The next First Tuesday Dialogues program, “Lessons from Deepwater Horizon,” is Tuesday, Nov. 2 at Shepherd of the Hill Church, Chaska.

Guest speakers are Richard Krajeski and Kristina Peterson, pastors and disaster resource specialists who will talk about the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf earlier this year, and the lessons to be learned from it in order to be effective stewards of the environment.

By Unsie Zuege

Lauren Sperling, 11, was more than ready for this haircut. She’d been planning on this particular visit for a couple years. That’s how long it had taken for her hair to grow past shoulder length.

Lauren didn’t hesitate to plop down into the styling chair that had been augmented with a few booster cushions to put her at eye level with Carrie Kukacka, her stylist at Kids’ Hair, in Chanhassen.

By Forrest Adams

Katie Cook knows good wine when she tastes it.

After all, that’s her job.

At 28-years-old, she is the new wine and wine making (enology) project lead at the University of Minnesota Horticulture Research Center in Chanhassen and she wants to use her encyclopedic wine knowledge to help create “the perfect wine.”

Carver County 4-H his hosting a new member night, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 28

Youth in kindergarten through one year past high school can participate in 4-H.

The organization offers 101 different activities in science, engineering and technology; citizenship and leadership; healthy living; animal science; crafts and fine arts; shooting sports wildlife management.At monthly club meetings, 4-Hers work on projects, perform community service and develop leadership skills.

By Unsie Zuege

You never know what you’ll find on Craigslist, like a call for contestants for the Food Network’s recent tailgate cook-off, hosted by Guy Fieri, star of the popular food show “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.”

The challenge was creating a menu for a tailgate party, using ingredients indigenous to your home state. “You can do this,” Rachel Eide said to her husband, Jason.

A celebration of Senor De Los Milagros de Nazarenas, or “Lord of Miracles,” will be held Saturday, Oct. 16. The event is a popular Catholic religious procession in Peru.

Join a Wednesday, Oct. 13 bird walk at the Rapids Lake Education and Visitor Center in Carver.

The walk will begin at the Rapids Lake Education and Visitor Center at 4 p.m. and will end around 6 p.m.

By Kristin Holtz

Mary Sullivan joined the Scott-Carver-Dakota CAP Agency in 1970.

An elementary teacher, Sullivan was hired to set up the agency’s first child care center.This was an era when most mothers were still in the home and before the state offered daycare licensing. The idea of sending children to a child care provider was extremely controversial, Sullivan recalled, since opponents argued it encouraged women to leave their children.

Carver County Parks holds its 7th Annual Baylor Campground Chili Cook-off Saturday, Oct. 16. All are welcome to make their best chili and enter it for judging at noon in the barn’s Community Room.

After chili judging, everyone is invited to participate in a chili potluck, and vote for their favorite chili. Registration for the chili cook-off is required, along with a $10 registration fee. Paper products, beverages, condiments and corn bread will be provided.