Archive - May 12, 2008

With his family by his side, Lester Fred Kruse, age 83, passed away Saturday, May 10, 2008 at St. Mary’s, Duluth.
Lester was born Aug. 26, 1924 in Mankato, Minn., and grew up on a farm near St Clair, Minn.
He joined the U.S. Army training at Camp Hood Texas in August of 1944. He served in the Philippines with the 869th Ord Ham Company as Skipper of a PT Boat and Mechanic in Manila Bay from 1945 to 1946.
He received the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Philippine Independence Ribbon.

Robert “Bob” Youso, 75, Moose Lake, passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
He was born in International Falls on April 18, 1933 to Frank and Mary Youso. Bob attended St. Thomas Elementary and later graduated in 1951 from Falls High School where he played football and basketball.
He entered the Navy where he served from 1951 until 1955 and was a Korean War Veteran stationed Okinawa, Japan.

Ruby G. (McFarlane) Burnell, International Falls, Minn., died Saturday, May 10, 2008, at her home at the age of 86.
Ruby was born Oct. 12, 1921 in Edrans, Manitoba, Canada to Alex and Cora (Lintott) McFarlane. She grew up in Badger, Minn., and was united in marriage to John Ross Burnell Sr. on Nov. 9, 1940.

Margo Ann Hell, 54, of Littlefork, Minn., died Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn.
Margo was born July 31, 1953 in Littlefork, and was a lifelong resident. She graduated from Littlefork High School in 1970.
Formerly Margo Berg, she was united in marriage to Terry Hell on May 27, 1988 in International Falls, Minn.

Ninety-four people graduated from Rainy River Community College Friday, with commencement shared with families and friends, and including speakers and music.
There were 21 graduates receiving advanced degrees and one student with multiple degrees. The average age of the graduates was 25 and nearly a quarter of the class, 23, were students of color. Fifteen of the graduates earned an associates degree while still in high school.

Cold rain on Saturday’s walleye fishing opener appeared to keep many people off Borderland water.
But Sunday’s sunshine seemed to do the trick as more people ventured out to the open bays of Rainy Lake and Rainy River.
On Saturday, parking lots at landings along Rainy Lake were nearly empty with just a few trucks and trailers.
Bruce Sandbeck of the Loon’s Nest said he heard that fishing was really good on Rainy River and that people fishing off shore were doing pretty good.

Due to the late and slowly evolving ice out conditions within the park, installation of rock hazard and navigational buoys has been delayed.
Voyageurs National Park staff will attempt to begin limited placement of rock and hazard markers this week in those areas within the park that are free of ice on Kabetogama and Rainy lakes. Complete installation of all buoys is expected to take up to two weeks or until the lakes are free of shifting ice.

Indus Community Education is hosting the eighth annual quilt show at the Indus School on May 19.
The show is scheduled to be held in the school library from 5-7 p.m.
All quilters in the area are encouraged to bring their handiwork and creativity to the Indus School for display. As in the past years, Indus staff are looking forward to having a great selection of quilts to display.
Quilts can be left at the school anytime prior to May 19. Please attach your name, as well as a brief description about the quilt. Many people have heirloom quilts that have been handed down for generations.

LITTLEFORK — Playing in its sixth game in five days, the Littlefork-Big Falls Vikings baseball team finished a busy week of baseball with a 3-1 victory over the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers on Friday afternoon in Littlefork.
“It was a big win for us,” Vikings head coach Todd Sether said. “It was a subsection win that we needed. Six games is enough for a week.”
With all of the games that the team has played this week, arms were at a premium. Senior Billy Boyd felt that he was ready to go for Friday and went all seven innings for the victory.

By ROGER JEROME, Sports Correspondent

GRAND RAPIDS — The Falls Broncos girl’s softball team used timely hitting along with solid pitching and defense to win two out of three games in the Grand Rapids Invitational Tournament held Saturday at the Grand Rapids Sports Complex.