Thursday, October 1, 2009
Toyota Prius stays on top in mileage
There's a little something extra for car buyers who have their hearts set on top fuel mileage in the Toyota Prius. But they'd better not get tired of the car's wedge shape.
UPCOMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR
Live music
ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS
Brainerd's Donna Salli says play is about family, flavored with humor and worry.
Modernizing an old Swedish bread recipe
Isn't it amazing how cooking in previous centuries has changed from the way we cook today? Can you imagine having to stoke the fire in the fireplace or stove to cook stews all day or bake bread. This week I would like to share with you a wonderful old Swedish bread recipe I recently received from my friend Mary Jo.
Minneapolis man arrested after short foot pursuit
A 20-year-old Minneapolis man was arrested Tuesday after a brief foot pursuit near First Avenue and H Street in northeast Brainerd, said Brainerd Police Chief John Bolduc.
POLICE BLOTTER
HAZARD - A possible gas spill was reported Thursday near Mission Township.
Highway 210 detour in Staples begins Oct. 5
A detour on Highway 210 in Staples is scheduled to begin Oct. 5 for rail crossing work, the Minnesota Department of Transportation reported.
POLICE BLOTTER
THEFT - Received a report at 6:08 p.m. Tuesday from a woman at Walmart Supercenter, 7295 Glory Road, who reported someone stole her shopping cart. Store video showed a different customer taking the wrong cart. That customer called police and said she was going back to the store to return the items.
Firefighters respond
The Brainerd Fire Department at 8:28 a.m. Wednesday responded to what turned out to be a false alarm at Cub Foods in Brainerd, 417 Eighth Ave. N.E.
Shooting Sports
Brainerd area youth and instructors recently attended the 2009 Minnesota 4-H Shooting Sports Wildlife Invitational in Anoka County. Youth from Crow Wing County participated in air rifle, air pistol, .22-caliber, trap, archery and a skillathon.
ORGANIZATIONS
Brainerd Jaycees
PETS OF THE WEEK
Ivory is a 5-month-old female husky mix who weighs about 30 pounds. She's well-behaved and loves people. Brainerd Dispatch/Heidi Lake
Blair completes summer Conservation Corps service
Matthew Blair of Brainerd recently completed a summer of service with the Minnesota Conservation Corps, working on Superior National Forest trails.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Lakes Area Ecumenical Bereavement
Harvest dinner proclaims: 'I met a farmer today!'
NISSWA - Wearing red, white and blue buttons proclaiming "I met a Farmer today," about 180 farmers and lake people recently celebrated the Fall Harvest Dinner under a white tent on the green grass outside of the Nisswa Community Center.
Out of the Darkness
Jessica Augustine, Minnesota American Foundation for Suicide Prevention board member, said the first Brainerd Out of the Darkness Community Walk was a huge success. A total of 121 participants raised nearly $6,000 during the event, which was Sept. 19 at the Brainerd High School track. Augustine said half of all proceeds stay locally and are used to provide suicide prevention education and programs.
Forestry Days
Central Lakes College students and instructor Gary Carson from the Natural Resources program were busy two days last week at Forestview Middle School in Baxter. They helped instruct fifth-graders on trees as part of Forestry Days in and around the 150-acre Dean Makey Forest. Dean Makey of the DNR discussed plant life and seedlings that grow in the forest bearing his name at Forestview Middle School in Baxter.
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
Go to Any Length
KARATE
Max Darkow, 7, of East Gull Lake, achieved his black belt in karate from USA Karate in Baxter. He earned his black belt Sept. 19 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Heinz earns first place in chain saw invitational
HACKENSACK - Joe Heinz of Adams, Wis., earned first place in the fifth annual National Chain Saw Sculpting Invitational.
Ah, not quite ripe!
Rose Zak, rural Brainerd, submitted these photos in mid-August. "Every year I watch the deer to determine if the apples on our tree are ripe. Oops! Guess they are still a bit sour."
AREA BRIEFS
CROSSLAKE - The Crosslake Clothes Closet is expanding its hours beginning Thursday. The Closet will be open the first and third Thursdays of the month from 5-8 p.m., in addition to its regular hours of 9 a.m. to noon each Tuesday.
ALL IN THE FAMILY
Do you have a treasured photo? Send us your favorite family photographs, including a brief description of the photo and when it was taken, for possible publication in the Neighbors section. Submit your recent photos to: kathi.nagorski@ brainerddispatch.com or drop them off at the Dispatch.
