Tuesday, December 6, 2005
AREA CRIME
BURGLARIES - It was reported Saturday that Sports Card Connection, 217 S. Seventh St., was broken into.
SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS
Brainerd
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Jason L. Henke, 33, and Anne E. Stricker, 29, both of Brainerd.
Judy Koep in tune with church work
NISSWA - She's a lady who wears many hats.
Holiday show kick-off
Brainerd Warrior Varsity Dance Team Kixters Taylor Rozinka (foreground) and Jessica Noonkesser performed "A Rockette Christmas" Saturday at the first of three Holiday Kick Off Shows at the Brainerd High School gymnasium.
This was Brainerd
20 years ago (1985) -- Herb Kessler, a Brainerd School District administrator since 1964 will submit his resignation Monday ending a career in education that spans almost half a century.
Point of view
This place (above) can give you answers about Little Falls. What is it?
Overheard
"We're frustrated, all of us - frustrated at the lack of urgency in addressing these various problems."
PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
The following students were named to the honor roll at Pequot Lakes High School.
Point of view
This sign is found at a school building in Brainerd. Where is it? Find the answer Wednesday.
Few attend, none speak
BAXTER - Only a handful of people turned up Monday for Baxter's truth-in-taxation hearing and none chose to speak.
CORRECTION
A hunter who shot an albino deer was misidentified in the Dec. 4 North Country. The hunter was Dave Farrand.
COMING THURSDAY IN ENTERTAINMENT
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Moving in
Two anglers moved their ice shelter on Rice Lake Monday. Anglers are starting to fish on many smaller area lakes. Brainerd Dispatch/Nels Norquist
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
The following students were named to the honor roll at Pequot Lakes Middle School:
Watch out for the ice
With the low temperatures, area lakes are busy making new ice. Yet anglers and snowmobilers should remain wary. The DNR recommends at least four inches of ice to hold a person ice fishing. At least 12 inches of ice is recommended to carry a medium truck.
Pulling for a festive holiday
Area residents got a ride on a horse-drawn carriage Sunday at Gregory Park. The Brainerd Parks and Recreation Department and the city of Brainerd held the 18th annual Holiday celebration that included face painting, cookies, and a visit from Santa Claus.
Secondhand store is denied license renewal
Fast Cash and Smart Buys secondhand store in northeast Brainerd no longer has a license to operate in the city.
Looking every which way for food
Five swans searched for food in shallow water recently above the Gull River Dam near the Army Corps of Engineers Campground in East Gull Lake.
This was Brainerd
DECEMBER 6 - 20 years ago (1985) - St. Joseph's Medical Center was recently awarded a home-delivered meals grant. Funds in the amount of $10,352 were awarded for 1986, which the hospital will use to provide 14,000 home delivered meals to 180 older persons in Crow Wing County.
EXTRA CREDIT
Wayne Compton, Jason Klaverkamp, Jessica Bock and Tiffany Mattson, Brainerd, members of the Brainerd Chapter of DECA, a youth organization of marketing students, recently attended the fall leadership conference in Bloomington, at the Sheraton Bloomington. The conference allowed students to explore leadership qualities in themselves. They are given situations to react to and must decide what they would do as a group. Compton and Klaverkamp are co-presidents of the organization, Bock is historian and Mattson is the secretary.
LOCAL BRIEFS
LITTLE FALLS - The Little Falls School Board recently narrowed its superintendent search to two finalists.
Council passes resolution to thank, welcome troops
The city of Brainerd is sending its thanks to the Minnesota Army National Guard soldiers in Company A, 1st Battalion, 194th Armor, who are returning after a year of combat duty in Iraq.
Dora Tibbetts
AITKIN - Dora Tibbetts, age 86, of Aitkin, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, at the Aicota Health Care Center in Aitkin.
George L. Baron
PINE RIVER - George L. Barron, age 87, of Pine River, passed away Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Center in Pine River.
Mildred Hayenga
STAPLES - Mildred (Johnson) Hayenga, age 95, of Staples, formerly of Lowry, passed away Friday morning, Dec. 2, 2005, at her home.
