Wednesday, November 5, 2008

POLICE BLOTTER
James Valentine, 5700 block of Crow Wing Lake Road, Monday reported his cabin broken into and he's missing power tools and a spotlight.

BIRTHS
Angel and Tyrone Sabasky, Pierz, a boy, Alex James, 9 pounds, 8 ounces, Oct. 18, 2008. Grandparents are Gary and Jane Warzecha, Pierz, and Jacques and Gloria Sebasky, Harding.

POLICE BLOTTER
CRASH - No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle, rear-end collision at 4:21 p.m. Monday at Highways 371 and 210.

Little Falls School Board
1. Call to order.

One hurt in three-vehicle collision
One person was injured in a three-vehicle collision about 8 a.m. Monday at Highway 210 and Crow Wing County Road 12, the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department reported.

DISSOLUTIONS
Anderson, William R. and Rachael L.

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
Go to Any Length

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Retreat for deer widow a treat for deer hunter
Maybe now my wife will no longer cross her arms, tap her toe on the floor and stare at me as I pile my blaze orange outfit into the vehicle for the opening of the deer season in Minnesota.

Fall sunset
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LOCAL BRIEFS
Christmas at the Mansions, a fundraiser for Linden Hill Historical Event Center, a nonprofit organization, is scheduled from 1-6 p.m. daily from Nov. 28 to Dec. 7.

DNR NOTEBOOK
Archers took a record 325 deer during the first of two two-day bow hunts Oct. 19-20 at Camp Ripley Military Reservation near Little Falls.

Deck the halls at the mall - with Paul the doll
Paul Bunyan will be moving from his home at the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association's Exhibit Room at the Crosslake Army Corps of Engineers building to the new Holiday Village at Westgate Mall for the holiday season.

ALL IN THE FAMILY
Granddaughter Emma Miller, Fort Rucker, Ala., recently visited Minnesota. "She loved helping Grandpa Jim on a beautiful fall day at Gladstone Lake." Submitted by Terri Jasper, Nisswa.

ORGANIZATIONS
Brainerd Jaycees

PETS OF THE WEEK
Melody and Laney are 1-year-old sisters with tortoise-shell markings. They love to play and have fun together. Brainerd Dispatch/Heidi Lake

SUPPORT GROUPS
Lakes Area Ecumenical Bereavement

A reunion of sorts
St. Olaf quarterback John Haberman surveyed the field as Concordia's Clinton Strother (99) and Ryan McKay (90) rushed the passer in Saturday's MIAC game at Moorhead. All three are Brainerd High School graduates. Haberman passed for two touchdowns, ran for two and threw for a 2-point conversion in the Oles' 28-25 victory. Bruce Haberman

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2008 Area City Election Results

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2008 Baxter City Election Results

Candidates set furious pace as time dwindles
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's leading Senate candidates turned to the heavy hitters on Monday, with time dwindling to pull undecided voters into their column.

COMING SUNDAY IN SPORTS
The Verndale Pirates are back in the state football tournament and again will face Houston for a chance to advance to the Metrodome.

Incumbent Houge appears to have kept board seat; Trusty, Ball running in close race for open position
Able to run on his own record, incumbent Crow Wing County Commissioner Doug Houge had a substantial lead Tuesday night.

City agreement with hockey camps extended
Minnesota Hockey Camps will continue at the Brainerd Area Civic Center in 2009.

'Very smooth'
About 5:30 p.m. voters entered the polls as thunder rumbled overhead and lightning illuminated the dark sky. A short time later the rain came in torrents.

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2008 Brainerd City Election Results

Health alliance progress cited
BACKUS - Health Human and Veterans Services Director Dorothy Opheim reported to the Cass County Board Tuesday South Country Health Alliance has made progress in the last two months toward resuming financial solvency.

Overheard
"America is electing a new president, but for the Germans, for Europeans, it is electing the next world leader."

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2008 General Election Results

Corrections
A Page 6A story in Tuesday's Dispatch incorrectly stated Brainerd City Council member Bob Olson voted against extending an agreement with Minnesota Hockey Camps because electrical costs were $5,000 more in the summer than in the winter at the arena. The story should have stated electrical costs were $5,000 more per month in the summer.

