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Tastefully Simple

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Tastefully Simple partnership with Habitat builds more than homes
Habitat for Humanity of Douglas County (HFHDC) is partnering with Tastefully Simple as a sponsor for the affiliate’s upcoming Women Build, which begins on July 10.
Friday, June, 29, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Tastefully Simple honors employees
Tastefully Simple, Inc. recently honored several employees with the company’s annual Turn ‘Em Loose Awards.
Friday, March, 29, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Business

Tastefully Simple founder and founding partner recognized
Jill Blashack Strahan, founder and CEO of Tastefully Simple, and Joani Nielson, founding partner, were recently named two of the 20 Most Influential Women in direct selling by Direct Selling News, a national trade magazine.
Friday, October, 19, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Business

Twinkle, twinkle little streetlight
Is artificial lighting drowning the night sky? Residents in Douglas County have noticed something missing – stars in the nighttime sky. The city of Alexandria has grown substantially in the past decade. With growth comes development; with development comes those bright city lights, which without proper regulations can result in light pollution.
Friday, November, 16, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Opportunities Center to serve more people
Douglas County commissioners approved a license capacity increase for the Alexandria Opportunities Center (AOC). The AOC is a development achievement center that gives people with developmental challenges an opportunity to work. Companies that use the service include 3M, Tastefully Simple, Actuent Electrical, Lindrite, Varitech, Bio-corp, Cedar Canyon, Remco A&I, MHC, Insty-Prints and Quality Printing.
Friday, June, 01, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

United Way announces three new board members
United Way of Douglas and Pope Counties recently added three new members to the United Way Board: Bill Finley, Kellie Janssen and Becky Zwilling. Finley, the CFO at Tastefully Simple, has previously served on United Way’s board. He has also been active in and served on other boards involving AAHA, GAIN, Alexandria Area Community and Technical College, District 206 and St. Mary’s Church.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Business

Local nonprofits invited to Funders Forum
All nonprofit organizations in the greater Alexandria area are invited to attend the next Alexandria Area Funders Forum.
Wednesday, July, 18, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

New website puts goals within reach
New Year’s is a time of resolutions. However, studies show that most people who make New Year’s resolutions will eventually break them. So how can people keep their resolutions successfully?
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Engagement - Manz and Hoffman
Elizabeth Manz of Buffalo and Michael Hoffman of Alexandria announce their engagement.
Friday, June, 08, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Weddings

Local nonprofits invited to attend funders forum
All nonprofit organizations in the greater Alexandria area are invited to attend the next Alexandria Area Funders Forum on Thursday, September 27 from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Alexandria Technical and Community College.
Friday, September, 21, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

UPDATE FRI. 9/21, 8:30 A.M.: Shots fired in Alexandria, incident under investigation
Two Alexandria men have been arrested after a man fired shots toward them when he discovered them burglarizing his property on County Road 82 in Alexandria on Thursday afternoon.
Thursday, September, 20, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Donovan, Kato charged in Alexandria burglary
Two Alexandria men are charged with felony burglary charges for an incident that occurred on September 20 in Alexandria. K-9 assisted in recovering shed clothing.
Tuesday, October, 02, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Heart Walk in Alexandria to fight disease, stroke
More than 100 Alexandria residents are expected to don their walking shoes and join together to help fight heart disease and stroke this Saturday, June 23.
Friday, June, 22, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Creating jobs, providing opportunities
Most people only see products gleaming and packaged on shelves in stores, rarely are the middle steps to create these products seen. But tucked behind numerous warehouses in the south side of Alexandria, sits a building where a lot of this middle work is completed: the Alexandria Opportunity Center (AOC). What makes the AOC different than other businesses is that the center is not there to produce a product; it’s there to provide jobs to its workers or clients, all of whom have disabilities.
Wednesday, September, 19, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Dorthy Frost, 73
Dorthy “Dolly” Ann (Richardson) Frost, 73, died Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul.
Thursday, March, 14, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Obituaries (free view)

Brandon LIons installing playground equipment – volunteers are needed
The Brandon Lions Club will be upgrading playground equipment and installing a new playground in Brandon the weekend of June 9-10. The new playground is the culmination of a two-year project the Lions have been working on to upgrade playgrounds throughout Brandon.
Wednesday, June, 06, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Bernardy joins Echo Press staff
Dana Bernardy is the newest addition to the Echo Press advertising staff. Bernardy, who is originally from Benson, explored Florida, Nevada and Canada before returning to her home state in 2008.
Friday, June, 29, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Business

Impact Alexandria to feature best-selling author and success expert
Author, entrepreneur and success expert Brian Tracy is bringing his message about performing at your best to Impact Alexandria on Tuesday, October 2. The event will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Lake Geneva Christian Center.
Wednesday, September, 12, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

District 206 to honor Hall of Fame inductees
The sixth annual Alexandria School District 206 Alumni Hall of Fame recognition luncheon and celebration is set for Friday, September 21 from noon to 1:15 p.m. at Broadway Ballroom in Alexandria.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Entertainment

Cancer relay raises $105,000
Under a clear, starry night on July 13 and 14, about 700 people gathered at Citizen’s Field in Alexandria to participate in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Douglas County. The event began at 6 p.m. on Friday night and ran until 6 a.m. Saturday morning.
Wednesday, July, 18, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

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