Friday, April 9, 2004
Chrysler Crossfire Roadster: Beautiful, body and soul
Beauty demands attention. It does so quietly. You see it, touch it, feel it, you want it.
Motorcycle designer big wheel in growing business
BALTIMORE -- Larry McCullough's long nights of tinkering in his garage on a motorbike he bought for $1,000 as cheap transportation are over.
Church givers vs. church goers
Here's one way that God-fearing politicians in Congress can increase church attendance: eliminate or sharply reduce tax breaks for charitable contributions.
Churches
The Heartland Healing Rooms will host an informational meeting with Elaine Bonn 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 17 at Baxter School, 3900 Fairview Road N., Baxter, two miles west of Highway 371 on Highway 210.
Senser's story
It's a classic rags to riches story.
Brainerd School District likely will see its health insurance premium costs rise
The Brainerd School District may see a 6 percent increase in health insurance premium costs next school year.
Living history
Lincoln School fifth-grader Markita Gerdes portrayed Sarah Grimke, who was an abolitionist and leader in the women's rights movement during the early 1800s, Thursday during the annual wax museum characterization in the school gym. A total of 47 fifth-graders portrayed American history figures. (Dispatch Photo by Steve Kohls)
Cash grain
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Wheat receipts Thursday 215, a year ago 268.
Livestock
SOUTH ST. PAUL (AP) (USDA) -- Thursday cattle: 150. Last Thursday: 274. Year Ago Thursday: 494. Wednesday actual: 352.
Try baking a traditional ham for Easter dinner
Many people like to serve ham for their Easter holiday meal. Our favorite way to bake a ham is the good old traditional way.
Court
WALKER -- Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled a second teen accused of beating Darryl Louis Bisson to death on a Cass Lake street Nov. 29, 2002, will stand trial in Cass County Court as an adult.
School lunch menus
MondayBNo school.
Fires
Three fires were reported in the area Wednesday.
Metals
NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices Wednesday.
Births
Trevor and Kathryn (Johnson) Mulholland, Brainerd, a girl, Avery Mariah, 6 pounds, 11 ounces, March 16, 2004.
Crime
A 24-year-old Aitkin woman and a 26-year-old Bethel man were arrested March 29 at a rural Aitkin residence.
Cash grain
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Wheat receipts Wednesday 160, a year ago 189.
Livestock
SOUTH ST. PAUL (AP) (USDA) -- Wednesday cattle: 400. Last Wednesday: 534. Year Ago Wednesday: 855. Tuesday actual: 1095.
A caddy dies, but his soul survives
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The night before the Masters, Bruce Edwards was given the Ben Hogan Award at a golf banquet where 400 people cheered his courage. Tom Watson
Party line vote holds for area lawmakers on Senate budget
ST. PAUL -- While some senators liked the all-encompassing process used to pass a supplemental budget bill early Thursday morning, others thought it was absurd and unfair to the public.
It's almost time to apply pre-emergent crabgrass killer
Apply pre-emergent crabgrass killer before the annual weed germinates.
Housing briefs
BAXTER -- Ginger Murrer joined Optimum Mortgage Services in Baxter.
Staples couple designs house of their dreams
STAPLES -- People who walk into Lori and Dave Duhn's 4,000-square-foot, two-level home in Staples will hear the soothing sounds of a mini waterfall and see deer and other wildlife in the woods in their back yard.
Housing briefs
Jason Krebsbach joined the Central Minnesota Housing Partnership Inc. in St. Cloud as its home stretch program coordinator.
Building permits
Southview Court, 100 block of Thirteenth Street Southeast, accessory structure, $5,000.
Have a chic kitchen with 'The Girls'
Forget kitchen accessories emblazoned with roosters and chili peppers.
This was Brainerd
20 years ago (1984) - The highway department is encouraging groups to help clean up roadside areas.
Dream home
In Friday's Housing section, discover how Lori and Dave Duhn of Staples designed the home of their dreams.
METH SERIES STARTS SUNDAY
Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive drugs available, made in laboratories with common material
Legal dam is broken
David Sam, wastewater facilities manager at the idle $19.68 million Mille Lacs Lake area wastewater treatment plant, is ready to go to work.
This was Brainerd
20 years ago (1984) - Ed Abrahamson was named most valuable swimmer at the Brainerd Warrior boys' swim team banquet. Abrahamson, the Warrior captain, was All-Central Lakes Conference in the 50 and 100 freestyles and in the 200 medley relay.
First Amendment experts question Justice Scalia's efforts to block media coverage
WASHINGTON -- First Amendment experts questioned the legal basis Thursday for a deputy U.S. marshal -- apparently acting on the orders of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia -- to confiscate and erase tape recordings made by two reporters invited to hear the justice speak at a high school gymnasium.
