LOCAL COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST ASHLEE HEWITT HAS MADE IT INTO THE FINAL
FIVE OF THE NASHVILLE STAR COMPETITION ON NBC TV…DURING THE SHOW’S
RUN, THE CONTESTANTS HAVE BEEN SEQUESTERED AND RESTRICTED TO ACCESS
OF MEDIA, WHO THEY TALK WITH AND WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT…THIS MONDAY IS
WEEK 7 OF THE SHOW AND IT’S ORIGINAL SONG NIGHT ASHLEE WILL PERFORM
A SONG NOT KNOWN BY MANY…ASHLEE HEWITT WILL BE RETURNING HOME FOR A
SPECIAL APPEARANCE AND CONCERT THIS COMING WEDNESDAY IN LANCASTER
AND HER HOME RANCH IN THE CARIBOU AREA OF KITTSON COUNTY…THE EVENT
IS ON WHETHER ASHLEE WINS OR LOSES ON MONDAY… EVERYONE IS INVITED TO
THE “TRACY BREWER” FUNDRAISER AT THE LANCASTER GOLF CLUB BEGINNING
AT 4PM AND THE CONCERT AT THE HEWITT RANCH BEGINNING AT 9PM THAT
EVENING…
IT’S A PIVOTAL WEEK IN THE BATTLE AGAINST BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS,
FACING THE CATTLE INDUSTRY, BOTH ON THE LOCAL AND STATE SCENE…CATTLE
RANCHERS IN THE CORE BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL ZONE IN PARTS OF
ROSEAU AND BELTRAMI COUNTIES, HAD UNTIL TUESDAY TO SIGN UP WITH A
STATE BUYOUT PROGRAM…SOME ARE SAYING THE NUMBER OF PRODUCERS THAT GO
WITH THE BUYOUT WILL BE EVEN HIGHER…JEFF SMITH OF THE MINNESOTA
BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE UP TO 75 PERCENT OF THE 68
CATTLE RANCHERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE BUYOUT… SMITH SAYS THAT
WOULD MEAN ABOUT 6,000 ANIMALS WILL BE SLAUGHTERED THROUGH THE
PROGRAM…IF PRODUCERS DO SELL, THE PROGRAM PAYS CATTLE PRODUCERS 500
DOLLARS PER ANIMAL AND THE PRODUCERS RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL
PAYMENT OF 75 DOLLARS PER ANIMAL UNTIL THE AREA REGAINS ITS TB-FREE
STATUS….MEANWHILE, THE OTHER PART OF THE BOVINE TB ALLOWS PRODUCERS
THAT CHOOSE NOT TO GO WITH THE BUYOUT OPTION, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GO WITH THE FENCING OF THEIR PROPERTY…WITH THE FENCING OPTION,
PRODUCERS ARE REQUIRED TO FENCE FEEDSTUFFS, OR CATTLE FEEDING AREAS,
BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT.
THE MINNESOTA BANKERS ASSOCIATION RECENTLY
INDUCTED NEW MEMBERS INTO IT’S PIONEER CLUB…INCLUDED IN THE NEW
CLASS OF INDUCTEES, IS ROBERT F. FOLEY SR., OF CITIZENS STATE BANK
OF ROSEAU…THE PIONEER CLUB HONORS BANKERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE
BANKING INDUSTRY FOR 50 OR MORE YEARS…IN ADDITION TO FOLEY, SR, OF
ROSEAU, OTHER INDUCTEES INCLUDED G.A. BEITO OF NORTHERN STATE BANK
OF THIEF RIVER FALLS , LOIS FISKUM OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
HENNING, GERALDINE SONS OF STATE BANK OF BELLE PLAINE, PAUL VOLLAN
OF LAKE REGION BANK IN NEW LONDON, MICHEAL LILLEHAUGEN, AN ACTIVE
BOARD MEMBER AT WELLS FARGO FOLLOWING A LONG CAREER IN BANKING, AND
PAUL LINDHOLM OF SECURITY STATE BANK IN FERGUS FALLS…THE MINNESOTA
BANKERS ASSOCIATION IS THE STATE’S LARGEST TRADE ASSOCIATION DEVOTED
EXCLUSIVELY TO THE REPRESENTATION OF COMMERCIAL BANKS. THE MBA WAS
FOUNDED IN 1889 AND REPRESENTS NEARLY 460 BANKS WITH MORE THAN 1,500
LOCATIONS IN MINNESOTA.
