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AROUND 

THE REGION 

April Scheinoha 

Minnesota DNR 

Fisheries to discuss 

walleye stocking 

Lake Bronson - The 

Minnesota Department of 

Natural Resources 

Fisheries Division will host 

a special open house 

Monday, March 19 at the 

Lake Bronson State Park 

Visitor Center. 

“The meeting will kick 

off at 6:30 p.m. and, according 

to Area Fisheries 

Supervisor Phil Talmage, 

the DNR will discuss its 

strategy for improving the 

lake’s walleye population.” 

“Talmage said in the 

past 15 to 20 years, the 

DNR has stocked the lake 

every two to three years 

with more emphasis on 

stocking fingerlings in the 

fall. But the 2010 survey, 

along with earlier surveys, 

has indicated there has 

been good natural walleye 

reproduction taking place 

in the lake.” 

“As a result, the strategy 

for stocking the lake will be 

switching from fall fingerling 

stocking to stocking 

walleye fry in the spring. 

He added the DNR is looking 

at stocking 221,000 fry 

this year.” - North Star 

News, March 15, 2012, by 

Dan Nordine 

Win-E-Mac 

River Watch team 

conducts bioassays 

Erskine - “The Win-E- 

Mac River Watch Team 

took part in three investigations 

looking at toxins in 

the soil and water in the 

Sand Hill Watershed. 

“Win-E-Mac students 

who are members of the 

River Watch Team include 

Cassie Kihne, Tyler Schow, 

Cody Lee, Garrett 

Espeseth, Luke Syverson 

and Reed Klinkhammer. 

“The team from the 

University of Minnesota, 

Crookston brought out 

three bioassays for the students 

to tally their results 

on and they helped the students 

with interpreting 

those results. 

“Investigations looking 

at the toxins in the soil and 

water in the Sand Hill 

Watershed had the students: 

1) weighing worms 

before and after being 

exposed to soils in the local 

watershed. It was assumed 

that those worms that 

gained weight were 

healthy. It was assumed 

that those that died or lost 

weight weren’t healthy; 2) 

students checked the germination 

rates of lettuce 

seeds after being exposed to 

sediment at two locations 

along the Sand Hill River. 

Higher germination rates 

are associated with less 

toxins in the soil; and 3) 

students also looked for 

rotifers, which are microscopic 

organisms that are 

used as indicators to assess 

toxicity of water from the 

Sand Hill River.” - The 

Erskine Echo, March 15, 

2012 

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S.D. 564 puts a pause on additional projects 

by David Hill 

Editor 

Following the Feb. 27 Thief 

River Falls School Board meeting 

in which frustrations 

appeared to boil over, the 

finance committee of the Board, 

met the following day to discuss 

what to do about the issue that 

has generated so much discussion 

- the $6 million in equity 

the board anticipates from the 

New Market Tax Credit plan, 

and whether or not to use those 

funds. 

At the Feb. 27 meeting, members 

of the Board of Education 

appeared split as to what to do 

with the money. A heated discussion 

began when several 

school staff members proposed 

spending the money on other 

priority items, including an 

expansion of parking at the 

schools, safer entrances at 

Challenger Elementary School, 

and improvements to technology. 

New Market Tax Credit 

Skateboarding in March 

At its Jan. 9 meeting, the 

Board of Education decided to 

participate in a bond project 

that makes use of New Markets 

Tax Credit financing. Congress 

established this program in 

2000 to spur new or increased 

investments into operating businesses 

and real estate projects 

located in low-income communities. 

The program attracts investment 

capital to low-income communities 

by permitting individual 

and corporate investors to 

Skateboarding in March? Usually skating in the month of March is done on ice skating rinks, but on 

Wednesday, Jaylon Gunderson of Thief River Falls was weaving his way on down a slight incline in 

Hartz Park on his skateboard. Gunderson and his friend Nate Ricks were out enjoying the unusual 

weather. Temperatures in Thief River Falls were in the upper 50s Wednesday afternoon. Even higher 

temperatures are anticipated for the weekend. 

Two Iron Dogs in one family 

by April Scheinoha 

Reporter 

Over the years, Thief River 

Falls resident Brian Dick has 

logged many miles racing snowmobiles. 

But this 

was a first – 

competing in a 

2,031-mile snowmobile 

race over 

five days in 

Alaska. 

“I had a great time. There’s a 

wide variety of terrain that we 

raced across,” he said. 

Brian competed in the Iron 

Dog® snowmobile race Feb. 19- 

25 on a two-person team with 

his dad, Paul Dick. Billed as the 

world’s longest, toughest snowmobile 

race, the Iron Dog took 

racers from Big Lake, Alaska, to 

the halfway point of Nome, and 

then on to Fairbanks. They each 

raced on a 2012 Arctic Cat Sno 

Pro 600, which Brian helped 

design as part of his job as an 

engineer at Arctic Cat. 

“He thought 

it would be a 

neat deal to 

race together,” 

Brian said 

about his dad. 

It was the 

first time that Brian had competed 

in the Iron Dog. His dad 

competed in the race in 1994. 

Brian said his dad, at age 61, 

was the oldest racer by at least 

10 years this time. 

It may have been the first 

and last time that the two of 

them compete as a team in the 

Iron Dog. Brian said his mom 

hopes that this was the last 

year. 

To get ready for this competition, 

the two of them prepared 

in different ways. Brian has 

been racing snowmobiles since 

1997, not withstanding a hiatus 

of a few years. He races in local 

snowmobile circuits, which he 

used as preparation for the 

longest race of his career. Brian 

also spent about three or four 

days in Alaska about a month 

before the race, training with 

Arctic Cat racers Todd Palin and 

Eric Quam. 

Paul Dick has also raced 

snowmobiles for many years. 

His son said his passion for 

snowmobiling began while 

watching his dad race snowmobiles 

and while participating in 

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receive a tax credit against their 

Federal income tax return in 

exchange for making equity 

investments in specialized 

financial institutions called 

Community Development 

Entities. A portion of this equity 

investment will be passed from 

the CDE to the District, which 

reduces the amount the District 

needs to borrow to finance the 

$54 million in voter-approved 

projects. 

Part of the community of 

Thief River Falls is located in a 

“severely distressed area,” as 

defined by the Census Bureau. 

The two facilities in the area are 

Lincoln High School and the 

District Service Center, which 

makes it favorable for the 

District to participate in this 

program. 

The District expects to 

receive, at a minimum, $6 million 

of equity by participating in 

the NMTC program. 

Complications 

Staff and administrators 


Resilience 

Respect 

Responsibility 

Motivational speaker encourages 

youth to stretch themselves 

by April Scheinoha 

Reporter 

Craig Hillier told the students 

to stretch higher, and 

higher, and higher, and higher. 

It was both a literal and figurative 

lesson for the students 

attending Hillier’s motivational 

speech Wednesday, March 14 at 

Marshall County Central High 

School in Newfolden. 

“You can do it. The question 

is will you,” he said. 

Hillier told the MCC High 

School and Tri-County Central 

High School students that there 

are three characteristics topnotch 

students show: 

1) Resilience 

2) Respect 

3) Responsibility 

Hillier told the story of his 

first trip on the slopes at Mount 

Kato in Mankato. After his 

friends felt he had mastered the 

bunny hill, they convinced him 

to go down “Big Brave,” a ski 

hill with two- to four-foot high 

bumps. 

Hillier soon reached a turning 

point. He couldn’t turn his 

skis yet and a girl had gotten 

Best selling author to visit TRF 

Award-winning, bestselling 

author Beverly Lewis will make 

29 stops through the Midwest in 

promotion of “The Fiddler,” the 

first book in an exciting new 

series, Home to Hickory Hollow. 

With nearly 15 million copies of 

her books in print, Lewis will 

greet fans during the 11-day 

tour and sign “The Fiddler,” 

along with other reader 

favorites at 2 p.m. on Monday, 

April 16 at the Thief River Falls 

Public Library. 

As one of the top-selling 

authors in the inspirational 

A 2,031-mile snowmobile 

race over 

five days in Alaska 

market, Lewis is not only the 

leading author of Amish fiction, 

but also its pioneer: She created 

the genre with the release of her 

first adult novel, “The 

Shunning,” in 1997. Recent 

surges in both reader interest 

and publisher output of Amish 

fiction have gained national 

attention, garnering coverage 

by Time magazine, the BBC 

World News service, The Wall 

Street Journal, and Nightline, 

among others. 

The on-sale date for “The 

Fiddler” is April 10. 

Publishers Weekly says, 

“Lewis’s presentation of Amish 

life portrays the advantages and 

disadvantages of a community 

with definite rules and a solidarity 

that can be both enviable 

and constraining. The musical 

motifs offer welcome variation 

on very familiar Amish themes 

that Lewis renders in virtuoso 

style.” 

About “The Fiddler” 

Come home to Hickory 

Hollow, Pennsylvania - the 

beloved setting where Beverly 

Lewis' celebrated Amish novels 

Celebrating National Ag Week 

began - with new characters and 

new stories of drama, romance, 

and the ties that draw people 

together. 

A wrong turn in a rainstorm 

leads Englisher Amelia Devries 

to Michael Hostetler and the 

young Amishman's charming 

Old Order community of 

Hickory Hollow. Despite their 

very different backgrounds, 

Amelia and Michael both feel 

hemmed in by the expectations 

of others and struggle with how 

to find room for their own hopes. 


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her ski stuck in her ski boot in 

front of the moving chair lift. 

His friends abandoned him, skiing 

down the hill. Hillier chose 

to stay on the lift for a little 

while longer to avoid her. 

However, he ended up falling on 

top of girl not once, but twice. 

When he was able to get back 

up, he realized he was on the 

edge of the hill. He had a tough 

choice – whether to ski down 

the hill or go back on the chair 

lift. Hillier skied “Big Brave.” 

It took him an hour and 20 

minutes to ski the hill, wiping 

out six times along the way. 

Over the years, he continued 

going back to Mount Kato and 

has now mastered all of its hills. 

Hillier advised the students 

to answer three questions before 

making a tough decision like the 

one outlined above. Those questions 

were: If I do this, where’s it 

going to take me? If I do this, 

how will I feel tomorrow? If I do 

this, will I be proud to tell someone 

about it? 

Hillier also encouraged the 

students to be respectful. He 

told them to be aware of the 


Beverly Lewis 

Thief River Falls resident Brian Dick and his father, Grand Rapids 

resident Paul Dick, competed in the Iron Dog® snowmobile race 

Feb. 19-25 in Alaska. The 2,031-mile race is billed as the longest, 

toughest snowmobile race. Brian and Paul placed 10th in the race. 

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today are from “Daily Bread” of 

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cookbook at an auction sale. I 

couldn’t find a date on it, but it 

was given to the owner, 

Carmen, by her husband, Cliff, 

in 1979. Good old recipes: 

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These quick rolls would 

be perfect to serve with so 

many single dish meals – 

and tasty too 

BUTTERMILK ROLLS 

Betty Souser 

1/2 stick oleo (I would use butter) 

1 1/2 tablespoons grated 

Parmesan cheese 

1 teaspoon dill flakes 

1 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes 

Tube of 10 buttermilk biscuits 

Melt oleo in baking pan. Mix 

in cheese and flakes. Cut biscuits 

in half and dip in oleo mixture 

to coat. Bake 12 minutes at 

425 degrees. 

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Buy a loaf of bread and 

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CELERY BREAD 

Nancy Anderson 

1 pound unsliced bread 

1/4 pound butter 

1 teaspoon salt 

1/4 teaspoon paprika 

1/2 teaspoon celery seed 

Cut all crusts off bread and 

slice in 1 inch thick slices 

almost to the bottom of the loaf. 

Soften the butter and add salt, 

paprika and celery seed. Spread 

this mixture over all the sides 

and top of the bread. Bake 

uncovered at 325 degrees for 25 

minutes. 

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Serve one of the above 

breads with this yummy 

dish for Sunday supper: 

CHINESE BEEF 

AND ONIONS 

Mrs. Merle Satrom 

1 pound round steak, cut into 

thin strips 

2 tablespoons oil 

1 clove garlic 

3 medium onions, cut in wedges 

1 green pepper, cut in strips 

2-3 stalks celery, cut up 

3-4 tablespoons cornstarch 

1 tablespoon sugar 

1/2 teaspoon salt 

2 tablespoons soy sauce 

2 cups water 

Put oil, garlic, meat and 

onion in pan. Brown 2-3 minutes. 

Don’t overcook. Add green 

pepper and celery. Add 1 cup 

water and simmer 5-10 minutes. 

Mix remaining ingredients in 

small bowl with 1 cup water. 

Push everything to side of skillet, 

add cornstarch mixture and 

stir until juice is thick. Mix all 

together gently. Serve over rice. 

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Another meat loaf recipe 

is always welcome. This one 

tells you to use a light hand 

when making it – that’s so it 

doesn’t get tough. My meat 

loaves always get tough: 

MEAT LOAF 

Alice Johnson 

2 pounds ground chuck or regular 

ground beef 

1 envelope dry onion soup mix 

2 eggs, beaten 

1/4 to 1/3 cup ketchup 

1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs 

3/4 cup warm water 

Lightly mix all ingredients 

together. Shape into loaf and 

place in 5x9 inch pan. Bake 1 

hour at 350 degrees. Serves 6-8 

people. 

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Two ladies have submitted 

this tasty salad – so easy 

to make and it’s such a great 

spring tonic to get you 

through last days of winter: 

BROCCOLI SALAD 

Dory Kutz 

Mrs. Russ (Bonnie) Danielson 

1 punch broccoli, cut into bitesized 

pieces 

1 small can water chestnuts, 

drained and sliced 

1/2 cup onion, diced or chopped 

2 stalks celery, cut up 

1 small can ripe olives, sliced 

1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved 

or quartered 

1 teaspoon dried leaf oregano (if 

you use powder, use less) 

Creamy Cucumber Dressing 

Combine all ingredients 

except tomatoes and dressing. 

Add tomatoes and bottled 

Creamy Cucumber Dressing to 

moisten just before serving. 

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And here is another 

crispy salad that will make 

spring come faster with its 

tasty light dressing: 

CAULIFOWER SALAD 

Lina Rotto 

4 cups thinly sliced raw cauliflower 

1 cup coarsely chopped (or 

sliced) pitted ripe olives 

1/w cup chopped pimento 

1/2 cup sliced green onions 

2/3 cup chopped green pepper, if 

desired 

Dressing 

1/2 cup salad oil 

3 tablespoons lemon juice 

3 tablespoons white wine vinegar 

2 teaspoons salt 

1/4 teaspoon pepper 

Mix all dressing ingredients 

with a rotary beater until well 

blended. Pour over salad and 

toss. Cover and refrigerate 

overnight or at least 4 hours. 

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death notices 

Christine 

Veselka, 83 

Thief River Falls - 

Christine Veselka, 83, died on 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 

Thief River Care Center in Thief 

River Falls. 

Funeral services will be held 

at 2 p.m., Monday, March 19 at 

First Lutheran Church, Middle 

River, with Rev. Curtis Matz 

officiating. Interment will follow 

at Huntly Cemetery, rural 

Middle River. 

Visitation will be held on 

Sunday, March 18, from 3 to 6 

p.m., with a 5 p.m. prayer service 

at First Lutheran Church, 

Riders in the Sky Perform in TRF 

The Grammy Award winning 

quartet, Riders in the Sky, will 

perform at the Lincoln High 

School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. 

on Thursday, March 22. This is 

a performance of the 2011-2012 

Thief River Falls Entertainment 

Series. 

With 28-plus years and well 

over 5,000 performances and 

counting, Riders In The Sky will 

present a program of some wellknown 

cowboy songs, such as 

“Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds,” “Cool 

Water,” “Ghost Riders in the 

Sky,” “Back in the Saddle 

Again,” “Rawhide and Happy 

Trails” to mention only a few. 

Indeed, the Riders - Ranger 

Doug (Idol of American Youth), 

Woody Paul (King of the Bowboy 

Fiddlers), Too Slim (a Righteous 

Tater), and Joey (the Cow Polka 

King) - have single-handedly 

revived and revitalized an 

Middle River. Visitation will 

also be held one hour prior to 

the funeral on Monday at the 

church. 

Alton Trahan, 72 

Thief River Falls - Alton 

“AJ” “Shorty” Trahan, 72, died 

on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 

his home in Thief River Falls. 

Funeral services will be held 

at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 20 at 

Johnson Funeral Service in 

Thief River Falls, with Father 

Rick Lambert presiding. 

Visitation will be held for two 

hours prior to the funeral service. 

Greenbush student 

performs with UMM choir 

The University of Minnesota, 

Morris Concert Choir, under the 

direction of Dr. Kenneth 

Hodgson, begin their 2012 East 

Coast tour on March 10, 2012. 

Peter Wollin, Greenbush, will be 

touring and performing with the 

choir. 