Decision by committee
Marsha Cluever voted Tuesday at Whittier School in Brainerd while holding her daughter, Sophia. Her son, Lucas, in a jean jacket, held on to his mom while Ashton Imgrund looked on. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls

Rain didn't deter voters
With balmy temperatures and a brief afternoon shower, voters were not deterred - even when a thunderstorm hit at 5:30 p.m.

COMING WEDNESDAY
Brainerd area voters will cast their ballots Tuesday in races ranging from the city council to the presidency. Look for updates at www.brainerddispatch.com.

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2008 Morrison County Election Results

Off-road, off-limits
Before the deer firearms season starts, hunters and recreational off-road vehicle riders should be aware of changes for forest trails passing through Crow Wing County.

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2008 Aitkin County Election Results

Shooting victim still critical
Nathaniel Fitch, the 13-year-old Brainerd boy who accidentally shot himself in the head Wednesday, remained in critical condition Monday at St. Cloud Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Bailout bill to benefit Cass
BACKUS - Within the 2008 federal bailout bill was a provision to extend payments to local governments from funds the U.S. Forest Service generates.

Olson, Koep leading in at-large race
Only one Brainerd City Council race was decided by midnight Tuesday.

This was Brainerd
NOVEMBER 5 - 100 years ago (1908) - L. D. Brown, successful candidate for the Legislature in this district has filed his election expenses and swears $56 was the sum total necessary to elect him.

Ward rolls past Pundt
Rep. John Ward, 58, DFL-Brainerd, built a substantial lead and appeared headed to victory late Tuesday in his effort to win re-election in House District 12A against Republican David Allan Pundt, 62, of Baxter.

Group wants to sell items from Linden Hill
LITTLE FALLS - Thousands of items, from bedding to knickknacks to handmade purses that have been part of the Linden Hill property in Little Falls for years, may be up for sale if the Little Falls City Council agrees.

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2008 Area School Board Election and Referendum Results

LOCAL BRIEFS
Kinship of Morrison County is honoring the men and women who have served in the armed forces by hosting a veterans' program from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Little Falls Alliance Church, 903 13th Ave. N.E., Little Falls.

Flu clinic offered
The Crow Wing County Health Department will offer a flu walk-in clinic from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Crow Wing County Health Department, 204 Laurel St., Suite 12, Brainerd.

No votes hold commanding lead in C-I school issue
It appears the Crosby-Ironton School District's operating levy referendum will be defeated in Tuesday's election based on the partial precinct results.

Alworth Memorial Fund celebrates 60 years of rewarding scholarships
The Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund celebrates its 60th year of awarding scholarships to students with promising talent in the fields of math or science. To date the fund has granted $38,371,150 to 3,979 individuals pursuing a bachelor's, master's, Ph.D. or M.D. degree.

A mind of their own
If the decision were up to Crow Wing County children, the next president would be Republican John McCain.

Crow Wing County polling information
Grab an umbrella. As Election Day drags on, the chance of rain will grow.

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2008 Wadena County Election Results

Electing to serve
For the past 11 presidential elections, Doris Sievek and Florence Nelson haven't watched the election results on television or had a quiet evening at home.

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2008 Todd County Election Results

THURSDAY IN ENTERTAINMENT
Two members of the Bozeman, Mont., band The Clintons will be performing in Brainerd. John Hansen reviews the pop-rockers' new CD.

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2008 Crow Wing County Election Results

This was Brainerd
20 years ago (1988) - Judy Hulsether has been named manager of Jenny's Hallmark of Brainerd. She worked for Jenny's for three years before moving to Phoenix, Arizona. She and her husband returned to Brainerd in 1987 and Judy returned to Jenny's.

Cass plans series of public hearings
WALKER - Cass County Board will host public hearings during upcoming regular board meetings.

Smooth sailing at the polls
It was smooth sailing at Brainerd polling precincts over the noon hour today.

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2008 Cass County Election Results

Turnout is heavy in Crow Wing County
Kassi Fisher watched her dad, Nathan, vote at the Crosby Fire Hall in Crosby. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls

Brainerd High students favor Obama
Brainerd High School students believe the right choice for president is Democrat Barack Obama.

Holman, Cross win positions
Todd Holman will stay and Mark Cross will return to the Baxter City Council.

