Archive - Jan 2008

Ever heard "are you from here?  Well, I was "from there" and as the economy fails and locals wonder what can be done...... a suggestion would be to have a positive change of local attitude.  If you are "from here",  you will be treated better than people that aren't "from there", unless of course, the people you know "from there" aren't the country club crowd, or related to the who's who of the local fish bowl.......One local visitor told me that the feeling they got was similar to the black / white issue in the south.....

And the rich get richer. What will this duo pull next?
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The Falls Bronco boy’s 9th grade basketball team won the consolation championship in the Hibbing Invitational Tournament played on Saturday in Hibbing.
In the opening game the Falls took on the host Hibbing team.
Despite rules stating that no ninth grade players who played varsity could participate, Hibbing used a ninth grade varsity player who had a big impact on the game. The Falls fell behind early 7-0 but quickly tied the score.

Ryan Anderson, of Ray, finished in fourth place in the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon.
Anderson crossed the finish line at Billy’s Bar in Duluth with a team of eight dogs at about 10:32 a.m. Wednesday. Anderson’s total trail time was 36 hours, 38 minutes. Anderson left the start line at Ordean Middle School at 1:54 p.m. Sunday. The teams are required to have 32 hours of rest time during the race.
Of the 27 teams that began the 400-mile race Sunday, 13 teams were still in the race Wednesday morning.
See The Daily Journal next week for more details.

Boys’ hockey

The Broncos bantam A’s were on the road on Jan. 12 for a tournament in Roseau. The Falls opened their tournament play Friday night with a 5-3 win over a good Grafton team.
Grafton opened the scoring 5:12 into the first period to take a 1-0 lead. Michael Bounds scored the final two goals of the period with assists from Jordan Christianson, Brandon Richards and Michael Misner to send the teams to the lockerroom with a 3-1edge.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2948 in International Falls is planning a “Stand Down” during the summer.
A meeting to begin planning the Stand Down is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Feb. 6 in the dining room at the VFW post.
A Stand Down is a grassroots, community-based intervention program to help the country’s estimated 275,000 homeless veterans. It is also meant to help veterans that have financial distress, medical problems and home problems.

The Daily Journal says goodbye to a longtime employee

Forty-five years ago, Allan “Red” Helderman first stood at the letter-press printing machine at The Daily Journal. This Thursday, the veteran pressman will load his last plate onto The Journal’s modern day printing press, walk out the door and into a new chapter of his life — retirement.

A company says it will spin off its international tobacco business to allow it to pursue cigarette sales more aggressively outside the U.S. by separating it from its American counterpart.
Philip Morris International has said it would rank as the biggest non-governmental cigarette maker in the world. The separation could shield Philip Morris International from U.S. legal and regulatory issues. Among those issues are pending legislation to give the Food and Drug Administration of authority to restrict tobacco advertising, regulate warning labels and remove hazardous ingredient.

To the editor,
The 2008 presidential primaries are closely contested and nearly unpredictable. Fortunately, each major party is blessed with a leading contender who is both the best choice for their party and a fine choice for the nation and the security challenges we face.

In Ely, Minn., the Mukluk Ball is the event of the season. For 10 years Patti Steger, owner of Steger Mukluks has organized the party and donated the proceeds to a variety of non-Profit organizations such as the Ely Winter Festival.
The Mukluk Ball will be Saturday from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Ely Community Center Ballroom. Tickets are $25. They are available at Steger Mukluks Retail Store in Ely or online at mukluks.com. Information is available by calling 218-365-6634.
Will Steger and his Ellesmere Island Expedition team members will be there to greet the crowd.