The tour culminates with a 

home concert at 3 p.m. on 

Sunday, March 25, 2012, in 

The 

Minnesota 

Ornithologist’s Union in 

Minneapolis awarded a $1,100 

grant to Agassiz Audubon 

Society in Warren to support 

their new "Community Nest 

Watch" project. 

“The grant will help us purchase 

of construction materials 

for two Chimney Swift towers,” 

said Van Hapka, president of 

Agassiz Audubon. “We're planning 

to build one in downtown 

Warren near City Hall and the 

other at the Audubon Center of 

the Red River Valley, on 190th 

Street.” 

“Our goal is inspire local communities 

throughout northwestern 

Minnesota – to learn more 

about birds, to create habitat for 

them and to have fun doing it,” 

said Hapka. The Community 

Nest Watch Project is focusing 

on insect-eating birds whose 

populations are declining – 

Chimney Swifts, Eastern 

Bluebirds, American Kestrels 

and Purple Martins. 

Agassiz Audubon Society is 

recruiting volunteers with construction 

skills to help build and 

install nest boxes in their communities 

– and then monitor 

them throughout the summer. If 

you’d like to get involved - or 

help sponsor a nest box, call the 

Audubon Center at 218-745- 

5663. 

With an average flying speed 

of 50 mph, Chimney Swifts are 

one of the fastest fliers in the 

bird world - and they spend all 

day in the air, coming to rest 

only at night. They feed on aerial 

plankton - catching beetles, 

wasps and bugs in their beaks 

as they fly. They even drink on 

Recital Hall in the Humanities 

Fine Arts building. The concert 

is free and open to the public. A 

free-will donation will be accepted. 

Some of the 2012 East Coast 

tour stops include: Wilmington, 

Delaware; Ocean City, 

Maryland; Auburn, Maine; New 

Brunswick, Canada; and 

Quebec City, Canada. 

Local Audubon Society 

awarded $1,100 grant 

the wing. During migration, you 

might see these amazing little 

birds flying over chimneys at 

dusk in large tornado-like 

flocks. Then suddenly they swirl 

in descent as they head into the 

chimney to roost for the night. 

But unfortunately, Chimney 

Swifts are facing extinction. 

Their populations have dropped 

over 50 percent in the past 40 

years. 

On Monday, March 26, Agassiz 

Audubon Society's Heidi 

Hughes will be at the Thief 

River Falls Public Library to 

present a program on these 

incredible birds and how to help 

them by building a Chimney 

Swift Tower. She will provide 

chimney swift tower construction 

plans and a list of the materials 

needed to build one. 

CHIP dinner 

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Making healthy choices 

while dining out can be challenging. 

Complete Health 

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Black Cat Bar and Grill are 

partnering together to make 

that experience easier. 

Interested persons are welcome 

to enjoy a special buffet at the 

Black Cat on Tuesday, April 3, 

beginning at 5:30 p.m. 

The menu will include raspberry 

salad, baked potato and 

toppings, and veggie burger 

(with all the fixings). The cost is 

$10 per person. Reservations 

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Open House 

Bridal 

Shower 

for 

Amanda Jesme 

(Bride-to-be of Lars Sundberg) 

on 

Saturday, March 17 th 

from 2-5 p.m. 

at Trinity Lutheran 

Church 


Fancywork Auction Bazaar 

By St. Joseph’s Guild 

Sunday, March 25 th ~ 2 p.m. 

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 

Middle River 

Pam Cwikla, Auctioneer 

Fancywork, rugs, canned goods, honey, lefse and lots of baked goods for sale! 

Everyone Welcome! 

Coffee and dessert will be served! 

Annual 

THANK YOU..... 

Thank you to everyone 

who helped make my benefit a success. 

9 th Annual 

Calvary Church Spring Dinner 

Calvary Lutheran Church 

St. Hilaire, MN 

Sunday, March 18th 

4:00 - 7:00 p.m. 

MENU: Ham, Real Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Coleslaw, 

Vegetables, Homemade Buns/Bread, Jelly, Pickles, 

a variety of Homemade Desserts, Coffee & Milk. 

Join your neighbors and come out for some great food! 

Adults: $10.00 • Family: $25.00 

Children 12 and under: FREE (Accompanied by an Adult) 

Any donations can be sent to: 

Calvary Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 8, St. Hilaire, MN 56754 

Joy Eddleblute 

Massage Therapist 

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A special thanks to Michelle Paulson, 

Phyllis Paulson and Debbie Dahlen 

for all their hard work. 

Also to Brent Waale and his band 

for the great music. 

Joy’s Joule 

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Custom packages available 

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Morris Halvorson 

It’s a Baby Shower 

honoring 

Claire Noelle Nelson 

Daughter of Gregg & Kim Nelson 

Sunday, March 25 th 

12:30 p.m. 

(after worship) 

Nazareth Lutheran Church 

Holt 

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Located in the heart of 

LaBree Plaza, Suites 5 & 7 

309 LaBree Ave. N, Thief River Falls 

Beautiful Beginnings is celebrating their 

7 th ANNIVERSARY 

with a SALE! 

March 19th - 24th 

Ladies, Stop by our boutique today to renew your look! 

70 % off All Clearance Clothing 

47 % off All Boots 

Krystal May 

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27 % off all watches, jewelry & wallets 

17 % off NEW Spring/Summer Clothing 

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New clothes and purses arriving daily 

All Clearance Prom Dresses additional 7 % off! 

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Open House 

Bridal Shower for 

Kallie 

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(bride-to-be of Nevin Lubarski) 

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2:00 - 4:00pm 

Argyle Senior Center 

Pacific Ave., Argyle, MN 

Registered at Target & Macy’s 

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10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

Newfolden Community 

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Pancakes, Scrambled Eggs & Sausage 

$5/person • $2/preschool & under 

Proceeds to benefit 

Bethlehem Youth Group trip to 

New Orleans Youth Gathering 

Breakfasts to be held the 

3 rd Sunday monthly through April 

The Chamber of Commerce 

will be at the 

JAY SWANSON AGENCY, 

Farmers Union Insurance 

to hold their official 

RIBBON CUTTING 

Wed, March 21, 2012 at 9 am 

OPEN HOUSE • 9 - 11 am 

Refreshments will be served. 

Jay Swanson Agency is located at 223 E 3rd St. 

(corner of 3rd St. and Horace Ave.) 

The festivities continue at 

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organized and planned 

Thanks for the cards, phone calls and 

such a special day. 

God bless you all, 

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Bridal Shower 

for 

Amber Foster 

(Bride-to-be of Dylan Juhl) 

Saturday, March 24 th • 2-4 p.m. 

The Dawg House Bar & Grill 

1907 Hwy. 59 SE 


Viking Volunteer Fire Dept. 

SPAGHETTI DINNER 

Sat, March 24 th 

4:30 - 8:00 p.m. - Viking Elem. Gym 

Freewill Donations 

Silent auction • Door Prizes 

Musical Entertainment 

Thank You 

I would like to especially thank Velvet Langevin 

and Lori Huot for putting my benefit together! 

A lot of hard work and love went into making it 

such a HUGE SUCCESS! Also to all that 

volunteered their time and effort to do the service and 

baking. It’s truly AMAZING to see everyone come 

togehter. The generosity AMAZED me! To all my family, 

friends and the community thank you so very much! Words 

CANNOT express! 

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Baby Shower 

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A letter to my brother, Dave 

I just returned from a trip to 

see our brother, Darrel. Darrel 

is repairing my old skid steer 

and very soon will have it in 

working condition. Like most of 

my farm equipment, the skid 

steer occupies that very axis of 

where machinery is too new to 

be antique and too old to be of 

much worth. However, it is mine 

and does the job, so Darrel is reanimating 

it at his shop. 

During my excursion to 

Argyle, I noticed a feature common 

to many farm fields in the 

area - miniature ring dikes. I’ve 

seen a few of them around home 

but even more as I traveled 

north. People are taking the 

spoil from ditch cleaning and 

then building up little levees at 

the perimeter of the lowest part 

of the field. I guess it wasn’t so 

bad to have some wet spots a 

few years ago, but every little 

patch of land must be productive 

now as inputs are so costly 

and commodities are high. 

There’s so much to lose and so 

much to gain. 

It was nice to have you stop 

by last weekend. I really appreciate 

the visit and the nice, 

intricate hay trolley that was 

included in your visit. It will 

soon join its fellow retirees, 

which hang from the edge of our 

porch, Dave. 

Lisa and I recently saw a 

report on the news that confirmed 

what common sense dictates: 

We have made our children 

less able to protect themselves 

from illness. The report 

told of a study being done that 

already indicates the increased 

incidence of asthma in children 

is due in part to the overuse of 

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Sat, March 24 • 9 am - 4 pm 

Eagles Club, TRF 

Everyone is welcome! 

Roger A. Peterson 

Oct. 16, 1948 - Mar. 16, 2011 

Hon, 

We thought of you 

with love today, 

But that is 

nothing new. 

We thought 

about you 

yesterday. 

And days before 

that too. 

We think of you in 

silence. 

We often speak your name. 

Now all we have are memories. 

And your picture in a frame. 

Your memory is our keepsake. 

With which we’ll never part. 

God has you in his keeping. 

We have you in our heart. 

We love and miss you, 

Sue & Hazell 

Rural 

Reflections 

Grant Nelson 

The comments published in this column are intended to stimulate 

thinking and discussion among our readers. They are written 

by independent columnists and do not represent the opinion 

of the staff or management of The Times/Northern Watch. 

antibiotic soap. We have eliminated 

every microbe in our 

houses to the point where a 

child’s immune system has no 

opportunity to learn which 

microbe is harmful and which is 

benign. Instead, some children 

now simply react to much of 

what they breathe as though it 

were a harmful invader. This 

reaction manifests itself as 

asthma. 

Pete Erickson and I stood in 

the entry to Fleet a few years 

ago and talked about how eating 

a little dirt with your freshly 

picked vegetables helped your 

immune system; this recent 

study agreed with us and used 

our words almost to the letter. 

I’ve always known that cows 

pass on their immunities 

through the milk they provide 

the calf. Those immunities are 

fairly specific to the area in 

which they live because their 

bodies learn the immunity by 

the intake of microbes, which 

exist around their home. I guess 

cattle are too smart to drench 

themselves in antibacterial 

soap. 

I do have a project on the 

horizon, Dave. I’ve always wanted 

a crowding tub for cattle 

work. The only thing I lack is 

the capital to accomplish this 

expensive task. I recently decided 

to use an old grain bin 

instead. The sheets are perfectly 

circular and quite rugged, plus I 

can lay them out and mark the 

spots to dig holes for treated 

posts to stabilize the structure. 

Like most of my projects, it will 

be labor intensive, but I am better 

busy than not, and my brand 

of unskilled labor comes fairly 

cheap. 

You’re little bro’ 

Local power company 

installs falcon nest boxes 

With considerable help from 

their friends at PKM Electric 

Cooperative last week, the 

Community Nest Watch project 

created ready-to-move-in housing 

at the Audubon Center of 

the Red River Valley and at the 

Agassiz Valley Water Resource 

Management impoundment 

near Warren. 

Last week, PKM Electric Coop 

linemen Ben Pahlen, Chris 

Derosier, Dane Hanson and Joe 

Marcotte spent the morning and 

part of the afternoon installing 

“retired” utility poles for 10 

housing units designed to 

attract North America’s smallest 

and flashiest falcons – the 

American Kestrel. While they 

were there, the linemen also 

installed a pole for a flow monitor 

gauge inside the impoundment 

managed by the Middle- 

Snake-Tamarac Rivers 

Watershed District. 

“We are happy to help with 

this project,” said Rick Bye, line 

superintendent at PKM. The 

Minnesota Ornithologists 

Union, Audubon Minnesota and 

the Middle-Snake-Tamarac 

Rivers Watershed District also 

sponsored the project. The western 

red cedar nest boxes were 

constructed and donated by elementary 

school children of the 

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. 

American Kestrels, also 

known as sparrow hawks, are 

about the size of a Blue Jay. 

Kestrels and used to be a common 

sight - perched on power 

lines and poles along roads adjacent 

to farm fields and grasslands. 

Suitable nesting cavities 

may be a limiting factor for 

these birds in Minnesota. 

American Kestrels are one of 

four birds the Community Nest 

Watch Project is promoting this 

year. Kestrels, Chimney Swifts, 

Eastern Bluebirds and Purple 

Martins eat tons of insects each 

summer, and all of them will 

consider nesting in boxes made 

by humans. If you put up a nest 

box, please commit to monitoring 

it throughout the summer. 

Agassiz Audubon Society is 

looking for volunteers with construction 

skills to help build and 

install additional nest boxes in 

communities throughout the 

Red River Valley and northwestern 

Minnesota. The project is 

also looking for volunteers to 

help monitor nest boxes 

throughout the summer. If you’d 

like to get involved - or help 

sponsor a nest box, call the 

Audubon Center at 218-745- 

5663. 

Agassiz Audubon Society 

Director Heidi Hughes will be 

presenting free programs on 

Kestrels and the Community 

Nest Watch project at the following 

locations: 

• Warren Community 

Center - Wednesday, March 21, 

at 12:30 p.m. 

• Warroad Library on 

Tuesday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. 

• Thief River Falls Library 

on Monday, April 23, at 6:30 

p.m. 

Greenbush Public 

Library celebrates 

Youth Art Months 

March and April are Youth 

Art Months at the Greenbush 

Public Library. On display will 

be 25 pieces of high school artwork 

created during the 2011-12 

school year. Greenbush-Middle 

River High School art classes 

are sharing the pieces. 

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S.D. 564 puts a pause on additional projects 

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identified three options: conduct 

no additional construction projects 

and pass the lower borrowing 

cost savings to the taxpayers; 

utilize a portion of the 

remaining borrowing to do additional 

projects and pass the 

remainder back to taxpayers; or 

utilize all of the remaining borrowing 

to do additional projects. 

In any of the options presented 

to the Board of Education, 

the tax impact to taxpayers in 

the District would be at or below 

what the District promised to 

taxpayers. 

The initial study of facilities 

in the District indicated that 

there were many needs for 

improvements. After numerous 

meetings, the long list was 

shortened to what members of 

the Board of Education thought 

the community might support. 

That plan was presented to voters, 

who approved the referendum 

in November. 

When it became clear to the 

Board that additional funds 

could be available, the three 

proposals were presented. 

However, members of the Board 

of Education were unsure 

whether all of the items on the 

initial list were considered; and, 

not every member of the Board 

Resilence Respect Responsibility 


words they use and be aware of 

the words they say and how 

they treat people. 

Hillier told the story of two of 

his classmates – one is a stutterer 

who also battled dyslexia and 

the other classmate teased the 

boy about his stuttering. The 

former struggled in school but 

did well in a graphic arts class. 

His teacher invited him to serve 

as an assistant teacher the following 

year. The latter student 

enrolled in the class the following 

year. She was having a hard 

time printing 100 copies for an 

assignment, which was a 

requirement in order to not fail 

the class. She needed help 20 

minutes before the class ended. 

She asked the boy whom she 

had teased to help. Hillier, who 

was also enrolled in the class, 

didn’t expect the boy to help her. 

However, he did and, by doing 

so, he helped her pass the class. 

After telling the story, Hillier 

told the students that one of two 

things could happen at their 10- 

of Education was comfortable 

expanding the project list. They 

would also need approval from 

the Minnesota Department of 

Education. 

The mandate from voters can 

be utilized for several years. But 

staff and administrators presented 

the new proposals so 

that if the Board approved the 

use of the funds for additional 

projects, they could take advantage 

of savings in planning of 

the project, coordinating them 

with current projects and in 

coordinating financial packages. 

The Recommendation 

Speaking for the finance committee 

Monday, March 12, 

Randy Twistol said the finance 

committee met to discuss the 

previous school board meeting 

and NMTC. He said the Board 

should look at history. When 

Challenger was being built, it 

was decided to reduce expenses 

by using plastic pipe rather 

than copper, which contributed 

to the current problems at the 

school. When the multi-purpose 

room at Franklin Middle School 

was being built, the bleachers 

were eliminated because of 

increased costs. And, he said 

when the new Lincoln High 

School gym was being built, it 

was supposed to be eight feet 

year class reunion: Classmates 

could tell one another what they 

did for each other or what they 

did to each other. 

“You’re not going to be friends 

with everybody, but you can be 

friendly to the people you go to 

school with,” Hillier said. 

Hillier also encouraged the 

students to own their life choices. 

As he noted, the word 

responsibility refers to the ability 

to respond to what happens 

in their lives. 

Sometimes their choices may 

lead to a mistake. “Mistakes are 

great moments,” he said. 

Hillier used the example of a 

middle school student who sang 

an operatic solo at a student 

council conference. Expecting 

an accompaniment, she ended 

longer, but because of cost overruns, 

that eight feet was eliminated 

from the construction 

plan. Twistol said they were 

concerned that the District 

could end up with cost overruns 

with this project and end up 

making the same sort of mistakes. 

Twistol said that after considerable 

discussion, and with the 

approval of the three principals, 

Superintendent of Schools 

Laine Larson, and three members 

of the Board of Education 

sitting on the committee, they 

were recommending that the 

Board of Education not sell the 

remaining $6 million in equity 

until they have a better idea of 

the total costs. It was their further 

recommendation that the 

District look at changes to the 

plans on a case-by-case basis, 

citing the need to improve the 

student drop-off zone at 

Challenger as an example. 

Twistol said it was a good 

meeting that provided them an 

“opportunity to hit the reset 

button.” He said the previous 

Board meeting was “an ugly 

meeting,” and he thought they 

were now “all on the same 

page.” 

up singing the song a capella. At 

one point, she looked up and 

realized she was singing in front 

of 2,400 people and lost her spot. 

She then abruptly stopped 

singing. 

The students clapped following 

her performance. The next 

day, the girl asked to perform 

the solo again and nailed it. 

Hillier said people can learn 

from their mistakes or be a victim 

by feeling shame, blaming 

others, denying what happened 

or quitting altogether. He 

encouraged the students to 

learn from their mistakes. 

About life, he said, “The path is 

not going to be smooth.” 

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Saturday, March 24, 2012 

6:00 p.m. 

~ 

Sunday, March 25, 2012 

2:00 p.m. 

--- 

Ralph Engelstad Arena 


Advance Tickets available until noon 

on March 24th at Hugo’s and 

Pennington Main & Pennington Square 

Adults $ 6 00 

Senior Citizens $ 4 00 

K-12 Students $ 4 00 

Tickets $ 1 00 higher at the door 

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Lincoln High School 2012 All School Reunion 

Thursday, June 21 st through Sunday, June 24 th 

Motivational speaker Craig 

Hillier spoke to students from 

Marshall County Central High 

School and Tri-County Central 

High School on Wednesday, 

March 14. He encouraged the 

students to stretch themselves 

during an assembly for both 

schools held at MCC High 

School in Newfolden. 

Two Iron Dogs in one family 


the sport on weekends with his 

family. Paul, who lives in Grand 

Rapids, practiced for this race 

by putting 2,000 miles on the 

snowmobile to check its durability 

and to test his endurance. 

Before long, the two of them 

were in Alaska and starting the 

long distance race. Yet, it wasn’t 

without its challenges. About 

750 miles into the race, one 

engine failed in Koyuk. 

Thinking ahead, Brian and Paul 

had parts with them to fix the 

snowmobile. It took about two to 

three hours, but they were able 

to replace a piston and go on 

their way. 

Later, they ran out of fuel in 

one of the sleds, and it had to be 

towed to the nearest checkpoint. 

Brian said it was his fault since 

he had the wrong mileage and 

calculated the fuel wrong. 

Despite those hiccups, the 

two of them were able to enjoy 

riding on the ocean, on rivers, in 

mountain ranges, and on tundra. 

The amount of time they 

spent riding each day varied. 

Marshall County Central High School and Tri-County Central High 

School students participated in an exercise Wednesday, March 14 

during a speech by motivational speaker Craig Hillier. Hillier spoke 

at an assembly for both schools. The assembly was held at MCC 

High School in Newfolden. 

Goodridge Talent Showcase 

set for Thursday 

Brian said they rode 10 to 11 

hours the first day. Most days, 

though, they rode about five to 

six hours. For instance, Brian 

said it took about three hours to 

race 100 miles in tight, wooded 

areas. On the coast, though, 

they were able to travel 70 miles 

in one hour. 

The weather provided ideal 

racing conditions with temperatures 

ranging from -30 degrees 

Fahrenheit to 0 degrees 

Fahrenheit. 

When all was said and done, 

their team won 10th place. They 

didn’t win anything, but Brian 

said he met some nice people 

and now knows what to expect if 

he races it again. 

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A Talent Showcase will be 

held Thursday, March 22 at the 

Goodridge School gym. Grades 

K-12 were invited to participate 

and showcase their talents. 

Goodridge students will sing, 

play instruments and perform 

dance pieces. 

All performers will get a 

goody bag for participation. 

Grades K-6 participant names 

will go into a drawing for prizes. 

Grades 7-12 participants will be 

judged and given prizes for first, 

second and third place. 

The Goodridge Glee Club will 

emcee this event as well as perform. 

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 

for students and free for ages 5 

and under. Proceeds from this 

event will go toward the purchase 

of new curtains for the 

stage in Goodridge School’s 

large gym. 

Brownies and ice cream will 

be available for a freewill donation 

after the show. 

The Goodridge Music, Drama 

and Community Education 

departments, and the Goodridge 

High School and Elementary 

School student councils are 

sponsoring the event. 

sold more than one million 

copies and was recently made 

into an Original Hallmark 

Channel movie. In 2007, “The 

Brethren” was honored with a 

Christy Award. Lewis has been 

interviewed by both national 

and international media, including 

Time magazine, the 

Associated Press, and the BBC. 

Beverly lives with her husband, 

David, in Colorado. Visit her 

Web site at 

www.beverlylewis.com for more 

information. 

Pre-registration Deadline April 1st 

Cost is $20 per LHS Alumni 

After April 1st $30 per alumni and $10 per guest 

Go to trfeducationfoundation.com to register 

and sign up to participate in a number of activities including hockey, golf, basketball, 

volleyball, tennis, choir for Sunday Church Service, 

10k Relay, Mile Fun Run for children ages 10 and under 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 

- THURSDAY, JUNE 21 - 

6:30 p.m. Parade - Enter your class float by contacting ben.anderson@trfchamber.com 

After Parade Movie in the Park - Hartz Park • Music and Food available before the movie 

- FRIDAY, JUNE 22 - 

8 a.m. - midnight Registration - To volunteer to work a 2-hour time slot on either day at the Ralph, 

contact Arden Solheim at 681-3408. 

8 a.m. - Midnight Concessions - Great food items served. Lots of surprises. 

TBA 

Guided School Tours - Challenger, Franklin and Lincoln 

Guided Tours of Arctic Cat and Digi-Key 

Tours of the Ralph Engelstad and Pioneer Village 

Noon - 6 p.m. Funland for Kids outside the Ralph - Cost is $5 for wristband 

5 p.m. Social Gathering at the American Legion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 

the 1992 American Legion Baseball team going to state. 

6 - 8 p.m. Nomads/Back Street Journal - Classmates from 1967 and 1968 

Bandmembers may include: Al Shirley, Howard Hirdler, Larry Johnson, Steve Lehr, 

Marv Carlson, Jack Sundrude, Tyler Lideman & Chuck Larson. 

7 p.m. Bonfire outside the Ralph in the West Parking Lot 

8:30 - 9 p.m. Blast from the Past Style Show - If you have clothing you would like to share or if you 

would like to model, please contact Nancy Sandahl at nursy@mncable.net or 686-6543. 

9:15 - 10:50 p.m. The Reflections - Band Members are Bob and Connie Dicken, Jessie Boyer, 

Dave Sisler, Don & Paula Adamson. 

11 p.m. - 1 a.m. Eagle Creek 

- SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 

8 a.m. - midnight Registration - Volunteers needed contact Arden Solheim at 681-3408 

8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Craft Fair/Flea Market - Vendors needed, contact ben.anderson@trfchamber.com 

or 681-3720, cost is $20 to register a booth. 

8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Breakfast at St. Bernard’s Parish Hall - FREEWILL donation, Open House all morning 

TBA 

Guided School Tours - Challenger, Franklin and Lincoln 

Tours of the Ralph Engelstad and Pioneer Village 

Noon - 6 p.m. Funland for Kids outside the Ralph - Cost is $5 for wristband 

4 - 6 p.m. Cathy Erickson Old Time Band 

7 - 8:30 p.m. The Reflections 

9 p.m. - 1 a.m. The Mud Dogs - This is one of the top bands from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. 

They play various songs from the decades. 

- SUNDAY, JUNE 24 - 

9:15 a.m. Choir Practice at Lincoln High School 

10 a.m. Ecumenical Church Service (Lincoln High School Auditorium) 

Breakfast before and after church service in the cafeteria at Lincoln High School 

All School Reunion Sweatshirts 

LHS can be purchased at The Model Laundry in TRF 

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Guarded closely by Goodridge/Grygla 

defender Tra Alderete, Fertile-Beltrami 

shooter Tate Mosher got off a long field goal 

attempt just before the final buzzer sounded, 

Sports fans looking for a little 

excitement found it Tuesday at 

the Ralph Engelstad Arena in 

Thief River Falls when a pair of 

Section 8A boys high school basketball 

tournament match-ups 

were decided by a total of four 

points in two down-to-the-wire 

finishes. 

First, Goodridge/Grygla overcame 

an 11-point second half 

deficit to edge Fertile-Beltrami 

58-57 in the Section 8A West 

final on a Daniel Polansky drive 

to the basket with 18.5 seconds 

remaining. 

Not to be out-done, defending 

champion Fosston won the doubleheader 

nightcap when Kyle 

Arneson banked in a tie-breaking 

3-pointer at the buzzer for a 

62-59 Section 8A East title game 

victory over Cass Lake-Bena. 

Winners advanced to the 

state tournament-qualifying 

Section 8A title game Friday in 

the same building. 

The No. 2-seeded Falcons had 

the fifth-seeded Chargers on the 

ropes early with a pair of 11- 

point first half leads. But 

Goodridge/Grygla finished with 

a 9-2 run to pull within 28-24 at 

the break on a Polansky fast 

break lay-up with 32.8 seconds 

remaining. 

“We played like deer caught 

in headlights,” said Goodridge/ 

Grygla coach Vern Johnson in 

describing his team’s earlygame 

troubles. “But we made 

that run at the end of the first 

half. That was the key right 

there.” 

The Chargers caught the 

Falcons at 28-28 on a Tra 

Alderete breakaway 2:22 into 

the second half, only to fall 

behind 40-29 on a Brad 

Schmalenberg 3-pointer with 

13:10 remaining. 

“We fought back, made it 

close, then hit another wall,” 

pointed out Johnson. 

It was still a nine-point difference 

when Mitchell Mosher 

sank a free throw with 4:52 to 

play. 

That’s when the real 

Goodridge/Grygla rally kicked 

in as the Chargers scored 10 

unanswered points to go ahead 

56-55 after Alderete scored off a 

but his attempt hit the rim and fell away, preserving 

a 58-57 win for the Chargers in the 

Tuesday Section 8A West boys high school 

basketball tournament final. 

Boys basketball twinbill at the Ralph Engelstad Arena... 

Section 8A thrillers 

Tournament Results 

n Section 8A West final - 

Goodridge/Grygla 58, Fertile- 

Beltrami 57. 

n Section 8A East final - Fosston 

62, Cass Lake-Bena 59. 

n Section 8A championship 

Friday, March 16 - Goodridge/Grygla 

vs. Fosston, 7 p.m. TRF Ralph 

Engelstad Arena. 

rebound with 50.1 seconds left. 

“There’s no quit in them,” 

offered Johnson in praise of the 

Chargers’ efforts. “That’s the 

way its been all year.” 

Fertile-Beltrami, after going 

scoreless for 4-minutes, 14-seconds, 

went back on top 57-56 

when Tate Mosher hit a short 

jumper in the middle with 38.3 

seconds showing. 

Moments later, Goodridge/ 

Grygla was at the free throw 

line. Both shots were off the 

mark, but the Chargers controlled 

the rebound, then called 

a time-out with 21.7 seconds to 

go. 

That led to Polansky’s gamewinner. 

But the out-come wasn’t 

decided until Tate Mosher, 

guarded closely by Alderete, had 

a long shot at the horn bounce 

off the rim. 

“We got on a roll at the end,” 

said Johnson. “We made some 

plays, forced some turnovers 

with our pressure and some 

breaks went our way.” 

Polansky finished with 19 

points, Preston Swenson 13 and 

Alderete 12. Mitchell Mosher 

and Tate Mosher scored 16 and 

14 points, respectively, for the 

Falcons, with Schmalenberg 


Daniel Polansky of Goodridge/Grygla tried to 

drive past Fertile-Beltrami defender Tate 

Mosher in the first half of Tuesday’s Section 

8A West boys high school basketball tournament 

game. The Chargers beat the Falcons 

58-57 when Polansky scored with 18.5 seconds 

remaining. Fosston edged Cass Lake- 

Bena 62-59 in the Section 8A East final.


Northland 

women in 

Rochester 

National Junior College 

Athletic Association Division III 

women’s basketball national 

tournament got under way 

Thursday in Rochester, where 

Northland Community and 

Technical College fell to 

Onondaga (N.Y.) Community 

College 57-56 in the quarterfinals. 

NJCAA Basketball 

n Quarterfinals Thursday, March 15 

- Anoka-Ramsey Community College 79, 

Nassau (N.Y.) Community College 46; 

Rock Valley (Ill.) College 67, 

Montgomery-Rockville (Md.) College 62; 

Roxbury (Mass.) 64, Northampton (Pa.) 

Community College 57; Onondaga 

Community College (N.Y.) 57, 

Northland 56. 

n Semifinals Friday, March 16 - (consolation 

round) Nassau vs. Montgomery, 

1 p.m.; Northampton vs. Northland, 3 

p.m.; (championship round) Anoka- 

Ramsey vs. Rock Valley, 6 p.m.; Roxbury 

vs. Onondaga, 8 p.m. 

n Finals Saturday, March 17 - seventh 

place, 1 p.m.; consolation, 3 p.m.; 

third place, 6 p.m.; championship, 8 p.m. 

Chargers, Hounds win 


netting 12 before he fouled out 

with 1:52 remaining. 

Goodridge/Grygla was 23-for- 

49 from the field (47 percent); 

Fertile-Beltrami went 22-for-49 

(45 percent). 

Both teams had trouble at 

the free throw line, where the 

Chargers were 11-for-22 and the 

Falcons went 9-for-18. 

One of those Fertile-Beltrami 

free throw misses came 5:40 

into the game when a Mitchell 

Mosher shot came to rest on the 

base of the rim against the backboard. 

At the time, it was just a 

chuckle-producing oddity. Little 

did anyone know that it was 

going to be the scoreboard difference 

at the end. 

It was a 30-30 stalemate on 

the boards and Fertile-Beltrami 

had one more turnover than 

Goodridge/Grygla, 20-19. 

The Falcons’ season ended at 

20-8. The Chargers advanced 

with a 19-10 record. 

There was more excitement 

to come in the nightcap that featured 

Fosston 3-pointers to end 

the first half and the game. 

Seth Carlin’s trey with 1.8 

seconds left sent the 

Greyhounds into intermission 

with a 31-25 lead. Cass Lake- 

Bena pulled even on a Cody 

Wind jumper from the lane that 

made it 50-50 with 6:41 remaining. 

The teams were never separated 

by more than two points 

the rest of the way until the 

final shot. 

A Wind 3-pointer from out 

front gave the Panthers a 58-57 

lead with 40.5 seconds to play. 

Zach Sather scored off a 

rebound for a 59-58 Fosston 

edge with 21.3 seconds on the 

clock. 

Cass Lake-Bena tied it when 

Caleb Fisher made the second of 

a two-shot foul situation with 

10.4 seconds showing. 

On the final Fosston possession, 

there was a scramble for a 

tipped ball that ended up in the 

hands of Arneson, who beat the 

horn and the Panthers with his 

unlikely game-winner. 

Arneson and Carlin both 

scored 20 points, with Taylor 

Carlson adding 11. Wind finished 

with 18 points and Jake 

Ellis had 12 for the Panthers. 

The 23-4 Greyhounds went 

21-for-49 from the field (43 percent) 

and cashed in on 16 of 21 

free throw attempts. The 

Panthers, who finished 25-4, 

were a similar 23-for-51 from 

the floor (45 percent), but they 

picked up just seven points on 

13 free throws. 

Goodridge/Grygla vs. Fertile-Beltrami 

1 2 T 

Goodridge/Grygla...................24 34 58 

Fertile-Beltrami.......................28 29 57 

G/G - Preston Swenson 13, Brady 

Bakken 2, Daniel Polansky 19, Kyle Gust 7, 

Matt Hanson 5, Tra Alderete 12. 

F-B - Tate Mosher 14, Mitchell Mosher 

16, Brad Schmalenberg 12, Eli Clark 6, 

Cristian Lundberg 2, Carter Bryn 2, Charlie 

Duckstad 5. 

Fosston vs. Cass Lake-Bena 

1 2 T 

Fosston...................................31 31 62 

Cass Lake-Bena.....................25 34 59 

Fosston - Kyle Arneson 20, Zach Sather 

9, Taylor Carlson 11, Seth Carlin 20, Bryant 

Schmidt 2. 

CL-B - Caleb Fisher 9, AJ Johnson 4, 

Jordan Collins 8, Dakota Brunelle 8, Jake 

Ellis 12, Cody Wind 18. 

