tuesday, April 14
Cannon Valley Friends’ Meeting Room,
313 1/2 Division St.*
Don’t miss it! We’re going to watch the movie,
“Iron Jawed Angels”
starring Hillary Swank, Frances O’Connor, and Anjelica Huston. The movie tells the story of Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt and others in the battle for women’s [...]

The State of Education

PUBLICITY RELEASE: On Thursday, March 26th, at 7:00, the League of Women Voters of Northfield & Cannon Falls will present “Northfield District Education Update: Where We Are; Where We Should Be” in room 106 of the Northfield Senior Center. The program will feature three members of the Northfield Board of Education and [...]

The Minnesota Health Act:

A Single-Payer Plan for All Minnesotans
Presentation by:
David Bly
Minnesota State Representative and Bill Co-sponsor
“We have one of the most expensive health care systems in the world and yet many people are just not able to receive the benefit of it."
Thursday, March 5th, at 7:30pm
St. Olaf College, Holland Hall 501

LWVNCF Thanks Elected Officials

News Release
February 16, 2009
Contact: Sharon Gates-Hull gateshul@yahoo.com
League of Women Voters of Northfield and Cannon Falls members hosted an appreciation party for all of their elected officials on the night before Valentine’s Day.
The party goers were happy to have a chance to thank the men and women who represent them. And the elected officials were [...]

How would you ration health care?

submitted by Judith Stoutland, LWV member
Karen Gervais, Professor of Ethics at St Olaf College and Director, Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics, will lead a discussion on Thursday,  February 5th at 7:00 pm, at St. John’s Hall, 500 West Third Street, on the preliminary report for the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project.    Sponsored by the St. [...]