LOCAL NEWS - WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010 Posted on 07-07-2010 THE BOBCAT COMPANY IS ADDING ABOUT A HUNDRED JOBS AT IT’S WINNER, NORTH DAKOTA PLANT. PRESIDENT RICH GOLDSBURY TELLS THE RED RIVER FARM NETWORK DEMAND FOR EQUIPMENT IS GROWING. COMMUNITY THEATRE IS THRIVING IN ROSEAU AND WARROAD. AFTER THREE DECADES, WARROAD SUMMER THEATRE IS GROWING. EVIE HALVORSON DIRECTS THE WARROAD SUMMER THEATRE PRESENTATION OF A DRAMA CALLED “THE DIVINERS”, OPENING TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL MINI-THEATRE. THE ROSEAU AREA ARTS ASSOCIATION PRODUCTION OF “GODSPELL” OPENS TONIGHT AT THE ROSEAU SCHOOL THEATRE. AMONG THE CAST MEMBERS ARE RECENT ROSEAU HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AMANDA FREDERICKSON AND TONY BAKER. PERHAPS THE BEST-KNOWN SONG FROM GODSPELL IS “DAY BY DAY”. THAT MUSICAL RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY IN ROSEAU. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR ELK HUNTS IN THE GRYGLA AND LANCASTER AREAS THIS FALL AND WINTER IS A WEEK FROM FRIDAY. THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. IS OFFERING ELEVEN LICENSES; BIG GAME PROGRAM COORDINATOR LOU CORNICELLI SAYS THIS IS THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER HUNTING OPPORTUNITY IN MINNESOTA. SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS MUST ATTEND AN ORIENTATION SESSION AT THIEF LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BEFORE THEIR ELK HUNT. AN OVERNIGHT CAMPING WORKSHOP IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT LAKE BRONSON STATE PARK. THE WORKSHOP WILL TEACH CAMPSITE SETUP AND OUTDOOR COOKING (AMONG OTHER THINGS); AND THE DAY INCLUDES GEOCACHING AND NATURE WALKS (AMONG OTHER THINGS). A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOHN ROBERTS OF KANSAS (AND FORMERLY OF WARROAD) IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN, AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. MILITARY RITES ARE BY THE WARROAD AMERICAN LEGION. JOHN ROBERTS WAS 62. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR SHARON STARREN OF EAST GRAND FORKS (AND FORMERLY OF ROSEAU) ARE THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN, AT BETHESDA LUTHERAN CHURCH IN SKIME. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. SHARON STARREN WAS 54. MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR IRENE ERICKSON OF WARROAD ARE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE, AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. IRENE ERICKSON WAS 91. OOF DA TACOS ARE AT THE GREENBUSH PUBLIC LIBRARY TODAY (11-8), WITH A PERCENTAGE OF PROCEEDS DONATED TO THE LIBRARY. THE GREENBUSH LIBRARY IS ALSO HOSTING A CHILDREN’S PROGRAM THIS EVENING (6-7:30 PM). ROSEAU COUNTY’S OUTSTANDING SENIOR VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS FOR THIS YEAR ARE PHYLLIS HAGGAN AND ORVEL OLSON, BOTH OF WARROAD. THEY’LL BE HONORED WITH A DINNER NEXT WEEK AT THE ROSEAU FOUR SEASONS CENTER, AND AT CHURCH NIGHT AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR (A WEEK FROM SUNDAY). U.S. SENATOR AL FRANKEN’S STAFF WILL BE IN ROSEAU AND WARROAD NEXT WEEK, MEETING WITH SENIOR CITIZENS ON THEIR RETIREMENT CHALLENGES. THE FRANKEN STAFF WILL BE AT THE ROSEAU FOUR SEASONS CENTER TUESDAY MORNING, AND AT THE WARROAD SENIOR LIVING CENTER TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, YESTERDAY, MET WITH INTERIM AUDITOR JON HOSCHEID AND DEPUTY AUDITOR JOHN HUSS; SETTING AN AUGUST 13TH CANVASSING BOARD FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION, AND TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND LEVY PLANNING TIMELINE.