A shot by Charlie Duckstad of Fertile-Beltrami was contested 

by Kyle Klamar of Goodridge/Grygla in the Section 8A West 

boys high school basketball tournament final Tuesday in 

Thief River Falls. The Chargers reached the Friday Section 8A 

championship game with a 58-57 win. 

All-Mariucci Conference 

hockey team is selected 

Senior forward Riley 

Soderstrom and junior defenseman 

Chris Forney of Thief River 

Falls were named to the 2011-12 

All-Mariucci Conference boys 

high school hockey team. 

The Prowlers’ Tim Bergland 

shared conference Coach of the 

Year honors with Dave 

Morinville of Moorhead. 

All players on the all-conference 

team are seniors, with the 

exception of Forney; Roseau 

sophomore forwards Alex 

Strand and Zach Yon; Moorhead 

junior forward Tony Uglem. 

Thief River Falls’ Jacob 

Engelstad is a senior on the 

men’s tennis team at the College 

of St. Scholastica in Duluth. 

Engelstad opened the 2012 

season playing No. 1 singles and 

No. 1 doubles for the Saints. 

He is a three-time All-Upper 

Midwest Athletic Conference 

All-Mariucci Conference 

n Forwards - Alex Strand, Zach Yon, 

Roseau; Riley Soderstrom, Thief River 

Falls; Zach Lawdermilt, East Grand 

Forks; Tony Uglem, Moorhead; Jordan 

Heller, John Forseth, Bemidji. 

n Defensemen - Terry Leabo, Jake 

Uglem, Moorhead; Tyler Tatro, Bemidji; 

Chris Forney, Thief River Falls. 

n Goalies - Michael Bitzer, 

Moorhead; Hunter Aubol, East Grand 

Forks. 

n Coach of the Year - Dave 

Morinville, Moorhead; Tim Bergland, 

Thief River Falls. 

n Assistant Coach of the Year - Josh 

Arnold, Pete Cullen, Moorhead. 

Jacob Engelstad plays tennis for Saints 

selection after winning UMAC 

No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles 

titles as a freshman and sophomore, 

then sweeping conference 

crowns at No. 1 singles and No. 

1 doubles last year as a junior. 

St. Scholastica is an NCAA 

Division III school. 

It was a second place finish in District 16 tournament play for 

the Thief River Falls Squirt B Blue hockey team March 3-4 in 

Red Lake Falls. The team members include, front, Noah 

Rupprecht; kneeling from left, Bryar Lane, Gannon Kempert, 

Tylan Johnson, Blake Biermaier, Tyler Kalvoda, Kaden 

Bakken; standing, coach Ross Dalzell, Will Johnson, Sam 

Williams, Ayden Leake, Zach Dalzell, coach Mike Biermaier, 

Josh Berzinski and coach Jason Kempert. (Submitted photo) 

Sportsmen Club to meet 

Membership meeting for the 

Pennington County Sportsmen 

Club will be Wednesday, March 

21, at 7 p.m. at the Eagles Club 

in Thief River Falls. 

Spring has arrived… 

now is a GREAT time 

to get your air ducts cleaned! 

AIR DUCT CLEANING 

Swenson is first 

Charger to reach 

1,000-point mark 

A second-year boys high 

school basketball cooperative, 

Goodridge/Grygla gained its 

first 1,000-Point Club member 

when 6-3 senior forward 

Preston Swenson reached that 

milestone in a Feb. 27 game 

against Fosston. 

Swenson had 994 points 

going into the contest, which 

was the second-to-the-last game 

of the regular season. He 

reached the scoring standard at 

the free throw line, and the 

occasion was celebrated by 

Charger fans, who displayed 

signs and donned special shirts 

that observed the feat. 

Before the two programs 

merged, Swenson totaled 320 

points as a freshman and sophomore 

for the Goodridge Huskies. 

“Preston’s a power player,” 

said Goodridge/Grygla coach 

Vern Johnson, who used to 

coach against Swenson when he 

directed the Grygla-Gatzke basketball 

program. “He’s a strong 

kid, but he can play in the post 

or outside. He’ll hit the outside 

shots, drive to the basket and 

he’s strong inside.” 

In addition to his all-conference 

honors in basketball, 

Swenson was an all-conference 

football tight end and defensive 

lineman the past two years. 

He plans to attend Northland 

Community and Technical 

College this fall. 

1,000-Point Scorers - Boys 

n Goodridge - Lon Szymanski 1,400; 

Brett Bakken 1,283; Shawn Groven 

1,282; Casey Jones 1,130; Chad Johnson 

1,129; Donavon Quam 1,051; Rick 

Easthouse 1,042; Otto Rubischko 1,007. 

n Grygla-Gatzke - Tomas Loberg 

1,472; Tony Nordby 1,449; Bret Johnson 

1,369; Gavin Nordby 1,073; Shaun 

Verbout 1,011; Jeremy Engelstad 1,007. 

n Goodridge/Grygla - Preston 

Swenson - 1,058 (going into 2012 Section 

8A championship game). 

North Tri-County plans 

2012 Senior Showcase 

event March 26 in RLF 

North Tri-County Conference 

boys high school basketball 

Senior Showcase Game and 

sixth grade Future Stars Games 

will be played Monday, March 

26, at Red Lake Falls. 

The Showcase contest, featuring 

players from Clearbrook- 

Gonvick, Goodridge/Grygla, Red 

Lake County and East Grand 

Forks Sacred Heart, is expected 

to start about 8:15 p.m. 

All-conference selections will 

be announced at that time. 

There will also be a 3-point 

shootout, buzzer-beater competition, 

a halftime half-court 

shooting contest and a 50-50 

drawing. 

Concession stand will be 

open. 

Admission is $2 for adults 

and $1 for students, with all 

proceeds going back to the conference. 

North Border boys & girls 

all-conference list posted 

North Border All-Conference 

boys and girls high school basketball 

teams have been 

announced for 2011-12. 

All-North Border Girls 

n All-conference - (Warren-Alvarado- 

Oslo) Sarah Durand, Angie Erickson, 

Alexandra Erickson; (Northern Freeze) 

Tori Davidson; (Stephen-Argyle) Haley 

Safranski, Kallie Haugen, Courtney 

Gruhot; (Goodridge/Grygla) Sarah 

Kiesow, McKenzie Bakken; (Warroad) 

Krista Friesner; (Roseau) Jasmyn 

Hatlestad; (Badger/Greenbush-Middle 

River) Tori Mekash. 

All-North Border Boys 

n All-conference - (Badger/ 

Greenbush-Middle River) Nick Dostal; 

(Goodridge/Grygla) Preston Swenson, 

Tra Alderete; (Roseau) Matt Huss; 

(Warroad) Ross Merriman, Alan 

Peterson; (Lake of the Woods) Bryan 

Hasbargen; (Northern Freeze) Nick 

Olson, Bea Bothum. 

n Honorable mention - (Badger/ 

Greenbush-Middle River) Jacob 

Anderson, Nathan Hietala; (Goodridge/ 

Grygla) Daniel Polansky; (Roseau) 

Micah VandeWege, Garrett Iverson; 

(Warroad) Kruzer Lunos; Alex Sandahl; 

(Lake of the Woods) Aaron O’Connell, 

Joe Kraft; (Northern Freeze) Dillon 

Dahl. 

The Plummer Snowmobile Club would like to thank all 

the individuals and businesses for their donations 

toward our Annual Safari Ride, all who attended, and 

all the volunteers who made this event happen!! Please 

support the local businesses who graciously donated 

prizes. 

~ MATS ~ 

HARD WOOD PIPELINE MATS 

HEAVY EQUIPMENT 

CONSTRUCTION MATS 

4’x8”x18’ • Grade B and Grade C Available 

USED LAMINATED TRUCK MATS 

8’x6”x16’ 

MANY EQUIPMENT AND TRUCK MATS 

Different Sizes and Grades 

QUANTITY DETERMINES PRICE 

FREE LOADING 

Delivery Available • Call For Rates 

Bar & Grill 

303 Main Avenue North 681-NAIL (6245) Thief River Falls 

The Rusty Nail kitchen is 

OPEN 

Daily Lunch & Dinner Specials • 

Full Menu 

Saturday Burgers 

WIN CASH 

Playing FREE Texas Hold’m 

Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 

Once You’re Here … 

Green 

Register 

to win 2 

Kick’n Up Kountry 

tickets 

given away 

at midnight 

MWF 6 - 8 pm 

$ 

2 Bar Pours 

10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 

St. Patrick’s 

Day Party 

Saturday, 

March 17th 

St. Patricks’ Day 

3 Specials All Day 

Corned Beef & Cabbage 

Shepherd’s Pie 

Lamb Stew 

Open 7 days a week 

Breakfast 7 am - 2 pm 

Lunch & Dinner 11 am - 10 pm 

You’re 

Big Dawg Sunday Buffet 

1907 Hwy 59 SE, Thief River Falls 

218-681-7416 

In 

Serving Breakfast and Lunch Items 

Meatballs, Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes & Veggie 

Adults $ 9 95 •Seniors $ 7 95 •10 & Under $ 3 99 

Beer 

Willy’s Recycle is proud to be an authorized K-BID.com auction 

affiliate specilizing in the consignment of all types of equipment. 

K-BID.com has over 123,000 registered users 

in and around Minnesota. 

218-686-3441 • willysrecycle.com 

Fri & Sat, March 16 th & 17 th 

PICK SIX 

OPEN SUNDAYS 

~ SERVICES ~ 

PAYING TOP DOLLAR 

FOR ALL 

SCRAP METALS 

HAUL AND PAY ON SITE ALL YEAR! 

Nothing Is Too Big For Our Equipment 

DEMOLITION SERVICES 

AND 

STRUCTURAL MOVING 

AVAILABLE 

LICENSED AND INSURED 

Green Beer 

St. Patrick’ s Day 

Sat, Mar 17 

“The Black List” 

Live Music 

9-1 

Drink 

Specials 

while the 

Band 

is Playing 

It! 

16 BEERS ON TAP 

It’s all about the 

temperature 

Bingo at the St. Hilaire Liquor Store 

Bar & Grill starting Friday, Nov. 4 

and every Friday at 6 p.m.! Special 

Attraction - Paddle Wheel Meat 

Drawings throughout the evening. The 

St. Hilaire Community Club sponsors the 

bar bingo at the St. Hilaire Liquor Store Bar and 

Grill. Come early; have a burger from the grill! 

St. Hilaire Municipal 

Liquor Store Bar & Grill 

Sponsored by St. Hilaire Community Club 

(A-01076-002) 

⇐ BEFORE 

AFTER ⇒ 

Call today to schedule your next apointment. 

• Carpet & Upholstery 

• Janitorial Services 

Free Estimates 

Thief River Falls • Satisfaction Guaranteed 

Kilen’s Custom Cleaners 

(218) 681-3911 

• Air Duct Cleaning 

• Stain & Odor Removal 

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Younger adult male Pit Bull mix. 

Found near Greendale Manor. 

If this is your dog, contact Law 

Enforcement at 218-681-6161. 

See You 

Saturday at 

WOOFSTOCK! 

Goodridge Area Fire and Rescue 

8th Annual Fundraiser 


Open House at the Fire Hall 

4:00 - 8:00 p.m. 

MENU: PORK LOIN 

PARSLEY BUTTERED 

POTATOES, VEGETABLE, 

ROLLS, BARS, 

MILK, COFFEE & JUICE 

Dr. Steven Lesmeister 

105 Second St. SW • P.O. Box 265 

McIntosh, MN 56556 • (218) 563-3001 

Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

Accepting New Patients 

Eliza is an adult spayed female 

beautiful blue-eyed cat. 

Shy, looking for quiet home. 

For more information: 

Call Pennington Co. Humane Society 

681-8045 

Web Site: 

www.pawstrf.org 

More Animals Available On Our Web Site. 

Supper at the Goodridge 

Community Center 

4:30 - 7:30 p.m. 

Live Auction at 

Goodridge Municipal Liquor Store 

8:30 p.m. 

Raffle ❉ Silent Auction ❉ Bake Sale 

Lions’ Bacon Raffle 

Board of Animal Health 

License #MN 39638 

Emerald is a female Black Lab 

mix. Loves to be outside where 

she can run & bask in the sun! 

Pennington County 

Humane Society 

PO Box 64 • TRF 

Please Spay Or Neuter Your Pet. 

ST. BERNARD’S SCHOOL 

ST. BERNARD’S SCHOOL 

No injuries 

reported after 

vehicle rolls 

No injuries were reported 

Tuesday morning after a vehicle 

rolled onto its side four miles 

south of Thief River Falls. 

At the time of the accident, 

Valerie J. Bruggeman, 59, Red 

Lake Falls, was driving a 1998 

Ford Explorer northbound on 

Highway 32. Bruggeman lost 

control of the vehicle on the slippery 

highway as the vehicle was 

entering a curve. The vehicle 

then entered the east ditch, 

where it rolled onto its left side. 

Bruggeman was wearing a seat 

belt. 

Bruggeman told a state 

trooper that she knew the highway 

was slippery due to frost. 

She said she was driving slower 

but hadn’t looked at her speed. 

The Minnesota State Patrol 

was dispatched to the scene at 

8:10 a.m. Tuesday. The 

Pennington County Sheriff ’s 

Office provided assistance. 

Elks Lodge to hold 

event Tuesday 

Thief River Falls Elks Lodge 

1308 will hold its annual 

Member/Daughters and Sons 

Night on Tuesday, March 20, 

with a 5:30 p.m. social and 6 

p.m. meal. Elks members are 

invited to bring their children 

and grandchildren to this event. 

The meal costs $6 for members 

and is free for members’ 

daughters and sons. Members 

are asked to RSVP by Monday, 

March 19 by calling 218-681- 

3045. 

SPRING 

DINNER 

Immanuel 

Lutheran Church 

Plummer, MN 

Served at: 

Plummer Community Hall 

Sunday, March 25, 2012 

11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

Menu: Meatballs, Mashed 

Potatoes and Gravy, Vegetable, 

Dessert and Beverage 

Adults: $9 • 10 and Under: $6 

Take-Outs Will Be Available 

Presents 

“A Taste of Italian Plus” 

Saturday, March 31st 

Ralph Engelstad Arena - TRF 

Editorial opinion published under this head ing is intended to stimulate 

thinking and discussion among our readers. Unless speci fied 

other wise, the editorials are written by Editor Dave Hill and do not 

Commemorating 

100 years of Girl Scouts 

Juliette Gordon Low organized the first 

Girl Scout Troop on March 12, 1912, in 

Savannah, Ga. Today, there are 3.2 million 

Girl Scouts - 2.3 million girl members and 

880,000 adult members working primarily 

as volunteers. 

Low believed that “all girls should be 

given the opportunity to develop physically, 

mentally, and spiritually.” She helped 

establish a goal of “bringing girls out of isolated 

home environments and into community 

service and the open air where Girl 

Scouts hiked, played basketball, went on 

camping trips, learned how to tell time by 

the stars, and studied first aid.” 

Times certainly have changed. While 

there may still be impediments or challenges 

facing girls today, they live in a 

much more open society, enjoying the hard 

work and dedication of predecessors, many 

of whom probably participated in Girl 

Scouts. 

Letters To The Editor: The staff of the Northern 

Watch en cour ages written re sponses to editorial comment 

or letters with original thoughts or ideas of general interest. 

Letters should be intended for publication in Northern 

Watch exclusively; letters sent to multiple publications 

will generally not be accepted. Right is reserved to edit letters 

for length and clarity and to reject letters deemed to be 

promotional in nature or in poor taste. 

Letters Must Be Signed: All letters must be signed 

and contain an address or phone number of the writer so 

authenticity can be verified. Signatures must appear on 

letters published. The staff believes that there is greater 

editorial opinions 

Dave Hill, Editor ~ e-mail: dhill@trftimes.com 

policies 

represent opinion of other staff members. Opinions in items from 

other publications may not coincide with the editor’s own views but 

are offered for their general interest. 

In Girl Scouts, girls discover fun, friendship, 

and the power of girls. Not surprisingly, 

they have broken down barriers and 

changed the world. 

Today, we commemorate the 100th 

anniversary of Girl Scouts, and its value to 

girls everywhere and our country. Girl 

Scouting is dedicated to helping girls develop 

their full individual potential, how they 

to relate to others with increasing understanding, 

skill and respect; how they develop 

values to guide their actions and provide 

the foundation for sound decision-making; 

and, Girl Scouts helps youth contribute to 

the improvement of society through their 

abilities, leadership skills, and cooperation 

with others. 

While we join Girl Scouts in celebrating 

their anniversary, we take great pleasure in 

knowing that Girl Scouts have announced 

that they have embarked on a journey to 

develop new strategies that will ensure its 

continued growth and development into the 

future. 

- DHill, editor 

credibility in letters signed in print and will not withhold 

names of writers from publication. 

