New Ulm Diabetes Walk, Education on Oct. 10

NEW ULM – The First Annual New Ulm Diabetes Walk and Education Workshop will take place at the New Ulm Civic Center, 1212 N Franklin St., on Saturday, Oct. 10.

This is a Strides, Lions for Diabetes Awareness Event and is a collaboration of the New Ulm Lions Club, the Lafayette Lions Club and two nurse practitioners plus a registered dietitian from the New Ulm Medical Center.

The walk will be 1 or 2 miles long and go around the outside of the Brown County Fairgrounds on the sidewalks. The Diabetes Education Workshop will take place in the Civic Center meeting room.

Registration is at 8 a.m., with the walk starting at 8:30 a.m. The Diabetes Workshop starts at 9:45 a.m.

Individual donations will be accepted or you are encouraged to form a team. This is a Fund Raiser for the Minnesota Lions Diabetes Foundation which is working with the University of Minnesota to find a cure for diabetes.

Goodie bags, snack bars, coffee and water will be provided. Early sign-up at: http://goo.gl/forms/dY8ML1i7Kk. Questions, call 507-354-8940.

Civil War Round Table: Walt Whitman’s Story

NEW ULM – Walt Whitman is known as the greatest American poet of the 19th Century, the most quotable poet ever – and the most photographed American poet ever!

A great poet, but Whitman also had a role to play in America’s Civil War that made him not just a great American poet but a great American. Join us at the Oct. 20 Civil War Round table and hear George Romano tell the fascinating story behind the man.

The Round Table meets in the lower level of the New Ulm Public Library, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Oct. 20.

Everyone is welcome.