LOCAL NEWS - FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010 Posted on 07-16-2010 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM ROSEAU AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES WERE PART OF AN ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA COUNTIES REDESIGN DISCUSSION ON REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION YESTERDAY. COUNTIES ARE DEALING WITH REDUCTIONS IN STATE FUNDING; OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, STATE GRANTS TO COUNTIES ARE DOWN BY MORE THAN TWENTY-TWO PERCENT; AND COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES ARE UP MORE THAN ELEVEN PERCENT AS A RESULT. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ARNE ERICKSON OF ROSEAU ARE MONDAY MORNING AT TEN, AT HELGESON FUNERAL CHAPEL IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS SUNDAY (4-7 PM), WITH A FIVE O’CLOCK DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. ARNE ERICKSON DIED YESTERDAY AT LIFE CARE MANOR IN ROSEAU; HE WAS 84. A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SHARYN YOUNG OF WILLIAMS IS TOMORROW MORNING AT ELEVEN, AT THE PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN WILLIAMS. SHARYN YOUNG WAS 64. THE WILDLIFE DRIVE AT THE ROSEAU RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA IS OPEN TOMORROW THROUGH THE 25TH; AND WEEKENDS IN AUGUST, THROUGH THE 22ND OF AUGUST. THAT’S A TWENTY-NINE MILE DRIVE. THE RECOMMENDED ENTRY POINT IS AT THE MAIN DIKE ROAD, SOUTH OF THE W.M.A. HEADQUARTERS ON ROSEAU COUNTY ROAD THREE. THE JON AND VAL JOHNSON FAMILY OF BADGER IS ROSEAU COUNTY’S 2010 FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR, AS NAMED BY UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION. THE JOHNSON’S RAISE ANGUS BEEF CATTLE, AND GRASS AND GRAINS. THE ELMO SORRELS FAMILY OF WILLIAMS WAS HONORED AS THE LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR. CHURCH NIGHT AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR IS SUNDAY, WITH GUEST SPEAKER KECIA STROOT OF ROSEAU. THE OFFERING GOES TO A HAITI RELIEF FUND; KECIA AND ROB STROOT ADOPTED TWO HAITIAN CHILDREN FOUR YEARS AGO … THE WARROAD EAGLES CLUB HAS A BENEFIT FOR SHARON WOOD SUNDAY FROM ELEVEN TO THREE. SHARON IS UNDERGOING CANCER TREATMENT. JAMES ELMQUIST OF WARROAD HAS WON $77, 777 IN A MINNESOTA LOTTERY SCRATCH-OFF GAME. HE BOUGHT THE TICKET AT RIVERSIDE BAIT AND TACKLE IN WARROAD EARLIER THIS MONTH. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR HAL MARKSTROM OF ROSEAU ARE THIS MORNING AT ELEVEN, AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. BURIAL IS AT MOE-ROSE CEMETERY. HAL MARKSTROM WAS 60. THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, THIS WEEK, HEARD FROM WADE MILLER (WITH MINNESOTA D.N.R. TRAILS AND WATERWAYS) ON THE COUNTY’S RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO GRANT-FUNDED SNOWMOBILE AND A-T-V CLUBS. THE COMMISSIONERS ALSO HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS SNOWMOBILE CLUB, WHICH HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH MINNESOTA NORTHERN RAILROAD TO BUY ABOUT TWENTY MILES OF AN ABANDONED RAIL CORRIDOR BETWEEN ROSEAU AND WARROAD …ACQUSITION OF THE PROPERTY SHOULD HAPPEN LATER THIS YEAR, AFTER THE EXISTING RAILROAD TRACK AND TIES ARE REMOVED. THE ANNUAL ART IN THE PARK EVENT IS SUNDAY AT ROSEAU’S PIONEER FARM. THE ROSEAU AREA ARTS ASSOCIATION IS THE SPONSOR; JANET JOHNSON WITH R.A.A.A. SAYS FIRST-TIME VISITORS WILL SEE A VARIETY OF ARTISTS … MARA WITTMAN WITH THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S ARTS COUNCIL WILL PRESENT A POSTHUMOUS “ARTIST OF THE YEAR” AWARD TO THE FAMILY OF FRANCES KARLSSON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM IS PRESENTING AFTERNOON MOVIES FOR KIDS THIS MONTH AND NEXT, STARTING WITH “THE BEE MOVIE” JULY 29TH. INGRID MLODZIK OF ROSEAU AND LINDSAY SIMMONS OF GATZKE ARE COMPETING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL RODEO NATIONALS IN GILLETTE, WYOMING. MLODZIK WON THE TEAM ROPING AT THE STATE FINALS LAST MONTH, AND SIMMONS WAS SECOND IN BARREL RACING. THE ROSEAU HOCKEY REUNION CONTINUES TODAY WITH A GOLF SCRAMBLE AT OAK CREST. CLASS CHALLENGE GAMES, AND THE ROSEAU HOCKEY CLASSIC GAME ARE TOMORROW AT MEMORIAL ARENA. FREE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL CLINICS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ARE TOMORROW MORNING AT GILBERTSON FIELD IN ROSEAU. THEY’RE OFFERED BY THE MINNESOTA TWINS; AND TWINS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS COODINATOR TOMORROW’S NINE A.M. CLINIC IS FOR KIDS FROM SIX TO NINE YEARS OLD; AND THE 10:30 CLINIC IS FOR TEN TO SIXTEEN YEAR OLDS. UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA EXTENSION HAS SMALL GRAIN PLOT TOURS TODAY AT THE GERALD OLSONANOWSKI FARM NEAR HALLOCK; AND AT THE JIM KUKOWSKI FARM NEAR STRATHCONA. THE KUKOWSKI TOUR STARTS AT ONE P.M. A MUSIC FEST, WITH AREA MUSICIANS, IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON (1-5 PM) AT OLD MILL STATE PARK NEAR ARGYLE. THE EVENT IS FREE, BUT A STATE PARK VEHICLE PERMIT IS REQUIRED.