Friday, January 16, 2004
Thoughts about our children
Recently, one of the members of my congregation was sharing an incident in which a number of youth were involved in things they should not have been involved with.
Lakewood finally finds a senior pastor
BAXTER -- The void left in Lakewood Evangelical Free Church's pulpit following the sudden resignation of the Rev. Randy Ahlberg in August 2002 is finally filled.
Family of Christ Lutheran School dedicated
The Family of Christ Lutheran School recently had its dedication service.
Churches
"To the Castle," a dinner theater at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter, will be performed Jan. 23-25. Dinner will be at 6 p.m., with the performance at 7 p.m. Tickets, which include dinner and the show, are $7 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.
Little Falls considers reducingclass periods from seven to six
Little Falls Community High School students may face longer class periods and see more students in class, but they may have one less class to worry about.
Recipes are perfect for small families
Whether your flock has flown the nest, you're setting up housekeeping in your first apartment, you're home late after everyone else has eaten or you live alone, cooking meals for one or two is frequently a problem.
Accidents
WALKER -- A 41-year-old man suffered minor injuries after the pickup he was driving was involved in an accident with a semi-truck, reported the State Patrol.
Crime
The Morrison County Sheriff's Department received a report of a break-in Wednesday at the Looney Bend Bar in Richardson Township in Morrison County.
Births
Erik and Melissa (Balaski) Gradin, Little Falls, a girl, Kaydence Elizabeth, 7 pounds, 13 ounces, Jan. 11, 2004. Grandparents are James and Donna Balaski, Little Falls, and Dale and Brenda Gradin, Little Falls.
Births
Steven and Dore Voss, Brainerd, a girl, Breanna Norita, 7 pounds, Jan. 5, 2004.
School lunch menus
Brainerd
Court
The following recently appeared in Crow Wing District Court:
Housing briefs
Becky Butcher recently joined Optimum Mortgage Services, Baxter, as a mortgage consultant and branch manager.
Replicated hunting lodge, lake residence earn awards for Baxter construction firm
Construction of two homes earned an area design/build firm state honors.
Man killed by falling tree
A 52-year-old man died Wednesday after a tree he was cutting hit him, the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department reported.
Local briefs
The Brainerd School District spelling bee for sixth- through eighth-graders will be 8:45 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Franklin Junior High School.
Relieve stress
A new Brainerd business has a goal of providing education and relaxation as it promotes health benefits of relieving stress. Look for the story in Sunday's Dispatch.
Local briefs
PEQUOT LAKES -- Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, has announced the names of state legislators and other officials who have confirmed they will attend the sex offender town hall meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium.
This was Brainerd
JANUARY 16 - 60 years ago (1944) - Beginning Tuesday the Crow Wing County Fourth War Loan committee will launch a campaign to dispose of $742,000 in war loan bonds to residents of the cities, towns and townships of this country.
Reichert Bus dominates fest's team competition
In the 14-year history of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza nobody has won the individual contest more than once. The team contest, however, is another story.
This was Brainerd
JANUARY 15 - 60 years ago (1944) - Brainerd's Warriors were ahead only once during the game with Bemidji, but it was enough, as Chuck Warnberg dropped in a bucket with 25 seconds left to play to give the Warriors a thrilling 32-36 victory over the Lumberjacks at Bemidji.
Art buddies
The fourth-graders sat nervously clutching their art folders in their Riverside Elementary School classroom Wednesday as they waited for the eighth-graders from Franklin Junior High School to stroll through the door.
NORTH ON 371
PEQUOT LAKES -- Residents from Nisswa to Pine River got the chance to look at five proposed alternatives for the Highway 371 North improvement project -- three of which include a bypass of either Pequot Lakes or Jenkins.
Colleen Dalquist remembers day her world crashed
CROSSLAKE -- Colleen Dalquist was in a hurry.
Verbal altercation leads to student suspension
A verbal altercation between two Brainerd High School students led to quick and significant law enforcement presence at the school Thursday.
Progress made in E. Gull Lake sewer talks
EAST GULL LAKE -- Both sides of an often contentious debate for and against a proposed $6 million East Gull Lake sewer project said progress was made toward a solution Thursday afternoon.
Art buddies
Brainerd fourth- and eighth-grade art students, who have been art buddies this year and critiqued one another's artwork, met for the first time this week and made friendship bracelets. Read about this story in Friday's Dispatch.
Fishing fest forms city on ice
A city began forming Friday on Gull Lake and its population will rival Brainerd's by noon Saturday.
Report: Two BHS students made bomb threat to get a day off school
Two Brainerd High School students pooled their change to make a bomb threat with hope of getting the day off from school.
Second student involved in threat
A second high school student came forward and admitted involvement Wednesday in the Brainerd High School bomb threat.
Obituary policy
Obituaries are a paid service of The Brainerd Dispatch Advertising Department and also appear online. Obituary notices will be charged at $10 per column inch, exclusive of the first 4 inches, which will be printed at no charge. An additional fee of $10 will be charged for a half-column photograph.
