THE LATEST MEMBER NEWS continued
Treasure Island Animal Humane Society- Has earned a
Resort & Casino- four-star rating from Charity Navigator for
For the seventh its ability to efficiently manage and grow
consecutive year
Kraus-Anderson Construction- is one of
its finances. (AHS) is the largest animal
is proud to have
the Midwest’s oldest and largest commer-
welfare organization in the Upper Midwest
been voted Min-
cial general contractors and construction
with facilities in Buffalo, Coon Rapids,
nesotaís Favorite
managers, has been awarded a 2008
Golden Valley, St. Paul and Woodbury.
Casino in the
Governor’s Safety award for excellence
Their largest fundraising event, the Walk
Midwest Gaming & Travel Readersí Choice
in workplace safety and health. For more
for Animals, was recently held on Satur-
Awards. In addition to Favorite Casino,
information go to http://www.krausander-
day, May 3rd, the community raised more
Treasure Island won Favorite Casino Hotel,
son.com/
that $1 million for the animals. http://www.
Best Video Poker, Best High-Limit Area,
animalhumanesociety.org/
Most Comfortable Hotel Rooms, Best Hotel
Amenities, Best Hotel Ambience, Best
Nearby Recreational Activities, Best Bingo
Packages and Best Early Bird Bingo. Trea-
sure Island is also set to open a $50 million
addition to further improve The Island ex-
perience. For more information visit http://
www.treasureislandcasino.com/
Treasure Island’s Resort & Casino- is
thrilled for the Spirit of the Water to set
sail for the season on Sunday, June
1st. With Captain Sid Melancon at the
helm of the ship for his second year, the
120-passenger luxury cruise yacht offers
Shea, Inc- A 30 year-old Minneapolis-
Western Bank- Announced that Carl Ma-
brunch, lunch and dinner cruises down
based marketing and design firm, has
loney, VP of commercial banking, recently
the Mississippi. Reservations for public
long been known for its award-winning
received the woman of Achievement award
cruises are taken up to four weeks in
restaurant design. They are having two
at the 2008 Minnesota National Associa-
advance Monday- Sunday. Tickets are
grand openings this May. Cooking With Fire
tion of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
$26.95-$34.95, for children under 10
and Smalley’s Caribbean Barbeque will be
Annual Awards Gala. Maloney was one of 5
they are $19.95-$24.95. For Informa-
the names of the 2 new restaurants. http://
women to receive the award and has been
tion call 1-800-222-7077 or visit http://
www.shealink.com/
with Western Bank for the past 8 years.
www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article. http://www.western-bank.com/
cfm?contentId=173311 Shea, Inc- Has hired two new employees.
Tessa Fields has joined the team as an ar-
Marcus Hotels and Resorts- Announced
chitectural technician and Amanda Nelson
that Katie Neufeld has been named gen-
was hired as an interior designer. For more
eral manager of the Crowne Plaza North-
information visit
http://www.shealink.com/
star Hotel, located in the Northstar center
in downtown Minneapolis. Neufeld holds
Hennepin County
a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Norbert
Medical Center-
College in Depere, Wis., and has partici-
Will be opening a
pated in numerous hotel management pro-
new Observation
fessional development programs. For more
Recovery Unit,
information on the Crowne Plaza Northstar
which is the first
hotel visit
http://www.cpminneapolis.com/
project to be com-
pleted as part of the $80 million renovation
and expansion plan that was approved by
the Hennepin County board last year. For
more information visit
http://www.hcmc.org/
Forbes Magazine- Has ranked Minneapolis
in its list of America’s Best Cities for the
Outdoors. In May 2008 issue of Forbes.
Minneapolis is placed seventh on a list
of the top 40 largest cities that give their
urban populations outdoor recreation op-
portunities.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/
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