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		<title>The Tilden Avenue Bridge is not open—at least not yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though the opening of the Tilden Avenue Bridge was held Tuesday, July 1, it isn&#8217;t open! The bridge is closed. Driving over the bridge and through the &#8220;Road Closed Signs&#8221; can earn you a $140 ticket and your car will be towed at your expense. Champlin resident Laurence Johnson last Friday rode his motorcycle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=168&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visit Champlin&#8217;s Farmer&#8217;s Market</title>
		<link>http://thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/visit-champlins-farmers-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Visit Champlin&#8217;s Farmer&#8217;s Market every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from July 9 to October 15 at the Ice Forum at 120th Avenue and Highway 169, near Life Time Fitness.  Special Event Days: July 16: Free Bottled Water Day July 23: Business Apprecation Day July 30: Kid&#8217;s Day August 6: Market Bingo [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=164&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take your little one to the Little Gym in Champlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little Gym, a 30-year-old franchise providing activities for infants to 12 year olds, will soon open in Champlin.    About Little Gym Little Gym has &#8220;professionally developed, non-competitive curriculum designed to build motor skills while having fun, and simultaneously fostering enhanced emotional, intellectual and social skills.&#8221; Classes include movement, music, gymnastics, sports, exercise, games, listening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=156&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Greatest Generation,&#8221; including Champlin&#8217;s Otto Nelson, shares their WWII experiences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stories and storytelling lie at the heart of human experience. They make us who we are, preserve our memories, shape our perceptions and some even believe they heal us.  Currently in the midst of a vibrant and exciting revival, storytelling is being applied in performances, mainstream writings—and through oral history projects, such as was recently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=149&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Donie Galloway Riverside Park offers more than meets the eye</title>
		<link>http://thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/donie-galloway-riverside-park-offers-more-than-meets-the-eye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 21:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donie Galloway Riverside Park is tucked away in the northwest corner of Champlin and Dayton. The park, located at 1333 Dayton Road, offers: Soccer/lacrosse fields an open play area walking trails and a tree nursery Although the park has no playground equipment, it provides lots of space to play soccer or lacrosse (Champlin Park High School&#8217;s lacrosse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=142&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My top-ten list of things to do in Champlin; what is yours?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 23:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t take long for me to devise a personal list of my top-ten things to do in Champlin. Take a look and think about your favorite things to do in our community—and then post it in the comments section. Bicycling in Elm Creek Park Reserve I grew up in rural Sheridan, Wyoming where bike trails are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=139&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elm Creek Park Reserve&#8217;s Dog Park: a favorite for both pets and their owners!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dolly, want to go to the park?&#8221; That&#8217;s all I have to say, and our Parson Russell Terrier is running in circles, in a hurry to get out the door. She can&#8217;t wait to go to the dog park (or the &#8220;dog off-leash area&#8221;) in Champlin&#8217;s Elm Creek Park Reserve. We adopted Dolly more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=126&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Is Shannon waiting for Dolly or is it the other way around? </media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Time to head home</media:title>
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		<title>Are there too many banks in Champlin or too few retail and commercial businesses?</title>
		<link>http://thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/are-there-too-many-banks-in-champlin-or-too-few-retail-and-commercial-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 21:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Champlin staff and its residents have all questioned whether the community has too many banks. But the real question isn&#8217;t whether we have too many, but instead do we have too few retail and commercial businesses?  Financial institutions compared: Champlin and surrounding communities Deputy City Administrator John Cox and staff recently examined [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=127&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friendly Knitters of Champlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drink coffee, chit-chat and be creative: That&#8217;s what the Friendly Champlin Knitters do every week. &#8220;We knit at the Dunn Bros. Coffee Shop in Champlin on Friday mornings from about 9 a.m. until noon,&#8221; said Cathy, a Friendly Knitter. &#8220;Anyone is invited, and there are all skill levels from knitting instructors to beginners.&#8221; Visit their blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=122&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Orange Whip a sweet, one-two punch? Champlin will soon find out</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Made with rum, vodka, orange juice and cream, an orange whip is a sweet cocktail that packs a punch. But, does the cover band Orange Whip also &#8220;pack the one-two punch&#8221; it professes to offer? Champlin will soon find out. Orange Whip, a Twin Cities-based cover band, has a ten-year history and more than 400 gigs under [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamplinconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1732719&amp;post=123&amp;subd=thechamplinconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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