Friday, March 27, 2009
Riding in style - and styling
Infiniti's largest luxury sedan, the M, is one of those cars that looks good inside and out.
UPCOMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS
Live music
LOCAL BRIEFS
The Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota will host its sixth annual Spring "Pasta, Pipes & Pedals" Spaghetti Dinner and Organ Recital Fundraiser from 5-7 p.m. Monday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 418 Eighth Ave. N.E., Brainerd.
'Cinderella:' Ballet slipper fits
BLOOMINGTON - The beloved fairy tale "Cinderella" was brought to life Saturday through ballet at the Bloomington Center of the Arts.
Fine arts student of the week: Ronia Gramer
Ronia Gramer
Buckle up for Mom's old Blueberry Buckle delight
When blueberries were recently on sale at the grocery store, I picked up a couple of pints to make an old recipe in my file for Blueberry Buckle.
Senior calendar
LAKES AREA SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER
Police blotter
Brainerd police
Cass court
WALKER - The following appeared recently in Cass County District Court:
Class to discuss Lyme's disease spread and prevention
A two-hour class will explain how Lyme's disease is spread and how to prevent it on April 16 at Central Lakes College in Brainerd.
POLICE BLOTTER
CRASH - No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle collision at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday at Highway 371 and Excelsior Road.
RAINHARVEST
All the rain that fell on the Brainerd lakes area this week will have to go somewhere, as will melting snow.
Local housing briefs
Diane Pogatchnik, Jody Fischer, Andrea Hillan, Jamie Magness, Scott Axel, Sunny Redding and David Grell of Keller Williams Realty Brainerd Lakes attended Keller Williams Realty's annual convention in Orlando, Fla.
CLC to host Locks of Love event
The Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College will host a Locks of Love hair drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 15 in the Commons.
'Wonderful people' pitch in to help Staples family threatened by flooding
As the Crow Wing River rose near their Staples home, the Hausmans began to suspect their permanent dike wouldn't be enough.
Ice jam threatens area homes
PILLAGER - An ice jam Thursday on the Crow Wing River between Pillager and Motley backed water from an already swollen river into dozens of residences.
This was Brainerd
40 years ago (1969): Girls' basketball, which is considered by some to be the coming thing in Minnesota sports, was on display yesterday when Brainerd traveled to C-I, losing by a score of 31-13.
V-Day events planned Saturday and April 4-5
For 11 years, V-Day fundraisers have worked to end domestic and sexual violence.
Fargo to build dikes foot higher
An updated crest projection for the Red River at Fargo has city officials saying they'll add another foot to their dikes.
Nine area communities receive stimulus funds for capital projects
Brainerd and other communities ranging from Wadena to Cass Lake were among those this week nationwide that were awarded nearly $3 billion in funding for low-income housing agencies.
Local briefs
The Brainerd Charter Commission will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Brainerd City Hall conference room.
Overheard
I'm a swimmer, but not that good a swimmer.
CORRECTION
In Wednesday's Crow Wing County Board story regarding an approved fee increase, the story said $250 was being added for each additional square foot beyond 4,000 square feet. It should have said the fee was added for each additional 1,000 square feet beyond 4,000 square feet.
Elderly evacuated from Moorhead expected at hospital here
Thirty long-term care patients were evacuated from their home at Eventide Care Center in Moorhead Thursday because of flooding and they may soon be calling Brainerd home for an undetermined amount of time.
Fargo seeks more volunteers
Officials also called for more sandbagging volunteers in Fargo, and its cross-river neighbor, Moorhead.
'A prayer answered'
Former Brainerd resident, Kim (Rabehl) Kainz, of Oakport Township near Moorhead, said Thursday afternoon she was breathing a sign of relief after volunteers, from Brainerd ironically, helped her family increase the dike protecting her home.
Baxter deaths linked to carbon monoxide
BAXTER - A medical examiner ruled acute carbon monoxide poisoning caused the deaths of two people whose bodies were found Sunday within a car in a garage at a Baxter residence.
