Lakes area news

NISSWA -- The Nisswa Women's Club is planning a trip to Stillwater on Tuesday.

A bus will leave the Nisswa Community Center at 7:30 a.m. and return to Nisswa at 6:30 p.m.

In Stillwater a guide in Victorian dress will join the bus and share the history and legends of Stillwater. Lunch will be at the Lowell Inn. After lunch there will be time to walk through main street and visit the many antiques stores and shops.

Non-members of the club are welcome to join the tour.

For reservations call Ingrid Anderson at 963-7897.

Free walleye seminar set in Pequot Lakes

PEQUOT LAKES -- Chris Gilman, 1997 Professional Walleye Angler of the Year, will present a free seminar Thursday, April 27, at Pequot Lakes School.

The seminar will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Gathering Room.

Learn the best techniques and lures to catch more and bigger walleye in the area. Call 568-4426 to reserve a spot. This event is jointly sponsored by the Oasis Sport Shop and Pequot Lakes Community Education.

Using Web as business tool topic of workshop

PEQUOT LAKES -- Learn how a business can use the World Wide Web to increase productivity and profits by attending a seminar from 6 to 9 p.m. May 16-17 and 23-24 in the Pequot Lakes School computer lab.

This is not a course on how to build a Web site but how to use it as an effective business tool. This would also be an excellent workshop for those who are interested in starting a new business on the Web.

The workshop will be presented by the University of Minnesota Extension Service and I Like It Like That, an area Web site development company.

Because of a grant from the Initiative Foundation, the support of the Pequot Lakes Area Development Organization and the Pequot Lakes School, the fee will be only $65 per person. To register call Pequot Lakes Community Education at 568-9200.

Gifts coming in for family center

PEQUOT LAKES -- The Lakes Area Community Family Center in Pequot Lakes has received the following gifts in the last week:

Ideal Service Club, $2,500; Pequot Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, $1,000; and Pequot Lakes Lions Club, $200.

The center has now raised $18,700 of its goal of $100,000 that will be matched by the McKnight Foundation. All dollars raised before Sept. 1 will be matched dollar for dollar.

Anyone interested in having a place in the community to serve teens, families and preschoolers can send a gift to the Patriot Foundation, c/o Jim Oraskovich, Pequot Lakes School, P.O. Box 368, Pequot Lakes, MN 56472. All gifts are tax deductible.

For more information call 568-9200.