Grass fire
A firefighter sprayed hot spots while fighting a grass fire Wednesday near Forest Heights Drive south of Brainerd. (Dispatch Photo by Nels Norquist)
Local briefs
Walt Straka, Brainerd, survivor of the Bataan Death March, attended a ceremony Friday morning and placed a wreath at the memorial at the Brainerd Armory. April 9 marks the 62nd anniversary of the fall of Bataan, a peninsula in the Philippines. Straka was a member of Company A, 194th Tank Battalion, a Brainerd-based National Guard unit. (Dispatch Photo by Nels Norquist)
Scrapbooking day to benefit Camp Knutson near Crosslake
As a scrapbooking supplies consultant, Deb Mitzel of Baxter has hosted a few scrapbooking retreats at Camp Knutson near Crosslake, renting the camp's dining hall for her scrapbookers.
World World II Memorial will open sooner than planned
Washington's World War II Memorial won't be dedicated until Memorial Day weekend, but visitors to the U.S. capital will be able to explore it starting this month.
Local briefs
The Brainerd Eagles, 124 Front St., will serve an Easter breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sunday.
EPA to announce national parks' smog standard violations
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency plans to announce next week that the air quality in areas that include at least eight of the United States' most popular national parks is in violation of a new and more protective federal smog standard, National Park Service officials said Wednesday.
Allowing ATVs in Pillsbury forest favored at meeting
PILLAGER -- Where motorized vehicles can operate in Minnesota's state forests is under review.
Back in business
Nine months ago a fire closed a Brainerd business and forced the owners from their attached home. Now Plasteramics is back in business. Look for the story in Sunday's business section.
Putnam to pay $110 million to settle charges
NEW YORK -- Putnam Investments, the embattled financial services company, agreed Thursday to pay $110 million to settle federal and Massachusetts allegations that firm employees profited from their own improper short-term trading in Putnam's mutual funds.
The doctor is in, thank heaven
He left behind his wife, three sons and his new medical practice to serve for three months in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Max R. Howick
DEERWOOD -- Max Ray Howick, age 82, Deerwood, died on Thursday, April 8, 2004, at his home.
Elmer Adams
STAPLES -- Elmer Adams, age 92, a resident of Staples, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at his home.
John F. Vasecka
PINE RIVER -- John F. Vasecka, age 82, of Pine River, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday,
Leonard Kargel
PEQUOT LAKES -- Leonard Kargel died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at his residence in Pequot Lakes. Arrangements are with Willim-Northland Funeral Home in Pequot Lakes.
Elmer Adams
STAPLES -- Elmer Adams, age 92, a resident of Staples, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at his home.
Leonard L. Kargel
PEQUOT LAKES -- Leonard L. Kargel, 87, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at his home in Pequot Lakes.
Irene M. Long
CROSBY -- Irene Long, 89, Crosby, died April 2, 2004, at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby.
Alma Ottoson
PINE RIVER -- Alma Ottoson, age 88, of P
Judy A. Robinson
Judy A. Robinson passed on April 1, 2004, after a long cancer illness.
Donald J. Gerads
LITTLE FALLS -- Donald J. Gerads, age 59, a resident of Little Falls, Minn., passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at his home.
Garnet 'Jimmie' Kast
AITKIN -- Garnet "Jimmie" Kast, age 88, of Aitkin, died on Monday, April 5, 2004, at the Aicota Nursing Home in Aitkin. Memorial services will be held 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, at the First Congregati
OTHER OPINIONS Gay marriage
Distinction must be made between government, religion
Budget balancing
(This editorial was published Wednesday in the Pioneer of Bemidji.)
Open Forum
On March 12, 2004, the Minneapolis Star Tribune had a story in the Outdoors section about an Ohio minnow hauler who is fighting to keep his 65,000 pound semi from being confiscated by the Minnesota DNR fisheries over a free permit. All the other charges have been dismissed except the free permit. The DNR has told some haulers the free permit is unnecessary.
Open Forum
I am surprised and disappointed at the trash people send to have published in the Open Forum column of this paper. Calling people "invertebrates," making broad statements equating liberal with socialist, belittling and devaluing
Vox Pop
I'm calling about the $15,000 given for a skateboard park. My only concern is I would like to know why the city can't help the Brainerd Lakes BMX out. The city told them they had to leave Memorial Park, which they did.
Editorial board is the voice of The Dispatch
Editorial views in The Brainerd Dispatch represent a consensus of opinion by members of the newspaper's editorial board.
Stalling tactics - Dispatch Editorial
It's an old story. Hinder, block and delay.
Bush's credibility challenged
A week of escalating violence in Iraq, accompanied by growing numbers of U.S. casualties and gruesome images on television and in newspapers, threatens to erode public confidence in President Bush and redraw the political calculus of the impact of the war on terrorism in the presidential election.
Sports shorts
The Minnesota Basketball News has honored four area high school players.
Warriors to induct five former athletes
Five former Brainerd High School athletes will be inducted into the Warriors' Hall of Fame at the all-sports banquet April 26.
