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February 4
Park Rapids American Legion Community Fishing Contest Tickets are on sale for the 14th Annual Park Rapids American Legion Community Fishing Contest on Fish Hook Lake from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. The contest offers more than $110,000 in prizes. Grand prizes in this year's raffle are a 2012 Ford XLT truck and an Ice Castle fish house. Other raffle prizes, including $5,000 cash prizes, will be awarded. Polaris ATVs top the list of prizes in all four divisions: bluegill & crappie; northern, walleye & largemouth bass; perch; and rock bass. In conjunction with the fishing contest, the American Legion also sponsors a Medallion Treasure Hunt, starting Wednesday, Jan. 4. Tickets for the fishing contest at $40 each are available at the American Legion or call 218-732-3360. For more information, go to www.parkrapidsamericanlegion.com.
February 4 Lantern Lit Hike Due to poor snow conditions, the Lantern Lit event scheduled at Itasca State Park Saturday, Feb. 4 has been changed to a lantern lit hike. Hikers will be following the South Entrance Road, which will be illuminated for one mile. The route will be on packed snow. Participants need to wear footwear with slip-resistant soles and good treads. This popular family-friendly event provides an opportunity to hike on a trail illuminated by the warm glow of lanterns. Park visitors can then warm up around a cozy fire at the trail head and roast marshmallows or enjoy a hot drink in the Jacob V. Brower Visitor Center. The lantern-lit trail is relatively flat and easy, so kids and beginners can feel comfortable participating. Hikers can access the route from the parking lot at the Jacob V. Brower Visitor Center. The route will be illuminated from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This event is free, but a vehicle permit is required to enter Minnesota state parks. Vehicle permits ($5 for a one-day permit or $25 for a year-round permit) can be purchased at the park. For updates, directions to the park, call 218-699-7251 or visit the park’s web page at mndnr.gov. February 4 Music Under the Pines: Jim and Molly Bauer in concert Enjoy familiar folk and folk rock songs performed by Jim and Molly Bauer during the Lantern Lit Hike at Itasca State Park Saturday, Feb. 4. The concert goes from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Jacob V. Brower Visitor Center Lobby. Jim and Molly, Minnesota-based acoustic guitarists with contemporary folk musical origins, are returning for their 7th season at Itasca’s music concert series. February 11 Old Time Ice Harvest Discover the good old days of harvesting lake ice at a demonstration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Lake Itasca boat landing. Dress warmly as you come out on Lake Itasca to see ice harvesters use tools of the ice cutting trade. Watch them create an opening in the ice with a single-handled handsaw, then breathlessly wait as they bounce the ice blocks out of the water onto the slippery edge. Parking is available at the boat landing. This event is presented by Itasca State Park and the Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers.
February 15 FREE David Treuer author reading David Treuer will treat audiences to readings from his most recently released book, Rez Life, and talk about his writing, stories and life as an Ojibwe at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the Park Rapids Area Library. Treuer is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the 1996 Minnesota Book Award and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Bush Foundation and Guggenheim Foundation. He divides his time between his home on the Leech Lake Reservation and Ontario, CA, where he teaches college. He is the author of three novels and a book of criticism. His essays and stories have appeared in Esquire, TriQuarterly, The Washington Post, the LA Times and Slate.com. David is the younger brother of Anton Treuer, author and professor at Bemidji State University. The son of Robert Treuer, an Austrian Jew and holocaust survivor, and Margaret Seelye Treuer, a tribal court judge, David grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation. After graduating from high school, he attended Princeton University where he wrote two senior theses - one in anthropology and one in creative writing - and worked with Toni Morrison, Paul Muldoon and Joanna Scott. Treuer graduated in 1992 and published his first novel, Little, in 1995. He received his PhD in anthropology and published his second novel, The Hiawatha, in 1999. His third novel, The Translation of Dr. Apelles, and a book of criticism, Native American Fiction; A User's Manual, appeared in 2006. The Translation of Dr. Apelles was named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post, Time Out and City Pages. February 16 Arts Downtown PR (3rd Thursdays) The Arts Downtown PR series continues from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 in downtown Park Rapids. Lori Goulet Reich will be featured from 5 to 5:30 and 6 to 6:30 p.m. at Bella Caffè. Third Thursday events are designed to bring audiences to see and hear visual artists, musicians, writers and other artists in businesses in downtown Park Rapids on the Third Thursday of the month. The public is invited to attend and encouraged to make a free will donation to the artists. Contact Lu Ann Hurd-Lof at 652-4081 or luann47@gmail.com. This activity is funded in whole or in part by a Region 2 Arts Council Grant through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund passed by Minnesota voters on Nov. 4, 2008. Upcoming events Check back for more details on these and other events Health & Energy Expo at Century School March 3 The Amazing Itasca Winter Survival Race at Itasca State Park March 3 Animals of Winter, Night Hike at Itasca State Park March 3 end of feed
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