From Picked On to Published

When he got to the military, Stillwater native Adam Dince was a self-described hot mess. “Those movies where the overweight guy gets to boot camp, and they pick on him? That was me,” he says. He got his high school diploma because the military wasn’t accepting GEDs. But since then, Dince has earned a master’s in integrated marketing communication, and his first book came out last November.

Hopeful to Hired gives high school students the advice Dince wishes he had received before graduating: about soft skills, about networking, about building a “Google resume.” Read more about From Picked On to Published

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Huckleberry Friend

He trained at Yale and sang opera in New York, but now you can find baritone Steven Marking, who lives in Maplewood, on the Mississippi backwaters in a mallard-green pontoon boat, armed with a camera, crouched behind a blind.

Marking draws from 20,000 images and a couple hundred hours of footage when choosing the visuals of river life—water fowl, bald eagles—to run on the screen when he appears onstage to sing about the Mississippi aboard American Cruise Line riverboats May through October. Read more about Huckleberry Friend

A Little Upkeep at the Stillwater Public Library

After its expansive remodeling 10 years ago, Stillwater Public Library has made a few structural adjustments with help from Gardner Builders throughout the winter months. And sure, grouping the information and circulation desks might sound straightforward enough, but it’s the result of a facilities study conducted by MSR Design, a committee of library board members, staff, representatives from Friends of the Stillwater Public Library, and the Stillwater Library Foundation. Read more about A Little Upkeep at the Stillwater Public Library

Compass Center for Healing in Stillwater Offers Alternative Treatments for PTSD

Aimee Van Ostrand’s impetus for opening her Stillwater acupuncture location was her relationship with the nonprofit Compass Center for Healing in Stillwater, which works with local veterans, offering donation-only services to active and retired military personnel. Compass Center offers a wide variety of alternative, traditional and holistic services provided by independent healing practitioners, and thanks to her, veterans have access to community acupuncture. Read more about Compass Center for Healing in Stillwater Offers Alternative Treatments for PTSD

Community Thread’s Spring into Service

Volunteer as an individual, family, or team from 10:00 am-noon on May 20 for Community Thread’s Spring into Service. Pick the project that’s right for you! Sign up now through May 5. Help local nonprofits strengthen our community by volunteering for a project. Spring into Service matches groups of community volunteers with local nonprofit organizations for this annual service day. Spring into Service allows volunteers to make a difference by assisting with projects such as packing kits, sorting food, planting trees, and much more. Read more about Community Thread’s Spring into Service

Friends of the Stillwater Public Library Book Drive

Are you doing some spring cleaning and need to clear off a shelf of books? Donate your gently used books to the Friends of the Stillwater Public Library.  The Friends will collect books, dvds, and cds on Saturday, April 1 and Saturday, April 8 from 10:30 am – 3:00 pm in the library parking ramp on Third Street. 

None of the following items will be accepted: encyclopedias, magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, textbooks, religious materials, National Geographic, videos, cassettes, partially used puzzle books. Read more about Friends of the Stillwater Public Library Book Drive

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