Flood warnings continue in Brainerd area
Flood warnings continued Wednesday along the Mississippi River in Aitkin, Crow Wing and Morrison counties.
This was Brainerd
MARCH 26 - 80 years ago (1929) - Two country schools, the one a two-room structure and the other a single room building, will be constructed this summer if plans materialize. The first will be in West Oak Lawn Township; the second in District 137.
Correction
In the Taste of Home Cooking Show story that appeared on Page 1A Wednesday, it incorrectly listed Kinetico as a sponsor of the show. It should have listed Culligan Water Systems as a sponsor.
Resignations accepted without comment
NISSWA - Wayne Van Vliet and Virginia Bergersen are no longer employed by the city of Nisswa.
LOCAL BRIEFS
The Brainerd Area Sertoma Club recently recognized members for their hours of service to the community.
Obituary policy
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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.
Dona Spilman
LEADER - Dona Spilman, age 69, of Leader, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 21, 2009. Services were held Monday, March 23, at 2 p.m. at the Motley Free Methodist Church with Pastor Jim Johnson officiating. The visitation was one hour prior to the service, at the church. Burial will be in the Poplar Cemetery later this spring.
Sadie M. Brill
FORT RIPLEY - Sadie M. Brill, 100-year-old resident of Fort Ripley, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, March 30, at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Belle Prairie. Visitation will be Sunday from 4-8 p.m. at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls and Saturday from 10 a.m. until the Mass at Holy Family Catholic Church in Belle Prairie.
Tim A. Andrews
Tim A. Andrews, 53, Brainerd, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd.
Marilyn Mahling
RANDALL - Marilyn Mahling, 81, of Randall, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls, Minn.
Marian M. Pickar
Marian Mardell Pickar, age 102, resident of Brainerd, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Marian was born Nov. 21, 1906, in Brainerd to Pete and Alexina (Sauvageau) Dechaine. She was a charter member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church and was a former member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Senior Center.
Lillian Thompson
Lillian Thompson, 102, formerly of Tamarack, Minn., passed away Thursday, March 26, 2009, at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Arrangements are pending with Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.
Nancy J. E. Krecklau
PINE RIVER - Nancy Jean Elizabeth Krecklau, age 74, of Pine River, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at her home in Blind Lake Township. She was born March 7, 1935, to Harvey and Hattie Chyrklund in Minneapolis where she spent her childhood. Nancy met Orville Krecklau on a blind date in January 1952 while he was on leave from the Army. It was love at first sight and they were married on April 5, 1952. They were together until his death on Dec. 5, 2006.
Esther Sowada
LITTLE FALLS - Esther Sowada, age 88, of Little Falls, Minn., and formerly of Fort Ripley, Minn., died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls, Minn.
Lawrence M. Roscoe
Lawrence M. Roscoe, age 66, rural Brainerd resident, died at his home Wednesday, March 25, 2009.
Harold 'Bud' Monahan
LITTLE FALLS - Harold "Bud" Monahan, 83-year-old resident of Little Falls, Minn., died Friday, March 20, 2009, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Little Falls, Minn., with the Rev. Nick Landsberger officiating.
Scott D. Goninan
BAXTER - Scott Douglas Goninan, age 48, of Baxter, died Sunday, March 22, 2009. Scott was born Sept. 15, 1960, in Huntsville, Ala., to Douglas and Marcia (Peterson) Goninan.
Open Forum
In his March 19 Open Forum letter a vice chair of the Crow Wing County Republican Party calls the Employee Free Choice Act an invasion of the workplace. The secret ballot option is not eliminated as his letter erroneously suggests.
A young maverick speaks up
The GOP's identity crisis just got more interesting with the recent media splash of Meghan McCain, daughter of the senator who did not become president.
VOX POP
Will this program ever get going in the right direction?
