LOCAL NEWS - MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010 Posted on 07-19-2010 THIS IS COUNTY FAIR WEEK IN ROSEAU, AND THE WEATHER LOOKS PROMISING FORECASTER JIM KAISER IN GRAND FORKS. FAIR BOARD PRESIDENT JOHN GAUKERUD SAYS CREWS HAVE BEEN BUSY THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS GETTING READY FOR THE COUNTY’S ANNUAL SUMMER CELEBRATION … THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHANGES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, INCLUDING NEW STEEL SIDING ON THE FOUR-H AND SECRETARY’S BUILDINGS … AND A NEW POULTRY BARN. TODAY IS ENTRY DAY; TOMORROW (5:30 PM) IS THE ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR PARADE. ALTRU CLINIC IN ROSEAU WILL BE OFFERING SPORTS PHYSICALS NEXT TUESDAY (JULY 27TH) FROM 4:30 TO 7 P.M. CALL 463-1365 FOR AN APPOINTMENT. THE COST FOR A SPORTS PHYSICAL THAT EVENING IS THIRTY DOLLARS. ROSEAU COUNTY FARMERS HAD A MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL APRIL, ALLOWING MANY AN EARLIER THAN NORMAL START ON THEIR FIELDWORK. MAY WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL, BUT RICHARD MAGNUSSON SAYS THAT EARLY START IS PAYING OFF FOR MANY COUNTY AG PRODUCERS … MAGNUSSON SAYS THAT LIKELY MEANS AN EARLIER THAN NORMAL HARVEST THIS FALL. A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ARNE ERICKSON OF ROSEAU IS THIS MORNING AT TEN, AT HELGESON FUNERAL CHAPEL IN ROSEAU. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. ARNE ERICKSON WAS 84. THE GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES RECENTLY ASKED THE INTERNATION JOINT COMMISSION TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE BI-NATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF LAKE OF THE WOODS AND THE RAINY RIVER; THAT, AFTER STATE LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVE OLIN AND STATE SENATOR LeROY STUMPF THAT CALLED FOR AN I.J.C. REFERENCE FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS WATER QUALITY. A FINAL REPORT WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR IS UNDERWAY. CHURCH NIGHT WAS LAST NIGHT, AND THE COUNTY FAIR PARADE IS TOMORROW EVENING. FAIR BOARD SECRETARY BUDDY ERICKSON EXPECTS THOUSANDS OF VISITORS THIS WEEK … GRANDSTAND ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK INCLUDES THE ANNUAL FRIDAY NIGHT DEMOLITION DERBY. MYLES HOGENSON, WITH THE FAIR BOARD, SAYS ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS WILL BE IN THE DERBY … THE DEBATE IS UNDERWAY ON A NEW FARM BILL, DUE IN 2012. HOUSE AND SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE NATION IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, SEEKING INPUT. CHARLES HASSEBROOK, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS, SAYS THE BILL MUST TARGET FARM PROGRAM BENEFITS TO MID-SIZED FARMS TO KEEP THOSE FAMILY FARMERS ON THE LAND … A FREE GRAZING TOUR IS AUGUST 4TH, STARTING AT RALPH ENGELSTAD ARENA IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. IT’S SPONSORED BY THE PEMBINA TRAIL RESOURCE, CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. A SECTION OF HIGHWAY ELEVEN BETWEEN BAUDETTE AND PELLAND IS CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC THIS WEEK; MEANING A DETOUR THAT TAKES DRIVERS ON HIGHWAY 72 TOWARD NORTHOME, AND BACK UP HIGHWAY 71 TO PELLAND. THE DETOUR ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 125 MILES. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPLACING A CULVERT IN THAT SECTION OF HIGHWAY. THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD IS LOOKING FOR A COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S ARTS COUNCIL. THE ROSEAU CITY COUNCIL, LAST WEEK, HEARD THAT AN AIRPORT GRASS RUNWAY RE-LOCATION PROJECT WILL BE DELAYED … MEANING THE CITY WOULD LOSE 45 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY. BUT CITY OFFICIALS REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO DISPERSE THAT MONEY TO A HIBBING AIRPORT PROJECT, WITH HIBBING TO SEND THE SAME AMOUNT BACK TO ROSEAU NEXT YEAR. THE COUNCIL ALSO FORMALIZED AN AGREEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL WORKER SERVICE WITH THE ROSEAU ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, IN WHAT WILL BE A SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP … ROSEAU MAYOR JEFF PELOWSKI.