LOCAL NEWS - TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010 Posted on 07-27-2010 THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD MEETS THIS MORNING. THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MEETS THIS EVENING. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY’LL HEAR A REPORT ON THE CLOSED BUILDINGS AT MALUNG AND WANNASKA. A NEW NATIONAL STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SHOWS A STRONG LINK BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT … RESEARCHER KYLA WAHLSTROM SAYS LEADERSHIP SETS THE TONE; AND CAN COME FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES IN A SCHOOL. THE WARROAD SUMMER THEATRE CHILDREN’S PRODUCTION OF “SHAKESPEARE COMES TO CALAMITY CREEK’ OPENS TONIGHT AT THE WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL MINITHEATRE. THE POPCORN PLAYERS ARE DIRECTED BY BONNIE NORDVALL … NORDVALL HAS DIRECTED CHILDREN’S PRODUCTIONS IN THE PAST; THE PLAY RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY. FIREARMS SAFETY TRAINING STARTS AUGUST 6TH AT THE BADGER COMMUNITY CENTER. TO PRE-REGISTER, CALL INSTRUCTOR SKIP HIETALA AT 528-4813 OR 469-3058. A WARROAD BLOOD DRIVE IS MONDAY (11:30-5:30) AT THE WARROAD COMMUNITY CENTER. CALL JULIE JONES (386-3692) FOR AN APPOINTMENT. HAS THIS SUMMER BEEN COOLER AND MORE RAINY THAN NORMAL? ACTUALLY, THIS HAS BEEN A TYPICAL SUMMER SEASON … SO SAYS GRAND FORKS FORECASTER MARK EWENS … THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK CALLS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SEVENTIES; AND RAIN POSSIBILITIES TODAY AND FRIDAY. YOUNG MANOR IN WARROAD HAS AN OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM TWO TO FOUR; CELEBRATING THE PUBLIC HOUSING FACILITY’S FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CANDIDATE JIM MULDER WAS IN ROSEAU LAST WEEK. MULDER, THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA COUNTIES, IS RUNNING WITH TOM HORNER ON THE INDEPENDENCE PARTY TICKET …. HORNER AND MULDER ARE ON THE AUGUST 10TH PRIMARY BALLOT. REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE TOM EMMER WAS IN THIEF RIVER FALLS YESTERDAY, AS PART OF A NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TOUR. ALTRU CLINIC OF ROSEAU IS OFFERING SPORTS PHYSICALS FOR STUDENTS GOING INTO GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE THIS EVENING (4:30-7 PM). PHYSICALS ARE REQUIRED EVERY THREE YEARS TO COMPETE IN JUNIOR AND SENIOR ATHLETICS. THE WARROAD PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS STEAMROLLER PRINTING THIS AFTERNOON (1-4 PM); AND CAMP BOOKWINKLE; ART AROUND THE WORLD (10-2:30). A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT HALVORSON OF BADGER IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT FOUR, AT OUR REDEEMER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BADGER. VISITATION IS THIS EVENING (5-7 PM), WITH A SEVEN O’CLOCK DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN ROSEAU. ROBERT HALVORSON WAS 61. MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR NARA BAKER OF ROOSEVELT ARE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THREE, AT MOUNT CARMEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ROOSEVELT. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. NARA BAKER, THE INFANT DAUGHTER OF CYNTHIA AND TYLER BAKER, DIED LAST TUESDAY. A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR RUBY HUSEBY OF WARROAD IS SSATURDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO, AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WARROAD. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. RUBY HUSEBY WAS 89. HUNTERS YOUNGER THAN SIXTEEN MUST HAVE A LICENSE TO HUNT SMALL GAME THIS FALL. THE MINNESOTA D.N.R. LICENSE IS FREE. THOSE KIDS MUST ALSO HAVE COMPLETED HUNTER SAFETY AND FIREARMS SAFETY COURSES. THE SMALL GAME SEASON, FOR ANIMALS LIKE SQUIRREL, RABBIT AND GROUSE OPENS IN MID-SEPTEMBER.