Archive - May 15, 2008

Elephants and cats and bears: Oh my!

The acts will bring smiles to the kids; the kids will bring smiles to their parents; and all can enjoy the smell of the popcorn, the tricks of the animals; aerial stunts; and the joy of the music at an old-fashioned circus in Borderland.
That’s how organizers see the 2008 Shrine Circus, which is coming to the Fort Frances Memorial Arena Wednesday and will be presenting a show for all ages.
Two shows will be available beginning at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The International Falls Police Department has concluded its investigation into three threats of violence that were left on the Falls School District’s voice mail system in March and April.
A 12-year-old International Falls boy was arrested following the third threat. The threats closed schools in the district for two days in March.
Falls Deputy Chief Darryl Waller said they are confident that only one person was involved in the threats. The case has now been forwarded to the Koochiching County attorney.

‘Anang-gok’ (Morning Star)

It is with deep sadness and great sorrow that the family of Delores “Dolly” Roach announces her passing on Monday, May 12, 2008, with her family at her side, after a courageous battle with long-term health issues.
Dolly was born Nov. 1, 1934 (All Saints Day) at Couchiching First Nation.
She was united in marriage to Milton Patrick Roach and together they raised their loving family.
Much of our mother’s strength came from the endurance of the many losses that she suffered.

By JOE KRAUSE, Sports Editor

Falls High freshman Alicia Hendrickson can now add the title of Conference Champion to her resume as she took first place in the pole vault at the Iron Range Conference Girls’ Track and Field Meet here on Wednesday afternoon.
Hendrickson finished with a height of eight feet, six inches which earned her a spot on the All-Conference Team and was the lone Broncos champion.

By JOE KRAUSE, Sports Editor

The Falls High track played host to the 2008 Iron Range Conference Boys’ Track and Field Meet Wednesday afternoon.
The meet was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but inclement weather forced school officials to move the meet to Wednesday.
The Broncos boys finished in third place behind AA powers Grand Rapids and Hibbing in the event.
Senior Raphy Gelo won the pole vault title with a height of 13 feet, six inches while fellow senior Eric Solo took the discus title with a toss of 158 feet, 10 inches.

By ROGER JEROME, Sports Correspondent

VIRGINIA — The Virginia Blue Devils used a fourteen strikeout performance from Courtney Anderson and three hits from Alexis Podpeskar to defeat the Falls Broncos 3-0 in a key girls softball matchup Wednesday evening in Virginia.

The Littlefork-Big Falls Vikings softball team had one section loss going into a big game against the Mesabi East Giants Wednesday afternoon in Hoyt Lakes.
The Giants had not lost a section game turning the contest into a battle for the top seed in the Section 7A playoffs that start next week.
The Vikings came from behind in an extra innings game to defeat the Giants 9-8 and take the first place playoff seed.
L-BF played a solid game, but trailed 8-3 going into the top of the seventh inning.

The International Falls JV Baseball team defeated Cook-Orr 6-0 on Tuesday in Cook.
Michael Misner, Nick Lagen and Billy Bright were the leading hitters while Chris Steinbach was the winning pitcher.
The Falls JV is now 5-5 on theseason.
Reminder: Future Champs is a compilation of stories, summaries, photos and stats of recreation sports that is published every Thursday in the Sports Section.

Kindergartners through sixth graders at West End Elementary, Falls Elementary and St. Thomas School spent Tuesday morning learning about logging with staff from Boise Inc. for Arbor Day.
Students learned about machines used for logging in the past and today during a presentation given by Dave Austin, of Boise.
They then met “Jake,” 7, and “Duke,” 9, two Percheron horses owned by Joe Mann, of Ericsburg. The horses showed how loggers transported trees to a paper mill before modern trucks.

That's why the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources must move quickly to investigate concerns about the handling of a convention for state conservation officers.
The state's chief CO, Col. Mike Hamm, and his wife, CO Capt. Cathy Hamm, were placed on paid administrative leave this week while an outside firm investigates their handling of the North America Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association conference conducted in July in Minnesota.