IN
MARCH 2009, THE ROSEAU COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS PARTICIPATING IN
THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, AND THE BOARD HAS PLANS TO MAKE
IT AN ANNUAL EVENT AT THE
ROSEAU COUNTY
MUSEUM…. EACH YEAR SINCE 1987, MARCH HAS
BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH - MEANT TO ENSURE
THAT THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN WOMEN WILL BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED
IN SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY…EACH
TOWNSHIP BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL IN ROSEAU COUNTY IS BEING
ASKED TO RECOMMEND ONE WOMAN FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA WHO HAS MADE
A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF THAT COMMUNITY…PAST OR PRESENT - LIVING
OR DECEASED...THE WOMAN MUST HAVE LIVED IN THE TOWNSHIP OR CITY AT
ONE TIME…A DISPLAY CELEBRATING THESE WOMEN
WILL BE CREATED FOR THE MUSEUM, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENTS ARE
ALSO BEING PLANNED FOR MARCH, 2009…ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RECOMMEND A
WOMAN FROM THEIR COMMUNITY SHOULD CONTACT THEIR TOWNSHIP BOARD/CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS…THE NAMES OF THE WOMEN NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
2009 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH COMMITTEE BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2008….FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT ANY MEMBER OF THE 2009 ROSEAU COUNTY
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH COMMITTEE: LINDA VATNSDAL, CAROLYN EEG, CAROLE
WILSON, DAWN JOHNSON, LEANNE JOHNSON, AND LORALEE MARVIN…
Layoffs at a pair of Manitoba companies will affect more than 140
workers. Loewen Windows, the Steinbach-based manufacturer of windows
and doors for high-end home builders, announced Tuesday it will lay
off 70 workers because of an expected drop in orders this year. In a
statement, the company said the job losses would mainly affect its
corporate and administration sectors. On a more positive note, the
firm said it is recalling employees who have been on an eight-week
layoff from their manufacturing jobs. The company employs about
1,500 workers, according to its website. In Brandon, 73 employees of
Perth's will be laid off this fall when Canadian Linen and Uniform
Service takes over operations of Western Canada's oldest
dry-cleaning company. Perth's garment rental and textile business
will be permanently closed effective SeptEMBER 22, but the
dry-cleaning business will continue to operate as is.
THE ROSEAU
COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WILL BE NO
CHARGES FILED AGAINST A GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
INVOLVING A STUDENT IN AN INCIDENT THIS SPRING...DURING A SCHOOL
TORNADO DRILL THIS PAST APRIL, A 16 YEAR OLD GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER
STUDENT CLAIMED THAT HIGH SCHOOL PRINICPAL, ELDON SPARBY, HAD
KICKED HIM....AFTER REVIEWING THE CASE, ROSEAU COUNTY ATTORNEY LISA
HANSON HAS DECIDED TO NOT FILE CHARGES AGAINST SPARBY...IN A LETTER
TO GREENBUSH CITY POLICE CHIEF MIKE SIMS, HANSON SAID “WHILE THERE
ARE SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE WITNESS STATEMENTS, THERE IS NOTHING
THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT SPARBY INTENDED TO CAUSE FEAR OF IMMEDIATE
BODILY HARM OR TO INFLICT BODILY HARM, WHICH ARE ELEMENTS OF AN
ASSAULT”... HANSON ALSO STATED THAT “BASED ON THE REPORT AND THE
WITNESS STATEMENTS, IT IS CLEAR THAT SPARBY’S INTENT WAS TO GET THE
COMPLAINING STUDENT TO COMPLY WITH A DIRECTIVE THAT HE HAD REFUSED
TO FOLLOW, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE HAD BEEN TALKED TO BY AT LEAST
THREE SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS.” HANSON ALSO SAID THE STUDENT WAS
ENCOURAGING OTHER STUDENTS TO BE BELLIGERENT AND DISRESPECTFUL...SHE
ALSO NOTED THAT THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE DURING AN EMERGENCY DRILL,
WHICH IS A TIME WHEN IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS FOLLOW
STAFF DIRECTIVES...