Heading to the polls in East Gull Lake
Voters streamed Tuesday morning into East Gull Lake Town Hall as mild autumn weather settled over central Minnesota. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls

Balloting under a banner
Two voters cast their ballots Tuesday under a banner at the Church on Wise Road north of Brainerd. The church serves as the Blue Precinct for voters in Unorganized Territory. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls

Board clears up issues over property cleanup
BACKUS - It took two motions and lengthy debate, some of it heated, before Cass County Board voted Tuesday to assess the original $36,623.06 bid amount against a property the county had cleared of debris and health hazards at Pine River.

Property foreclosures level off
BACKUS - Cass County Assessor Steve Kuha reported Tuesday to the county board the number of property foreclosures have leveled off here.

Kerry Thiery
Kerry Thiery, age 60, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, at St. Joseph's Medical Center. He was born Nov. 2, 1948, in Brainerd to Howard and Jeannette Thiery.

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Leslie Wermers
HOPKINS - Leslie Wermers, age 41, of Hopkins, Minn. and formerly of Burt, Iowa, died on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, at her home. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Friday at the Lentz Funeral Home in Burt.

Daniel R. Collins
EAST GULL LAKE - Daniel R. Collins, 78, East Gull Lake, went to be with the Lord Jesus on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. He was born May 7, 1930, to George and Mabel Collins. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at 1 p.m. at the Heritage Assembly of God Church in Baxter with Pastor Mark Boone officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd. Friends are welcome to gather Tuesday evening from 5-8 p.m. at the Heritage Assembly of God Church in Baxter and one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.

Harold R. Smith
Harold R. Smith, age 76, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at his home in Brainerd. Funeral services were Monday, Nov. 3, at the Church of the Nazarene in Brainerd. Interment was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Brainerd.

Mary Schraut
ST. CLOUD - Mary Schraut, age 58, of St. Cloud, formerly of Pierz, passed away Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, at the Pierz Villa. Arrangements are pending with Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Pierz.

Charles Huntley
Charles Huntley, of Brainerd, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Lynn Prindle
STAPLES - Lynn Prindle, 74, of Staples, passed away on Oct. 31, 2008, at the Bethany Good Samaritan Home in Brainerd. Funeral services for Lynn will be held on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, 11 a.m., at the Assembly of God Church in Staples. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at the Motley Public Cemetery.

Irene Kris
LITTLE FALLS - Irene A. Kris, 91-year-old resident of Little Falls, Minn., passed away Monday at the Lutheran Care Center in Little Falls. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Little Falls.

Mary D. Roth
NISSWA - Mary Dawn Roth, 70, of Nisswa, formerly of Coon Rapids, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Nisswa with the Rev. Bruce Hannem officiating. The relatives will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday evening at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter and one hour prior to services at the church.

Lynn M. Prindle
STAPLES - Lynn Milo Prindle, 74, of Staples, passed away on Oct. 31, 2008, at the Bethany Good Samaritan Home in Brainerd. Funeral services for Lynn will be held on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, 11 a.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Staples with the Rev. Roy Miles officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be held at the Motley Public Cemetery.

Dorothy Zech
Dorothy Zech, 93, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, Minn. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Dorothy M. Zech
Dorothy Marie Zech, 93, of Brainerd, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Private family services with an interment in Milbank, S.D., will be held at a later date.

Muriel B. Fox
Muriel B. Fox, 96, Brainerd, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village. She was born Jan. 17, 1912, in Brainerd to Leonard and Estella (Goodell) Bedal. She was a member of the Heritage Assembly of God Church. She is survived by her sons, LeRoy (Glad) Fox and Curt (Dianna) Fox; and a daughter, Marlos (Bob) Fisher; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; and her brother, Donald Bedal.

Mary C. Schraut
ST. CLOUD - Mary Catherine Schraut, 58-year-old resident of St. Cloud, formerly of Pierz, Minn., completed her life on earth and went home to her heavenly father on Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, surrounded by her loving family after a brief battle with cancer.

Bertha Anderson
Bertha Cecilia Anderson (Weitensteiner) "Bertie," of Brainerd, passed away Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, in St. Paul

Charles Lowers
Charles Lowers, 37, of Brainerd, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Dene Carney
CROSSLAKE - Dene A. Carney, 84, of Crosslake, died Nov. 3, 2008, at his home. Funeral services for Dene will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, at Crosslake Lutheran Church. Friends are welcome to visit Wednesday evening from 4-6 p.m. at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake.

