Movies return to the Palace this weekend
In what the BMAT hopes will be a regular event, a movie will be shown at the Palace Theatre this weekend.
Beginning on Friday night, ET, the restored edition , will light up the screen at the 87 year old movie house.
The 1982 movie, which was one of Steven Spielberg’s first successes, was recently re-released with a re-mastered soundtrack, and enhanced visual effects.
The movie also has some never-before-seen scenes added to the film.
The movie was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best score for John Williams.
The movie will be shown at the Palace at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, and at 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Don’t expect sudden silence from your "do not call" list
If you’re one of the nearly one million people who signed up for the do-not-call list, don’t expect your phone to quit ringing quite yet.
Although the law became effective on Jan. 1, the bill that the Minnesota legislature passed, gives telemarketers 30 days to obtain the list.
Only after the 30 day period can the state start enforcing civil penalties, such as $1,000 for each illegal call, plus a possible "death sentence" (the right to do business over the phone in Minnesota).
You can sign up for the do-not-call list over the internet at www.commerce.state.mn.us or call toll-free 800-921-4110.
Although the list will keep most telemarketers away, it will still allow political parties and charities to continue their telemarketing efforts.
You didn’t win the Powerball again?
Did you buy a Powerball ticket and continue your losing streak?
The latest big payoff ended on Christmas day, when a West Virginia man won 314.9 million, or a 170.9 million cash pay off.
Minnesotans spent $8.9 million on Powerball tickets for the Christmas day drawing, which was the second most in the state’s history.
The biggest was $9.7 million on August 25, 2001.
For the Christmas 2002 lottery, three Minnesotans won $100,000 each. That’s $65,750 after taxes.
The various state lotteries sold more than $560 million in tickets during this jackpot run. That translates into roughly $168 million for state projects.
Join the Arbor Day Foundation and get free trees
The National Arbor Day Foundation will be giving ten flowering trees to everyone who joins their organization during the January 2003 membership drive.
The free trees are part of the organization’s "Trees for America" campaign.
The 10 trees are two white flowering dogwoods, two flowering crab apples, two goldenrain trees, two Washington hawthornes, and two American redbuds.
According to the foundation’s president, the trees are selected "to give your home pink, white, and yellow flowers, as well as providing winter berries and nesting sites for songbirds.
To join, contact The National Arbor Day Foundation at 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410.
Farm Credit Services of America, joins Agribank, FCB
Effective Jan. 1, 2003, AgAmerica FCB has merged with AgriBank, FCB.
As a result, Farm Credit Services of America in Omaha, is now affiliated with and obtains wholesale services from AgriBank of St. Paul, Minn.
FCS America is the largest customer-owned financial service provider to farmers, ranchers and rural residents in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Approximately 50,000 farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses and rural residents are customer/owners of Farm Credit Services of America.
The new combined organization will provide services to customers in 15 states in the Midwest, including Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota.
Publisher Roger Tollefson can be contacted by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com