THE WARROAD CITY
COUNCIL HAS GIVEN IT’S FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE WARROAD POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO START ISSUING ADMINISTRATIVE TICKETS FOR MINOR
OFFENSES….WARROAD CITY POLICE CHIEF BOB CUDABACK SAYS THE DEPARTMENT
CAN START USING THE TICKETS IN EARLY TO MID JULY….CUDABACK TOLD KQ92
MANY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING ROSEAU COUNTY AND THE ROSEAU POLICE
DEPARTMENT, ARE USING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS, AND HE SAYS THE
FEEDBACK HAS BEEN POSITIVE...AND CUDABACK SAYS THEY ARE POPULAR
AMONG LOCAL POLICE OFFICIALS BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM ANOTHER OPTION
FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE...THE MONEY FROM THE FINES FROM THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS WILL GO TO THE CITY OF WARROAD, NOT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT…CUDABACK SAYS THE MONEY WILL BE PUT IN A SPECIAL
ACCOUNT IN A GENERAL FUND… ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS CAN CALL THE
WARROAD POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 386-2053…WHILE MORE AND MORE CITIES AND
COUNTIES ARE GOING THIS DIRECTION, THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS NOT
MADE A DECISION ON THE ISSUE, AND ONCE AGAIN WAS TABLED AT THIS
YEAR’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION….
MNDOT IS CAUTIONING MOTORISTS TO PREPARE FOR TRAFFIC DELAYS
AS WORK GETS UNDERWAY ON A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 32 FROM THE
JUNCTION WITH US HIGHWAY 2 AT MARCOUX CORNER TO ST. HILAIRE IN RED
LAKE AND PENNINGTON COUNTIES....DEPENDING ON WEATHER, THAT PROJECT
IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY FRIDAY...
MARVIN WINDOWS AND DOORS HAS RECEIVED MORE AWARDS, AS BICA AWARD
WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED RECENTLY BY MARKET RESOURCE ASSOCIATES....THE
AWARDS WON BY MARVIN INCLUDE: OVERALL TOP RATED PATIO DOOR BRAND,
AND OVERALL TOP RATED ENTRY DOOR BRAND...THE BICA WAS DEVELOPED BY
MRA TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE
FIRM... BICA WINNERS ARE SELECTED FOR CONSISTENTLY HIGH QUALITY
RANKINGS AND REMARKABLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AS ESTABLISHED BY OVER
1,500 BUILDING TRADES' PROFESSIONALS....THESE PROFESSIONALS INCLUDED
WINDOW AND DOOR DISTRIBUTORS, HOME BUILDERS, REMODELING CONTRACTORS
AND BUILDING MATERIALS RETAILERS...
MINNESOTA SENATOR
NORM COLEMAN IS APPLAUDING THURSDAY’S SUPREME COURT RULING THAT
AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO OWN GUNS FOR SELF-DEFENSE AND
HUNTING….THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER TOLD KQ92 THE RULING DOES NOT
UNDERCUT GUN LAWS THAT PROTECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC...COLEMAN SAYS
THERE HAS BEEN A LONG LONG DEBATE ON THE MEANING OF THE WORDING OF
THE SECOND AMENDMENT THAT SAYS “A WELL REGULATED MILITIA BE
NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE ABRIDGED”…COLEMAN SAYS
WASHINGTON, D.C.'S BAN ON HANDGUNS WAS BASED ON THE CITY’S POSITION
THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE SOMEHOW CONTROL THE HOLE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
AMENDMENT….COLEMAN SAYS THE COURT RULED THE D.C. FIREARMS BAN IS NOT
COMPATIBLE WITH GUN RIGHTS UNDER THE SECOND AMENDMENT...US. SENATOR
NORM COLEMAN APPEARED ON KQ92 THURSDAY….
A NORTHWESTERN
ONTARIO MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CARELESS HANDLING OF A FIREARM
INVOLVING THE DEATH OF A NESTOR FALLS MAN DURING HUNTING IN MORSON
TOWNSHIP LAST WINTER…18 YEAR OLD ERIC OLSEN, OF LAKE OF THE WOODS
TOWNSHIP IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE ON JULY 10TH
IN RAINY RIVER…THE O.P.P. SAYS ON DECEMBER 5TH 2007,
FOUR TEENS HAD BEEN DEER HUNTING IN MORSON TOWNSHIP WHEN A FIREARM
DISCHARGED, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF 18 YEAR OLD TYLER COTTAM, OF
NESTOR FALLS… OLSEN WAS CHARGED AFTER AN
INVESTIGATION BY THE FORT FRANCES OPP’S CRIME UNIT….
