During this challenging time Nokomis Square Cooperative’s primary concern is the health and well-being of our members and staff. To this end, many temporary guidelines have been established. Here are some examples: Enhanced cleaning and disinfecting procedures All scheduled dining meals delivered without charge Activities, gatherings, committee meetings cancelled Members encouraged to remain in their apartments [...]
Your Invited to Our Annual Holiday Open House! Friday December 13, 2019 Apartment Tours from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Music from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Holiday Treats Served 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. We're "Decked Out" for the Season: Visit our Tree-Filled Winter Wonderland Enjoy Music by the Silver Strings Tour Member Apartments Share [...]
Knotters, Committee Fair, Busy Hands Knotters Project During the month of August 2019 Nokomis Square “Knotters” proudly display some of the fleece blankets made during the year. Since the Knotters Project began in 2010 the group has produced over 900 blankets. All of the blankets have been donated to charities though out the Twin Cities. [...]
New Group at Nokomis Square… A new creative outlet for NSC residents is the Readers Theater. For those unfamiliar with the concept, a readers theater is a group of people who read plays aloud with different people reading the lines of a specific character. The best example is to think of the old radio shows [...]
Learning at the Square is a monthly education series sponsored by Nokomis Square Cooperative and Nokomis Healthy Seniors. All classes are held the second Wednesday of the month and are open to the public. Call Pam at 612-721-5077 to let her know that you will be attending. How to Use Uber and Lift February 13, [...]
From our Editor… Christmas Decorations People Used to Use I couldn’t help thinking about some of the old Christmas decorations that few people in their right minds would use today. Of course, I grew up back in the days when if you broke a thermometer, you got to play with the mercury—bare handed, no less. [...]
About Food at Nokomis Square… Nokomis Square is one of a few cooperatives that offer in-house dining. NSC was built with a commercial kitchen, and for more than 20 years we have had a contract with New Horizons Food Service to operate this kitchen. We offer five meals a week to residents and their guests. [...]
A Veterans Experience… The Korean War was going on. My buddy said that we should join the National Guard, and we did do it just before Christmas. In January we were at Camp Rucker, Alabama. I went to school at Fort Benning, Georgia. When I finished, I didn’t have to go overseas to Korea, so [...]
Our Library Has a Valuable Book… One November evening my wife said, “You have to read an article in the Variety section of today’s paper.” It told of a best-selling, half-century-old book of political fiction by Fletcher Knebel. The name Knebel was familiar to us, since he was a regular columnist in our Minneapolis newspaper [...]