Responses Invited: Letters critical of individuals or 

other entities may be shown to those individuals or representatives 

of those entities in advance of publication with 

an invitation by newspaper staff for response in the same 

issue as the original letter. 

Corrections: If an error is made in news or advertising 

publication, the staff encourages readers to call it to 

our immediate attention by calling 681-4450. We will 

attempt to correct the error or clarify the misunderstanding 

in the next issue. 

Brennan named Employee of the Month 

Trina Brennan, assistant 

refuge manager, has been 

named Employee of the Month 

at Rydell and Glacial Ridge 

national wildlife refuges. 

Part of her job is to help provide 

and facilitate an enjoyable 

outdoor experience for everyone. 

She assists with a little bit of 

everything – treating invasive 

species, assisting with prescribed 

fires, sprucing up the 

website and Facebook page, 

leading events with local schools 

and the public, taking part in 

What’s T.H.I.S. all about? 

biological surveys and all other 

planning and administrative 

responsibilities. 

Brennan is originally from 

Fergus Falls and has worked for 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service for the past nine years, 

Starting in Bismarck, N.D., she 

worked in acquiring wetland 

and grassland easements for the 

Service within the Division of 

Realty. From there, she ventured 

to the Region 6 Regional 

Office in Denver, Rocky 

Mountain Arsenal National 

Wildlife Refuge (Colorado), 

Charles M. Russell NWR 

(Montana), Marias des Cygnes 

NWR (Kansas), and finally, back 

home to Minnesota, working at 

Rydell and Glacial Ridge NWRs. 

She has worked at the latter for 

just shy of a full year. 

For more information on the 

refuges, go to www.fws.gov/midwest/rydell 

or “like” the Rydell 

Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rydellnwr. 

Schedule of Events: 

3:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Silent Auction 

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Bingo 

4:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Games 

4:30 p.m. - Dinner Begins 

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Live Auction 

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Kids’ Movies 

Adult Meal: $7 - 2 slices of St. Bernard’s Famous Pizza, salad, ice cream & beverage 

Children’s Meal: $4 - 1 slice of St. Bernard’s Famous Pizza, salad, ice cream & beverage 

Extra Slices of Pizza $2 • Italian Sodas Available 

Auction Items Include: 

• 32GB Apple Ipad2 

• Kindle Fire 

• Clam Summit 6x7 Portable Fish House 

• Showdown 5.6 Digital Fish Finder 

• Viper 2-way Auto Start Plus Installation 

• GKS II Snowshoes and Carrying Case 

• Stihl F4 45 Weed/Grass Trimmer 

• University of Minnesota Gophers Autographed Jersey 

• Children’s Wooden Play House - Eidelbes Construction 

• Everything-You-Need-For-Camping Basket 

• Shooting Star Package Plus Entertainment 

• Horse Riding Lessons Package - The He Reigns Ranch 

• Mall of America Fun Package 

• Flooring Package - Paint & Glass Interiors 

• Motor Coach Tour Voucher - Bergen Travel 

• Prowler Activities All-Sports Pass 

• 3 One-month Memberships - Thief River Falls Tae Kwon Do 

• 3 Months of Internet Service - Sjoberg’s Cable TV 

• 6 Months of Residential Service - Les’s Sanitation 

Saint Ber nard’s School 

Growing in 

faith 

• Gourmet Dinner for 8 with Bishop Hoeppner at Chancery in Crookston 

THANK YOU TO ALL DONORS 

Not All Items Listed. 

All Proceeds to Benefit Operations of St. Bernard’s School 

Not responsible for errors or omissions 

Go to mcmullensales.com/autions or stbernardstrf.org 

for a listing of auction items. 

Auction Booklets with full listings available at the school and at the event. 

TR F 

Gift Certificate 

Raffle 

50/50 Cash Raffle 

The Lincoln High School Choral Department 

visited Friendship Village in Bloomington 

recently and sang with the facility’s choir. The 

activity was one of the activities included in 

the choir’s philanthropic effort called T.H.I.S. 

Watch for more events. 

T.H.I.S. movement sings with the elderly 

The Lincoln High School 

Choral Department is proud 

to be fulfilling various philanthropic 

efforts this school 

year. Their efforts this year 

include visiting various 

LifeCare and/or assisted living 

facilities. 

The choir made its first 

stop at an assisted living facility 

in Bloomington. 

Friendship Village has partnered 

up with the Lincoln 

High School choirs for the 

past two years. Each year, the 

choir makes a trip to the 

Metro area to perform at various 

facilities. The residents at 

Friendship Village are especially 

eager to have the choir 

visit them due to the fact that 

they to have a choir. The choir 

at the facility is called Sing 

For Your Life. The 90-plus 

Concert Choir and 

Swingsations members 

teamed up with the Sing For 

Your Life choir to perform for 

family and friends of the residents 

at Friendship Village. 

The choirs met for lunch 

and visited for the first hour 

and then proceeded to practice 

prior to the informal concert. 

The students visited with old 

and new friends that were at 

the facility. Some of the students 

remembered residents 

from the previous year and got 

caught up on what was going 

on in each other’s lives. 

The rehearsing took about 

15 minutes, and before long, 

there was a nice family crowd 

gathered to hear the young 

and old sing together and celebrate 

life! 

There were many hugs and 

handshakes given out before 

the two-and-a-half hour visit 

was done. The choir had to 

promise to come back next 

year and to sing even more 

songs with the Sing For Your 

Life Choir. 

On the bus ride home, 

many of the students told of 

their personal stories of visiting 

with the residents. The 

young high school singers 

could not believe how grateful 

the residents were to have the 

choir in their home and how 

they simply loved the act of 

singing with the students. 

Many of the students said 

that they would probably be 

doing the same thing when 

they became that age. They 

even could see themselves in 

some of the residences due to 

their love of music. 

More performances 

The LHS Choir members 

will be making their way to 

Greenbush on March 20 to 

sing for and visit with the residents 

of the Greenbush 

LifeCare Center. They will 

also be setting a date to sing 

for and visit with the residents 

in the Thief River Care 

Center.

Saturday, March 17, 2012 THE CLASSIFIEDS Page 9 - Northern Watch 

The Classifieds 

Help Wanted 

Part-time Personal Care Attendant 

position open ~ Warren area: Must pass 

criminal background check, no lifting 

required. Apply online at www.ipi-inc.net 

or call 888-481-3506. 6t27c 

fArm HelP near Halma and Florian: 

Full-time, mechanical experience preferred, 

benefits. Call 218-201-0400 or 

218-201-0600. FP8t32p 

Secretary/receptionist Wanted: Parttime 

(2-3 days/week). Requires experience 

with WP/Word, handling incoming 

calls, talking with customers, accurately 

completing various forms, working independently 

and with others. Send resume 

to: Offer 3048, c/o The Times, P.O. Box 

100, Thief River Falls, MN 56701. 

CHS Ag Services ~ Badger: Need 2 

truck drivers for the Spring season and 1 

laborer position. Call Jim for details: 218- 

528-3205. F3t26c 

PArt-/full-time Cook, waitress and 

doorman needed. Apply in person, Rusty 

Nail, 307 Main Ave. N., Thief River Falls. 

**** DriVerS • regionAl WorK **** 

Excellent earnings! CPC Logistics, Inc. is 

hiring tanker tractor-trailer drivers for a 

private fleet operation based in Thief 

River Falls, MN. Drivers will be assigned 

to the Northwest Food Products 

Operation, a subsidiary of Land O’Lakes. 

Work consists of picking up milk on farms 

and delivering it to the local dairies. 

Regular routes are assigned after training 

is completed. Class A CDL with a tanker 

endorsement is required. Mileage rate is 

38¢/mile 5 years T/T experience; 

36¢/mile 2+ years T/T experience. Health 

insurance with dependent coverage and 

dental, life and disability insurance and 

prescription card provided. No touch 

freight • Home every night • 401k pension 

program • Paid holidays and vacation • 

Late model equipment ~ Applicants must 

be over 23 years old, have a minimum 1 

year tractor-trailer tanker experience 

and meet all DOT requirements. Contact 

CPC Logistics @ 1-800-914-3755 or 

email resume to b.kriel@callcpc.com 

CArrier BoyS and Girls wanted to 

deliver the Northern Watch each Friday 

evening. Great starter job, must be at 

least 11 years old. Stop in at The Times 

for an application. 324 Main Ave. N., TRF. 

DriVerS… The #1 Home Furnishing 

Company in the world, Ashley 

Distribution, is growing in the Grand 

Forks area! Average $65k/year! Weekly 

Home Time • Great Benefits • Job 

Security • Requires CDL-A, ability to 

enter Canada, 1 year OTR experience, 

clean MVR • 1-800-837-2241 • 8am-4pm 

CST for application 4t25p 

Pt Consumer Counselor ~ roseau: 

Prairie Community Services has an opening 

for a caring person to work with developmentally 

disabled adults in the warm 

atmosphere of a home. The position 

includes morning and evening shifts and 

every other weekend, approximately 50 

hours per 2-week pay period. Starting 

wage is $9.60/hour with a 50¢ differential 

on weekends (15¢ extra for CNAs). Must 

be able to pass CPR certification and 

medication training, both provided by 

PCS. You will need a valid driver’s license 

and a clean driving record to be eligible 

for hire, and must pass a background 

check. For more information, please contact 

Heidi @ 218-463-1047. (AA/EOE) 

lo Boy Driver, Dozer and Excavator 

Operators needed: Call Gary @ 218-465- 

4249. 8t25p 

WelDerS, Steel and Aluminum: 

Beamco Inc./BMI MFG has full-time 

openings for the position of Welders, 

steel and aluminum, in our busy Argyle 

and Oslo, MN locations. Please call 218- 

965-4660 Ext. 3# or mail a resume/ 

request for application to: Beamco Inc., 

20487 470th Avenue NW, Oslo, MN 

56744 or accounting@beamco.biz. 

HELP WANTED: 

Help Wanted 

CHS Salol 

Elevators 

has a full-time 

Laborer position with 

benefits available in our 

Greenbush location. 

Please contact 

Lavern (218) 782-2111 

Toll-free (800) 626-2401 

gooD SAmAritAn Warren now hiring: 

$1,000 sign-on bonus for all nursing 

positions ~ (1) RN Supervisor fulltime 

(32-40 hours/week), rotating shifts, 

every other weekend, every other holiday. 

(1) LPN Supervisor full-time (36 

hours/week), day shift, every other weekend, 

every other holiday. (1) Certified 

Nursing Assistant full-time (32-40 

hours/week), evening shift, every other 

weekend, every other holiday. (1) 

Certified Medication Aide/Rehab 

Assistant full-time (32-40 hours/week), 

day shift. Must have current CMA and be 

currently qualified Rehab Assistant. Apply 

online at good-sam.com. For more information, 

call Tracy Mosloff, RN, DNS @ 

218-745-5282 ~ EOE 16tfc 

ASSiStAnt CooK for Thief River Falls 

LSS Senior Meals Program: 18.5 hours 

per week, benefits. Call Carol @ 218- 

745-5988 for an application. EOE 4t22c 

BAr mAnAger, cooks and servers 

needed: Full- and part-time. Call Mark or 

Lisa @ 218-437-8555. 4t22p 

DietAry AiDe: Warren Good Samaritan 

has an opening for a part-time Dietary 

Aide, about 50 hours every 2 weeks and 

includes rotating weekends and holidays. 

More hours may be available to cover 

vacations. For more information, call 

Elizabeth Anderson @ 218-745-5282. Fill 

out an application at www.good-sam.com 

~ Equal Opportunity Employer/AA 

WAreHouSe PerSonnel ~ 

Immediate part-time opening: Individuals 

must be honest, personable, have a valid 

driver's license and clean driving record. 

Major duties include deliveries and loading/unloading 

freight. Weekend shifts 

required. Apply at Slumberland Furniture, 

1875 Hwy 59 South, Thief River Falls. 

team Drivers needed: Run from 

Karlstad, MN area to Miami, FL every 

week with 53’ reefer trailer. Guaranteed 

4200 miles/week. Home every weekend. 

Two years verifiable experience required. 

Must be dependable and have excellent 

references. Call 218-436-4695 for more 

information. F12tfc 

AmBitiouS, DePenDABle person 

with CDL license to work with underground 

utility construction. Call Randy @ 

218-201-0733 ~ Trudell Contracting 

Part-Time Evening Cook: 30 hours per 2-week pay 

period. Shift includes every other weekend plus fill-in 

as needed with holiday rotation required. 

Join our team of experts 

in providing end-of-life 

care and support! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELP WANTED 

Ericco Tool & Manufacturing of Viking, is taking applications for 

Production Workers for day and night shifts. We are looking for 

energetic and hardworking individuals to work the production season. 

Required to be 18+ years of age. Applications can be obtained at: 

21005 220th Ave. NW, Viking, MN (17 miles West on Hwy. 1) 

or call Mike at (218) 523-5600 

Oakland Park 

Communities 

If interested, pick up an application from the 

Business Office at Oakland Park Communities 

or contact the Dietary Supervisor 

at 218-681-1675 for more information. 

Oakland Park Communities, 123 Baken St., Thief River Falls, MN 56701 • 218-681-1675 

Equal Opportunity Employer. 

HELP WANTED 

Night Production Supervisor 

CNC Programming experience required. CNC training skills preferred. 

Good work ethic and communication skills a must. 

Must be motivated and trustworthy. 

For an employment application and a full job description 

contact Mike Sorteberg at Ericco Tool & Mfg. or call 218-523-5600 

BMI MFG/BEAMCO is looking for full-time general laborer/ 

assemblers to fill multiple positions for our metal fabrication and 

welding plants, located in Argyle and Oslo, Minnesota. Candidate must 

be able to lift 50+ pounds and have mechanical aptitude. No experience 

is required. Must be a minimum of 18 years of age and have a High 

School Diploma or GED. Benefits include: 401K, vacation, paid 

holidays, flex health spending account. 

Red Lake County Central High School is accepting applications for 

a full-time 7-12 English/Language Arts teaching position beginning 

with the 2012-13 school year. Position opening is due to a retirement, 

so position is secure for the future. Preference will be given to 

applicants with qualifications and willingness to be involved in 

academic and/or athletic extra-curricular programs. 

To apply, send letter of application, resume, 

transcripts, 3 reference letters and licensure to: 

Jim Guetter 

Superintendent RLCC Schools 

P.O. Box 100 

Oklee, MN 56742 

Application deadline: April 9, 2012 

Inquiries and questions can be addressed by calling 218-796-5136 

or emailing rlccsupt@gvtel.com. School Website: 

http://www.oklee.k12.mn.us 

H illcrest 

S enior 

L iving 

BEAMCO INC. 

jenniferyanish@beamco.biz 

20487 470th Ave NW, Oslo, MN 56744 

Ph: 218-965-4660 ex. 7# ~ Fax: 218-965-4902 

HELP WANTED 

Klipping Brother’s Construction Co. 

in Red Lake Falls is looking for experienced carpenters. 

Wage depending on experience, must be 18 years old to apply. 

We may be considering summer help as well. 

We will be accepting applications until March 25th. 

Please send resume or get application at: 

cjklipping@gvtel.com 

Dietary Aide Wanted 

Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine has openings in the 

Nutrition Services Department as a dietary aide. Benefits 

include paid time off, pension plan and flex plan. 

Contact Jordan Spiekermeier 

Director of Nutrition Services at 218-687-2365. 

Applications can be printed from our website at 

www.pioneercarecenter.com 

or picked up at the front office of Pioneer. 

EEO/AA 

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING A 

DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A SENIOR, 

WE HAVE A FULFILLING JOB FOR YOU! 

Hillcrest Senior Living is a small, close-knit 

facility, whose employees are known by name 

and residents are cared for in a respectful manner. 

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT 

Full-Time Evenings: This position will be full-time, 72-80 hours per 

two-week pay period. This position is scheduled 2:00 pm - 10:30 pm. 

Every other weekend and holiday rotation is required. PTO, 401k, life 

and health benefits are available as well as optional accident and dental. 

Part-Time Evenings: This position will be part-time, 32-40 hours per 

two-week pay period. This position is scheduled 2 pm - 10:30 pm. Every 

other weekend and holiday rotation is required. PTO benefits are available. 

Part-Time Nights: This position will be part-time, 40 hours per two-week 

pay period. This position is scheduled 10:00 pm - 6:30 am. Every other 

weekend and holiday rotation is required. PTO benefits are available. 

PAID TRAINING MAY BE AVAILABLE 

Interested persons may apply in person by completing an 

application or an application can be mailed. If interested or 

have questions, please call Carolyn Roff, Director of Nursing 

or Jill Farbo, RN Charge Nurse at (218) 253-2157. 

Hillcrest Senior Living is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Hillcrest Senior Living, 311 Broadway Avenue NE, Red Lake Falls, MN 56750 

HAYES LAKE STATE PARK 

is hiring for the following part-time seasonal position: 

Buildings and Grounds Worker/Security 

80% end of April to September, $12.90-$16.97 hourly 

Job duties include routine cleaning and maintenance of park 

grounds/buildings, security and greeting park visitors. Requires Class 

D driver’s license and ability to work nights, weekends and holidays. 