THE OFFICERS OF
THE FORT FRANCES ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE (OPP) CRIME UNIT ARE
REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING A BREAK AND ENTER TO
A RESIDENCE WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF EMO. THE OPP SAYS THAT ON JUNE 13TH,
2008 BETWEEN 10:00PM AND MIDNIGHT, A MALE SUSPECT KICKED OPEN THE
DOOR OF A RESIDENCE AND CONFRONTED THE LONE OCCUPANT BEFORE
FLEEING. THE BREAK AND ENTER SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A MALE, MEDIUM
BUILD, VERY SHORT BRUSH-CUT HAIR, CLEAN-SHAVEN, WEARING A FLANNEL
PLAID JACKET. POLICE ARE SEEKING THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PUBLIC IN
IDENTIFYING THIS MALE SUSPECT. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, CALL THE OPP
AT 1-888-310-1122 OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 1-800-222-TIPS OR ONLINE AT
WWW.TIPSHELP.COM. ALL
INFORMATION RECEIVED IS CONFIDENTIAL…
THE MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) RECENTLY STOCKED 228,000 LAKE
STURGEON FRY INTO TWO TRIBUTARIES TO THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH.
HALF OF THE FISH WERE STOCKED TO THE RED LAKE RIVER NEAR RED LAKE
FALLS, THE REST WERE STOCKED TO THE ROSEAU RIVER NEAR CARIBOU. THE
LAKE STURGEON FRY WERE ABOUT FIVE DAYS OLD AND ABOUT ONE-HALF INCH
LONG.HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS SUGGEST THAT LAKE STURGEON WERE ABUNDANT IN
THE RED RIVER BASIN UNTIL THE LATE 1800S. THE POPULATION WAS
DECIMATED BY OVER-EXPLOITATION, CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS, AND DECLINES
IN WATER QUALITY. BY THE MID 1900S, LAKE STURGEON HAD BEEN
EFFECTIVELY EXTIRPATED FROM THE BASIN.STOCKING LAKE STURGEON IN THE
RED RIVER BASIN IS PART OF A PLAN TO RE-ESTABLISH A SELF-SUSTAINING
POPULATION IN THOSE WATERS. THIS VENTURE IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT
BETWEEN THE DNR, THE WHITE EARTH BAND AND THE U. S. FISH AND
WILDLIFE SERVICE. RESTORATION ACTIVITIES ARE FOCUSED ON
RE-ESTABLISHING STURGEON POPULATIONS THROUGH STOCKING AND STREAM
RESTORATION TO IMPROVE FISH PASSAGE AND ACCESS TO HISTORICAL
SPAWNING AREAS.ACCORDING TO PHIL TALMAGE, BAUDETTE AREA DNR
FISHERIES SUPERVISOR, LAKE STURGEON HAVE BEEN STOCKED IN EIGHT
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE RED RIVER BASIN SINCE THIS EFFORT BEGAN
IN 1998. ANGLERS ARE NOW CATCHING SOME OF THESE STOCKED FISH.“IF YOU
CATCH A LAKE STURGEON IN THE RED RIVER, OR IN ANY TRIBUTARY TO THE
RED RIVER, WE’D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR CATCH,” EXPLAINED TALMAGE.
“REPORTS FROM ANGLERS WHO CATCH LAKE STURGEON ARE AN IMPORTANT PART
OF OUR EVALUATION OF THE RESTORATION EFFORTS.”TO REPORT INFORMATION
ON A LAKE STURGEON CAUGHT IN THE RED RIVER OR ONE OF ITS TRIBUTARY
STREAMS, CONTACT THE LOCAL DNR AREA FISHERIES OFFICE IN BAUDETTE,
DETROIT LAKES, OR FERGUS FALLS. BE PREPARED TO REPORT THE DATE AND
LOCATION OF THE CATCH, ALONG WITH THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF THE FISH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LAKE STURGEON, OR ON OTHER FISH OF THE RED
RIVER, VISIT
MNDNR.GOV.
