Archive - Apr 2008

The 44th president of the United States will be sworn in Jan. 20 on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. And Indus School eighth grader Ginger Freden-Bahr will be there to see the inauguration of the country’s president.
Freden-Bahr said she’s excited and can’t wait to go to the five-day Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference. A part of the conference includes watching the inaugural parade, the inauguration of the president and attending a black tie gala inaugural ball.

Loni Bright of the Falls, received the Micro-Entrepreneur Award from the University of Minnesota Duluth Center for Economic Development.
The award was for her unique canvas and heavy materials sewing business, Loni’s Sewing.

Rev. Tom Aitken is being considered for the position of bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The Northeastern Minnesota Synod Assembly will conduct an election for bishop this weekend in Duluth.
Aitken is the pastor at First Lutheran Church in International Falls and Bethany Lutheran Church in Loman.

The Whispering Pines Quilt Guild will hold its third annual quilt show Friday and Saturday at the Family Life Center of the Evangelical Church in the Falls.
The show will feature the special butterfly quilt made by the guild for the North Star Hospice in conjunction with the butterfly release fund raising event. The creation will be offered for raffling and is a donation from the guild.

HIBBING — After many phone calls and some schedule changes, the Rainy River Community College softball team played their final doubleheader of the season on Tuesday afternoon as the team faced off with the Hibbing Community College Cardinals in Hibbing.
RRCC swept the games winning game one 12-1 in five innings and game two 8-6.
“It’s a good way to finish the regular season,” Voyageurs head coach Dieter Humbert said.
The Voyageurs dominated game one setting the pace with seven runs in top of the first inning. RRCC did not let up adding five more runs en route to the 12-1 victory.

The Broncos girls’ track and field team was in Virginia on Tuesday for a seven team meet.
The Broncos took second place behind host-school Virginia, but head coach Jen Erickson was happy with her team’s performance.
“The girls had a good day considering the weather conditions they had to work around this past week,” Erickson said.
The recent snow fall has kept the team inside and unable to practice on the track.
The Virginia track does not have a pole vault pit which kept the Broncos from picking up points in one of the teams’ stronger events.

The Broncos boys’ track and field team traveled to Virginia on Tuesday where they picked up another meet victory, defeating six teams to take the Virginia Invite.
The Broncos had several first place finishes led by Eric Solo who won the shot put and the discus.
“Overall the team did well,” Solo said. “First place is awesome and it is nice to be back on track, no pun intended. I didn’t get to see many races, but listening to the results over the loud speaker was impressive.”
Raphy Gelo won the long jump and was on the 4X200 and 4X400 meter relay teams that took first place.

The Moose Lake Police Department has completed its investigation into an on-ice incident at a girls’ hockey game in January and has submitted a report to Carlton County Attorney Thomas Pertler.
The investigation stems from an altercation that happened at the end of a game between the Falls High Broncos and the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels on Jan. 26 in Moose Lake. The incident resulted in a Moose Lake player suffering a concussion.
Pertler is continuing the pending investigation into the incident.

the owner of the dog finally picked him up from the pound.
thank you to all that read through my blog.

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To the editor,
Having read in Thursday, April 24, Daily Journal, that the county board unanimously approved rezoning 80 acres from agri-forestry to recreational-residential for applicant Bruce LaVigne.
The applicant is considering creating a subdivision. The county board calls LaVigne a “model for development” in the area. Is the board going to monitor what that person has in mind.?
I called my county commissioner, Kevin Adee, to voice my concern but didn’t receive a return call.
How I miss a reporter like Ted Hall, who kept the public really informed about county board meetings.