Helping kids is the easy answer
Why do we do the things we do? That is a question that has been asked for a very long time. My husband, Gary Walters, has been asked this repeatedly. I have been gone for the last 30 days with my family as they made their way across our country to Washington, D.C. Why did we do it?
Thiede invited to speak at scenic byway conference
Crow Wing County Commissioner Paul Thiede has been invited by Minnesota Scenic Byways Coordinator Mark Anderson to speak at the 2009 Minnesota State Scenic Byways Workshop on Oct. 28.
AREA BRIEFS
The Cuyuna Range Women's Club will host its annual fall dinner at 6 p.m. Monday at the American Legion Club in Deerwood.
Overheard
This is playoff baseball - we just got started a little early this year.
BAY Rally for homecoming
Hayden Loven delivered his monologue at the BAY Rally in Tornstrom Auditorium Wednesday night. Loven was part of the entertainment at the rally that is included in the Community Homecoming Week activities. For more photos from the BAY Rally go to Spotted@brainerddispatch.com.
Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls
Reflections for the last day of September
Trees lining the west bank of the Mississippi River were reflected in the calm water of the river Tuesday morning near Fort Ripley. The signs of autumn are quickly emerging. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls
Water rates go up today
Utility rates in Brainerd will increase starting today.
Panel looking at costs of police liaison officers
Is the city of Brainerd being more generous with the Brainerd School District than Baxter?
A survivor looks back at the year that was
PEQUOT LAKES - October is breast cancer awareness month, an irony that has not gone unnoticed by Dee Monical of Pequot Lakes.
This was Brainerd
SEPTEMBER 30 - 100 years ago (1909) - Things are becoming more active in the iron land circles around Brainerd. A drill was taken from Deerwood to the town of Garrison and will put down holes at the homestead of James Dykeman. The drill belongs to Cuyler Adams and associates.
Think Pink
The Brainerd Dispatch, along with Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin, St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, are teaming together to spotlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
Consultant on area opportunities: 'It's amazing what you have here'
How does the Brainerd-Baxter area measure up in economic development opportunities for future growth and jobs?
A celebration of success at CLC
C. Willi Myles spoke to participants in the Central Lakes College Student Success Day Wednesday in Brainerd. Myles spoke about humorous traits of people who live in the Midwest. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls
This was Brainerd
20 years ago (1989) - People in Crow Wing, Morrison, Cass and Aitkin counties tore their way through millions of pull tabs and generated $53 million in charitable gambling receipts in 1988. Some $44 million returned as prizes, leaving operators with nearly $9 million.
District cites $1.9 million savings
The penny pinching has paid off.
Bethany proud of its aquarium
The soothing sounds of soft, refreshing music being played, while watching tropical fish swim and play offers peace and comfort to residents at Good Samaritan Society-Bethany in Brainerd.
Bingo! Group pushes electronic game in bars for Minnesota charities
In 2008, charitable gambling in Minnesota contributed the lowest amount of money of any year since 1985.
District is stretching out OPEB burden
For the next 13 years, taxpayers will foot the bill for the $23 million bond the Brainerd School District levied on the tax rolls for its Other Post Employment Benefits, or OPEB liabilities.
Initiative Foundation gets $1 million boost
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Minnesota $1.9 million to assist two nonprofit organizations that help low-income residents.
Overheard
You are on rarefied earth here a little bit.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Beth Biley, a free-lance reporter and former editor of the Grand Rapids newspaper, and Heidi Holtan, program director at KAXE Northern Community Radio, will be the featured speakers for the League of Women Voters monthly meeting on Oct. 8.
Brainerd water finally gets OK
Tests have showed no more presence of total coliform bacteria in Brainerd's water system, it was learned Wednesday.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Rep. Al Doty, DFL-Royalton, said the possible location of the next state veterans home in Little Falls could mean new jobs in Morrison County and better services for area veterans.
CORRECTION
A headline on Page 6A Tuesday should not have said artist Charles Kapsner is donating paintings to a Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery project.
COMMUNITY HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday
Dorothy Yund
BREEZY POINT - Dorothy Yund, age 84, passed away Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, at home.
Dale Johnson
NISSWA - Dale A. Johnson, 76, of Nisswa, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minn. Graveside services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley, Minn.
Frank Asplund
Frank J. Asplund, age 76, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully at his home in Brainerd on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.
Obituary policy
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Armella Wahl
PARADISE, Calif. - Armella Christine Wahl, 90, Paradise, Calif., died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Born Jan. 9, 1919, in Pierz, Minn., to parents Henry Gau and Marie (Philippi) Gau. Armella was the eldest of three children.