Dawn McClintock
BACKUS - Dawn McClintock, age 67, of Backus, passed away Oct. 30, 2008. She was born June 7, 1941, in Minneapolis to Victor and Evelyn Marihart.

VOX POP
I have come to a dead end in trying to find a way to dispose of old medication in Brainerd. It seems that pharmacies here do not have programs in place to deal with them. Because of the death of one parent, and moving the other, I have many meds, and don't want to dispose of them myself. Are there any sources in Brainerd that deal with disposing of large amounts of medications? Anyone?

The best campaign I've covered
WASHINGTON - I remember the precise moment when I became convinced that this presidential campaign was going to be the best I'd ever covered. It was Saturday afternoon, Dec. 8, 2007. I stood in the lobby of Hy-Vee Hall, the big convention center in Des Moines, watching an endless stream of men, women and children come down the escalators from the network of skywalks that link the downtown business blocks of Iowa's capital. They were bundled in winter coats against the chilly temperatures, and the mood was festive - like a tailgate party for a football game. But the lure here was not a sporting contest; it was a political rally.

OTHER OPINION: AFRICA
A familiar crisis is unfolding in one of the world's most miserable places. Rebel soldiers are camped outside the city of Goma, in northeastern Congo - a region plagued by ethnic warfare and unspeakable violence against civilians for most of the past 15 years. Tens of thousands of refugees have been pouring in and out of Goma, where they are vulnerable to robbery, rape or murder at the hands of Congolese troops that are supposed to be defending them. Meanwhile, United Nations peacekeepers - part of the largest such deployment in the world, with the mandate to use force to protect the population - spend more time dodging stones from residents enraged by their fecklessness than fulfilling their mission.

Open Forum
No, and most of the people on welfare don't either. Should taxpayers have to pay for somebody else's kids basic needs while the parents then can go out and spend their money on things like alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, pull tabs, cell phones, video games, mp3 players, TVs, computers, going to the casino and other things that are a waste of money?

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AREA SHORTS
Brainerd senior forward Kelly Rosenthal has been named to the St. Paul Pioneer Press all-state girls' soccer team for the second straight year.

AREA SHORTS
Brainerd's Kelly Rosenthal will play for the Class 2A girls' team in the Puma/Soccer Express Senior Classic at the Metrodome at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Mind-changer, game-changer
Following his graduation from Foley High School, Mike Beehler made a verbal commitment to attend Bethel College in Roseville and play football for the Royals.

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Area events

MGA bringing senior tour to the lakes area
While the Tiger Woods boom of the 1990s may be over, golf certainly isn't dead.

State forecast for South Dakota
Winter storm watch northwest wednesday night into thursday...

Wisconsin state forecast
Tonight...Mostly cloudy northwest with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear southeast. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Wednesday...Mostly cloudy central and west. Mostly sunny east. A chance of showers and thunderstorms northwest. Highs in the mid 60s north to around 70 south. Wednesday night...Rain showers west...A chance of showers central. Isolated thunderstorms. Increasing clouds east. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.

Recess
Weather drawing by Sierra Edwards of Mr. Meyer's fourth-grade class at Lowell school.

State forecast for Minnesota
Today...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.

State forecast for Iowa
.Today...Partly cloudy. Highs 68 to 76.

Doing the raking
Weather drawing by Jaelyn Kappes of Mr. Meyer's fourth-grade class at Lowell school.

State forecast for Minnesota
.Today...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.

State forecast for N.D.
Winter storm watch beginning west noon wednesday...And central

Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Continued unseasonably warm. Mostly cloudy northwest. Isolated showers northwest in the afternoon. Mostly sunny far southeast. Near record highs from the mid 60s far northeast to the lower to mid 70s south. Tonight...Mostly cloudy northwest with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear southeast. Lows in the upper 40s northeast to the low or mid 50s elsewhere.

State forecast for S.D.
Winter storm watch and blizzard watch west and central wednesday night through thursday....

State forecast for Iowa
Tonight...Partly cloudy and mild. A slight chance of showers and

State forecast for North Dakota
...Winter storm watch west and central wednesday afternoon through