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City of Bloomington, MN / 2015 Bloomington Today / 14 Jan 2015
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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ January 14 – 20

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What’s buzzin’ in Bloomington? A police officer shares some tips to prepare you for driving in the cold weather. Winter Fete is gearing up for a week full of winter activities. Plus, are you interested in a rain garden? Hear about an opportunity to get help building one.

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Welcome to Bloomington today, I'm Laurie Schulte thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the buzz for the week of january, fourteenth through the 20th after a mild, December winter kicked into high gear, bringing sub-zero temperatures to bloomington. In january those frigid temperatures can create dangerous conditions on the roads, but there are some things you can do to prepare yourself in case of an emergency as.

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Everybody knows this is a bad time of year. It gets very cold very quickly, and what we'd like to see you do as a commuter in the city of Bloomington is pack a little bit extra in your car, while you're leaving officer.

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Brett Andrew Berg is talking about things like blankets, a flashlight and winter clothing. He even keeps an extra pair of snow, pants and boots in a squad. Car Andy Berke says you want to be prepared in case you run out of gas or end up in a snowbank. You.

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Can buy kits at most hardware stores will have the basic stuff the batteries the flashlight candle a can. So if you want to get a little bit of heat, you can't run your car. You can have a little bit of heat off a candle. It comes with snacks and protein bars that kind of thing, so anything at all it might keep you through. A couple of hours, I think would be, would be beneficial to you if.

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Having car trouble, Anna berg says you should wait for help inside your car to retain the most heat he does not recommend venturing out on foot. He says police can better spot a car on the side of the road compared to a person. The cold weather can also be fun for many Minnesotans and winter fat. 2015 showcases that between January 17th and 25th, the city will be hosting different winter activities around town. The nine-day event has been going strong for 12 years. It kicks off with hockey activities at running park for Minnesota hockey day.

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There are also two fat tire bike: races, an international ski jumping competition and a warming house apalooza that will include skating crafts and a snow art contest for information on the winter fat schedule, visit the parks and recreation page on this. These website at Bloomington, MN, gov, Human Services, is offering a few programs this winter. That may help you or a senior in your life. We already told you about the Wellness Fair, that's at creekside community center on january twentieth from nine to noon.

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People 50 and older can learn about keeping their mind and body in shape. On january 24th, there's a program called We Need to Talk. It helps guide families who are trying to figure out if a loved one should stop driving. That program will be at creekside at 9am, coming up on februari 11th. There's a discovery workshop for older people called inside out the vital aging, Network and Human Services will help.

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You see yourself with a new expanded perspective that runs from 1 to 2 30 in the rehearsal hall at Bloomington, Civic Plaza and it's tax time and Human Services is offering free income tax assistance for those who qualify. That help is also at creekside and will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. It starts january twenty second and runs through april fifteenth for more information on all these workshops and programs contact the Human Services Division at 952, 5638, 733 friends, a pen lake library put on their winter book sale, and it was a success.

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They had about four thousand books up for sale filling this room. The collection is a combination of donated books and extra copies from the library. The mainsail was on January 10th prices ranged from a couple dollars to fifty cents on Sunday the 11th they had a bag sale where folks could fill up a bag of books for just five dollars. Friends at Penn, Lake library, president Natalie Rosinski, says she's grateful for the community's support.

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People of Bloomington are very generous in donating, so many books and so many books of high quality. We have many inhabitants, improvement of Bloomington who love reading and it shows if you.

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Miss this book sale, don't worry friends. A pen, lake library also holds a sale in the spring and fall. The group has 85 members. If you would like to join, they meet the first monday of the month at 6pm. Bloomington may be covered in a blanket of snow, but one area nonprofit is already planning for spring. These are pictures of rain gardens and Metro blooms wants to help interested residents get one started.

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They are holding a workshop februari 14th at Oak, Grove Presbyterian Church people can learn about the benefits of rain gardens and plan one with a landscape architect. The workshop is sponsored by the city. Bloomington has about 70 rain gardens already Brian Gradle explained how they work so.

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They take water in and essentially infiltrated into the ground. Taking with it, you know any of the pollutants that may be contained within that which are filtered out in the soil media and then help replenish groundwater resources, rain.

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Gardens range in price and are usually made up of native plants that can withstand the conditions. The workshop cost $15 to register. You can call 651 699, 24 26 or visit Metro blooms org. That is the buzz on Bloomington today for the week of january, fourteenth through the 20th thanks for watching.