Please apply online https://statejobs.doer.state.mn.us/ 

Please call the Park for more information at 218-425-7504 

Minnesota Greenleaf Senior Living 

is looking to fill 

ALL POSITIONS AND ALL SHIFTS 

An interest in working with older adults and a caring attitude is 

required. These positions include every other weekend with a holiday 

rotation. MN Greeleaf offers: A friendly working environment, 

competitive pay, paid time off and health insurance. 

Pick up application during regular business hours at 

Minnesota Greenleaf 

MN 

1006 Greenwood Street East 


Senior Living 

(218) 681-1685 

SURGERY SCHEDULER 

REGISTRATION ASST. POSITION 

Sanford Medical Center - TRF 

Sanford Medical Center is seeking a full-time Surgery Scheduler/Registration Asst. 

position. Previous experience in a medical setting is required. Applicants must 

have knowledge of medical terminology and operating room procedures. Must 

have strong organizational skills, knowledge of various software applications and 

excellent customer service skills. 

Full benefit package including paid time off, group health, dental and vision 

insurance, 401k, flexible spending accounts and short-/long-term disability. 

Send completed Sanford TRF application to: Human Resources Dept, 

Sanford Medical Center, 120 LaBree Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN 56701 

(218) 683-4407 or e-mail HumanResourcesTRF@sanfordhealth.org 

to request application. 

Sanford Health is an AA/EOE and Drug/Smoke-Free Workplace 

INSTRUCTOR/ADVISOR 

#12-246 9½ month (August 16-May 31) position dependent on grant funding. Requires Bachelor’s 

degree in Education, Social Work or related field; a valid driver’s license and ability to operate a 

motor vehicle; demonstrated excellence in interpersonal communication; ability to lift 25 lbs.; 

occasional overnight travel; Criminal History Background Check. Prefer a Master’s degree in 

Education, Social Work or related field; experience in teaching/counseling in classroom 

presentations grades 6-12; ability to implement workshops in the areas of career exploration, 

financial aid and areas enhancing academic success; ability to network with public school personnel; 

experience with TRIO Programs; background/experience with low-income, first generation college 

populations. Complete job description and application are available at 

www.humanresources.und.edu. To apply, refer to position title and posting number, send 

application, letter of interest and resume to: Human Resources, University of North Dakota, 

Twamley Hall Room 313, 264 Centennial Drive Stop 8010, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8010. 

SALARY: $16.76 plus/hour 

CLOSING DATE: 03/28/2012 

EOE/AA 

The Parks and Recreation Department, City of Thief 

River Falls has the following openings for the 2012 

summer season. The workweek hours and days may 

vary throughout the summer for these positions. 

Applications are available at the Parks and Recreation 

Office located in the Ralph Engelstad Arena (525 

Brooks Avenue North). 

3 

Little League Baseball Coaches 

MEC Concession Workers 

Park Maintenance 

Deadline for applications is: 

4:00 p.m., Thursday, March 29, 2012 

City of Thief River Falls, MN 

An Equal Opportunity Employer. 

LINDHOLM WELDING 

IS SEEKING 

Truck Driver/Laborer 

MUST HAVE CLASS A LICENSE AND CLEAN DRIVING RECORD. 

MUST BE ABLE TO PASS D.O.T. AND ALCOHOL TEST. 

BE ABLE TO LIFT 100 LBS. 

MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE HELPFUL. 

APPLY AT 

LINDHOLM WELDING INC. 

1325 Main Avenue North • Thief River Falls, MN 56701 

CASE MANAGER POSITION 


Sanford Medical Center is seeking a full-time Case Manager at the 

Northern Lights Group Home. Applicants must have Master’s degree in 

behavioral sciences or related field; one year work experience in providing 

services to mentally ill persons; must have general knowledge of 

psychological, vocational, rehabilitative and habilitative approaches to 

work with the mentally ill. 



Send completed Sanford TRF application to: 

Human Resources Department, Sanford Medical Center 

120 LaBree Avenue South, Thief River Falls, MN 56701 


to request an application. 

EOE 

Norbord Minnesota Inc., a leading manufacturer of Oriented 

Strand Board (OSB) located in Solway, MN is currently accepting 

applications from qualified individuals for the positions of: 

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN - $22 - $27/hr 

Incumbent will provide electrical support of Mill Operations. 

Knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, RS Logix and Panelview software 

packages preferred. 

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC - $22 – $27/hr 

Incumbent will provide technical mechanical support of Mill 

Operations. Knowledge of Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Power Transmission 

Components, and Precision Maintenance Practices preferred. 

PROCESS POSITIONS - $17 – $24/hr 

Individuals with the following qualifications are encouraged to apply: 

• H.S. Graduate or equivalent. 

• 3-5 years of verifiable work experience. 

• Strong mechanical aptitude. 

• Able and willing to work rotating shifts. 

Interested candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment 

physical and drug screen. 

Norbord Minnesota Inc. offers an excellent benefit package which 

includes 401(k) and profit sharing plan. 

Applications may be submitted through the MN Workforce Center 

at 1301 Highway 1 E, Thief River Falls or www.minnesotaworks.net. 

Interested candidates may also fax resumes 

to Human Resources at 218-751-2075. 

Norbord Minnesota Inc. is located at 

4409 Northwood Rd. NW, Solway MN 56678. 

Norbord Minnesota Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Custodian (full time and part time) 

Responsibilities: 

 

 

 

 

 

Requirements: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGIKEY.COM/CAREERS


HEAD CUSTODIAN OPENING 

The Win-E-Mac School District has an employment opportunity available 

for a Head Custodian. This is a full-time position (8 hours per day, 260 

days per year) beginning June 1, 2012. Benefits include single health 

insurance, life and long-term disability insurance, PERA and paid time 

off. Candidate should possess knowledge in electrical and building 

maintenance. Salary will be commensurate with experience. 

Interested individuals should send 

a letter of application and resume to: 

Win-E-Mac Public School, Randy Bruer, Superintendent 

23130 345th St. SE, Erskine, MN 56535 

218-563-2900 • rbruer@win-e-mac.k12.mn.us 

The position is open until filled. 

ISD #2609 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Sanford Medical Center TRF 

is currently seeking to fill 

the following positions: 

Part-Time OB RN positions available. Preferred skills for OB include ACLS, PALS 

and Neonatal Resuscitation. Current MN RN license required. 

Part-Time Critical Care RN positions available. Preferred skills for ICU/ER include 

ACLS, PALS, Neonatal Resuscitation and TNCC certifications. Current MN RN license 

required. 

Part-Time Care Tech positions available to work closely with nursing staff to support 

patient care activities. Requires high school diploma or equivalent, knowledge of 

medical terminology, basic computer/office equipment skills and excellent interpersonal 

skills. Previous experience in patient care related position and EMT or CNA certification 

preferred. Basic Life Support required. 

All positions rotate through a 12-hour block schedule with weekend and holiday coverage. 

Full benefit package including paid time off, group health, dental and vision insurance, 

401k, flexible spending accounts and short-/long-term disability. 

Apply to: Human Resources Dept, Sanford Medical Center 

120 LaBree Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN 56701 (218) 683-4407 

or e-mail HumanResourcesTRF@sanfordhealth.org to request application. 


Human Resources Director/Business Office Manager 

Thief River Care Center is looking for a talented, highly motivated 

person for our Human Resource department and business office 

in our 70 Bed skilled nursing facility. 

Responsible for recruiting, hiring and orientation of new staff. 

Ensures MN and Federal guidelines are followed as well as 

completing payroll for employees. 

Educates staff on benefits, process workers compensation and 

follows EEO and OSHA requirements. 

Processes and educates residents and family on the billing 

requirement, depositing checks, balancing budgets and collecting 

overdue balances. 

Requires effective oral and written communication skills using 

excellent interpersonal relationship skills and be able to work with 

multiple computer programs and software. Must be detail oriented 

and possess good mathematical abilities. Must possess the 

ability to exercise good judgment and be well organized. 

3-5 years’ experience in HR/Management necessary. 

Please contact Michele Halvorson, 218-683-8101 or 

mhalvorson@trcc.sfhs.org to apply or to find out more 

information. 

Supervisor, Product Distribution Center 

Customer Support/Exceptions 

Position Overview: 

Supervise employees and direct the tasks of the Customer Support/Exceptions team 

in the Product Distribution Center (PDC), leading to effective problem resolution and 

quality results. 

Responsibilities: 

Work closely with the PDC leadership team to identify, develop, and implement 

continuous improvements related to Customer Support and Exceptions 

Coordinate staffing, employee assignments and employee training to meet 

current and projected workloads. Provide cross training to assure maximum 

flexibility in conducting operations 

Develop and update (as necessary) comprehensive operating procedures in 

accordance with ISO standards 

Provide leadership, mentoring and coaching to employees 

Act as liaison between Sales, Customer Service, and PDC to satisfy customer 

requests and provide customer information in a timely and accurate manner 

Provide employees with a positive work environment and coach employees 

for performance improvement 

Must be flexible and available to process urgent customer issues as required 

Attain knowledge of entire Digi-Key operation, which may include areas 

outside of the PDC 

Other tasks as assigned or required 

Requirements/Skills: 

Able to work independently and make decisions with little or no supervision 

Proven leadership skills (including past supervisory experience) and ability to 

lead by example 

Able to delegate effectively 

Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication skills 

Demonstrated past experience successfully collaborating with customers, 

suppliers, and internal resources 

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly the ability to enter data, summarize 

information, and prepare basic graphs in Excel 

Excellent problem solving skills and ability to implement solutions 

Willingness to continually embrace personal and professional development 

To apply for this or other available opportunities, visit 

DIGIKEY.COM/CAREERS 

Digi-Key is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. 

Q 

Sanford Medical Center is seeking a full-time Guest Services Greeter. High school 

diploma or equivalent is required. Applicants must be outgoing, have a desire to 

help others, have good attendance and be reliable with a strong work ethic. 

Excellent customer service skills are required. 



Send completed Sanford TRF application to: Human Resources Dept, 

Sanford Medical Center, 120 LaBree Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN 56701 


to request application. 


Equipment Operators 

and Laborers 

Equipment Operators and Laborers 

needed for aggregate operations. 

Competitive pay and benefits. 

Must possess a current driver’s license, 

pass pre-employment and 

random drug testing. 

Apply online at STRATA.JOBS 

or call (218) 268-4112 for more info. 

3 

EASY 

WAYS 

TO 

MAKE 

EXTRA 

CASH 

WORKING RIGHT IN YOUR 

OWN TRF NEIGHBORHOOD 

1 

2 

NOW RECRUITING 

FAMILY 

CARRIERS 

• Great Family Activity 

• Once-A-Week Delivery 

• Earn Extra Money for 

future vacation 

• Additional income for 

your child’s college fund 

• Sign On Bonus 

NOW RECRUITING 

SENIOR 

CARRIERS 

• Great Outdoor Fitness 


• Earn Extra Money 

• No Collections 

• Great Social Interaction 

] 

Strata Corporation is an EOE/AA Employer. 

Qualified women and minorities 

encouraged to apply. 

681-4450 

GUEST SERVICES GREETER 


DFA, a Duty Free Retailer, is 

NOW HIRING! 

FULL-TIME & PART-TIME SALES ASSOCIATES 

Part-Time Associates $500 Sign-On Bonus! 

Full-Time Associates $750 Sign-On Bonus! 

(Payable after 6 months of active employment) 

Qualified candidates will have great customer service skills as well as 

cash handling. Full-Time Benefits include: Health/Dental/Vision/Life 

E 

and 401k with company match! 

Join our team today! Apply in person: 

663 W. Stutsman St., Pembina, ND 58271 

EOE M/F/D/V 

Multiple Positions! 

in Thief River Falls 


681-4450 

3NOW RECRUITING 

YOUTH 

CARRIERS 

• Earn Extra Money 

• No Collections 


• Learn Responsibility 

• Great Entry Into Work Force 


681-4450 

Call Today! 681-4450 

or Apply at The Times, 324 Main Ave. N., Thief River Falls 

Help Wanted 

PRODUCTION 

WORKERS 

Northern Pride, Inc. 

is now 

accepting applications. 

Competitive Pay, Bonus, 401k. 

Apply @ 

401 Conley Ave. S., 


or phone 

218-681-1201, x11. 

Human Resources/Payroll Clerk: 

RiverView Health has an opening for a 

full-time Human Resources/Payroll Clerk. 

The primary responsibilities of this position 

are the administration of the work 

related injury program, inputting data on 

the Human Resources software and 

maintaining the central employee health 

record system and personnel files. 

Position will assist in the processing of 

the bi-weekly payroll and will be the primary 

backup for the payroll function. 

Preferred candidate will have a minimum 

of two years payroll experience and previous 

healthcare human resources experience. 

Must have good computer skills 

and excellent communication skills. We’ll 

reward you with competitive wages, 

excellent benefits and a friendly work 

environment. If interested, contact: 

RiverView Health, Human Resources, 

323 S. Minnesota, Crookston, MN 56716- 

1600 ~ 218-281-9409 ~ 

jtate@riverviewhealth.org ~ We are an 

equal opportunity employer. 2t19c 

DEPENDABLE PART-TIME 

HELP WANTED 

EVERY FRIDAY BEGINNING AT 10 A.M. 

DUTIES INCLUDE: Working On The Automatic Inserter, 

Bagging and Mailing the Northern Watch Newspaper 

REQUIREMENTS: Ability To Lift 60 Lbs. Repetitively; 

Must Be 18 Or Older 

STOP IN AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AT 

324 Main Avenue North • Thief River Falls, MN • (218) 681-4450 

badgeR, mn Post Office is accepting 

applications for the position of Rural 

Carrier Associate (RCA). RCAs are 

responsible for the delivery and collection 

of US Mail, working part-time when regular 

rural carriers have scheduled days off 

or vacation days. RCAs also sell stamps, 

supplies and money orders. The RCA will 

work Saturdays; other workdays and 

hours will vary. The beginning salary is 

$19.45 per hour. Contact Nancy Kaml, 

OIC, at 218-528-3500 for more information. 

Apply online at 

http://usps.com/employment ~ The US 

Postal Service is an Equal Opportunity 

Employer. F2t22c 

Relief Head Cook for Thief River Falls 

LSS Senior Meal Program: Flexible 

hours, benefits. Food service certification 

preferred but not mandatory. Call Carol 

@ 218-745-5988 for an application. EOE 

family bOWl seeks part-time help: 

Apply in person at Hwy 32 South in Thief 

River Falls. 

65tfc 

daycare 

full-time/PaRt-time openings for 

daycare: Fun activities, TLC. Would like 

to fill spot ASAP, call 218-681-4514. 

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Health Care 

PelviC/tRansvaginal mesH? Did 

you undergo transvaginal placement of 

mesh for pelvic organ prolapse or stress 

urinary incontinence between 2005 and 

present time? If the patch required 

removal due to complications, you may 

be entitled to compensation. Call 

Johnson Law and speak with female staff 

members: 1-800-535-5727. 1t22c 

for Rent 

One bedROOm apartment on main 

floor: Washer/dryer on site. No pets. 

$500/month plus utilities, 218-686-0738. 

P4t25p 

studiO aPaRtment: Clean, good 

location, lots of storage. No pets, no 

smoking, 218-681-4290 or 218-686- 

7638. P4t23p 

At Polaris, making great products is not just a job; 

it is a way of life. 

Full-time Assembly Operator Positions 

• Starting at $12.34 - $12.84 / hour 

• 1st and 2nd Shifts Available 

• Career track / Temp to hire 

for Rent 

24’x76’ COmmeRCial PROPeRty: 

Great, high traffic location, 320 Main 

Avenue North in TRF. Will remodel to suit 

renter. For more information, call 218- 

681-4450. 2tfe 

landmark Center and landmark West 

in Warren, mn: Efficiency and 1-bedroom 

apartments with community room 

and guest unit. Heat, water and electricity 

included. Income based rent (with rent 

cap). Call 218-745-4858 or stop in to view 

at 411 N. 4th Street, Warren, MN. Equal 

Housing Opportunity 18tfc 

thief River falls ~ summerfield Place 

has 2-bedroom apartments available in 

the multi-family townhouses. Amenities 

include washer/dryer, dish-washer and 

central air. Heat paid. Garage available. 

Call 218-681-5194 ~ EHO 16tfc 

ROOmmate Wanted: Smoke- and 

alcohol-free, $300/month plus deposit. 

Call evenings: 218-686-1471. P4t23p 

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 

Located at 121 Second St. W., 

Thief River Falls. Contact 

Ronald Winter at (218) 681-7144 

OakWOOd HOmes in karlstad, mn 

has 1-bedroom apartments available. 