A WARROAD
MINISTER IS CHALLENGING A FEDERAL BAN ON POLITICAL PREACHING….THE
REVEREND GUS BOOTH, OF THE WARROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH GAVE A SERMON
MAY 18TH, URGING FOLLOWERS TO OPPOSE BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY
CLINTON....BOOTH THEN ALERTED THE GROUP “AMERICANS UNITED FOR
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE”, THAT HE WAS USING HIS PULPIT TO
SPEAK OUT ON POLITICS…THE GROUP, WEDNESDAY, ASKED THE INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE, TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH HAD
VIOLATED IT’S NONPROFIT, TAX-EXEMPT STATUS WITH LAST MONTHS SERMON
IN WARROAD…BOOTH CONTENDS HE HAS THE CONSTITUTION IN HIS CORNER,
SAYING HIS RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION SUPERSEDES TAX LAW...BUT THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AMERICANS UNITED, BARRY LYNN, SAYS THE “GRANT
OF A TAX-EXEMPTION IS NOT A RIGHT, IT’S A PRIVILEGE” AND IT COMES
WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS… THE I.R.S., MEANWHILE, WOULD NOT
COMMENT, SAYING FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS DISCLOSING INFORMATION ABOUT
TAXPAYERS…ACCORDING TO LAW, THE I.R.S. FORBIDS CHURCHES FROM
“DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PARTICIPATING OR INTERVENING IN ANY
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF , OR OPPOSITION TO, ANY CANDIDATE
FOR PUBLIC OFFICE”…BOOTH SAYS, TO SOME, IT MAY APPEAR THAT HE IS
JUST LOOKING FOR A FIGHT, BUT HE THINKS IT IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND:...THE
34 YEAR OLD BOOTH IS A DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION, WHICH IS IN ST. PAUL IN EARLY SEPTEMBER…
FPM PEAT MOSS
COMPANY HAS BEGUN CONSTRUCTION OF A PEAT PROCESSING AND MIX FACILITY
NEAR VASSER, MANITOBA… THE 8 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT BEGAN WITH THE
GROUNDBREAKING LAST MONTH, AND ITS SLATED TO OPEN THIS NOVEMBER
2008…. AND IT COULD ADD UP TO 75 NEW JOBS ... THE
32,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY WILL MANUFACTURE PACKAGED PEAT MOSS AND
PEAT-BASED PROFESSIONAL MIXES AND POTTING SOILS, AND EMPLOY FIVE
FULL-TIME AND 30 SEASONAL WORKERS. FPM HARVESTS ITS OWN PEAT MOSS
AND CURRENTLY HAS LEASES ON THREE PEATLANDS IN SOUTHEASTERN MANITOBA
IN ADDITION TO ITS BOGS IN NEW BRUNSWICK....LOCATED NEAR THE VASSER
EAST ROAD, AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 12, THE PLANT IS THE RESULT
OF A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FPM PEAT MOSS AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF
PINEY, WHICK IS SUPPLYING THE LAND, ACCESS DRIVEWAY AND OTHER
INCENTIVES….
THE GLENMORE RECOVERY CENTER IN
CROOKSTON HAS RECEIVED A SIZEABLE GRANT FROM DAKOTA MEDICAL
FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT EXPANDED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT
SERVICES AT THEIR NEW LOCATION… THE GRANT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF OVER
121 THOUSAND DOLLARS…GLENMORE PLANS TO RELOCATE ALL OF ITS
CROOKSTON-BASED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT SERVICES TO A
FACILITY CALLED MARYWOOD, WHICH IS A 156-ACRE CAMPUS TWO MILES EAST
OF CROOKSTON ON HIGHWAY 2…THE CURRENT GLENMORE FACILITY IS LOCATED
ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL BUILDING IN CROOKSTON
… GLENMORE RECOVERY CENTER WAS PURCHASED BY RIVERVIEW HEALTH AND
RELOCATED TO THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS IN 1987… GLENMORE HAS BEEN SERVING
THOSE WITH CHEMICAL ADDICTIONS IN THE AREA FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAS
OUTREACH SERVICES IN BAUDETTE, ROSEAU, THIEF RIVER FALLS, AND EAST
GRAND FORKS….