LOCAL NEWS - THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010 Posted on 07-08-2010 THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR PARADE IS TUESDAY, JULY 20TH ON ROSEAU’S MAIN STREET. IT’S ORGANIZED BY THE ROSEAU WOMEN OF TODAY. THERE ARE TROPHIES FOR THE TOP THREE FLOATS. A ROSEAU HOCKEY REUNION, HELD EVERY FIVE YEARS, IS NEXT WEEKEND. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THREE-DAY EVENT ARE A GOLF SCRAMBLE AT OAK CREST, AND A HOCKEY CLASSIC GAME SATURDAY (JULY 17TH) AT MEMORIAL ARENA … TRACY OSTBY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ORGANIZING FOUR OF THE SIX REUNIONS, GOING BACK TO THE MID 1980’S. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE ROSEAU HOCKEY WEBSITE. THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, HEARD A FISCAL YEAR-END REPORT FROM TAMMIE DOEBLER AND BRENDA ARNTZEN, WITH THE ROSEAU COUNTY PREVENTION COALITION … WHO SAY THEY’RE BUSY IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH SCHOOL OUT FOR THE SUMMER … THE R.C.P.C. HAS HAD 23 KIDS IN A TRUANCY MENTORING PROGRAM THIS YEAR. A PRESENTATION ON THE BENEFITS OF ART THERAPY AND MUSIC THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS IS MONDAY EVENING (6-8 PM) AT THE ROSEAU CITY CENTER. IT’S HOSTED BY JILL WULFF, A CARE CONSULTANT WITH THE MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER OF THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION. A WORK SCHEDULE SIGNUP FOR THE C.A.I.A./ ARENA FAIR FOOD STAND IS TODAY (8-8) AT MEMORIAL ARENA. KRAIG LEE OF WANNASKA HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THE MINNESOTA CANOLA COUNCIL. LEE SAYS THOSE COMMODITY COUNCILS ARE IMPORTANT FOR FARMERS … JIM RINDE OF BADGER, DAVID SEVERSON OF WANNASKA, AND STEVE DAHL OF ROSEAU ARE AMONG PREVIOUS MEMBERS OF THE CANOLA COUNCIL FROM ROSEAU COUNTY.A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOHN ROBERTS OF KANSAS (AND FORMERLY OF WARROAD) IS THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN, AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. MILITARY RITES ARE BY THE WARROAD AMERICAN LEGION. JOHN ROBERTS WAS 62. MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR IRENE ERICKSON OF WARROAD ARE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT ONE, AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. IRENE ERICKSON WAS 91. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR SHANE CHRISTOFFERSON OF MIDDLEBRO, MANITOBA ARE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO, AT THE MIDDLEBRO COMMUNITY HALL. HE DIED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, THE VICTIM OF A DROWNING AT MOOSE LAKE; SHANE CHRISTOFFERSON WAS 22. THE ROSEAU RIVER WATERSHED BOARD, YESTERDAY, RESOLVED TO ACCEPT A FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH WAGNER CONSTRUCTION OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS; AFTER THE COMPANY HAD BEEN THE LOW BIDDER ON A PORTION OF THE HAY CREEK/NORLAND PROJECT, THEN RENEGED ON THAT BID. WAGNER OFFICIALS CITED EMPLOYEE ERROR IN PREPARING THE FOUR-POINT-FOUR-EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR BID. THE WATERSHED BOARD LATER ACCEPTED A LOW BID OF NEARLY SIX MILLION FOR THAT WORK FROM A DIFFERENT COMPANY. FARM RESCUE IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FARM FAMILIES IN NEED OF HARVEST HELP THIS FALL IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, THE DAKOTAS AND EASTERN MONTANA. FARM RESCUE IS A NORTH DAKOTA-BASED NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES PLANTING AND HARVESTING HELP FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD A MAJOR ILLNESS, INJURY OR NATURAL DISASTER …. THEY’VE HELPED MORE THAN 120 FAMILIES IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THE WEBSITE IS farmrescue.org.