LOCAL NEWS - WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010 Posted on 07-28-2010 MINNESOTA’S HUNTING AND TRAPPING REGULATIONS HANDBOOK FOR THIS YEAR IS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES ARE SOLD, AND IN MANY D.N.R. OFFICES. D.N.R. OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHANGES, INCLUDING DEER PERMIT BOUNDARIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LAKE BRONSON STATE PARK HAS AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP AUGUST 21ST, ESPECIALLY AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE. THE TOPICS INCLUDE CANOEING, ARCHERY, BIRDWATCHING AND ORIENTEERING. THE EVENT IS FREE. WORK IS UNDERWAY ON THE FIRST PHASE OF ROSEAU’S EAST DIVERSION FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. PAUL KOSTERMAN, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SAYS CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT TWENTY PERCENT COMPLETE … THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE (OR FOUR) PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION; KOSTERMAN SAYS THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS DEPENDENT ON FEDERAL FUNDING. AN OPEN HOUSE AT YOUNG MANOR IN WARROAD IS THIS AFTERNOON (2-4 PM), WITH ENTERTAINMENT BY WALTER STOREY. A DIABETIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION DAY FOR POLARIS EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES IS TOMORROW. AN ANNUAL HORTICULTURAL SHOW IS AUGUST 7TH AT OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THIEF RIVER FALLS. THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAVE AGREED TO AN INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION REFERENCE FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS WATER QUALITY … TODD SELLERS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LAKE OF THE WOODS WATER SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION. THERE’S BEEN A SIMILAR OVERSIGHT OF THE RAINY RIVER FOR SEVERAL DECADES; LAKE OF THE WOODS WAS ADDED TO A LIST OF IMPAIRED WATERS BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE ROSEAU COUNTY MUSEUM IS SHOWING THE “BEE MOVIE” TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN THE MUSEUM’S MINITHEATRE. THAT’S THE FIRST OF THREE FREE MOVIES BEING OFFERED THIS SUMMER. ROSEAU COUNTY FOUR-H SUMMER ADVENTURES CONTINUE TODAY (3-9 PM) WITH ARTS ALIVE AT THE WARROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMONS. THE COST IS FIFTEEN DOLLARS; IT’S FOR KIDS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX. REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE TOM EMMER WAS IN THIEF RIVER FALLS THIS WEEK, AS PART OF A TOUR OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. EMMER WAS ASKED WHETHER A LOOMING STATE BUDGET SHORTFALL IS AN ISSUE FOR MINNESOTANS? EMMER IS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DELANO. MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR GORDON PLOVIE ARE SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN, AT THE MIDDLEBRO, MANITOBA COMMUNITY HALL. GORDON PLOVIE WAS 87. MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR CHANH SAYGNAPHAY (Chan Sag-na-fay) OF WARROAD ARE SATURDAY MORNING AT ELEVEN, AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD. VISITATION IS AN HOUR PRIOR. CHANH SAYGNAPHAY WAS 75. A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT HALVORSON OF BADGER IS THIS AFTERNOON AT FOUR, AT OUR REDEEMER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BADGER. HE WAS 61. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE pending FOR ANTON BLAWAT OF GREENBUSH. TONY BLAWAT DIED TUESDAY AT A GRAND FORKS HOSPITAL; HE WAS 79. THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD, YESTERDAY, HEARD CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 46 (JUST WEST OF WARROAD); WHERE THOSE HOMEOWNERS FELT POOR DRAINAGE HAD DEGRADED THE QUALITY OF THAT ROAD. THE COMMISSIONERS AGREED TO A SHORT-TERM DRAINAGE SOLUTION. THE COUNTY BOARD STARTED THE PROCESS OF FORMING A REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE COUNTY THE POWER TO KEEP ABANDONED RAILBEDS FOR PUBLIC USE. HIGHWAY ELEVEN, FROM BAUDETTE TO PELLAND, WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF AUGUST; MEANING A 126 MILE DETOUR. CREWS WILL BE REPLACING CULVERTS ALONG THAT ROUTE. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THE PLACEMENT OF CAMPAIGN SIGNS (AND OTHER UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS) IN STATE HIGHWAY RIGHTS OF WAY IS ILLEGAL, AND CAN BE A DISTRACTION FOR DRIVERS. MINN-DOT CREWS WILL REMOVE ANY UNLAWFULLY PLACED SIGNS. THE ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD, LAST NIGHT, RESOLVED TO PUT ANOTHER OPERATING REFERENDUM ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. ROSEAU CURRENTLY RECEIVES FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER PUPIL IN LOCAL LEVY DOLLARS; THE STATE AVERAGE IS 850 DOLLARS; THE PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE ROSEAU’S LOCAL REFERENDUM AMOUNT TO 700 DOLLARS PER PUPIL. SUPERINTENDENT LARRY GUGGISBERG. ROSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS HAVE HAD FIVE REFERENDUM QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT SINCE 1993, PASSING ALL BUT LAST YEAR’S (WHEN 57% OF THE VOTERS OPPOSED THE MEASURE). THIS REFERENDUM WOULD NOT AFFECT THE TAX ON FARMLAND AND SEASONAL RECREATIONAL PROPERTIES. THE SCHOOL BOARD HIRED GEORGE ZIEGLER AS AN ELEMENTARY PHY ED TEACHER AND HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. THE FORMER MAYVILLE STATE COACH TAUGHT IN BATTLE LAKE LAST SCHOOL YEAR. THE BOARD HIRED TAMMIE NELSON AS A HALFTIME SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR; AFTER HAVING LOST A CONTRACTED SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR THROUGH THE NORTHWEST ‘RIC’. IT’S BEEN ABOUT TWO DECADES SINCE ROSEAU EMPLOYED IT’S OWN SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR.