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Bart Ward shared that there has been much progress on the sponsorship package and that Paul Erickson of the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission has offered to look at the package and provide feedback. Wells Fargo and Budweiser have been contacted to act as sponsors and have given positive feedback. We are nearly ready to ask the cities to match the county's $20,000 contribution. FordiD2 the Rum River Bart Ward has been in contact with Kevin and Kim Voeller of Equine Vet Services. They can help us find riders to ford the Rum River. The City of Anoka controls the pool level above the dam and they can lower the pool at that time to coordinate with their annual maintenance of the dam. Trick Shooter Bart Ward had been in contact with Tom Knapp (sp?), a trick shooter that works with Federal ammo. He is a possibility as a fairground entertainer. Town Planner Tom Newhouse said that the 2007 Town Planner calendar would have a sesquicentennial theme and would use historic photos and include sesquicentennial events. There is some possibility for revenue streams with referrals. The calendar is mailed to 80,000 of the 115,000 housholds in the county. The Newhouses agreed to a future meeting to discuss how else calendar can be an official part of the 150th . OCTV QCTV is the community cable for Andover, Ramsey, Anoka and Champlin. There are other similar organizations throughout the county. There was discussion about the advantages of national and local media coverage. Colt Seman said that he has national media contacts through his work coordinating events. ACtSO Education Steerin2 Committee Jan Anderson updated on the progress of the Education Steering Committee. . They have been meeting and working with curriculum professionals within the Anoka- Hennepin school district . Part of their mission has been to share with them the resources ACHS makes available to them . Big Book idea: this is a common feature in elementary curriculum and, at this point, is the preferred choice for the committee. Quotes to produce 1 ,000 have ranged between $8,000 and $10,000. . Other less expensive formats are also an option . They hope to have a mock-up of the big-book for the next meeting with District 11 (Anoka- Hennepin) St. Francis Tina Daniels, a City of St. Francis employee, said that St. Francis' Pioneer Days would like to participate. She liked the formula discussed to bring to the cities in asking for financial support. She said the Village Bank currently does a photo contest, similar to what Robert Christenson suggested and encouraged us to contact them. Next Meetintl It was agreed that we would meet again on June 7th at 6:00pm at the Fridley Historical Society. Everyone was encouraged to bring more people interested in participating to the next meeting. Page 2 of2