Corn Fest in Brooklyn Park this weekend "Sun Suburbs Today" webcast - Friday, Aug. 21, 2009

Corn Fest begins at 6 p.m. tonight and goes throughout the weekend at The Church of St. Gerard, 9600 Regent Avenue North in Brooklyn Park. The event includes entertainment, games, food and more from 4 to 11 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Sunday is also Family Fun Day with a traveling magician, a chance to see emergency vehicles up close and corn eating and shucking contests.

Read Around Town, a program of the Robbinsdale Area Schools Community Reading Partnership, is collecting gently used children's books in September to distribute to area residents at various school and community gatherings throughout the year. Drop off books from Monday, Aug. 31, through Wednesday, Sept. 30, at a bin in the lobby of New Hope City Hall, 4401 Xylon Ave. N.

The host and crew of "Seniors onscreen," the longest running volunteer-produced series at Northwest Community Television, celebrated taping its 1,000th program Aug. 6. The program is broadcast 7 p.m. Sundays on Cable Channel 19. The entire camera and control room crew is comprised of senior citizens, most in their 80s. They were the first group to take a free TV production-training course at Northwest Community Television in 1982.

New Hope Police Officer Pat Beaumaster, an award-winning power lifter, brought home gold and silver medals from the World Police and Fire Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. Beaumaster competed in the 181-pound class of the biennial event from July 30 to Aug. 9. He won a gold medal in the push/pull contest, lifting a record-setting 523 pounds in the dead lift and also earned a silver medal in the bench press category lifting 336 pounds. Beaumaster, a police officer since 1987, has been a power lifter since 1990. He was a member of the wrestling team at Lakeville High School.

Groceries ordered online - including fresh meat, produce, dairy products and frozen goods - will be available for pick-up in New Hope. CobornsDelivers.com announced Aug. 11 that anyone who uses its online ordering service may opt to pick up their groceries between 1 and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and between noon and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at the Coborns warehouse at 3440 Winpark Drive in New Hope. The company also is working on ways to offer grocery delivery to park and ride lots in the metro area. Coborns has gained approval to serve the Eden Prairie park and ride lot on Tuesdays.

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