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6th ANNUAL BSF SUMMER GALA
Thursday, August 13, 2009, 7-10pm
Five Event Center, 2917 Bryant Avenue S.
(former 5th Precinct of the Minneapolis PD)
| Barbara Schneider Foundation invites you to join us for our annual Summer Gala. We will be thanking all our Partners, Volunteers and Contributors who participated in our work during the last year by; volunteering, hosting a training, presenting at, or attending a BSF training. | |
 Seating is limited, so purchase your tickets now. |
The evening will be filled with delicious food, exciting prizes, great company, and the music of the nationally known Yolande Bruce, best known as a member of the award winning vocal jazz group Moore by Four. She has performed nationally and internationally, and opened for such legendary acts as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sara Vaughn, and BB King. Yolande has received many awards including the nomination for Best Female Jazz Artist by the Minnesota Music Awards. She is also an actress with stand-out performances including Blues in the Night at the Ordway, and Black Nativity at the Penumbra Theater. She is a very versatile entertainer and Emcee, a performer not to be missed! |
HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF STANEK SUPPORTS CIT
 April, 2009, Courtesy of Hennepin County Sheriff's Office |
Lt Randy Carroll receives an award from Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek for his work to develop CIT training in Hennepin County |
In dealing with the mentally ill in jail, officials try a new way
By Rubén Rosario, St Paul Pioneer Press
I spent a few drama-filled hours in jail last week... a clearly agitated inmate named "Michael" held a physician hostage in a locked room.
"I'm not going to hurt him. I just need new medication," the hostage taker bellowed to a sweaty-palmed-but-composed jail negotiator on the other side of the locked door. Luckily, this was all theater.
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