Receive a 42” flat screen tv when 

you sign a 1-year lease. Rent is based 

on 30% of your income. Certain income 

restrictions apply. For more information, 

contact DW Jones Management at 1- 

800-810-2853 ~ Creating Better Living ~ 

www.dwjonesmanagement.com ~ Equal 

Housing Opportunity F91tfc 

in aRgyle, Pacific Avenue Apartments 

under new ownership: Two bedrooms 

with garage, $500/month. March move-in 

specials! Call 218-689-6842. 2P8t22p 

sunrise apartments: Now accepting 

applications for efficiency and 1-bedroom 

apartments. For information, call 218- 

686-7321. 17tfc 

apartments, Red lake falls: 1 and 2 

bedroom and efficiency available. All utilities 

included. Non-HUD. Dan: 218-684- 

5135. P4t22p 

quiet aPaRtments: 1 & 3 bedrooms, 

utilities paid. Non-HUD, no pets. 

Deposit/references/lease. Call 218-681- 

2863 

3Rd flOOR apartment: Private entrance 

and yard, washer, dryer, stove, refrigerator 

and garage. Two blocks from downtown. 

No pets, $495/month plus utilities. 

One year lease, available April 1st. Call 

218-689-7228 or 218-681-3949. P4t25p 

Hud aPPROved ~ St. Hilaire 1-bedroom 

apartment. Available now! Call 218- 

686-4284. 2t21p 

sunrise view apartments in Warren, 

MN has 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments 

available. Newly remodeled inside and 

out. All utilities paid. Nonsmoking building, 

no pets allowed. Call 218-436-4695. 

29tfc 

mObile HOme: 2 bedroom with washer 

and dryer. No pets. Call 218-686-8774. 

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Red lake falls, for sale or rent: Newly 

remodeled 1987 Friendship 16x80: 3 

bedrooms, 2 full baths. Call for details: 

218-523-3253 after 7 p.m. 2P8t29p 

NORTHLAND VILLAGE 

IN THIEF RIVER FALLS 

3 Bedroom Apartment 

$664/month 


$586/month 


$492/month 

Efficiency Apartment 

$385/month 

• All utilities included in rent 

• Newly remodeled 

• Hardwood floors 

Income restrictions apply 

Contact Croix Management at 

651-465-6841 

Equal Housing Opportunity 

mObile HOme with 3 bedrooms for rent. 

Available April 1st. Call 218-686-1340. 

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1-bedROOm HOuse, newly remodeled 

and 1-bedroom apartment: No pets, no 

smoking, non-HUD. References/deposit, 

218-681-6797. 20tfc 

small 1-bedROOm house with 

attached garage: Available April 1st, 

$525/month. Call 218-689-8010 or 218- 

689-8110. 2t22p 

200+ Select Staffing Associates hired 

to full-time positions in 2011! 

FIND YOUR 

WAY OUT TODAY AT: www.applytopolaris.com 

EOE


www.sollie.net • www.sollie.net • www.sollie.net • 

www.sollie.net • www.sollie.net 

#3745 

For rent 

skylite apartments: Residential 

apartment living at it’s best! Quality HUD 

subsidized 1st floor apartments with private 

entry doors, large commons with 

gardens, beauty shop and gazebo, utilities 

paid. Facility preference is for seniors, 

handicapped or persons with disabilities. 

Income limits apply. Applications for 

future housing may be picked up at the 

Skylite Office, 415 Arnold Ave. S., Thief 

River Falls, between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 

p.m. Monday through Friday. Equal 

Housing Opportunity. 65tfc 

2-bedroom HoUse near middle 

school: 1 bath, 2-car detached garage, 

washer/dryer, deck. All new carpet and 

remodeled bathroom. No smoking, no 

pets. References and 1-month deposit 

required, $750/month. Call 218-616-0494 

or 218-779-9484. 3t22p 

TRF 

MINI STORAGE 

FOR RENT 

3 SIZES 

CALL 

681-6427 

grygla Family Housing Under new 

management! We have immediate openings 

for 3 bedroom townhomes. Rent is 

$440/month plus security deposit. Your 

new home comes with a dishwasher, 

central air conditioning, garage and 

washer/dryer hookups. DW Jones 

Managment, Inc. • Creating Better Living 

• 800-810-2853 • www. dwjonesmanagement.com 

• Income restrictions apply • 

Equal housing opportunity, Minnesota 

Relay System 711 97tfc 

great location Hwy 59 South for 

small business, offices, daycare, etc. 

Available April 1st. Call 218-686-6865. 

FOR RENT 

Two Bedroom 

Apartment 

AVAILABLE APRIL 1 

No Pets or Smokers. 

Solheim Properties 

Call (218) 681-5032 

manufactured Homes 

2006 Homark 28x36 Hide-A-Way 

Lodge manufactured home located in 

Park Community in Thief River Falls: This 

2 bedroom, 1 bath home includes washer, 

dryer, fridge, stove, dishwasher, central 

air, insulated skirting and storage 

shed. Affordably priced at $53,000 with 

occupancy available within 4 weeks. 

Contact Northwestern Homes @ 218- 

681-3435. 17tfc 

For sale (to be moved) or For 

rent: 2009 Schult manufactured home, 

around 1800 sq.ft., 3 bedroom, 2 bath 

very well maintained home for sale to be 

moved or for rent where it sits. Comes 

with see-thru fireplace, all stainless steel 

appliances, barely used washer and 

dryer located in mud room. Big master 

bedroom with huge walk-in closet, double 

sinks, huge garden tub and large standup 

shower. Paid around $100,000 and 

asking $72,000/obo. Rent would be 

$800/month with $800 deposit. If purchased, 

buyer would be able to live in the 

house where it sits for up to 1 year from 

the purchase date, until they have a place 

for it to be moved to. Home is located 

north of McIntosh, MN. Please call 605- 

350-0188 for more information. F4t24p 

1999 Homark 1600 sq.ft. home to be 

moved, needs work. Sold as is $35,000. 

Call 218-686-5097. FP4t24p 

real estate 

tHree bedrooms, 1-3/4 bathrooms, 

full unfinished basement, 2-car garage 

with heated shop on 2.5 acres… 

$159,900. Call 218-681-2637 ~ For more 

info and pictures, go to www. bit.ly/lanehouse 

2P8t28p 

480 acres: Pennington SE1/4, Section 

7 and SW1/4, Section 8 (Silverton), 

Marshall SE1/4, Section 6 (Agder Strip). 

$2,700/acre • Call 218-686-1340. 

4P16t35/2t37p 

Wanted to buy or rent: Farmland 

around TRF area. Call Erick Trontvet: 

218-686-1797. P4t22p 

1999 Holly park: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 

washer/dryer, new furnace and central 

air, 12x12 deck, updated interior. Well 

kept, can be sold with or without lots. Call 

Jeff @ 218-782-2940 or 218-689-0118. 

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investment potential: We have 

sold property on a CFD and would now 

like to sell the contract to an investor. 

Contact 218-874-6721 for more information. 

F2P8t28p 

JUST 

LISTED! 

Ready, Ready, Ready! If you’re ready to 

buy, the seller is ready to sell, and this 

home is ready for you! There is absolutely 

nothing that you need to do to this 

completely renovated home. The owner 

has done it all including exterior painting, 

roofing, windows, furnace, central air, 

fenced-in back yard with fire pit, 

everything right down to the new stainless 

steel appliances and floor coverings, and 

it’s ALL done right! Property is situated on 

a corner lot with insulated garage. 

Call Today! 

Sollie Realty, Inc. 

Fosston, MN • (218) 435-1525 

www.sollie.net 

www.sollie.net • www.sollie.net 

www.sollie.net • www.sollie.net • www.sollie.net • 

60+ acres: Field and woods 12 miles 

north of TRF on Hwy 59. Call 218-688- 

1748 or lanes_3@yahoo.com. More info 

at http://bit.ly/SamLand F6t22p 

DOG BOARDING 

Family atmosphere, 

reasonable rates, 

St. Hilaire 

218-964-5397 

Breeding Goldens for the family and the field 

www.sharptailridge.com 

☛ 

real estate 

www.harvestlandsales.com 

135 acres in Sec. 8 & 9 of East Park Twp. 

Marshall Co. coming out of CRP in 2012. 

$895/acre. 

160 acres of premium hunting land 4 miles 

east of Strathcona. Cabin, extra living 

quarters, pole shed, tractor and all the toys 

to go with. 

80 acres of beautiful hunting land in East 

Park Township, Marshall County, 36 x 12 

cabin. $84,000. 

201 1/2 3rd St. West, Suite A 


Office: (218) 681-9992 

Farmland Wanted: I have a seri ous 

cli ent who wants to buy good farm land. 

Will pay cash. Call North land Farm Sales, 

681-6036. F95tfc 

crp land: We have a cash buy er in ter - 

est ed in buy ing land that has been ac - 

cept ed in the CRP pro gram. If you’re 

think ing of sell ing please call us now. 

North land Farm Sales, 218-681-6036. 

F95tfc 

www.unitedcountry.com/fosstonmn 

20 ACRES ALL 

TO YOURSELF! 

RELAXING RURAL RE- 

TREAT!! On 20 acres all 

your own. Features include 

4 bedrooms, 1.5 

bathrooms, tasteful dining 

 

casual living room, open 

basement, conventional 

kitchen with appliances 

included, laundry with w/d 

included, barn, fruit trees, 

pasture, 2-car garage and 

so much more. CALL FOR 

DETAILS. MLS # 12-334 

PRICE: $119,900. 

118 N Johnson Ave - Fosston 

www.unitedcountry.com/ 

fosstonmn 

218-435-6995 

HUnting land for sale: 80 acres, all 

woods, adjacent to state land. W1/2 

SW1/4 Section 34 in Spruce Valley 

Township, Marshall County. Building site 

area and wildlife pond…$70,000. Call 

John: 218-686-9372. 86tfe 

middle river house for sale: 2 bedrooms, 

2-stall garage, attached garage, 

dry basement. Across the road from TR 

Jobbing…$79,900. Call 218-280-3350 or 

218-686-7737. FP4t28p 

703 east 8th street: For more information 

or to see, call 218-681-1220. 

pets 

www.reedrealty.org 

#12-27 Located in the north end of TRF. This 3 

bedroom, 1 1/2 bath home has a remodeled 

kitchen, newer fixtures and some new plumbing. 

Add some heat to the 3 season porch and turn 

it into 4-season enjoyment. Back yard is partially 

fenced in. There’s also a dog kennel that stays. 

Lots of potential with a little TLC and some 

landscaping. Reduced to $92,900 

THEO MAR 

DOG GROOMING 

since 1975 

Call for an appointment 

218-449-3575 

Located 10 miles North of TRF on Hwy. 59, 

1/2 mile East on Co. Rd 117 

MI-KEN KENNELS 


Grooming-Boarding 

688-1552 

MICHELLE DAVIS 

www.mikenkennels.com 

DON’S 

307 First Street East • TRF 

Across from Pennington Square 

SEWING & VACUUMS 

Sales & Service • NEW & USED 

Small Appliance Repair 

New Warranty and Service Center 

for Heat Surge Heaters 

Serving the area since 1992 

681-8664 

Properties listed with Reed Realty are listed on the 

Statewide Multiple Listing Service and also on Realtor.com, 

the largest Real Estate Search engine in the nation. 

Look for the MLS logo to be sure 

you’re getting the best marketing tools available. 

For appointments call 218-683-LAND (5263) 

Located next to McDonalds on Highway 59 South 

Mike Cerny 

Owner/Sales 

(218)686-5206 

OPEN HOUSE Sat, March 24, 1 - 4 p.m. 

#12-170 If you’re looking for a nice 40 acre 

Hobby Farm, you won’t want to miss this one for 

only $136,900. This home has had many updates 

and has lots of charm. Directions: 18 miles 

north of TRF on Hwy 32, turn left on 360th St. NE 

and go 3/4 mile west. Property is on the left. 

Wyatt Johnson 

Sales 

(218)686-4357 

pets 

Household 

Heat your entire Home, water and more 

with an OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE 

from Central Boiler. Call today: 218-874- 

7485. 1t22c 

RICK'S APPLIANCE 

like to sew? Viking serger with thread 

included…$75. Call 218-681-8809. 

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FOR RENT: 

One-bedroom apartments are available at Royal Manor in Middle 

River, MN, Sunshine Courts in Fertile, MN and Prairie View in 

Fisher, MN. These are smoke-free, multi-family single-story 

complexes featuring: security doors, laundry facilities, spacious 

common areas, off-street parking with plug-ins available and all 

utilities included with affordable rent. 

Call (218) 637-2431 today for an application 

or see our website at www.nwmnhra.org 

GREAT LOCATION! 

13399 125th Ave. NE., TRF 

2 miles South on Hwy 32 

and 1/4 mile West on Cty Rd 

7 and 1/2 mile South on 

125th Ave. NE. Three-acre 

homestead with North & 

West shelterbelt. Home is 1- 

1/2 story, 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 

bath w/partial basement. Outbuildings include double car garage w/2 overhead 

doors. Also 30x36’ shop w/24x30’ addition.This shop is double walled w/heat 

and concrete floor. Also 16x26’ shed & 2 metal yard sheds. 

218-681-4321 

Commercial Office Space Available 

$ 

200- $ 400 per month 

309 LaBree Plaza 

All Utilities Paid By Owner 

218-523-3173 • 218-416-0471 

Over 20-Years 

Experience 

All Work Guaranteed 

Parts & Labor 

Factory Authorized 

Service On Most 

Major Brands 

For Service Call: 

681-2263 or 1-800-360-2263 

In Home or Shop Service 

Marv’s 

Vacuum Repair 

Spring Vacuum Sale 

Sale On New And Used 

Canister & Upright Vacuums 

“50 Years of Service” 

Commercial & Household 

MARVIN NELSON 

218-689-3865 

☚ 

Loren Lusignan 

Sales 

(218)689-8451 

lawn & garden 

spring is near! Ma & Pa Lawn 

Services now accepting new customers. 

218-684-5636 or 218-686-4002 P4t25p 

miscellaneous 

We do printing of all kinds. Stop in and 

see us at The Times! 324 Main Ave. N., 

Thief River Falls. 218-681-4450. 49tfe 

Fireplaces For less: Gas & Wood 

Stoves. Highest Quality at guaranteed 

lowest prices! Compare & Save! FREE 

INFO. Also, Corn Burning Stoves. 

Online at www.mikesheating.com. 1-800- 

446-4043. 05tfc 

ticket rolls! 2,000 per roll, single 

and double rolls. The Times, 324 Main 

Ave N, TRF, 681-4450. 49tfe 

Wood Furnaces 

New and Used 

WoodMaster 

outdoor furnaces 

available. 


218-253-4328 or 

www.woodmaster.com 

tHe best radiant Floor Heat 

Water tUbing. Free estimate on a 

Complete System. Compare & Save! 

guaranteed lowest prices www. 

mikesheating.com. 1-800-446-4043. 

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Didn’t get your 

paper last week? 

Call your local post office 

for help in tracking 

your subscription. 

If you feel you received this 

edition of The Times or 

Northern Watch late, 

please get a U.S. Postal 

Service Consumer Card 

(P.S. Form 4314-c) 

from your local post office. 

Fill it out and turn it in to 

your local post office. 

Reduced to $ 

89,900 

OPEN HOUSE 

Sun, March 18 th • 2 - 4 p.m. 

218-689-5760 

www.1234salerealty.com 

321 LaBree Ave. 


JOE MCMULLEN, REAL ESTATE AGENT 

$139,900 

New Listing! 3 bedroom ranch-style home 

on the east side of TRF, immaculately 

kept, new kitchen countertops and 

flooring, great family room in the 

basement, and a huge fenced yard with 

perennial gardens! 

$34,900 

New Listing in Middle River! Check out 

this home on the river with 2 bedrooms, 

1 bath, cozy deck, and attached garage. 

A great deal in a great community! 

$289,900 

Lovely home in a super-convenient 

neighborhood! Large living room with 

fireplace, 3 bedrooms including a 

spacious master bedroom, family room 

with space for everyone, and a home 

office! 

GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY 

FOR SALE 

The Lantern 

Restaurant & 

Lounge of 

Thief River Falls, including well established business, building, lot and 

all inventory. Fully equipped kitchen and bar with on-sale liquor. Seats 

approximately 155 throughout lounge and restaurant in this 5,040 sq. 

ft. building. Great location on a 1.28 acre parcel. Don’t miss out on this 

GREAT business opportunity. All this for only $329,900! Business 

records available for serious inquiries. For 

business inquiries contact 123 4 Sale Realty. 

• SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! 

