Monday, March 26, 2007
EXTRA CREDIT
The following students were named Riverside Students of the Month for February: Jakob McGuire, Hannah Rud, Kaven Blazek, Ashley Huber, Jordan DeCora, Jordan VanRisseghem, Maddison Beach, Ronan Pritschet, Justice Bowers, Elizabeth Fitch, Alyssa Hucko, Madisen Exsted, Spencer Melby, Kayla Raasch, Cierra Meyer-Berg, Shayla Metz, Brittni Davis and Logan Madsen.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Brainerd Economic Development Authority will meet at 8 a.m. Thursday at Brainerd City Hall.
CALLING ALL WOLVES
Hands cupped to their mouths, children at the Northland Arboretum howled like wolves Saturday.
Career change was good catch for Stillings
Connie Stillings went to college to be a medical secretary. Today she helps run S & W Bait & Tackle, about as abrupt of a career change as you'll find.
Overheard
"You are very lucky if you see one. It's safe to go hiking."
This was Brainerd
March 26 - 40 years ago (1967) - Fifty Twosomes will hold their last dance of the season on Friday, April 7. A dinner is planned for 7:30 p.m., followed by dancing at the country club. New officers will be introduced for the coming year.
Carl E. Possehl
Mr. Carl E. Possehl, 81, of Brainerd, passed away Friday, March 23, 2007, at the Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd.
Margaret M. Meyer
PIERZ - Margaret M. Meyer, 76-year-old resident of Pierz, Minn., died Friday, March 23, 2007, at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls, Minn. Arrangements for Margaret are pending with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Pierz, Minn.
Tealia P. Goedderz
Tealia Piper Goedderz, new born daughter to Mollie Tatro and Gabe Goedderz of Brainerd, died March 22, 2007, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd.
Arthur Goodwin
Mr. Arthur Goodwin, 74, Brainerd, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2007, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd.
Rita M. Scofield
PIERZ - Rita Marie Scofield, 81-year-old resident of Country Place in Pierz, Minn., passed away Friday, March 23, 2007, at the Pierz Villa in Pierz, Minn.
Catherine J. Hoheisel
Catherine Joan Hoheisel, 87, Brainerd, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2007, at the Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd.
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Alice E. Larson
LITTLE FALLS - Alice Larson, age 84, of Little Falls, Minn., passed away Friday, March 23, 2007, at the Clair Bridge Center in Eagan, Minn.
Elma Aho
Elma Aho, 86, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2007, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd.
Better oversight, better Bush
At times, President Bush's second term has resembled a laboratory test of what happens to a large institution when all mechanisms of accountability are disabled.
OTHER OPINION: STEM CELLS
President Bush has few allies left in the stem cell debate. The mainstream of his party deserted him last year when the Republican-controlled Congress went on record opposing Mr. Bush's position on the issue. And just this week, even the president's chief of medical research criticized the administration's harmful restrictions on federal funds before a Senate subcommittee. With popular stem cell legislation all but assured to pass this year in the Democratic Congress, perhaps Mr. Bush should reconsider his position.
Scoreboard
Area events
Raiders swept in season-opening series
MINNEAPOLIS - In its first live action of the season the Central Lakes College baseball team was swept by the Moraine Valley Cyclones, dropping all four games Saturday and Sunday at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
WD-C's Browne fourth
MOORHEAD - Wadena-Deer Creek's Kelsey Browne placed fourth in the 1,600-meter run and Brigetta Berg finished fourth in the pole vault as the Wolverines girls' track and field team placed sixth at the Concordia College Invitational Saturday.
AREA SHORTS
Brock Larson, Brainerd, defeated Erik Apple at the 3:43 mark in the first round via a kimura submission in a World Extreme Cage Fighting card Saturday in Las Vegas, Nev.
Cass Lake-Bena one point short of glory
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - With time running out on Ellsworth's hope of a state championship, coach Markus Okeson had to decide who should take the last shot.
Numbers don't always add up
Numbers.
BHS boys, girls tally eight wins
ST. CLOUD - The Brainerd Warriors boys' and girls' track and field teams combined to win six individual events and two relays at Saturday's Husky Classic at St. Cloud State University.
Patriots take third place with authority
ST. PAUL - Only eight prep boys' basketball teams in the state of Minnesota can say they finished the season with a win.
Their championship seasons
Last weekend the World PowerSports Association wrapped up its season at Lake Geneva, Wis. Two area racers, Dan Ebert of Lake Shore and Kylie Abrahamson of Merrifield, finished as points champions.
First flowers of spring
Weather drawing by Grace Gammello of Mr. Meyer's fourth-grade class at Lowell school.
State forecast for S.D.
Today...Mostly cloudy and breezy west. Sunny east. Warm with highs from the low 60s northwest to near 80 southeast.
Wisconsin state forecast
Dense fog advisory for portions of northwest wisconsin until 10 am cdt monday...
State forecast for N.D.
Dense fog advisory until 10 am cdt far east...
State forecast for Minnesota
Dense fog advisory until 10 am this morning north and central...
State forecast for Iowa
Today...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.