About Brainerd's Baxter

I am signing up for a Webinar sponsored by the National Association of REALTORS and am thinking how sad it is that we need to even consider these issues. Although I have not had any trouble or even felt uncomfortable at a showing or an open house, I know others who have. I have also heard of robberies, rapes and murders of agents. I am not naive enought to consider that this could not happen in my area. It Could! I am going to do what I can to prevent it from happening to me. To sign up for the free Webinar go to NAR and sign in.

Attend the Free REALTOR® Safety Webinar from NAR: Safety at Open Houses

Your safety is a top priority for NAR and as part of a year-long initiative to help build safety awareness, NAR will host REALTOR® Safety Webinars each quarter led by safety expert Andrew Wooten. The first in the series, Safety at Open Houses, is scheduled for Monday, September 14, 2009 at 10am Central. Advanced registration is recommended.

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Emily will be performing her talent and showing off her Miss Minnesota pageant wardrobe tonight June 11th. 2009. This will be held in the cafeteria on the South Campus of the Brainerd, Minnesota High School at 6 PM.. Also performing their Talent pieces will be two of our area's Minnesota's Outstanding Teen Contestants. They are Bailey Wachholtz and Emma Hilgart. Everyone is invited to come and ask these young women some tough questions about life, about their platforms, about anything. They will all soon be standing before a panel of judges doing the same thing and the more experience they get - the better.

We wish them well in their endeavors and want to give them a great send off into this adventure. It will be stressful, it will be fun, it will be challenging.

"Go Brainerd Lakes"

The time will soon be arriving for young women to make a decision on this year's pageant participation. There have been serveral contestant meeting so far and we have 15 contestants to date. Anyone still intested in participating should contact Vicki Randall at 219 851-4808 or Kathleen Lordbock 218-829-0339. Prefer to email?

Vicki: vrandall_msbrd_lakes@hotmail.com

Kathleen: resaledesign@gmail.com

Our current Miss Brainerd Lakes is a diabetic and her platform is Beautifully Broken

Emily Wyman, 2008 Miss Brainerd Lakes was diagnosed at age 7 with Type 1 diabetes, which occurs when a cell causes the pancreas to stop producing insulin. Emily Wyman, who got her insulin pump when she was 12, plans to study nursing and eventually become a diabetes educator. Her platform for the Miss Minnesota Pageant this summer is diabetes and explaining that if it's under control it doesn't have to control you.

Paul Bunyan is part of the new 2008 Holiday Village located in the Westgate Mall Brainerd/Baxter Minnesota. Paul the Doll and his big wooden chair were found on E-Bay and were created by Designer & Fabric Artist Marilyn Lee and Craftsmen Kenny Kraeplin. His creators donated him to the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association.

This Paul is not small and it took 3 people to move him to the Holiday Village. He rode there in the Shores & More Realty van.

Paul will be promoting the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway , which is a 54 mile long Nationally designated driving route, which goes through Crow Wing and Cass counties.

The Holiday Village is open now and will stay open until Christmas Eve. Come talk to Paul , see some holiday performances and check out the beautifully decorated stores,

Re$ale Design & Home Staging

photo by ~ Mykl Roventine/Flickr

Heritage Assembly of God in Baxter, Minnesota is again sponsoring The Great Candy Adventure. The year's title is THE GARDEN OF EATIN'. The cost is $2 per child and the ages are Pre-school through 6th grade. All Pre-schoolers must be accompanied by an adult. The date is Friday, October 31 from 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM. There will be the ever popular extreme inflatable games, special activities for Pre-schoolers, food and fun fun fun. No scary, evil or violent costumes will be admitted.

If you do not believe that candy grow on trees, come see for yourself. Attendance is usually 1500- 2000 so you will be in good company. All workers have had background checks and careful screening, so this is a safe place to bring your child. All candy will be still wrapped as it comes from the store. The temperature will be perfect, no wind and no rain (or snow). The little ballerinas and body builders will not have to wear snowsuits over their costumes.

Check it out and look for me - I will be in the Candy Buffet.