Please Note!
There is a Change in our General Membership Meeting Site!

Pass the word around…Our General Membership Meetings (formerly held at the NE National Guard Armory) will be held in the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Building located at 2522 Marshall St NE in Minneapolis.

Local 160 of the IBEW has generously agreed to let us use their meeting space in order to conduct our monthly meetings. Our first meeting for the 2005-2006 meeting year will be at 10:00 AM, Monday September 26th.

Please make plans to attend. Additionally, won’t you keep our Brothers and Sisters of IBEW Local 160 in mind due to their support of members of the Minneapolis Area Local of the APWU! Once again, the IBEW Hall is at 2522 Marshall St NE near the NW corner of Lowry and Marshall! Please make plans to attend!

One Person’s Junk is Another Person’s Treasure?

We occasionally have office equipment that is replaced due to it being inoperable. Some items, like broken furniture, are inventoried and discarded. Other equipment like computers, printers, or obsolete office machines are no longer of use to us and we will discard it.

Occasionally, some of the equipment may be of use to someone else. In order to give as many of our members as possible an opportunity to take this equipment before we dispose of it, we periodically run this in the flash bulletin. If you are a member in good standing and would like to have the equipment that will be discarded, call Sheila at 612-623-0677 and we will take your name and number. If there is more than one who calls we will take a drawing and call the winner to come and claim their equipment.

We presently have three generic computers that were purchased in 1998-2000 that are inoperable due to various reasons. We also have an HP laser 6L and HP inkjet printer and four (4) 15 inch monitors. If you would like any or all of this equipment, please call the office ASAP to leave your name and order of preference on the equipment. The equipment will be awarded or discarded one week from the date of this flash bulletin. Failure to claim equipment within one week of notification will result in the equipment being awarded to another interested party or discarded.

1st Annual Chad Judge Memorial Fishing For Scholarship Tournament.

The Big Lake Area Jaycees are sponsoring this event on behalf of Chad Judge! Chad drowned in Lake Mitchell on July 27, 2004 while fishing and was the son of Minneapolis P&DC CFS employee Sheila Judge. Chad’s love for school, sports and life will be remembered by this tournament. Proceeds will go toward scholarships to be given to Chad’s Classmates, the Big Lake Class of 2009.

The tournament will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2005. Entries will be limited to 30 boats with a limit of 2 people per boat. Entrance fee is $135 per boat. The tournament will start at 7:00 AM with a lunch and silent auction taking place between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM. There are many great prizes ranging from $1000 for first place, to $150 for the smallest fish.

If you would like to participate, or want more information please contact Sherri Spitzengel at 763-263-5761. Flyers giving further detail of the event are also available by calling our office at 612-623-0677. Additionally, donations to the Chad Judge Scholarship can be made by sending them to:

Big Lake Area Jaycees (Chad Judge)
P.O. Box 284
Big Lake, MN 55309

DENTAL PLAN IFORMATION & APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT TO ALL MPLS. APWU MEMBERS

Mpls. APWU Denticare Dental Plan

OPEN SEASON INFORMATION

Act Today -- Open Season Ends September 9, 2005!

The Minneapolis Area Local, APWU Dental Plan has been a resounding success for years. Our plan continues to be contracted with Denticare for another year beginning October 1, 2005 and will provide orthodontic benefits (braces) for dependent children and adults.

Open Season for you to join the Mpls. APWU Dental Plan is NOW.

You have until Sept 9, 2005 to join our Regular #G508, Basic #G608 or Comprehensive #G708 Plans.

Your coverage will become effective for one Contract year on October 1, 2005.

This will be your ONLY opportunity to join until next Open Season in August 2006.

If you currently have this Dental Program we encourage you to review your mailing to note the benefit limits initiated for the next contract year. If you wish to continue with your Denticare for another 12 months at the monthly premiums listed below, you need not respond. However, if you wish to add or drop family members, change coverage, or drop this Dental Plan effective October 1, 2005 you MUST respond. YOUR OPEN SEASON TO MAKE CHANGES IS NOW!

(Regular)G508 (Basic) G608 (Comprehensive) G708
Member Only $ 20.00 $ 22.00 $ 30.00
Member & 1 Dependent $ 29.00 $ 38.00 $ 58.00
Member + 2 or 3 $ 38.00 $ 59.00 $ 86.00
Member + 4 or more $ 47.00 $ 77.00 $113.00

If you do not have this dental plan, THIS WILL BE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR FOR MINNEAPOLIS APWU MEMBERS TO JOIN THE MPLS APWU DENTICARE PLAN.

To Enroll, you will need to send the following information, found in your mailing, to CGC in Burnsville:

1. Your Completed Enrollment Form, and

* Election of Coverage #G508-Regular, #G608-Basic or #G708-Comprehensive(Plan #)

* Premium Deduction Authorization

* Clinic Choice

2. A Voided Check from Your Checking Account or a Deposit Slip from your Savings Account, for monthly premium deductions.

YOUR DEADLINE TO RESPOND IS Sept 9, 2005. WATCH FOR YOUR MAILING AND RESPOND PROMPTLY.

This benefit is for APWU Members - ONLY