LOCAL NEWS - THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010 Posted on 07-22-2010 THE WILDLIFE DRIVE AT THE ROSEAU RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA IS OPEN THROUGH SUNDAY; AND THEN WEEKENDS THROUGH AUGUST 22ND. RANDY PRACHAR IS THE MANAGER AT THE ROSEAU RIVER AND THIEF LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS … MATTSON PHARMACY SPONSORS A DIABETIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION DAY NEXT THURSDAY (JULY 29TH) AT THE POLARIS COMMUNICATIONS ROOM. REGISTER WITH POLARIS HUMAN RESOURCES, OR E-MAIL mattsonpharmacy@mncable.net. THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR CONTINUES TODAY. GRANDSTAND ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT IS MOTOCROSS; THE ANNUAL DEMOLITION DERBY IS TOMORROW NIGHT. FAIR BOARD PRESIDENT JOHN GAUKERUD SAYS THERE’S A REASON ROSEAU’S IS AMONG THE BEST COUNTY FAIRS IN MINNESOTA … HIGHWAY ELEVEN IS CLOSED BETWEEN BAUDETTE AND PELLAND THROUGH TOMORROW; TRAFFIC GOING THAT WAY WILL RUN INTO A 125 MILE DETOUR TOWARD NORTHOME. LOCAL BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC WILL BE ALLOWED STARTING TOMORROW, BUT THE DETOUR REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH SEPTEMBER. PARTS OF ROSEAU COUNTY WERE HIT WITH HEAVY RAINS IN MAY AND JUNE, CAUSING CROP DROWNOUTS FOR SOME FARMERS … ROSEAU AREA FARMER RICHARD MAGNUSSON SAYS MOST COUNTY FARMERS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AS THEY APPROACH FALL HARVEST. SUMMER ACTIVITIES CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING AT THE WARROAD PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH A “TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC”. FISH FEST 2010, A WALLEYE COOKING CONTEST, IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON (12:30 – 3 PM) ON THE WARROAD RIVER (NEXT TO RIVERSIDE BAIT AND TACKLE). THAT’S A FUNDRAISER FOR THE WARROAD CUB SCOUTS. A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARC WASHNESKY OF WARROAD IS THIS EVENING AT FIVE, AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. BURIAL IS AT AMERICA CEMETERY IN WARROAD. MARC WASHNESKY WAS 58. THE ROSEAU COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST OF ELECTION EQUIPMENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON (1:30 PM) AT THE COURTHOUSE MEETING ROOM. THE PRESS, THE PUBLIC, POLITICAL PARTIES AND CANDIDATES ARE INVITED. AN OPEN HOUSE AT YOUNG MANOR IN WARROAD IS NEXT WEDNESDAY; MARKING THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUNG MANOR PROVIDING PUBLIC HOUSING. THE GREENBUSH PUBLIC LIBRARY IS DOING STEAMROLLER PRINTING MONDAY AFTERNOON (3-7 PM). FUNERAL SERVICES are pending FOR MILDRED SORENSON OF GRYGLA; SHE DIED YESTERDAY AT A GRAND FORKS HOSPITAL, AT AGE 82. ROSEAU COUNTY, AGAIN THIS YEAR, HAS A BOOTH AT THE ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR. THE COUNTY IS SHARING THAT SPACE THIS YEAR WITH THE “SHIP” PROGRAM … MARY HUGLEN IS THE “SHIP” COORDINATOR FOR QUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH, WHICH SERVES COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH A STATE GRANT. THE BARNS ARE NEARLY FULL, AND THE FOUR-H BUILDING IS FULL AT THE COUNTY FAIR; WHICH MEANS COUNTY FOUR-H MEMBERS LIKE MARY PRZEKWAS AND C.J. HULST HAVE BEEN BUSY WORKING ON THEIR VARIOUS PROJECTS … BOTH SHOW ANIMALS AT THE FAIR; BOTH HAVE PROJECTS EXHIBITED, AND BOTH WERE INVOLVED IN DEMONSTRATIONS.