Lloyd Hoban
PEQUOT LAKES -- Lloyd Hoban, age 80, of Pequot Lakes, died Jan. 14, 2004, at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Services will be on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with visitation starting at noon. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.
Adrian Kowalzek
LASTRUP -- Adrian Kowalzek, age 52, of Lastrup, Minn., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004.
Adrian Kowalzek
PIERZ -- Adrian Kowalzek, age 52, a rural resident of Pierz, Minn., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, as a result of an accident.
Anna R. Pelkey
LITTLE FALLS -- Anna R. Pelkey, age 85, a resident of Little Falls, Minn., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at St. Gabriel's Hospital.
Obituary policy
Obituaries are a paid service of The Brainerd Dispatch Advertising Department and also appear online. Obituary notices will be charged at $10 per column inch, exclusive of the first 4 inches, which will be printed at no charge.
Lloyd E. Hoban
PEQUOT LAKES -- Lloyd E. Hoban, 80, of Pequot Lakes, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral serv
Edith L. White
VERNDALE -- Edith L. White, age 84, of Verndale, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004, at the Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 1:30 p.m. at the Hope Chapel Alliance Church. Friends may call Friday from 4-8 p.m. at the Bielema Family Funeral Home in Verndale.
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Open Forum
According to a recent letter in The Dispatch, Senator Paul Koering received a less than perfect rating from the Minnesota League of Conservation Voters, an environmental organization. Apparently they did not consider local environmental issues in this rating. Senator Koering was instrumental in securing funding for two extremely important environmental projects in Senate District 12.
Open Forum
Matt Norton's comments on ATV legislation in the recent Open Forum was a model of good common sense. It is increasingly obvious that everyone cannot do exactly as they please in the name of private property rights.
With the military
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Harry D. Thompson, son of Harry E. Thompson, Aitkin, has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal for participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving
B-H/V wrestlers top Wolverines
WADENA -- Ethan Kern and Tyler Fuller recorded pins for the Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale Raiders in a 33-27 wrestling victory over the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines Tuesday.
Scoreboard
BOYS BASKETBALL
BHS buckles under Tech assault
Against the St. Cloud Tech Tigers girls' hockey team Thursday, Brainerd Warrior goalie Val Benjamin was in that special place athletes rarely get to visit.
Twins Caravan 2004
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was proud to show his mukluks to anyone who noticed he was wearing boots.
Swimmers slip at Sauk Rapids
SAUK RAPIDS -- Sauk Rapids won all but one event to defeat the Brainerd Warriors 98-86 in Central Lakes Conference swimming and diving Thursday.
CLC's Jackson makes off-court adjustments
Whenever a kid leaves home for college, there's an adjustment period.
Flyers pin down upset against Tech
ST. CLOUD -- Thanks to pins by Jason Brill, Randy Przybilla, Troy Biermaier, Jacob Goebel and Andy Hegna, the Little Falls Flyers wrestling team upset the St. Cloud Tech Tigers by pin criteria in a Central Lakes Conference showdown.
Day's nights
In the last three weeks Gregg Day has had quite a few good nights.
Murray tallies 3 for WD-C
PARK RAPIDS -- Andrew Murray tallied three times to lead the unbeaten Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines past the Park Rapids Panthers 6-1 in Mid-State Conference boys' hockey Thursday.
Scoreboard
BOYS BASKETBALL
BHS boys stumble against Sauk Rapids
SAUK RAPIDS -- Justin Mueller and Zach Eastman each scored 13 points for the Brainerd Warriors, but 37 percent shooting from the field led to a 55-47 Central Lakes Conference boys' basketball loss to the Sauk Rapids Storm Thursday.
Thiel, Jordan help Brainerd past South
Adam Thiel scored four goals and had one assist and teammate Chris Jordan scored three goals for the Brainerd Warriors in a 7-5 adapted floor hockey triumph over Minneapolis South Thursday.
BHS grad Probst wins award for work as Rockies' trainer
Trainers are the unsung heroes at virtually every level of competition.
Warrior girls win Cloquet Invitational, boys place second
MT. DU LAC, Wis. -- The Brainerd Warrior girls' Alpine ski team won the Cloquet Invitational at Mt. Du Lac and the boys' team was second Thursday.
Sports shorts
The Ski Gull Alpine team competed in the second race in the Northland Junior Series last weekend.
Warrior wrestlers keep conference title hopes alive
With visions of conference titles dancing in its head the Brainerd Warriors wrestling team did what it needed to do Thursday.
Three gymnasts win events
SAUK RAPIDS -- Katie Perpich won the all-around and uneven bars, Kathleen Lorenz won two events and Maggie Freiday won the vault as the Brainerd Warriors defeated Sartell 146.45 to 124.325 in Central Lakes Conference gymnastics Thursday.
