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May 9 Hike

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Please join us on Monday, May 9, 2022 for a 5 to 6 mile hike at Hyland Lake Park Reserve located at 10145 East Bush Lake Road in Bloomington. You must sign up online for this hike.

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Fourth Friday Book Club to meet May 27

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All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is the Fourth Friday Book Club selection for its meeting on May 27 via Zoom.

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All the Light We Cannot See

Book notes | The Things They Carried

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"The Things They Carried" is an exquisitely written collection of short stories by Minnesota-born author Tim O’Brien about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War.

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The Things They Carried

Photo Club to meet outdoors

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The UMRA Photo Club is planning an outdoor photo shoot at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in May.

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Tournament of flowers. Photo: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Book Club I to meet May 20

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Paula Knutzen will lead the discussion of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson when the UMRA Book Club I meets via Zoom on Friday, May 20. 

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Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek

April 25 hike

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The second hike in April is on Monday April 25 at Afton State Park. We will meet at Afton at 9:30 for a 5 tp 6 mile hike.  This park has great prairie trails and views of the St. Croix River. It has some hills but nothing our hiking club can't handle!. We will gather for lunch after the hike.

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Writing family stories

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Writer and teacher Brenda Hudson shared her story-project method when the Family History Interest Group met on April 13.

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Writing family history

Social Committee plans tour of State Capitol April 25

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Is a visit to our newly restored state capitol building on your spring to-do list? Join your UMRA friends for a tour. 

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UMRA State Capitol vist 2018:  Everyone seemed to really enjoy both the tour and the chance to chat/get to know each other.

Age-Friendly University Day

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Mark your calendars and register for the inaugural Age-Friendly University Day to be hosted by the University of Minnesota Age-Friendly University Council on June 20 at the McNamara Alumni Center on the East Bank of the Twin Cities Campus. 

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Age Friendly University

Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland Athletics

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Join other UMRA members to celebrate U of M Day at Target Field, when the Minnesota Twins take on the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, May 7. 

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UofM Day 2022

Fourth Friday Book Club to meet April 22

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“A Tale of Two Cities” is historical fiction at its best, and is remarkably, and sadly, relevant today.

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2 cities

Photo Club to meet April 12

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“Black and white” will be the theme when the UMRA Photo Club meets via Zoom on April 12. 

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April hike

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The UMRA Hiking Club will meet on Monday, April 11, for a 4–5-mile hike on one of the beautiful trails in North Oaks north of St. Paul.

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Fourth Friday Book Club to meet March 25

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Iron Lake, by master storyteller William Kent Krueger, is the book selection for UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club meeting on Friday, March 25, via Zoom. 

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Iron Lake

Photo Club to meet March 8

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“Architectural” will be the theme when the UMRA Photo Club meets on Tuesday, March 8, via Zoom.

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