John W. Otto
John W. Otto, age 94, formerly of Delano, died on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2005, in Brainerd. Survived by wife, Florence of 70 years; children, Jim (Karen), Richard (Seda), Helen (Bob) Jude, Ed (Wendy), Robert (Carole); 19 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Peter Catholic Church, Delano. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Iten Funeral Home, Delano. Visitation will continue from 10-11 a.m. at the church on Friday.
Dorothy I. Hewson
CROSBY - Dorothy I. (Schultz) Hewson, age 84, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. She was born Dec. 10, 1920, in Minneapolis to Edward and Theresa (Berg) Schultz.
Cpl. Anthony McElveen
LITTLE FALLS - Cpl. Anthony T. McElveen, known to his friends as "Ant," died Dec. 1, 2005, in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Funeral arrangements for Cpl. Anthony T. McElveen are pending with the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls.
James A. Navratil Sr.
SILVER LAKE - James Allen Navratil Sr., age 75, of Silver Lake, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at his residence.
Dorothy Scott
Dorothy Scott, age 92, resident of Brainerd, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd.
Anthony Tony' Sauer
PIERZ - Anthony "Tony" Sauer, 96-year-old resident of Pierz, Minn., died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at Pierz Villa in Pierz, Minn.
Mary Siegel Anderson
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Mary Siegel Anderson, 96, of 2025 E. Lincoln St., Bloomington, Ill., died at 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at Martin Health Center, Bloomington.
George L. Barron
PINE RIVER - George L. Barron, age 87, of Pine River, passed away Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Center in Pine River. He was born May 30, 1918, in Minneapolis to Charles and Nettie (Welinski) Barron.
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Daniel B. Mulroy
NISSWA - Daniel B. Mulroy, 76, Nisswa, passed away Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, at his home in Nisswa.
Jerry Fornshell
PILLAGER - Jerry Lee Fornshell, 51, of Pillager, died at his home Sunday evening, Dec. 4, 2005, surrounded by his family and friends. Funeral services for Jerry will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at Lakewood Evangelical Free Church in Baxter with the Rev. Bob Osell officiating. There will be a visitation Wednesday night from 5-7 p.m. at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Interment will follow services at Wildwood Cemetery in Pillager.
Archie L. Hirschey
STAPLES - Archie L. Hirschey, age 94, of Staples, passed away at the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud early Monday morning, Dec. 5, 2005. Arrangements are pending and entrusted to the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Staples.
John 'Choik' Perpich
CROSBY - John "Choik" M. Perpich, 80, of Crosby, died on Dec. 4, 2005, at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born on Sept. 23, 1925, in Crosby to Mike and Eva Perpich. He was a WWII Navy veteran. He retired from Inland Steel with 21 years of
OUR OPINION: TORTURE
Commentators made the observation earlier but it bears repeating: When the topic is the torturing of prisoners it would be foolhardy not to listen to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
VOX POP
To the residents of Pequot Lakes School District: You need to be aware that at the next board meeting a decision to hold a vote on renewing the present superintendent's contract for another year will be considered. In itself that's one of their jobs. However, it needs to be mentioned that two board members participating are done at the end of December which means that the two new board-elected representatives of the people who take office in January, would have no say in the process. Let's step back and take a deep breath.
Open Forum
A recent letter writer made some interesting statements about our involvement in Iraq. First he said, "The president has explained, Democratic nations don't attack their neighbors."
OTHER OPINION: SURPLUS
Well, there is some good news this week. In the funny-numbers world of state government finance, Minnesota has returned to solvency for the first time in four years.
Open Forum: Coming to a Baxter neighborhood near you!
Residents of Baxter beware! Coming to your neighborhood is a psychiatric hospital or similar facility and our city will do nothing to stop it. Heck, they might even rezone the land to allow such a facility. Don't worry, though, our city council will put all kinds of conditions on it to protect you, even though, they are not sure how they can enforce these conditions. For all you know, people with dangerous conditions will be brought into your neighborhood. But, don't worry this will be a locked facility with a 10-foot high fence to keep the patients in!