Cletus Nusser
BACKUS - Cletus Nusser, age 76, of Backus, passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. He was born Aug. 25, 1933, in Mankato to Raymond and Luverne Nusser. Cletus spent his early years in the Mankato area. He was a veteran of the National Guard and U.S. Army, serving during the Korean War.
Warren Williams
Warren L. Williams, 67, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn.
Geraldine Braun
LITTLE FALLS - Geraldine "Jerry" Braun, 93-year-old resident of Little Falls, formerly of Belle Prairie, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, at St. Otto's Care Center in Little Falls. Funeral arrangements for Geraldine "Jerry" Braun are pending with the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls.
LaJean Anderson
NISSWA - Granny LaJean Anderson passed away on Sept. 26, 2009. She raised her family in Edina, Minn., but was a Gull Lake and Nisswa summer resident from the early 1950s and a permanent resident since the early 1980s. She and her husband, T.R. "Dick" Anderson, supported many organizations, including her alma mater, the College of St. Benedict, and its neighbor, St. John's University. They were known for their hospitality, including entertaining at their Gull Lake home, known as Tralarden, the monks from Collegeville who came to help at the churches in the Brainerd lakes area during the busy summer months.
Robert Gillson
PILLAGER - Robert Gillson, 61, Pillager, passed away at his home in Pillager, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. He was born June 21, 1948, in Fairmont, Minn., to Howard and Berniece (Hoyles) Gillson. He married Angeline Carlson on Sept. 6, 1969. He was a member of the Pillager Assembly of God Church. He was a school board member; he spent his time buying and selling items on eBay, and was a sports fanatic and an inventor and enjoyed farming. He loved his grandchildren and was a devoted father and loving husband.
Warren Williams
Warren Williams, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, passed away on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. He was born on July 23, 1942, in Cresco, Iowa.
Maurice Becker
PIERZ - Maurice B. Becker, 79-year-old resident of Pierz, Minn., passed away Sept. 29, 2009, at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls, Minn. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Pierz, Minn., with Father Gerald Dalseth officiating.
Jeanette Mackey
PEQUOT LAKES - Jeanette Mackey, 76, of Pequot Lakes, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, at McIntosh Manor in McIntosh, Minn. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.
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.
Helen Jenney Lund
SPOKANE, Wash. - Helen Jenney Lund, 90, was born to Jens and Hansina Robertson in Wing, N.D., on June 25, 1919, one of six children. She passed away Sept. 13, 2009.
Marcella Schmidt
LITTLE FALLS - Marcella Schmidt, 92-year-old resident of Little Falls, Minn., died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at her residence in Little Falls, Minn. Arrangements for Marcella are pending with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls, Minn.
OTHER OPINION: FEDERAL FUNDS
For years, while ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - was involved in questionable activities, Congress turned a blind eye to the group. Millions of dollars in federal funds continued to flow to ACORN.
OUR OPINION: TWO LEADERS
Brainerd lost two men on Monday who exemplified the spirit of service to their community - Warren Williams and Frank Asplund.
Time for a new Afghanistan policy
The terrorist attack on Ismail Khan earlier this week underscores the imminent danger that threatens Afghanistan: fragmentation of the country and the Afghans. The United States will never be able to leave Afghanistan with honor unless there is a coherent government that is generally acceptable to most Afghans.
VOX POP
Let's be fair here. The recent Vox Pop "True Colors" writer complained about name calling from the left, but ignored the sludge that comes from the right. Obama posters with Hitler mustaches and Nazi swastikas. Limbaugh and Beck, referring to Democrats as fascists and Nazis and Obama as a black racist.
Open Forum
Private, for-profit, health insurance company bureaucracies decide the price of policies, who to cover, who to drop, who to delay and who to deny coverage to, and when to change the rules and all of this while answering only to their internal needs and their shareholders.
SEIU and ACORN are tight
WASHINGTON - While everyone in Washington is suddenly pretending they've hardly ever heard of ACORN, they might want to pretend they've never heard of the SEIU, one of the nation's largest unions.
Making buildings energy efficient
WASHINGTON - The challenge of climate change usually brings to mind images of industrial smokestacks or gas-hungry SUVs. But commercial and residential buildings consume nearly two-fifths of all energy produced worldwide and spit out 8.4 billion tons of CO2 emissions each year, or 30 percent of the global total.
