Friday, March 2, 2007
A Harley beats Old Man Time
It isn't easy being old.
MUSIC SHORTS
Christopher Aspaas, assistant professor of choral/vocal music at St. Olaf College, will conduct the Brainerd High School Choirs at the annual Guest Conductor Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Educational Services Building, in Brainerd.
Best Bets
Take a trip back to 1961 when Chubby Checker and the Wildcats twist onto the stage for shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs Events & Convention Center north of Onamia. Tickets are $17-$24.
A tale of two albums
MUSIC: Seven years passed between Sawtooth's recordings,but the band is finally ready to get out and support both CDs.
Larry Laski
Sawtooth singer and guitarist, rural Baxter
ART SHORTS
"Ojibwe Life: Photos by Monroe P. Killy" will be on display through April 3 at the Central Lakes College Gallery on the Brainerd campus.
'Guitar Hero' contests slated Fridays
BAXTER - "Guitar Hero" contests will be from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. every Friday starting this week at Paul Bunyan Bowl in Baxter.
Pottery has shaped Winch's senior year
Brainerd High School senior Jason Winch won't miss a minute of his pottery class.
Upcoming arts and entertainment events
Live music
MUSIC SHORTS
NISSWA - Oregon singer/songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps will perform a Grassroots Concert at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at the Nisswa Community Center.
Spaghetti pie takes the cake
Monday after a very busy day at work, I was very tired, and the last thing I wanted to do was think about what to make for dinner.
SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS
Brainerd
SENIOR ACTIVITIES
LAKES AREA SENIOR
COURT
WALKER - Kristina Marie Tilbury, 26, Pine River, was ordered recently in Cass County District Court to serve 30 days for violating probation she is serving for felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime possession.
Built to succeed
Two large architectural and construction companies in Baxter recently received Excellence in Construction Awards from the Associated Builders and Contractors at the ABC's 2006 Awards of Excellence in Construction banquet in Minneapolis.
HOUSING BRIEFS
BAXTER - Brent Gunsbury and Paul Bendzick of Bercher Design and Construction of Baxter recently attended the International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla.
BUILDING PERMITS
Baxter
CenterPoint Energy sets March natural gas price
CenterPoint Energy set the March natural gas price for residential customers in Minnesota at $1.07 per therm.
Road crews brace for storm
Sage advice hasn't changed much when it comes to significant snowstorms - stay home or slow down.
Administrator completes probationary period
Crow Wing County Administrator David Hamilton successfully completed his six-month probationary period.
Closings/cancellations
School closings and other weather-related announcements will be updated throughout the day. Here's what we have so far:
Tips for keeping driveway entrances clear of snow
BAXTER - In light of recent weather forecasts of more snow for the region, the Minnesota Department of Transportation offered tips for property owners who want to keep their driveways cleared when snowplows go by and may plow in driveway entrances.
THE LION ROARS
Heavy snow and high winds slammed the Brainerd area Thursday, closing schools and businesses, canceling flights and creating white-out conditions on roads.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Are you a March Madness bracketologist? Are you involved in a college basketball pool at the office or in your neighborhood? If you're one of millions of people with March Madness fever, contact Dispatch sports writer Troy Gunderson with your story.
Friday will be a snow day
Students at several area schools, including the Brainerd School District, may have gone to sleep with a smile Thursday night, knowing that they didn't have to go to school Friday.
Weather announcements
School closings and other weather-related announcements will be updated throughout the day. Here's what we have so far:
Nightmare has happy ending
Shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, a nightmare played out in Brainerd for parents, school officials, bus owners and emergency responders, including several dozen paramedics, firefighters and police officers.
Koering fits the bill in Fantasy Legislature
Fantasy football players might drool over LaDainian Tomlinson's statistics, but the player political geeks want in Minnesota Fantasy Legislature is none other than Sen. Paul Koering, R-Fort Ripley.
Newspaper delivery
With the anticipated impact of this week's snowstorm, subscribers and store outlets may experience delays in receiving Friday's edition as travel conditions worsen and become hazardous from heavy and blowing snow Thursday night.
This was Brainerd
MARCH 2 - 40 years ago (1967) - Clem Koering has been named Elk of the year by the Brainerd Lodge. Koering was selected for the honor because of his activities both in the Lodge and the community as a whole. He has been an Elk for more than 30 years.
