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2010
Friendship Ventures and Camp Friendship for 45 years has been helping to enrich the lives of people with mental and physical disabilities. As a privately funded, non profit organization each year they are able to include nearly 3,000 children, young teens and adults in Camp Friendship's many prog...
07/23/2010
Over the last 30 days Liz and I have had quite an experience here on ActiveRain. Our adventure started out with a simple challenge to post 100 wonderful reasons in 100 days that we love about living in St Cloud which is centrally located in the great state of Minnesota. Our posts have caused us t...
07/22/2010
Electricity from Water is not a new concept here in St Cloud, did you know that the first Hydroelectric Dam in St Cloud was built in 1888? The current St Cloud Hydroelectric Facility Dam was built in and became operational 100 years later on the 1st of June 1988 fully harnessing the power of the ...
07/21/2010
Good Question. How many box cars can you link together in one train? This is a question that I have asked and while I have been a passenger, have heard the driver ask, more than once here in St Cloud. Trains are a huge benefit to our community and are part of the reason businesses have thrived he...
07/21/2010
The Great Northern Railroad founded by James J Hill plays a key roll in the history of St. Cloud MN. James J Hill faced great adversity and turned it into great success. Known as The Empire Builder, he was a Minnesota entrepreneur extraordinaire. The statue in his honor in St. Cloud stands 20 fee...
07/20/2010
Lake George and Eastman Park Downtown St Cloud MN From paddle boats to free plays by GREAT Theatre there is always something going on at Lake George in Downtown St Cloud Mn. Laughter filled the air as children were running and playing in the splash pad, while the sound tech people were setting up...
07/19/2010
SCUBA dive in St Cloud MN at Stearns County Quarry Park and Nature Preserve There is a place to SCUBA dive in St Cloud MN, and it is not a training pool. Quarry Park located just to the South of St Cloud has several old granite quarries, 1, 11, 13 and 18, that are open to SCUBA divers. There are ...
07/18/2010
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We had large storms rumble through St Cloud and central Minnesota last night with several tornado warnings in the area. After the storms passed there were picturesque skies, and an amazingly bright rainbow with a faint mirror image rainbow near it in the sky. The sunset was simply beautiful wi...
07/18/2010
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"The What?" The Granite Trio. I have spoken with people who have lived here a long time and they do not recognize the name, they will recognize what I am talking about though after I say that it is the name of those 3 large granite boulders in downtown St Cloud behind Herbergers on Saint Germain ...
07/16/2010
GREAT Theatre - The acting bug is alive well and growing strong here in St Cloud MN Are you ready to cut Footloose? Or to fill the hills with The Sound of Music? The Great River Educational Arts Theatre is holding auditions for these shows and more. GREAT was started in 1998 and is a non profit g...
07/16/2010
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