Our opinion: Never on Sunday?
As much as frenzied Minnesotans might yearn for the slower paced days of the 1930s and 1940s, we doubt they'd really like to go back to those days when Sunday was a day of rest - whether one liked it or not. Department stores, gas stations, grocery stores all shut down on Sundays in that era. Commerce was conducted Monday through Saturday or it wasn't conducted at all.
Write to your lawmakers
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
When there's no weather
What if you woke up every morning to 70 degrees and sunny?
Open Forum
A March 22, 2009 Dispatch cartoon showed a witch doctor being former President G.W. Bush's science adviser. The "mainstream press" has always been highly offended that Pres. Bush had the audacity to allow his carefully considered moral convictions influence his official, as well as personal, decisions. His prohibition of federal funding of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) was seen as elevating pagan superstition above modern science, or else as an unconstitutional conflict of church and state. The fact is that Mr. Bush's decision was guided by his principled conviction that ESCR necessarily involves the destruction of human life. It was not based on religious superstition, but rather on solid scientific research that had already produced cures for several diseases.
Brainerd lakes area churches
Brainerd lakes area churches
Church news
PINE RIVER - Christian comedian and illusionist Geoff Williams will be performing a show at 6:30 p.m. April 4 at The Warehouse in Pine River.
Scoreboard
Area events
Mustonen makes quiet contributions
MINNEAPOLIS - Describe Ethan Mustonen and there is always a "but" in the sentence.
Sullivan to speak to boosters club
Central Lakes College softball coach Bob Sullivan will be the speaker at the Brainerd Sports Boosters Club meeting, which begins at noon Thursday at the Moose Lodge.
MINNESOTA BOYS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
CLASS 1A
SCOREBOARD
Area events
Local sports shorts
Jared Anderson was named the most valuable member of the Brainerd Warrior boys' swimming and diving team at its banquet Tuesday.
Governors hold off Flyers
MINNEAPOLIS - Trailing by 20 points late in the second half the Little Falls Flyers didn't appear to have a chance against the St. Paul Johnson Governors.
Thesing, Capers named to All-CLC hoops team
Senior point guard Emily Thesing and freshman post KB Capers were named to the All-Central Lakes Conference girls' basketball team.
Brainerd Special Olympians compete
Athletes who attend Brainerd Public Schools competed in the Area 5 Special Olympics swim meet March 25 at Little Falls.
Rudbeck became unselfish standout
In the 2007-08 season Ethan Rudbeck led the Brainerd Warriors adapted floor hockey team in scoring with 29 goals and 19 assists for 48 total points.
State tournament is Raiders' goal
In 2008 the Central Lakes College Raiders baseball team won 11 of 36 games, eight more than the year before.
Will there be enough snow?
Weather drawing by Zephaniah Goggleye in the Lowell kindergarten of Jan Wilcox.
Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Partly to mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers north. Highs in the 30s to low 40s.
State forecast for Iowa
Today...Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rain or snow shower
State forecast for N.D.
.Flood warning most of the state continues today...
State forecast for N.D.
Flood warning most of state through at least friday...
Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Partly cloudy. Isolated snow showers northwest. Highs from the mid 30s northwest...To the low 50s far southeast.
State forecast for Minnesota
.Today...Cloudy. Scattered snow showers north. Highs in the upper 20s
Fargo doesn't need any more rain
Fargo doesn't need any more rain
State forecast for S.D.
Today...Partly to mostly cloudy and breezy. A chance of light snow west...And in the morning far southeast. Highs in the 20s far north and west...To upper 30s far southeast.
State forecast for S.D.
Today...Decreasing clouds. Breezy southeast. Highs in the 20s northwest and northeast...To lower to mid 30s elsewhere.
State forecast for Iowa
Today...Partly cloudy. Scattered flurries in the morning north.
State forecast for Minnesota
Today...Mostly cloudy east. Scattered flurries northeast.