Area events Friday
college softball
Area events Thursday
high school softball
Bell medalist as Pierz boys win meet
KIMBALL -- Robert Bell was medalist to lead the Pierz Pioneers boys' golf team to first place in a Central Minnesota Conference meet Thursday.
Sports shorts
Megan Arns has been named the most valuable player of the Brainerd Warriors girls' basketball team.
Little Falls beats Monticello in opener
LITTLE FALLS -- Matt Peterschick and Aaron Jorgensen won singles matches and the Little Falls Flyers defeated the Monticello Magic 5-2 in non-conference tennis Thursday.
Warrior radio man Schultz will be tough to replace
Hired to be fired.
Verndale edges Bertha-Hewitt
VERNDALE -- Sami Seaton went 2-for-4 to lead the Verndale Pirates past the Bertha-Hewitt Bears 4-3 in Park Region Conference softball Thursday.
Strong out of the gate
Justin Grunewald is eagerly anticipating wearing maroon and gold and running for the University of Minnesota men's cross country and track teams in 2004-05.
Pequot opens with victory
PEQUOT LAKES -- Bryce and Brent Szymanski each had two hits as the Pequot Lakes Patriots opened the baseball season with a 13-7 victory over Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Thursday.
'Saints Preserve Us!' on exhibit at Ripple gallery
DEERWOOD -- David Norstad used snippets of fabric, dabs of paint, bits of paper, a length of string, a shard of glass and a scrap of metal to create "Saints Preserve Us!" on display through May 2 at Ripple River Gallery near Deerwood.
Creedence Clearwater Revisited
The band performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Grand Casino Mille Lacs. Tickets are $25 and $32.
Aitkin Middle School choirs to present spring concert
AITKIN -- The four choirs from Aitkin Middle School will present their annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. April 20 in the high school auditorium.
Capturing memories
Taking a photograph to capture memories of a lifetime is something Brainerd High School junior Jilly Jenkins has understood and appreciated since she was a child.
Smith's artworks on display at Chocolat Etc.
Helen Smith is the Brainerd Area Art Club's Artist of the Month. Her work is on display through April at Chocolat Etc. in Brainerd.
Jennings' latest goes down easy; Gregory makes splash with debut
My first introduction to Mason Jennings was in 2000 at the now-defunct 21st Amendment in downtown Fargo, N.D. The bar was packed -- most of the patrons were loudly conversing, some were watching hoops on the large-screen TV.
Story Ideas
To submit story ideas for Tempo:
'Beat Avenue'
Eric Andersen performed songs from his four decades of albums Friday at the Nisswa Community Center. The New York-based song poet's smoky voice and rambling interludes charmed the crowd as he alternated between classics from albums such as 1972's "Blue River" and tracks from 2003's "Beat Avenue." (Dispatch Photo by Nels Norquist)
Unlimited Learning offers landscaping class
CROSBY -- Carrol Henderson will share firsthand knowledge about landscaping a back yard with bird feeders and deer fences at "Landscaping for Wildlife" at 1:30 p.m. April 20 at the Hallett Community Center in Crosby.
Auditions set for summer community theater in Aitkin
AITKIN -- This summer the Aitkin Friends of the Arts will sponsor community theater directed by Bryan Johnson.
National Poetry Month events slated at library
The Brainerd Public Library will host a bookmark creating contest, reading challenge, poetry jam and book fair to celebrate National Poetry Month in April.
Entertainment guide
For week of April 8-14; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.
The skiffs of Thurso
As part of the "new" Dispatch, we are starting a travel section April 25.
State forecast for iowa
.Today...Partly cloudy early northeast and east central...
State forecast for south dakota
Today...Mostly sunny east and becoming mostly cloudy west. Chance for showers west during the afternoon. Highs from near 50 northeast to the lower 60s south and west.
Go Twins
Weather drawing by Chasci Love of Sharon Jendro's first grade class at Lowell school.
Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered sprinkles or flurries north. Highs from the low 40s north...To the low 50s south.
State forecast for south dakota
Rest of today...Partly cloudy west. Mostly cloudy east. Scattered light rain or snow showers northeast...Scattered light rain showers southeast. Highs in the 40s.
Happy Easter
Weather drawing by Kari Machacek of Susan TeHennepe's fourth grade class at Backus school.
State forecast for minnesota...Update
.This afternoon...Mostly sunny west. Decreasing clouds east.
State forecast for minnesota...Updated
.Today...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries or sprinkles.
State forecast for north dakota
.Today...Partly cloudy. Highs from the upper 50s southwest to
State forecast for iowa
.Today...Partly sunny northeast. Mostly cloudy elsewhere. A chance
Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Partly to mostly cloudy. A chance of light snow or rain showers far north. Highs in the 40s north to the 50s south.
State forecast for north dakota
.Today...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers central and east.