Two CLC players named All-American
Two years ago Courtney Stach and Amy Fleischhacker came to Central Lakes College to play volleyball.
Warriors' Alpine skiing schedules
Schedule
BHS expects to challenge for title
With four members of the Section 7 team returning, the Brainerd Warrior girls' Alpine ski team expects to challenge for the section title this winter.
Jensen, McKay champions as Warriors finish fourth
BLUE EARTH - Tyler Jensen and Ryan McKay won individual championships as the Brainerd Warriors wrestling team finished fourth Saturday at the season-opening Dick Maher Invitational.
Hit the slopes
Captains of the 2005-06 Brainerd Warriors Alpine ski team are Tim Nelson (left), Rachel Cross, Kaitlyn Ziebell and Pat Majka. Brainerd is scheduled to open its season Dec. 15 at the Virginia Invitational at Giants Ridge in Biwabik.
Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls
Rosecrans' 16 points boost CLC
AUSTIN - Led by 16 points from Kim Rosecrans, the Central Lakes College Raiders women's basketball team emerged with its second victory of the season, 55-48, over Riverland Saturday.
Geike's overtime goal lifts Patriots
BREEZY POINT - Nate Geike's overtime goal lifted the Pequot Lakes Patriots past Red Lake Falls 3-2 in boys' hockey Saturday.
Upcoming sporting events
Tuesday
Warriors look to build upon a strong group of freshmen and sophomores
The Brainerd Warrior boys' Alpine ski team must replace its only state qualifier.
Staples-Motley's Peterson aims for win 600
Apparently, an old dog can learn new tricks and teach them, too.
SCOREBOARD
Football
Upcoming sporting events
TUESDAY
Area basketball capsules
Key: Lack of height and experience will be two things the Gobblers will have to overcome. Aitkin returns just two players from last year's squad, but if a strong junior class can catch on quick it should be a good season.
Area boys' basketball schedules
DECEMBER
Brainerd girls take first
BEMIDJI - The Brainerd girls' freestyle relay of Katherine Mueller, Kelsey Herwig and Jenna Dean skied to a first-place finish Saturday as the Warriors opened the Nordic skiing season at the Bemidji Relays.
Standing tall
They have height, depth, and 11 returning letterwinners.
Warriors lose to Moorhead
MOORHEAD - Tara Moen had the only Brainerd goal as the Warrior girls' hockey team lost to Section 8, Class 2A opponent Moorhead 5-1 Saturday.
Boys' basketball schedules
Schedule
Pioneers win Foley title in opener
FOLEY - The two-time Class 2A defending state champion Pierz Pioneers opened their wrestling season Saturday by winning the Foley dual meet tournament.
Litchfield handles PR-B, S-M
PINE RIVER - Taylor Sheley had 16 points and Chelsey Dabill added 14 points as the Pine River-Backus Tigers lost to Litchfield 74-47 in girls' basketball Saturday.
Beau Hanowski, Beattie lead Flyers in opener
LITCHFIELD - Beau Hanowski and Zack Beattie each had two goals as the Little Falls Flyers trounced Litchfield-Dassel Cokato 8-2 in the Flyer boys' hockey opener Saturday.
LOCAL SHORTS
The Central Minnesota team took first place Nov. 26 at Granite Bowl South in St. Cloud.
State forecast for Minnesota
.Today...Mostly cloudy north. Partly cloudy south. Scattered
State forecast for Iowa
.Today...Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries northwest half
Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Scattered snow showers. Highs in the teens.
State forecast for S.D.
Wind chill advisory today...
State forecast for South Dakota
Winter storm warning northern black hills through tuesday morning...
Wisconsin state forecast
Lake effect snow warning tonight and wednesday near lake superior...
State forecast for North Dakota
.Today...Mostly cloudy with a chance of light snow or flurries.
State forecast for Iowa
Today...Partly cloudy. Scattered flurries. Highs zero northwest to
Get your hats, it's cold out
Weather drawing by Kacey Finch of Mr. Meyer's fourth grade class at Lowell school.
State forecast for Minnesota
Wind chill advisory in effect southwest through 6 pm...
State forecast for N.D.
Wind chill advisory this morning...