Dateline October-December 2017 | страница 4

Let’s Celebrate Veterans Day Celebrate Veterans Day with Teddy Roosevelt – National Icon of Freedom! Adam Lindquist, three-time national award-winning Theodore Roosevelt living historian is coming to The Shores of Lake Phalen to celebrate Veterans Day. Experience the wit, wisdom, and philosophies behind the 26th President of the United States. We will also celebrate those men and women who served in our Armed Forces. Date: Fri, Nov 10 Time: 1:30–2:30 pm Cost: FREE, please preregister Class #: AEQ11 Location: The Shores of Lake Phalen 1870 East Shore Drive Maplewood, 55109 Veterans Aid and Beneϐits and Flag Ceremony Ramsey County Veterans Services Director Maria Wetherall will discuss the services and bene its available to veterans and their families including accessing bene its, veteran advocates and speci ic bene its that pertain to seniors. Come with your questions. A lag ceremony will accompany this presentation. Date: Fri, Nov 10 Time: 10:00 am–noon Cost: FREE, please preregister Class #: SR3 Location: White Bear Lake Senior Center 2484 E Cty Rd F, White Bear Lake, 55110 Trips and Tours Mississippi River Gorge Walking Tour The powerful Mississippi carved a limestone gorge, creating a bluff site for the city of Saint Paul and America’s only urban national park. This walking tour will focus on the story of the relationship between people and the river. We’ll begin at Kellogg Mall Park to enjoy the unique bluff views, then walk along the Wabasha Bridge and descend to the water’s edge at Raspberry Island Regional Park. Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets and stories of thousands of years in this place. This tour does involve walking down stairs from the Wabasha Bridge to Raspberry Island Regional Park. Register by Sept. 28. Meet tour leader Joan Mathison at 10:00 am at the fountain in Kellogg Mall Park. There is street parking, the Capitol City Ramp across the street, or you can park on Raspberry Island where the tour will end. Date: Sat, Oct 14, Register by: Sept 28 Time: 10:00–11:30 am Cost: $20 Class #: AET2 Location: Kellogg Mall Park 62 Kellogg Blvd E St. Paul, 55101 4 Hastings Holiday Tea You are cordially invited to a Holiday Tea at the historic home of Brigadier General William LeDuc in Hastings. Enjoy a four-course tea with savories, including inger sandwiches, freshly made scones with clotted cream and preserves, and a colorful assortment of dessert sweets served with a variety of teas. Enjoy a guided tour and discover the history of this splendid mansion which will be dressed in Victorian style for the holiday season. The 15-room house stands a rare monument of unaltered Civil War-era Gothic Revival architecture and features a picturesque tower, a limestone exterior with 20-inch-thick walls, a prominent front porch, 10 ireplaces and a third- loor chapel with a white pine interior. Please note, there is not an elevator in the home. Fee includes transportation, high tea and guided tour of the mansion. Date: Wed, Dec 6 Time: 11:00 am–3:15 pm Cost: $69 Class #: AET1 Location: Departs from Gladstone at 11:00 am District 622 Community Education • Gladstone 55+ Center • www.isd622.org/seniors • 651-748-7250