Open Forum
I'm kind of a baseball nut, so I try to watch the Twins as much as I can. I have noticed lately how they try to promote their new stadium almost every time they play. I do think it's a beautiful stadium, even though I don't like the way they went about getting it. Just think, legislators from all over the state voted to increase people's taxes in just Hennepin County without them getting any say in it and then our hypocritical no raise taxes governor signed the bill. But that's not the reason for my story.
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Alex blanks Little Falls
LITTLE FALLS - Jule Wenzkus looked primed for a win at No. 1 singles, leading 6-4, 4-0 when the match was called due to darkness as Little Falls lost to Alexandria 6-0 in a Central Lakes Conference meet Tuesday.
Warriors' 10-game unbeaten streak ended by Alex
ALEXANDRIA - In a "good news, bad news" scenario, the Brainerd Warriors allowed the Alexandria Cardinals only three shots on goal Tuesday.
Brainerd seizes conference lead
BAXTER - After the Brainerd Warriors dropped their season opener 3-2 in overtime to the Alexandria Cardinals they had circled Tuesday as the day to atone for that defeat.
LOCAL SHORTS
Dan Ebert of Lakeshore swept the Grand Rapids Speedway special Thunder in the Pines races last weekend. Ebert won his qualifying heat race, the dash for cash and the feature. He's sitting fourth nationally and third in state points.
Foes going to run when playing this Warrior
Whomever plays Brianna Rademacher better have her running shoes on.
Area residents to compete at Fergus
A year of competition will culminate Friday and Saturday for Fort Ripley resident Terry Pickar as he competes in the Minnesota Rodeo Association Finals Rodeo at the Red Horse Ranch and Arena in Fergus Falls.
GOLF SHORTS
Candace Prigge, Byrne Hildebrand and Janice and Tom DuBois shot a 31 to win the scramble Sept. 15 during the Grand View Lodge Co-ed Outing at Deacon's Lodge.
Area volleyball scores
CROSBY - Jackie White had 13 kills and 17 set assists, leading the Pillager Huskies to a .500 record with a 3-0 win over the Crosby-Ironton Rangers in a non-conference match Tuesday.
A contact sport
Brainerd's Jordan Posch (11) and Alexandria's Chris Johnson collided Tuesday during the game in Baxter. Brainerd Dispatch/Kelly Humphrey
Otters outlast Brainerd
FERGUS FALLS - After falling behind two games, the Brainerd Warriors fought back, forcing a Game Five, before surrendering 3-2 to the Fergus Falls Otters in a Central Lakes Conference match-up Tuesday.
Hibbing returns favor at CLC
Northern Division teams just take turns beating each other.
Lydeen, Pequot boys, W-DC girls win titles
LONGVILLE - Silas Lydeen finished first with a personal-best time of 16:57 and led the Pequot Lakes boys to the title in the Northland-Deer River Invite Tuesday.
Area boys' soccer stats
BELLE PRAIRIE - Grant Bell collected a goal and assist but Little Falls saw its four-game winning streak snapped Tuesday as it lost to Willmar 3-2 in a Central Lakes Conference game.
Willmar edges LF
WILLMAR - Little Falls Flyers keeper Melissa VonItter had 20 saves and allowed just one goal, but the Flyers failed to get on the scoreboard, suffering a 1-0 loss against the Willmar Cardinals in a Central Lakes Conference match Tuesday.
SCOREBOARD
Area events
LOCAL SHORTS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Air Force junior Justin Tyner of Brainerd was named the Mountain West Conference men's runner of the week ending Sept. 26.
SCOREBOARD
Area events
State forecast for N.D.
Wind advisory southwest and portions of south central north
State forecast for Minnesota
Today...Periods of showers and thunderstorms for central and
State forecast for Iowa
Today...Mostly cloudy with periods of showers and thunderstorms.
State forecast for Wisconsin
Freeze warning for northern wisconsin early this morning...
State forecast for S.D.
Winter weather advisory in the black hills today...
State forecast for Iowa
.Today...Mostly sunny...With clouds increasing west late. Frost
State forecast for S.D.
Winter storm watch late tonight through thursday evening for the black hills...
Blimp over the soccer field
Weather drawing by Amanda Cook in the Baxter third grade of Ms. Hemstad.
State forecast for Minnesota
Freeze warning northeast until 8 am...
State forecast for Wisconsin
Freeze warning for portions of northeast wisconsin early today...
They're ready for it to get cold
Weather drawing by Luke Allen Lund in the Baxter third grade of Ms. Hemstad.
State forecast for N.D.
Wind advisory portions of south central wednesday afternoon and