LOCAL BRIEFS
HILLMAN - Morrison County authorities Tuesday searched a Hillman residence after learning the man who rented the property was arrested in Bloomington when material that could be used to make bombs was found in his Bloomington home.
Snow emergency declared in Brainerd
A snow emergency has been declared in Brainerd effective at 4 a.m. Friday.
Overheard
"Considering what we're looking at, I guess we've done a lot worse in weather like this."
Downtown traffic
Traffic moved through downtown Brainerd as heavy snow continued Thursday afternoon. Brainerd Dispatch/Nels Norquist
This was Brainerd
30 years ago (1977) - The sign on Brainerd's outdoor Gull Theater which doesn't operate in winter says, "Think Snow." There are 8 inches of snow on the levels in the woods 200 miles north. The snow line starts at Brainerd. North there is snow. South there isn't.
Snow Days phase
Students and teachers alike probably will be glued to the local television and radio news reports this week, hoping to hear those two magic words:
Basketball and books
Brainerd High School basketball player Mitch Means read to first-grade students Thursday at Harrison Elementary School. BHS basketball players demonstrated their pre-game warmup for the students in the gym and read books and answered questions.
Self-checkout stations arrive at Brainerd library
The Brainerd Public Library now has two self-checkout stations in which patrons can electronically check out library material - instead of checking out material at the front desk.
Thursday was a school day, not snow day, for most kids
Mother Nature shook the Brainerd lakes area like a giant snow globe Thursday as heavy snow fell for much of the day.
CORRECTION
As a result of incorrect information provided the Dispatch, two contestants in the second- through fifth-grade spelling bee were listed in the wrong grades on Page 6A Monday. Matthew Majerle earned first place for the third grade in the bee and Raelyne Ficket was third-grade runner-up.
Deep snow, wind to pose risk
A powerful winter storm could drop as much as 12 to 16 inches of snow by Friday afternoon and expected high winds could make area travel treacherous into the weekend.
Storm stories
Garfield Elementary School students lined up to board school buses Thursday after school. District 181 schools will be closed Friday. Brainerd Dispatch/ Steve Kohls
Sandra J. Cook
REMER - Sandra Jean Cook, 62, of Remer, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga. Services are pending with Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake, Minn.
Donald G. Barhorst
Donald George Barhorst, age 62, resident of Brainerd, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at his home.
Obituary policy
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Roger Pickar
Roger Pickar, age 68, resident of Brainerd, died Thursday, March 1, 2007, at his home.
Bonnie M. Lewandowski
MERRIFIELD - Bonnie M. Lewandowski, age 66, of Merrifield, passed away late Sunday evening, Feb. 25, 2007, at her home near Merrifield. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake with the Rev. Ralph Hegman officiating. Friends may call beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday at the chapel. In lieu of flowers memorials are requested.
Obituary policy
Obituary notices are charged at 40 cents a word, exclusive of the first 125 words, which are free. A $10 fee is charged for a half-column photograph. To place an obituary in the Dispatch, consult the funeral home handling arrangements.
Robert Garin
CROSSLAKE - Robert Garin, 75, of Crosslake, died late Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, in Bullhead City, Ariz. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake.
Donald G. Barhorst
Donald George Barhorst, age 62, resident of Brainerd, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at his home. Donald was born on Aug. 7, 1944, in Melrose, Minn., to George and Mary (Weber) Barhorst.
Open Forum
The Open Forum letter written on Monday about the prohibition of marijuana made me wonder why marijuana was prohibited in the first place, so I did a little research and found that health risks had very little to do with it. In fact, the main reasons it was prohibited were because of racism and money.
VOX POP
I have a complaint about the city plows. They do a marvelous job on the streets and avenues but what about the alleys? I live out in north Brainerd and my alley wasn't plowed out. I'm the only one, plus another neighbor, who uses it.
Open Forum
From coast to coast, more than 45 million readers, both young and old, are gearing up for the nation's largest reading celebration - the National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America Day.
It's all about love
As March begins we can look back to Valentine's Day and ahead to the coming springtime (we hope) and all the hype about love! Whether it's the love we celebrate on Valentine's Day or the springtime feeling that "love is in air,", it is all about love.
