Calendar of Events 06/17/11

SATURDAY

Backus Community Center events — Art Exhibit, 5-7 p.m.; Laser Shows, 6 and 6:30, The Dungeon; 7, “Snow White” performance.

Father’s Day Supper, Ribeyes-on-the-Grill, 6 p.m.; Patty O’ Porter music, 7:30, Moose Lodge (reservations, 283-3615).

A.A., 7 p.m., Alano Club.

SUNDAY

Open Discussion, 9 a.m., Alano Club.

Falls Trap Club, skeet shooting, 1 p.m., Moonlight Rock.

A.A., 7 p.m., Pineview Recovery Center.

MONDAY

Community Summer Band rehearsal, 7:30 a.m., The Dungeon, Backus Community Center.

North Koochiching Area Sanitary District, 8 a.m., Sewer District Boardroom, Municipal Building basement.

Exercise/Walk, 9 a.m., Backus Community Center, Room 209.

Red Hattitude Kats, 1 p.m., Thunderbird Lodge.

Community Summer Band rehearsal, 5 p.m., The Dungeon, Backus Community Center.

Rainy Lake Community Orchestra, string musicians, 6-7:30 p.m., The Dungeon, Backus.

Women’s Non-Violence Group, 6-7:30 p.m., Friends Against Abuse office.

Texas Hold ‘Em, 6:30 p.m., Moose Lodge.

Cribbage, 7 p.m., Elks Lodge 1599.

“Celebrate Recovery,” 7-9 p.m., Evangelical Covenant Church.

Ranier Recreation Club, 7:30 p.m., Ranier Community Building.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Women’s Step Study, 7:30 p.m., Coffee Landing Café.

Narcotics Anonymous, “How It Works” step gathering, 7:30-9 p.m., Alanon Club.

TUESDAY

Toastmasters, 7-8 a.m., Rainy River Community College, conference room, Door 4 (Pele Ugboajah, 612-501-5527).

Community Summer Band rehearsal, 7:30 a.m., The Dungeon, Backus Community Center.

Boise Cascade retired welders and pipefitters, 8:30 a.m., location to be determined.

Free well water testing for nitrates, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Koochiching County Health Department office, Forestland Annex building.

Koochiching County Board, 9:30 a.m., Koochiching County Courthouse.

Northland Art Society open painting, pottery and gallery, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Backus, Room 114.

Falls Hunger Coalition Food Shelf open, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1000 Fifth St.

Koochiching County Community Services retirees, noon, location to be determined.

Salvation Army Advisory Council, noon, Salvation Army building.

Open AA gathering, noon, Alano Club.

Alanon, 1:30 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church.

Community Summer Band rehearsal, 5 p.m., The Dungeon, Backus Community Center.

College Presidential Search Update « The River Views

The names of three semifinalists for president of Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College have been submitted to James H. McCormick, chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. The semifinalists are Ron Erickson, Alex Kajstura and Constance Mierendorf.

The semifinalists were recommended by a search committee chaired by Keith Stover, president of South Central College. Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College will be aligned under one president this fall to better serve students in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. With the realignment, each college will retain its own name, mission and accreditation.

Dr. Ron Erickson is president and chief executive officer of Hocking College in Ohio. Previously, he was vice president of academic affairs and institutional planning, and dean of design, health and human services at Dakota County Technical College; dean for academic affairs at Adirondack Community College in New York; dean of instruction and chief academic officer at Northeast Higher Education District’s Rainy River Community College; associate director of the University of Minnesota’s Office of Educational Accountability; research associate and lecturer at the university’s National Center on Educational Outcomes; program director of Midway Training in St. Paul; specific learning disabilities teacher at Venice Elementary School and instructor and curriculum coordinator at Happiness House Rehabilitation Center, both in Florida. He holds an associate degree from Rainy River Community College, a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Gustavus Adolphus College, a master’s degree in exceptional child education from the University of South Florida and a Ph.D. in educational policy and administration from the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Alex Kajstura is provost of the Norfolk campus of Tidewater Community College in Virginia. Previously, he was provost of the Deland campus and Deltona Center, and dean of the School of Business and Technologies at Daytona Beach Community College in Florida; associate dean of the division of business and engineering, and division chair of science and engineering at Palm Beach Community College; division director of Texas State Technical College and a chemistry and physics instructor at Northeast Texas Community College. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Silesian University in Poland, a master’s degree in organic chemistry from Texas Tech University, a master’s degree in business administration from LeTourneau University in Texas and a Ph.D. in higher education administration specializing in community colleges from Southern Illinois University.

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