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<br /> <br /> <br />Centerville: Preserving the Past while Focusing on the Future <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Le <br /> <br />Journal <br /> <br />CenterwIIIe. MN <br /> <br />Fete des Laa 1000 SpecIaJ <br /> <br />I <br />I' <br /> <br /> AlI-*tgIllOtyHllllfIIIIesB <br /> ~1IDUd. <br /> AUGUST <br /> 1 HfItIotltll NfIht Out 6:30 <br />I! Planning Ie ZonIng <br />2 ParIc Ie Rec. 6:30 <br />Z 9 CIty CouncD 6:00 <br />IU <br />> 10 CemennlaI fire DIst. -_. <br />IU SafetyOmp ..... <br />II. 15 EDC 7:00 <br />0 <br />a= 23 CIty CouncD 6:00 <br />= SEPTEMBER <br />Z <br />IU 5 Planning Ie Zoning 6:30 <br />8 6 Park Ie Rec. 6:30 <br /> 13 CIty CoundI 6:00 <br /> 19 EDC 7:00 <br /> 27 CIty CouncD 6:00 <br /> <br />INSIDE THIS ISSUE <br />New City Employees 2 <br />FDL Parade 4 <br />FDLSponsors 6 <br />Community. Bulletin 7 <br />High WInds In CentervIIIe 8 <br />Softball Tournament, 10 <br />Qaft showIBusIness Expo <br />CandIdate filing II <br />,CenterVIDe RoraI 12 <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />Expectations Met for <br />Fete des Lacs 2000 <br /> <br />Fete des Lacs (FDL). which Is French <br />'anct means "(est.ivaI of the Icrkes~ was ex- <br />perienced this year with numerous <br />changes from the previous nine years. A <br />group ~ CentervIIIe residents felt <br />strongly about the potes,da1 of this event <br />and called an I~rmatmeetllllln August <br />1999. Meetings oa:urrecI ovw the next <br />..... months to brainstorm ideas on <br />how the festival could be Improved <br />upon. The CentervIIIe Uons had been <br />COOl db_II FDL for the past ..... <br />years; ,however. this year. the City.of <br />CenterviIIe approved a separate commit- <br />tee that' would c:oorcIJnate FDL. Many <br />members of this core committee were <br />Uon members and were able to brin& <br />their knowledge and experience of prevl- <br />ous FDL to the table. <br />CentenIIIe resident. <br /> <br />Ray DeVIne. <br />toOk the lead <br />by sending <br />out notices <br />of upcoming <br />FDL meet- <br />inpandre- <br />views of past <br />meetings and <br />soon found <br />himself coor- <br />dinating this <br />I year's Fete <br />des Lacs. <br />lbroughout the past year. the FDL <br />Comndaee had ..... people helping. <br />as few"as twelve and as the festival ap- <br />proached up to forty voIuntee's assisted <br />with the event. <br />There are challenges In producing an <br />event of such I1lItpIIude. ChaIIqes <br />such as: meedul the eIearIc3I requlre- <br />ments for the CarnIval and ... evenIS; <br />appr<>pl- .... ~ recndtIn& <br /> <br /> <br />I Rap CIIId Karfa DeVIne <br /> <br />volunteers and raIsInI money to fund the <br />event. An event of this size takes a... <br />amount of time and f80PIe to c0ordi- <br />nate aD of the various aspeca Keep In <br />mind. that these are volunteer hours, <br />and many of these people have spcMJSes. <br />children and "paying" jobs! The owr-all <br />thou&ht that was In the minds of those <br />who were Involved was Icnowin& that <br />their efforts would result In long Iasdna <br />memories. <br />Afw' FDL was over. Ray had some <br />time to sit and relax and reflect upon the <br />event. He was extremely pleased with <br />the results. In that the expeaations of <br />the festival were met and the expeaa- <br />dons of the parade were exceeded. 'He <br />appreciated all of those who contributed <br />In the success of FDL especially The City <br />of CentervIIIe's PublIc Works Depan- <br />ment who was InstrurnemaI with many <br />areas of the festival. and Rivard ElectrIc: <br />who spent many hours making special <br />eIearIc:aI cords to meet the State Bee- <br />tric:aI Inspectors requirements. Rogers <br />Brothers Funland who presented the <br />carnival was a special acIcIItIon to this <br />year's FDL They brought In a portion of <br />their rides and vendors. They were a <br />very professional group of people to <br />work with and provided the extra color <br />and exdternent for the festival. <br />Fete des Lacs Is not just a three day <br />event. PrIor to and during the festival. <br />new friends were met. neighbors met <br />neighbors for the first dine. and Ideas <br />were ... ated for Involvement for FDL <br />2001. <br />Plans have already begun pr eparIng for <br />.FDL 2001 and as always. volunteers are <br />needed to help produce a biaer and <br />better Fete des lacs for next year! <br />
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