CHURCH NEWS
What do the social sciences and the Bible say about "forgiveness?" Don Belton will lead a conversation about this during the 9 a.m. adult forum Sunday as well as March 11 and 18 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Aitkin advances
ST. PAUL - Nick Nadeau put the Aitkin Gobblers in the state semifinals for the first time in program history.
Warriors' Stanfield selected as All-Star
Brainerd Warriors senior Landon Stanfield has recently been selected to participate in the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association (MBCA) All-Star Series.
Agree, Williams win BHS awards
Scott Agree and Chelsea Williams were named boys' and girls' Most Valuable Skiers during Monday's Brainerd Warriors Alpine ski team end-of-season banquet at Cragun's.
AREA SHORTS
The spring sports parent/coach conferences for middle level athletes are scheduled for 4-7 p.m. March 12 in the main lobby at the Forestview Middle School in Baxter.
C-I crushes Greenway
CROSBY - Annie Adams scored 11 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had four steals and three blocks for the top-seeded Crosby-Ironton Rangers as they easily defeated the eighth-seeded Greenway Raiders 85-19 Wednesday in the opening-round of the West Subsection, Section 7-2A girls' basketball playoffs.
Lone Ranger advances
ST. PAUL - Call him the Lone Ranger.
Anderson wipes out section competition
About the only thing Jared Anderson didn't do at the Section 8-2A swimming and diving meet was wipe the pool deck at Bemidji High School after the meet had ended.
Scoreboard
Area events
In the grapple
Aitkin's Justin Chouanard grappled with Tyler Tesmer of Dover-Eyota in Wednesday's quarterfinal round of the Minnesota State High School team wrestling tournament. Chouanard scored a technical fall against Tesmer. Photo/John Pedersen
Scoreboard
Area events
Six weeks of women's tournament complete
Six weeks of the Minnesota State USBC Association women's championships have been completed at Paul Bunyan Bowl in Baxter and Jack's House in Brainerd.
S-M's Binek cradles his way to semis
ST. PAUL - Before a Staples-Motley wrestler laces up his shoes, he learns the Staples Cradle. It's a devastating move that was taught long ago by legendary Cardinals coach Don Dravis as his teams won seven state championships.
First 'Bonspiel' held
Brainerd Lakes Curling Association held its first "Bonspiel" Saturday, February 24th at Hallett Center in Crosby. Over seventy area curlers attended.
Jensen pinned in opener
ST. PAUL - Tyler Jensen wrestled about as well as possible but discovered there's a reason why Wayzata's David Zilverberg is ranked second in Class 3A.
LOCAL SHORTS
Brainerd's Katy and Beth Etterman of the Team North Crest gymnastics club in Sauk Rapids placed in the Tropical Twist meet Sunday.
Raiders open against tough Wisconsin school
This time the Central Lakes College men's basketball team didn't wait another 37 years between trips to the region tournament.
Area games postponed
The Brainerd Warriors boys' basketball game scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Alexandria has been rescheduled to 2:45 p.m. Saturday.
Anderson hopes to swim 3 times Saturday
It's all about the taper.
Martin, Gulla lead pro snocross standings
WHITE BEAR LAKE - With victories in the Pro finals during last weekend's double national event at the AMSOIL Eagle River Derby Track, Ross Martin and TJ Gulla now lead the Pro Open and Pro Stock point standings, respectively, going into this weekend's Air Force Canterbury Snocross at Canterbury Park in Shakopee.
State forecast for Iowa
Blizzard warning in effect until 6 pm for portions of northern
State forecast for N.D.
Blizzard warning today central and east...
State forecast for S.D.
Blizzard warning east through this afternoon...
State forecast for N.D.
Winter storm warning east today through friday...
State forecast for S.D.
Blizzard warning far east today...And over more of the east especially northeast for tonight and friday...
Wisconsin state forecast
Blizzard warning today through friday for douglas county...
Wisconsin state forecast
Blizzard warning today for douglas county...
State forecast for Iowa
Blizzard warning through friday much of western and north central
State forecast for Minnesota
Blizzard warning in effect for southwest and far western
State forecast for Minnesota
Blizzard warning parts of the northeast and southwest through friday...
It's snowing
Weather drawing by Ava Figliuzzi of Mrs. Larson's second-grade class at Lowell school.
It's snow time
Weather drawing by Calihan Yliniemi of Mrs. Surma's third-grade class at Baxter school.