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ONTICELLO As fall colors reach their peak, many people flock to Minnesota State Parks to get one last hance for camping and rips before winter moves i according to Lake Maria State Park building and grounds employee Karen Bauer. This last weekend was eally busy, and still this eekend we have a lot out for the fall Bauer said Saturday. the campsites are pretty well full While Bauer said fall can be hectic, once he leaves hit the ground and the temperature rops, campers and park visitors taper off. auer did say the park will see its, winter though. Even with temperatures becoming colder, she said she has seen more campers this late BRIANA SANCHEZ, Cathy Russell packs up after a weekend at Lake Maria State Park on Saturday.

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JOSEPH, MN CT-0000329780 Former Gov. Jesse Ventura says not sure if run for president on the Libertarian Partyticket next year. But he discussed politics in a passionate and wide-ranging talk Saturday at Barnes Noble. The man whose successful third-party campaign for the office in 1998surprised just about everybody was in St. Cloud to promote talked for a bit about his updated book, then took questions from the audience on subjects such as politics and pro wrestling.

He shared his thoughts on everything from electronic voting vulnerability you to go an ATM ma- hine that offer you a to his Minnesota Lynx season tickets love basketball so I switched to the only team that wins us entura told the group of about 55 eople that, provided he be shut ut of debates, he thinks he has a chance of being elected president in 2016. That is, he said, if he can win over the voters who have in the past stayed home on lection Day. Undecided Ventura sounds like andidate at local event KATE KOMPAS BRIANNA SANCHEZ, Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura signs his updated book on aturday at Barnes Noble. Adeveloper is planning to add a big box retail store and other commercial lots to the Stone Gate development near Minn esota Highway 15 in south St.

Cloud. St. Cloud City Council will determine onday whether to set a public hearing or the plan, which proposes changing part of the Stone Gate development plan rom multiple family residential to comm ercial uses. Ted Schmid, chief operating officer at umber One Development is propos- i ng to replace the planned apartments and townhouses fronting County Road 74 ith a combination of big box retail, a strip malland approximately five commercial lots of various sizes. Schmid said riday he has had conversations with businesses interested in the commercial space, but no agreements have been signed yet.

The development, near the intersection of 33rd Street South and Stearns County Road 74, was rezoned from an agricultural district to a planned unit development in 2006. Nearly half of the planned unit development has been divided into single family home lots of various Developer lans retail space for Stone Gate JENNY BERG People can get information about services, health care, cellphones and ven get haircuts all in one place when Project Homeless Connect returns to downtown St. Cloud this week. he goal is to reach out to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The free event runs from 10 a.m.

to 3p.m., Wednesdayat the Edge Convention Center. Registration ends at 2 p.m. A free lunch will be served, starting at noon. Because finding transportation can be difficult, providing a large variety of services in one place makes many of the services more accessible to people. Government, nonprofits and other agencies will provide health care, youth services, housing, mental ealth, veteran, employment, disabil- i ty, legal and other services.

When they arrive, people will get elp figuring out what services they might need. In March, the same event served ore than 220 people. They received more than 75 haircuts and 40 phones were given out with free wireless. The event will also be a location where the Wilder Homeless studywill be conducted. The survey is conducted every three years in Minnesota by the Wilder Foundation.

It provides current and comprehensive information and data on homelessness in Minnesota. This is the fifth year. Somali and Spanish interpreters will be avail- able. To learn more, connect with Project Homeless Connect Saint Cloud on Facebook. Follow Stephanie Dickrell on Twitter call her at 2558749 or find more stories at www.sctimes.com/sdickrell.

Project Homeless Connect returns Wednesday HOMELESSNESS RATES I MINNESOTA: The last Wilder study on homelessness was onducted in 2012. It showed a 6 percent increase in homeless adults, youth and children over the 2009 study. The study counted 10,214 people as homeless. 46 percent were age 21and younger, which more than 3,500 were children with their parents. More than 1,150 youth were counted.

ource: Wilder Foundation. Event served more than 220 people in March STEPHANIE DICKRELL.