Swanson's hat trick helps Tech take conference lead
ST. CLOUD -- John Swanson had a hat trick as St. Cloud Tech defeated the Brainerd Warriors 5-1 in a battle of Central Lakes Conference boys' hockey leaders Thursday.
Sports shorts
The Chaffee Racing Team, an NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car drag racing team, will be at Mills GM, 350 Dellwood Dr., Baxter from 10 a.m. to close Jan. 30-31 in support of Operation Interdependence.
Pioneers win seventh straight
BELGRADE -- Jordan Loidolt had 10 points to help the Pierz Pioneers past the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars 47-40 in a Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball victory Thursday.
Hornets buzz Huskies in OT
BAXTER -- Lindsey Green's 17 points and a 4-1 extra-frame advantage led the Lake Region Christian School Hornets 44-41 girls' basketball victory in overtime over the Pillager Huskies Thursday.
League of Minnesota Poets sponsors contest for students
The League of Minnesota Poets is sponsoring the 18th annual Manningham Poetry Competition. There is no entry fee, and categories are grades 6-8 (Junior Division) and grades 9-12 (Senior Division).
Next week
Take an in-depth look at the hottest trend in entertainment today and find out which of your favorite shows will be coming to DVD.
Epic Hero unveils new sound on 'New Life'
It seems like Epic Hero has lived a whole career in the span of two albums.
CLC art exhibit examines fragile human condition
Minnesota artist Rea Mingeva describes herself as a "cancer bystander."
Washington bands, orchestras to perform Jan. 22
The Washington Middle School bands and orchestras will perform at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the school's Tornstrom Auditorium. The concert is free.
Jazz trombone player to perform in Staples
STAPLES -- Jazz trombone player John Fedchock will be a featured performer in a Tribute to Woody Herman, with the Sophisticated Swing Band, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at Centennial Auditorium in Staples.
Just For Kix dancers perform at Outback Bowl in Florida
Eighteen Brainerd Just For Kix dancers performed New Year's Day at halftime of the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla.
Monroe Crossing to stage show in Pequot Lakes
PEQUOT LAKES -- The bluegrass ensemble Monroe Crossing will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Pequot Lakes Auditorium, sponsored by the Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts.
Neal and Leandra to perform at Friends of the Arts dinner
AITKIN -- The Friends of the Arts' midwinter dinner will be Feb. 7 at Westside Calvary Church in Aitkin.
Well-rounded songwriting
Even in a town where live music is played almost every night, it's rare that music fans -- people who are interested in the songs, not the beer, and maybe not even the coffee -- are catered to. It's also not often that songwriters get a chance to tell the stories behind their songs.
Best bets
The singer-songwriter performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Coco Moon. Admission is free.
Entertainment Guide
For week of Jan. 15-21; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.
B.B. King to stage shows Feb. 20-21 at Onamia casino
ONAMIA -- B.B. King, the guitar legend known as the blues ambassador and the king of the blues, will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 20 and 21 at Grand Casino Mille Lacs.
'Big Fish' is a delightful tall tale
The conflict between critics and moviegoers has been around for a while now. It goes something like this:
Ahlberg expresses himself through writing
Brainerd High School senior Mark Ahlberg has never had a problem putting his thoughts down on paper.
Tempo tidbits
Eden Prairie artist Jerry Riach will teach "Fundamentals of Drawing" Jan. 31-Feb. 1 and Feb. 14-15 at Ripple River Gallery south of Aitkin. Registration fee is $185 and the deadline to register is Friday.
Under the weather
Weather drawing by Makayla Roehl of Ms. Suska's first grade class at Lowell school.
Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Mostly cloudy. Light snow likely west...A chance of light snow or flurries elsewhere. Highs in the teens north...To lower 20s south.
State forecast for South Dakota
Today...Partly cloudy. Highs from near 30 far northeast to the mid 50s south central.
State forecast for North Dakota
This afternoon...Mostly cloudy. A chance of light snow northwest
State forecast for Minnesota
Today...Light snow likely north. A chance of light snow east. Highs
Wisconsin state forecast
Winter weather advisory for parts of southwest wisconsin tonight...
State forecast for North Dakota
Today...Partly sunny west and central. Patchy morning fog northwest
State forecast for South Dakota
Today...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of afternoon rain showers east...May be mixed with freezing rain northeast. Highs from the mid 30s northeast to the mid 40s southwest.
A little more snow
Weather drawing by Jenny Muesing of Mrs. Ruen's second grade class at Baxter school.
State forecast for Iowa
Today...Partly to mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s northeast
State forecast for Iowa
.Winter weather advisory northeast tonight...
State forecast for Minnesota
Snow advisory and winter storm warnings portions of north today Into tonight...
Senior activities
LAKES AREA SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER
What's doing
North-South: Bruce Eastman and Patrick Spradlin, 90; and Ann Richardson and Joan Campbell, 63. East-West: Dale and Helen Dickie, 65; Mark Anderson and Joe Heal, 57.5; and Warren and Betty Nelson, 57.5.