GND 2007 "Hunt For The Golden Spike"
$1000 Prize At Stake!!
Since its inception in 1968, The Hugo Lions' Good Neighbor Days celebration has become bigger and better each year. People come from miles away to enjoy the fun at Lions Park in downtown Hugo. This year, residents can catch "pirate fever" and embark on the second Hugo Good Neighbor Days "Hunt For The Golden Spike," sponsored by Th e Citizen.
"Spike" is, indeed, golden, and will be hidden just in time for the kickoff of the treasure hunt at 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 7. Th is year, however, "Spike" is plastic, so hunters can put away those metal detectors - they won't be of much use.
... MoreCR 14 Project On Hold
Concerned Parties Await Environmental Ruling
Construction on the County Road 14 improvement project has been delayed once again, with the advertisement for bids now tentatively scheduled to begin on July 12, and construction tentatively scheduled to begin August 20.
"Does this mean that the late March start date is out of the question?"
Centerville City Council Member Jeff Paar asked facetiously during the May 23 council meeting.
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Eagle brook Church To Host Drive
Have you done your spring cleaning yet? Consider hauling your extras to Eagle Brook Church this weekend. A local charity needs your help to aid those in need and living in poverty in the Twin Cities metro area.
Poverty in Minnesota? It's not something most of us are faced with on a day-to-day basis. In fact, Minnesota is touted by offi cial sources as being one of the wealthiest and healthiest states in the nation. Th is affluence doesn't touch all Minnesotans, though, and thousands right here at home are struggling to make ends meet.
Bridging, a Twin Cities-based non-profit organization, is well aware of that need. Founded on the idea that extra community resources should be shared with those who need them, what started small in 1987 with one man in a church in Eden Prairie, 20 years later has become a large organization.
Hugo Amends Liquor Ordinance
Concerned Parties Await Environmental Ruling
At its May 21 meeting, the Hugo City Council passed a motion amending the city's liquor license ordinance to allow establishments to sell 'strong beer' if they have a 3.2 beer license, a wine license, and if 60 percent of their receipts are from food sales.
The ordinance amendment resulted from a request by the owner of Asian & American Bistro, set to open later this month in Victor Marketplace in Hugo. The owner wants to sell strong beer - i.e., beer that is stronger than '3.2 beer,' which contains 3.2 percent alcohol by volume.
... MoreTrial Set For Suspect In Centerville Stabbing
Christmas Eve Stabbings Left Five Injured
The usually quiet and peaceful community of Centerville was shocked by news of a multiple stabbing in the parking lot of Sager's Bar & Grill last Christmas Eve.
In an update, The Citizen has learned that the suspect in the stabbings, Daniel Justin James Watson, 25, will be tried before a jury on August 13 at the Anoka County Courthouse.
The stabbings outside Sager's at 1:30 a.m. on December 24, 2006 left five people injured; two individuals required surgery.
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