DNR Staff Report

This is the time of year when young animals are scampering about lawns, roadsides and just about everywhere in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Birds are falling out of their nests and turtles are crossing roads to lay their eggs. Fawns or wolf pups can be mistaken as abandoned or lost, but in reality the mother is nearby and will soon return.

10 YEARS AGO
Aaron Loken is on his way to the state golf tournament. Loken, who was recently ranked No. 1 in Class A by the Twin Cities Star Tribune, fired a 1-over-par 72 Tuesday at the Pokegama Country Club, winning co-medalist honors at the Section 7A golf tournament.
The family of Russell Spry invites you to celebrate his retirement from Boise Cascade Corporation May 30, 6 p.m., at Elk’s Lodge.

25 YEARS AGO
Among the 210 seniors receiving degrees at the 58th annual commencement recently at the College of St. Scholastica was John Alden Levene of International Falls.

LITTLEFORK — The gymnasium at the Littlefork-Big Falls High School Friday was full of parents and community ready celebrate a milestone for 19 young men and women.
The graduating class of 2008 included William Boyd, Jr., Bethany Crane, Wesley Davis, Gordon Elmberg, Aaron Gates, Christine Gordon, Kelly Hams, Mark Haverland, Brett Hell, Anton Imhof, Paul Kennedy, Chris Klemetsen, Ian Klemetsen, Michael Koba, Sergey Koba, Krystal Lehman, Zachary McClellan, Kalei Reimer and Zakary Vork.

Three candidates to be interviewed by the Falls School Board beginning at 4 p.m. today

Three candidates for the position of the Falls School District superintendent are scheduled to be interviewed today beginning at 4 p.m. in the Falls High School library.
Thomas Doig is scheduled for 4-5 p.m.; Mark Roubinek is scheduled to be interviewed 5-6 p.m.; Kevin Abrahamson is scheduled to be interviewed 6-7 p.m.
Following the interviews, the public will have the opportunity to talk informally with the candidates in room 130 at FHS.

Thomas Doig

The Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat and First Nations people, on both sides of the border, are encouraging people to join them for a National Day of Action at 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Pithers Point Park, Fort Frances.
Speakers are expected to attend and a free barbecue is expected to be held.
The day is also in support of six leaders of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug who are jailed for protecting their traditional land from Platinex, a Toronto-based platinum mining company, according to a report from the Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat.

LITTLEFORK — The school year may be over, but the baseball season is not for the Littlefork-Big Falls Vikings baseball team.
The team kept the season alive with a 4-3 victory over the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers Saturday afternoon in Littlefork in the opening game of the 2008 Section 7A Baseball Tournament.
The win was the Vikings second victory over the Rangers at home this season; the last was a 3-1 victory back on May 12.

Baseball

The International Falls junior varsity Broncos baseball team defeated the Littlefork-Big Falls Vikings 16-0 last Tuesday.
The game was shortened to 4 1/2 innings by the ten-run mercy rule behind the three-hit pitching of Andy Jesperson, Chris Steinbach and Jordan Walls.
Alex Bruess led the Broncos with four hits, including a triple.
Chris Steinbach and Jordan Walls each had two hits for the Broncos while Billy Bright had a triple and Tyler Lehman had a double.
Jesperson earned the win while Garrett took the loss.
On Wednesday, the team defeated Mesabi East 17-4.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Because of the issues and tempers involved, The Journal has made an exception to its word limit policy for the following letter.

To the editor,
Enough is enough, please. The citizens deserve better than ranting from an elected official.

The facts re: 332 and the “Burner Road”

To the editor,
On the May 21 front page and Page 7 (of The Daily Journal), read a headline: You don’t sue your partners.
A commissioner (was paraphrased) on page 7 stating the International Falls city councilors do not work for their residents. He also said “The city needs to wake up and talk to their constituents.”
I think the commissioner has a short memory.
The subject of Highway 332 was brought to the county board with several thousand signatures stating not to change the 332 route. The vote was 100 percent to go ahead and pay no attention to the people.

Minnesota students should be celebrating — not only because it’s the end of the school year, but also because of the small tuition increases that will be seen at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
MnSCU held to its promise to limit tuition increases despite the state’s budget deficit and cuts in funding to higher education,
The 2008-09 school year will bring tuition increases of 2 percent at two-year colleges and 3-percent at four-year universities. For students planing to attend Rainy River Community College, that means an increase of just $77 next year.