Sunday dinner to connect area families with troops

Published 10:25 am Thursday, May 29, 2008

Commander Gary Anderson of Leo Carey Post 56, American Legion,

said there&8217;s still time to make reservations for the special dinner on Sunday which will connect area families and friends with the troops of

Albert Lea&8217;s Company A of the Minnesota National Guard now serving in Kosovo.

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This unique and free dinner will be held at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Simultaneously, the troops in Kosovo will be also be dining on steaks shipped to Kosovo from St. Paul. The two events will be linked by live video to provide a long distance dinner for the families.

Reservations can still be made at this Web site: www.servingourtroops.com

For more information, call Anderson at 373-1568.