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Progress is being made on our new Hibbing Site
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Interior offices.
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More offices.
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Studwork is up, electrical is almost done, insulation and sheetrock is next! It's very exciting to see the interior of our building take shape! It will be so nice to have more space and rooms for our groups to meet in and also for our staff to conduct business.
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Stay tuned ...
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New AccessNorth Office Opens in Grand Rapids
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Our Coleraine office has moved out of the Greenway High School to 516 South Pokegama Avenue in Grand Rapids. We're very excited about this move and are looking forward to expanding our services in this area. Stop by and see us or you can call us at (218) 326-5183.
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 Quicktionary
Reading Pen
The Quicktionary II Reading Pen is a hand-held, pen shaped, high resolution scanner with advanced text-to-speech-technology. It functions as an educational tool, providing "assistive technology" to people with reading difficulties. Unlike PC-based high-tech reading aides, this pen is completely portable and enables user to see and hear the scanned text.
Scanned words are displayed and are clearly pronounced - automatically or at the click of a button. The built-in loudspeaker and earphone jack enable external and private listening. The definition and syllabic breakdown of the word can be viewed at the push of a button.
It contains over 200,000 definitions, and recognizes over 400,000 words, including inflected nouns and verbs. It provides parts of speech, alternative spellings and examples of usage. If you are in need of help with reading and could be helped by this pen, contact us at 1-800-390-3681 or info@accessnorth.net.
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Chicken Lickin' Good Pork Chops
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- 6-8 (1" thick) pork chops
- 1/2 c. flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 2 tbsp. oil
- 1 can chicken & rice soup
Note: Use crock pot or casserole in oven. Dredge pork chops in flour, salt, dry mustard and garlic powder. Brown in 2 tablespoons oil. Place in casserole or crock pot. Add can of chicken and rice soup. Cook in oven at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. For crock pot low heat 6-8 hours. High heat 3 1/2 hours.
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Greetings!  Happy February to all! I hope that this winter has treated you well, I know that we are pretty happy around here with the mild temps and little amounts of snow. Looks like that may be changing soon - I hope not too much!
Even though it's still winter, we haven't slowed down around here in getting our offices up and running so that we are able to serve our current consumers better - as well as expand out in other areas that are being underserved. We are in our new Grand Rapids office and have hired new staff to serve the area. We have spotlighted the new Rapids office in this month's edition.
You can also see the progress we are making on the new main office in Hibbing. It has been slow going so far, but now that the studwork is up for the new rooms, things are progressing nicely.
Our Brainerd office is also busy getting new groups together to meet in their new space as well. All staff has been working hard coming up with new ideas to fill the needs in their particular region.
I hope you enjoy reading through and learning more about our offices and services in this month's edition of the Newsletter. Please contact us if you need more information or have a question.
Sincerely,
Kim Tyler Executive Director |
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Free Tax Preparation Help!
 Here are some local locations for free tax preparation for low to moderate income citizens ...
Chisholm - Feb. 8-April 11: Senior Center, 319 Lake Street, Wednesdays 9 am - 1 pm, Walk in/sign up.
Ely: Vermillion Community College, 1900 E. Camp St., Call for information 1-800-657-3608.
Hibbing - Feb. 7-April 17: Memorial Building Canteen, 400 East. 23rd St., Tuesdays 9 am-1 pm, Walk in/sign up
Hibbing - Feb. 10-April 13: Public Library, 2020 5th Ave. E., Fridays, 10 am - 3 pm, Walk in/sign up.
Virginia - Feb. 4-April 17: Thunderbird Mall, Tuesdays 9 am - noon, 1-4 pm, 5-8 pm, Thursdays 9 am - noon, 1-4 pm, Saturdays 10 am-1 pm, Walk in/sign up.
Aitkin - Feb. 15-April: Aitkin City Hall, Wednesdays 9 am - noon.
Duluth - Community Action: 19 North 21st Ave. W., Tuesdays: 4:30 p.m., Saturdays: 8:45 a.m.
Duluth - Laura MacArthur Elementary School: 720 North Central Avenue, Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30 p.m. (Other appointments available by contacting Community Action Duluth at 218-726-1665.)
Duluth - United Way Ordean Building: 424 West Superior Street, Thursdays 11:30 am. Please call 2-1-1 or 218-726-4796 to schedule.
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Meet our new Independent Living Specialist in Grand Rapids ...
Peter Strassburg
My Name is Peter Strassburg I am a  49 year old Grand Rapids resident. I was born in Bemidji, but grew up in Hibbing, MN. I left MN shortly after graduating and did a 15 year tour on the east coast in the Washington, DC/Baltimore, MD area, in which I worked commercial and industrial construction with some overseas experience in Kazakhstan, Russia and the Bahamas. After having a life changing experience in 1996, I returned to Hibbing. What was supposed to be a short visit turned into a permanent stay when my Grandfather passed away after a debilitating stroke. I started a residential construction company doing roofing and remodeling. In late 1999 I met a beautiful and incredible lady who quickly became my best friend and on July 21, 2000 we married. We moved to Grand Rapids the same year and became Assistant Managers of River South Apartments and I also worked at Northland Recovery. It was there I started my journey in the Human Service field. I attended Itasca Community College where I received my AA and an A.S. in Applied Psychology. On Valentine's Day 2005 we closed on our first home, making Minnesota more permanent than we expected; love the seasons hate the cold. My wife and I became a Licensed Foster Home and Kootasca Crisis Nursery provider. It was then we met and later adopted our son Robert Strassburg who is now sixteen. I then went on to Bemidji State University where I graduated in 2010 with my Bachelors of Science as a Licensed Social Worker. With the current economy it has been difficult finding employment in the Grand Rapids area. I was working in Adult Foster Care at Range Mental Health in Hibbing and Residential Living Solutions in Grand Rapids when my current position as an Independent Living Specialist opened at the new Grand Rapids office. I am extremely excited and feel very blessed with the opportunity to serve our area as an IL Specialist and look forward to a long career with Access North CILNM. Welcome, Peter! He can be reached at 218-326-5183 or peter@accessnorth.net
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A Warning ... Not only to parents with teenagers and young adult children, but to all adults themselves!
 This article recently ran in the Star Tribune. These are seemingly innocent household items, such as bath salts, plant food and incense. Some of these items are sold very close to our offices. Please click on this link and read the whole story .... Then talk to your loved ones about the dangers of these substances! This is dangerous stuff!
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  Don't forget about our new cerebral palsy support group - Without Limits - that will meet the second Wednesday of the month at 11:00 a.m. in the CILNM offices - 2104 Sixth Avenue East, Hibbing. Call 262-6675 for more information or check out a listing of all of our groups at this link. |
H&R Block has agreed to donate $25 to AccessNorth - Center for Independent Living of Northeastern Minnesota every time someone has them do their taxes and gives them this referral form.
Offer expires April 18, 2012. |
 Here are our current office locations and contact numbers...
Main Office - Hibbing 218.262.6675 V/TTY
800.390.3681
Duluth 888.625.1401 Brainerd 218.824.5228 Grand Rapids 218.326.5183 Cass Lake 218.975.1011 International Falls 218.283.5752 |
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