DATE SET FOR ANNUAL CRAFT AUCTION AT DES LACS CHURCH Rose Valley Lutheran Church, rural Des Lacs, has scheduled its 27th annual craft auction for Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. Homemade crafts and baked items will be sold during the auction.
Pie and coffee will be served afterward.
BENEFIT BREAKFAST TO BE HELD SUNDAY FOR BALFOUR GIRL A benefit breakfast will be held Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Drake Knights of Columbus Hall for Laura Duchsherer of Balfour. A quilt and a necklace will be raffled at the event.
Laura has been undergoing extensive medical treatment and physical therapy since an accident at the end of June. The treatments have required a number of trips to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., with another trip scheduled in October.
The event is sponsored by the Drake Knights of Columbus and the Balfour Roughriders 4-H Club. Matching funds will be provided by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
People who unable to attend may send checks payable to the Laura Duchsherer Benefit Fund, United Community Bank, 120 Main St., Drake, ND 58736.
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ADULT FORUM TO BE HELD IN MINOT CHURCH ON SUNDAY Sgt. Margie Zietz of the Minot Police Department will present an adult forum at Bethany Lutheran Church, 215-3rd Ave. SE, on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Her presentation will include common-sense tips on safety both in the home and when people are out and about in the community.
POTLUCK BENEFIT PLANNED FOR BUTTE MAN A potluck dinner benefit will be held Sept. 30 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Butte Legion Hall for Stephen Olson Jr., of Butte.
The benefit is to help with medical expenses.
Supplemental funds have been requested from the McLean County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
People who are unable to attend may send donations to Lena Volochenko, 1919 4th Ave. NW, Butte, ND 58723.
FUND-RAISING BANQUET SET FOR CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER A fund-raising banquet for Dakota Hope Clinic, a crisis pregnancy center coming to Minot in 2013, will be held Oct. 4 in the Grand International Inn Ballroom.
Pam Stenzel, an internationally known speaker, will be presenting. Born to a rape victim, Stenzel was adopted into a family with several other adopted children. She became director of a crisis pregnancy center, where her experiences taught her that before teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease rates could decline, attitudes of teens toward sex first had to change. Desiring to bring about that change, she started speaking full-time.
Banquet doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m. To reserve a seat, please call 852-6755 or email aprildbraun@yahoo.com by Sept. 28. The event is co-sponsored by North Dakota Family Alliance.