LOCAL NEWS - TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010 Posted on 07-13-2010 THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD MEETS THIS MORNING. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMMISSIONERS WILL TALK ABOUT THE ABANDONED MINNESOTA NORTHERN RAIL LINE BETWEEN WARROAD AND ROSEAU; AND PLANS BY THE ROSEAU COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY FOR A MULTI-USE TRAIL. A BENEFIT BARBEQUE SUPPER FOR VIRGINIA GERINGER, TO HELP DEFRAY MEDICAL EXPENSES, IS TOMORROW EVENING (4-7 PM) AT THE ROSEAU FOUR SEASONS CENTER. THE WARROAD PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS ABOUT A DOZEN SUMMER ACTIVITIES PLANNED, STARTING WITH A THURSDAY NIGHT SHOW FEATURING FIDDLING BOB AND HIS SIDEKICK ZACH. BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY’S HOCKEY CARAVAN STOPS IN ROSEAU THURSDAY EVENING AT THE AMERICAN LEGION CLUB; PROMOTING THE SCHOOL’S FIRST YEAR IN THE MEN’S WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION, AND A NEW SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR ARENA. FORMER BEAVERS COACH BOB PETERS SAYS THE TIES TO ROSEAU AND WARROAD ARE STRONG … CURRENT B.S.U. MENS AND WOMEN’S COACHES TOM SERRATORE AND STEVE SERTICH ARE ALSO EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. THAT BEMIDJI STATE VISIT IS PART OF ROSEAU’S HOCKEY REUNION; THURSDAY NIGHT IS A FUNDRAISER AUCTION AT THE LEGION CLUB. A MINNESOTA TWINS YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL CLINIC IS SATURDAY AT GILBERTSON FIELD. RAMS BASEBALL COACH TRACEY WENSLOFF SAYS IT CAN BENEFIT BOTH BEGINNERS AND EXPERIENCED BALLPLAYERS … THE TWINS HAVE BEEN DOING CLINICS AROUND THE UPPER MIDWEST FOR FIFTY YEARS. MEMBERS OF SENATOR AL FRANKEN’S STAFF WILL BE AT THE ROSEAU FOUR SEASONS CENTER THIS MORNING (10:30 A.M.) AND AT THE WARROAD SENIOR LIVING CENTER THIS AFTERNOON (1:30 PM). FRANKEN SAYS THEY’LL BE TALKING WITH SENIOR CITIZENS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE IN RETIREMENT YEARS. FRANKEN SERVES ON SEVERAL SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGING. THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR IS NEXT WEEK. GRANDSTAND ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDES AN APPEARANCE BY ROSEAU’S KARI NELSON WITH HER NASHVILLE BAND … AND THE ANNUAL DEMOLITION DERBY, A WEEK FROM FRIDAY. MYLES HOGENSON, WITH THE FAIR BOARD, SAYS THE DEMO DERBY IS STILL GOING STRONG IN ROSEAU COUNTY … REGISTRATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT NORTHLAND TIRE IN ROSEAU. THURSDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FELLOWSHIP GRANTS FROM THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS LIKELY THIS EVENING IN ROSEAU COUNTY, AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM CANADA. TOM GRAFENAUER IS A GRAND FORKS FORECASTER … TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD NATHAN GILBERT OF WARROAD DROWNED SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEAR RED LAKE FALLS, WHILE SWIMMING WHERE THE RED LAKE AND CLEARWATER RIVERS COME TOGETHER. THE ROSEAU COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE IS CLOSED THIS WEEK. MUSICIANS AND ENTERTAINERS ARE BEING SOUGHT FOR OUTDOOR CONCERTS AT THE GAZEBO AT RIVERVIEW PARK IN ROSEAU; AND VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO BEING SOUGHT TO COORDINATE THOSE CONCERTS. CALL ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL MEMBER LINDA VATNSDAL AT 463-1676 OR (218) 452-0438; OR ON THE WEB AT vatnsdal@mncable.net.