Janet Timmerman was the featured keynote speaker for the Brown County Museum's opening show of the Jane Dixon-LaFramboise dance blanket, May 28, 2005.

Janet Timmerman presented "Rock in the River: Joseph LaFramboise in the Minnesota River Fur Trade" for the Clean Up the River Environment (CURE) Spring Observation Week, Upper Sioux Agency State Park near Granite Falls, MN, May 21, 2005.

Joseph Amato and Janet Timmerman hosted an historical bus tour of Lac qui Parle and Chippewa Counties for the SMSU Senior College. Includes stops at Camp Release, Java River, historic village at Montevideo, Red River Ox Cart Trails, and the Lac qui Parle Mission, May 4, 2005.

Janet Timmerman participated in a panel on Women in Agriculture for Pioneer Public Television to comment on a Cynthia Vinetti documentary "Minnesota Women of Agriculture," Appleton, MN, March 29, 2005.

Janet Timmerman was the keynote speaker at the School for Environmental Science's Rural Conference in Apple Valley, MN, February 17, 2005. She also led two breakout sessions on Agricultural Tiling and Drainage and participated in a panel of Rural educators.

Janet Timmerman attended the premier opening of the Twin Cities Public Television documentary "Minnesota: A History of the Land," February, 13, 2005. In 2001 Janet worked with TPT on a segment for the program.

The Center co-sponsored the Rivers of History Outreach Project. Two events were held, one in Montevideo, MN, and the other in Minneapolis, MN with presenters John Anfinson and Anthony Amato.

Anthony Amato and Janet Timmerman presented at the Agricultural Leadership Program on the campus of SMSU on Friday December 13, 2004.

Janet Timmerman presented "Rock in the River: Joseph LaFramboise at Petit Roche, 1837-1856," to the Sleepy Eye Historical Society, Sleepy Eye Minnesota, November 30, 2004.

Janet Timmerman and Anthony Amato appeared on Marshall Local Access Program with show host, Doug Sweetland, October 27, 2004.

Jan Louwagie and Charlie Kost appeared on Marshall Local Access Program with show host, Doug Sweetland, October 13, 2004.

"Lewis and Clark and the Western World," interviews with Joseph Amato, Tony Amato, and Janet Timmerman, August 20, 2004. South Dakota Public Broadcasting explored the world of Lewis and Clark and the long-term effects of the Corps of Discovery in a one-hour documentary.

The South Dakota Humanities Commission Festival of Books, Joseph Amato, Phil Dacey, Adrian Louis, and David Pichaske, August 27-29, 2004, Sioux Falls, SD

Janet Timmerman presented to 150 family members of Joseph LaFramboise at family reunion, July 3, 2004, Watertown, SD.

Great Oasis Presentation Janet Timmerman, Hadley Community Center, April 8, 2003

"Draining the Great Oasis," Janet Timmerman, Local School Presenter, April 3, 2003

"Facing Changes in a Rapidly Transforming Rural World," Joseph Amato, Keynote presentation, Midwest Poultry Producers Annual Convention, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, March 20, 2003

"Delafied: A Discussion on the Small Church" Janet Timmerman, Lake Wilson United Methodist Church, Lake Wilson, MN, February 23, 2003

"Tracing Your Family Tree-An Introduction to Genealogy" Senior College Genealogy Course - taught by Jan Louwagie, February 18- April 1, 2003

"Pursuing the Horizon: Joseph Laframboise as Guide for the George Catlin and Joseph Nicollet Expeditions" Janet Timmerman, January 11, 2003

"The Importance of Local and Regional History" and "Agricultural Land Use on the Great Plains" Joseph Amato and Geoff Cunfer, Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program, Dec. 13, 2002

"Introduction to the Southwest Regional History Center" Jan Louwagie, Introducing Southwest Minnesota Class, Nov. 2002

"Draining the Great Oasis: An Overview of the Project and Environmental History" Janet Timmerman, Murray County SWCD, Beaver Creek Watershed Management Team, October 2002

"Sustainability in the New Central Europe" Anthony Amato, Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 2002

"Trading Places: Joseph LaFramboise in Southwest Minnesota" Janet Timmerman, Murray County Kiwanis, Sept. 2002

"Monroe Township, Lyon County: Local History Resources" Jan Louwagie, keynote presentation, Wheels Across the Prairie annual meeting, June, 2002

"Draining the Great Oasis: A Program Series Addressing Questions of Sustainability," A three part series of programs:

"Agricultural Land Use on the Great Plains" Geoff Cunfer, RCRCA annual conference in Springfield, MN, March 18, 2002

" Draining the Great Oasis, for All it's Worth" Janet Timmerman
"A Wet and Dry Landscape" Anthony Amato, Hadley Community Center, Hadley, MN, April 3, 2002

"The Terrain of Murray County: From Till to Tile" Thomas Dilley and Doug Spieles, Minnesota Association of Environmental Educators regional meeting at Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone, MN. April 15, 2002

"Draining the Great Oasis: An Overview of the Project and Book" Janet Timmerman, Tracy Area Book Club, January 2002

"Harvesting History from Agricultural Censuses" by Geoff Cunfer, presented to the Pipestone County Historical Society, Pipestone, Minnesota, January 2002

"Agriculture and Rural Life: A Study in Transitions" Jan Louwagie, Plow and the Pulpit ministers' retreat, Shalom Hills, Windom, MN, November 1-2, 2001

"Exploring Local and Regional Resources," Joseph Amato, Anthony Amato, Geoff Cunfer, and Jan Louwagie. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota-Duluth on at Duluth, Minnesota. The program highlighted the Center for Rural and Regional Studies as a model program for other areas of the state, April 6, 2001

"Population, New Immigrants, and Rural Minnesota," Joseph Amato, University of Minnesota at Moorhead, April 2001

"The Future of Small Towns" Joseph Amato, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, April 2001

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