218-681-4321 

Pifer’s AUCTION & REALTY 

 

 

 

 

View all auctions & listings at www.pifers.com 

• Maryel Anderson-Broker 

(218) 681-7298 

• Jerry Hoffman-Sales 

(218) 686-0224 

• Diedre Nordin-Sales 

(218) 681-6181 

• Gail Oyster-Sales 

(218) 681-5495 

• Tom Greelis-Sales 

(218) 681-6427 

Cindy Hagen Solberg 

Associate Broker 

Integrity. Innovation. Results. 

in CRP through 2018 and is offered in 3 parcels. Parcels One and 

Two offer a nice combination of trees and open areas for hunting and possible future cattle pasture 

land. Several deer stands, a pond, and groomed trails already exist. 

 

Selling 220 acres just West of Warroad. CRP 

contract that ends in September, 2012. Located on paved county road just minutes 

from Warroad. 

45 acres boasting 680 feet of 

sandy shoreline, newer home and outbuildings. A perfect retreat or home with a 

million dollar view of water and trees and lots of room to roam and play! 

• Brenda Edgar-Sales 

(218) 201-1600 

• Becky Smith-Sales 

(218) 681-3566 

• Peter Steele-Sales 

(218) 201-0266 

• Nicole Peterson-Sales 

(218) 689-3508 

• Mindy Sorenson-Sales 

(218) 688-0170 

$81,500 

Single-level home nicely updated, 

large kitchen, 2 bedrooms, an office, 

and a spacious yard. We’d love to show 

it to you! 

$44,900 

Bring the family to this spacious 4 

bedroom, 2 bath home, with lovely 

hardwood floors in Stephen! Updates 

include shingles and a new furnace. All 

appliances are included! 

$144,900 

On the river! Large older home located 

just outside the city of TRF. 6 

bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, and 24x40 

garage. Room for everyone and 

everything! 

218-689-5760 • www.1234salerealty.com 

321 LaBree Ave. • Thief River Falls 

JOE MCMULLEN, REAL ESTATE AGENT 

 

Greenbush Office: 218.782.5500 

Cell: 218.779.4649 

Email: cindy@pifers.com 

www.pifers.com 877.700.4099 

• SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! 

SAVE $$ 

LOW 

MILEAGE 

SAVE $$ 

2010 and 2011 Impala’s 

2010 Chev. Impala LT, “only 12k”, White, Autostart 

2010 Chev. Impala LT, 24k, White, Autostart 



2010 Chev. Impala LS, 27k, Cyber Gray 

2010 Chev. Impala LS, 28k, White 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, Htd Seats, Roof, “only 5k”, Red Jewel 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, “only 11k”, Htd Seats, Silver 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, Htd Seats, Autostart, “only 6k”, Red Jewel 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, Roof, Autostart, Htd seats “only 8k”, Silver 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, “only 12k”, Autostart, Cyber Gray 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, Autostart, Htd. Seats, “only 8k”, Silver 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, 27k, Autostart, Cyber Gray 

2011 Chev. Impala LS, 28k, Cyber Gray 

2011 Chev. Impala LS, “only 9k”, White 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, “only 8k”, Autostart, Gold Mist 

2011 Chev. Impala LT, “only10k”, Roof, Htd Seats, Silver 

• SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! 

For Appointments Call: 

(218) 681-4087 

www.trfrealty.com 

601 Main Ave. N. 


$87,900 

Just reduced! You will enjoy a tour of 

this home with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, 

maintenance-free exterior, private deck, 

and 2 garages – one for cars – one for 

your toys! 

$61,900 

R001703606 

Looking in Lancaster? Check out this 3 

bedroom – 2 bath home with a basement 

family room, on an oversized lot right in 

town. Move-in-ready! 

$244,900 

What a river view on 15+ acres! This 

3 bedroom, 2 bath home with a 

sunroom is a must see. Brick 

exterior, attached and detached 

garages, and land for play! 

• SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS! • SAVE AT CHRISTIAN MOTORS!

Page 12 - Northern Watch THE CLASSIFIEDS Saturday, March 17, 2012 

AUCTION DIRECTORY 

Date Time Owner Auctioneer 

Mar 24 10 am Evy Cooper & Dale Ljunggren 

HELP! HELP! HELP! 

“My basement is wet! Who do I call?” 

RADNIECKI’S 

Greg 

$3,990 

2002 Chevy Express 2500 

V8 Auto, AC, Cruise, Cargo, was $4,990 

$11,990 

2005 Chevy 1500 LS Z71 

V8 Auto, Crew Cab, CD, 4x4, was $12,990 

$7,990 

2006 Chevy Uplander LS 

3.5L V6, DVD/CD 

$11,990 

2006 Cadillac DTS 

Northstar, V8, Htd Lthr, Moonroof, 89k 

and George Hess, Alvarado.......................................Mick Rapacz Auctioneers 

Mar 31 10 am George Duquette Estate, TRF.........................................McMullen Auctioneers 

Mar 31 10 am David & Shirley Raney, Drayton................................Mick Rapacz Auctioneers 

Mar 31 6 pm Taste of Italian, TRF .........................................................McMullen Auctioneers 

Apr 3 Live Internet 

St. Hilaire Machinery, St. Hilaire...........................Ron McKercher Auctioneers 

Apr 14 TBA Wes Adams Equipment, Grygla...........................Ron McKercher Auctioneers 

Apr 15 11 am John & Wilma Bornholdt, TRF........................................McMullen Auctioneers 

KRUSE AUCTIONEERS 

Turning your clutter to cash 

Now accepting consignment merchandise for upcoming sale 

Sunday, April 29 • Thief River Falls Curling Club 

Call or email to register your consignment items: 

218-686-5607 • email: kruse@kruseconsignmentauctions.com 

www.kruseconsignmentauctions.com 

ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEAN, SALEABLE AND IN 

GOOD WORKING CONDITION. NO CLOTHES PLEASE! 

(218) 681-3960 

www.mcmullensales.com 

$14,990 

2005 Chevy 1500HD Crew Cab 

6.0L V8 Auto, 4x4, Power Seat 

was $15,990 

$10,990 

2009 Chevy Impala LT 

3.5L V6 Auto, Power Seat, CD 

$6,990 

2001 Chevy Suburban LT 

5.3L V8 Auto, Htd. Leather, 4x4, Moonroof 

DUTCH AUCTION 

Classic Cleaner 

Carpets Pet Stains 

Upholstery Odor Control 

Ceilings & Walls Air Duct Cleaning 

Emergency Water & Smoke Damage 

Call: 

(218) 681-7679 

Plus all your other cleaning needs. 

ATTENTION: FARMERS, LENDERS, SPORTSMEN 

• ADVANCE NOTICE • 

ANNUAL SPRING CONSIGNMENT AUCTION 

Saturday, April 28, 2012 

at Ridge Sales, Hwy 11 West, Badger, MN 

Do you have good used farm equipment, boats, 

lawnmowers, ATVs and any good saleable items? 

Consign Early • Loading and unloading available 

TO CONSIGN CALL: 

Ridge Sales - 218-528-2555 

Morris - Northstar Auctioneers - 218-528-4181 

Paul Bellerud - 218-222-3369 

Started 

at 

$8,990 

On 

Feb. 25th 

$19,990 

2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Crew 

5.9L, Cummins Dsl, 4x4, Flatbed,110k 

$8,990 

2002 Chevy Tahoe Z71 

5.3L V8 Auto, Htd Leather, 

Autostart, 4x4 

$7,990 

1999 Sterling 

3126 CAT Engine, 6 spd with 20’ Box Van 

$9,990 

2006 Chevy Equinox LS 

AWD, 3.4L V6 Auto, CD, Cruise, 98k 

Price reduced $100 per business day til it’s SOLD! 

2002 Toyota Sienna XLE 

3.0L V6, Auto, Leather, DVD, 95k 

Mar 17th .......$7,190 

Mar 19th .......$7,090 

Mar 20th .......$6,990 

was $20,990 

Mar 21st........$6,890 

Mar 22nd ......$6,790 

Mar 23rd .......$6,690 

•••••••••••••••••••••••• 

WANTED: 

Items Needed for 

“REPAIR THE FAIR” 

BENEFIT AUCTION SALE 

SUNDAY, MAY 6, 12:00 P.M. at the 

MARSHALL COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 

Proceeds to help fund repair projects 

for the Marshall County Fair in 2012 

ITEMS NEEDED FOR SALE BILL LISTING ASAP 

Contact Fred Nicholls with your list of items 

at 218-745-5535 

Consignments & Donations accepted up to 11:30 A.M. on Sale Day 

PICKUP CAN BE ARRANGED BY CALLING 

FRED NICHOLLS @ 218-745-5535 

•••••••••••••••••••••••• 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 

SCOTT PETERS @ 218-745-4851 or 

JASON ROMINSKI @ 218-478-3030 

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!! 

miscellaneous 

OUTDOOR WOODBURNING FUR- 

NACES, ALL STAINLESS STEEL, 

Lifetime Warranty. Eliminate High Fuel 

Costs. Heat Your House, Shop & 

Domestic Water. FREE Estimates, 

Guaranteed Lowest Prices! www. 

mikesheating.com. 1-800-446-4043. 

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COmPUTER mONITORS: (3) 18” and (2) 

20” color monitors, $20 each. Stop in at 

The Times in TRF. 99tfc 

Beautiful All Wood semi-custom cabinets 

at HALF the custom price. “Kitchens 

by George,” our award-winning designer 

~ 1-888-751-7522 ~ Cabinet Corner, 

Bemidji F103tfc 

ALUmINUm ShEETS 

23x35”, 0.008” thick, 65¢ each. Available 

at The Times, 324 Main Avenue North, 

TRF. (Call ahead for large quantities.) 

681-4450 89tfe 

PROPANE TANKS: Full 20 lb. tanks at 

Petro Pumper.......$44 each. Call 681- 

3546. F17tfc 

Firewood/Pellets 

Wood Pellets 

Premium Grade 

The Sawmill Guy 

Herb Johanneck 

(218) 289-3353 • (218) 253-2936 • Red Lake Falls 

FLAVORED PELLETS 

Flavored cooking 

pellets for sale. 

Many different flavors: 

apple, cherry, hickory, 

maple, blended. 

For more 

information: 

218-253-4328 or 


DRY FIREWOOD FOR SALE 

Stacked on Pallets 

Truckload Quantity Discounts Available 

TRF PALLET 

218-681-4028 

Concrete • Siding • Shingling • Windows 

Garages • Additions & All Interior Remodeling 

No Job Is Too Big Or Too Small For Us 

Ph: 218-681-6743 or Cell: 218-686-2720 

Now 

offers 

the 

Bill Wightman, Owner 

Lic. 20330352, Insured 

WIGHTMAN 

Construction 

907 Oakmont Drive 


Ironman 

Exteriors 

Firewood/Pellets 

STOvE WOOD, 18” mix…$65/cord. 

Darrel Nelson, 18176 180th Street NE, 

Thief River Falls, MN 56701. FP4t24p 

Livestock 

ANGUS BULLS: Purebred Angus bulls 

with low to moderate BW. All calves sired 

by GDAR Game Day, Soo Line Kodiak, 

CN Impact, Mytty In Focus. Also selling 

Bangs vaccinated Angus open heifers. 

Call 218-790-0605 • Rock Oak Angus • 

Badger, MN 15t34p 

Registered Balancer Bulls, Angus/ 

Gelbvieh: Complete performance data, 

EPDs, health program, red and black, all 

polled. Rangeline Cattle • 701-799-7756 • 

218-681-7431 FP12t28p 

LIMOUSIN BULLS FOR SALE 

Bulls to fit your herd’s needs. 

Thick blacks, reds, yearlings & 2-yr olds. 

Calving ease, growth, maternal, docility. 

EPDs available, semen tested, 

will deliver. 

Kent Limousin 

218-762-6771 • 218-762-1905 

Red Angus Bulls: Rosebud Reds of 

Fosston has a nice selection of registered 

yearling bulls available. Call Keith or 

Ruby Sistad: 218-435-2764 or 701-367- 

5614 (cell). F6t22p 

REGISTERED PULLED Hereford bulls 

and British White bulls ~ Robert Isaacson 

~ Hallock, MN ~ 218-843-2779 F12t36p 

BEEF COWS for sale: Black and Reds, 

poured and vaccinated. Real big cows! 

Also round cornstalk bales. Call 320-220- 

5500. F4t26p 

GROUP of 10 registered balancer open 

replacement heifers: Vaccination program. 

Rangeline Cattle: 701-799-7756 or 

218-681-7431. FP4t26p 

Situation Wanted 

FOR ALL YOUR 

Repair Needs 

• Chain Saws • Snowmobiles 

• Snow Blowers • Outboards 

• Inboards & I.O. Drives • All Small Engines 

• Lawn Mowers & Riders 

NORM'S REPAIR 

• SALES & SERVICE • SKI-DOO SNOWMOBILES 

1207 N. Duluth Thief River Falls 

681-3346 

NEW SUPER 6” SEAMLESS RAIN GUTTERS 

• Doors & Windows • Soffit & Facia • Metal Roofing • Vinyl & Steel Siding • Shingle & Metal Roofing 

New Construction & Remodeling, Residential & Commercial Construction 

Brenden Wilde 

218-689-7253 or 218-681-8874 

Free Estimates • Thief River Falls, MN • Licensed & Insured: Lic. #20635772 

Furniture, Collectibles, Real Estate, Lawn 

& Garden, & Sporting Goods Auction 

Alvarado, MN “Mostly Indoors” 

Saturday, March 24 • 10 aM 

Dining Table & Chairs•Dresser & Armoire, Childs bedroom set • Sofa & Chair, Cedar 

Chest • Beds & Beddings • Roll Top Desk • Singer Sewing Machine • Woven Rugs 

• Queen Ann Writing Desk • Ornate Loveseat & Chairs• 2-Old Produce Scales • Steel 

Guitar • Old Saws • Some Glassware • Treadmill & Schwinn Airdyne • Bicycles 

• Fishing Rods • Cast Patio Set, Lawn & Garden Tools, & More! 

Evy Cooper & Dale Ijunggren 218-201-2099 

Oak Secretary/Writing Desk • Ornate Display Cabinet • Native American, Cowboy & 

Animal Art & Figurines • Pottery & Glassware • Cigar Lighters • Nut Crackers • Cast 

Banks • Bear Rug • Ornate Longhorn Chair • Carved Water Buffalo Horns • Old 

Phonograpy • Lg. Dining Table & Chairs • China Cabinet • Ext. Ladder • Lawn Cart 

• Power & Hand Tools • Some Jewelry & Silver Dollars • Gravely Riding Mower 

“VG” 

George Hess Estate & Mille Hess 

Full Listing & Photos on Midwestauctions.com “click on Mick Rapacz Auctioneers” 

Mick: 218-686-5500 

PHONE 218-437-8511 

Online listing: www.midwestauctions.com 

www.farmauctionguide.com/rapacz 

ADVANCE NOTICE 

Flows 

30 % more 

water 

ST. HILAIRE MACHINERY AUCTION 

(Live Internet) 

TUESDAY, APRIL 3 RD 

ADVERTISING DEADLINE: MARCH 18 TH 

The Farm Equipment Market is Red Hot 

Call or Stop by to Consign 

ST. HILAIRE USED TIRE SALE #1 

SUNDAY, MARCH 18 TH • 10 A.M. - 3 P.M. 

Approx. 400 13”, 14”, 15” & 16” Tires 

CASH & CARRY (sales tax applies to non-dealers) 

ST. HILAIRE, MN 

RON @ 218-686-2048 • WWW.REDRIVERRON.COM 

Farm miscellaneous 

New and Used 

Ag & Farm Parts 

218-681-8221 • 1-800-950-9917 

Email: sales@trsalvage.com 

Website: www.trsalvage.com 


645 brand and Yield Plus brand alfalfa 

seed, winterhary, high-yield and disease 

resistence. Proven performers in the 

area. ALSO: Lawn seed, wildlife plot 

seed, clovers and forage grasses. 

Reasonable prices. Newfolden Co-op 

Elevator 800-235-7717 • Goodridge 

Creamery 218-378-4144 • Farmers Union 

Oil, Grygla 218-294-6153 F10t40p 

hay, Feed and Seed 

Carlson Prairie 

Seed Farm, Inc. 

Lake Bronson, MN 56734 

CRP Mixtures 

Native Grass • Wildflowers 

Custom Seeding 

with Truax Drill 

Phone: 218-754-2693 

Toll Free: 1-877-733-3087 

ALFALFA hAY wanted: Round or square 

bales. Call LeRoy Ose: 218-689-6675. 

FP4t16t30p 

hAY & STRAW for sale: Big round and 

big square bales. Call 218-686-0224. 

FP4t28p 

machinery 

CASE Ih 6200 drills: 24’ with factory 

transports…$3,500. Call 218-289-2626. 

30’ 9350, John Deere drills, very 

good…$3,500. Call 218-681-3333. 

Springs and Shanks for 1250 Glencoe 

cultivator. Call 218-745-5658 or 218-201- 

0550. 2t23p 

Standing at Stud AQHA grulla stallion 

Sonny Dee Bar and Conclusive Breeding 

HYPP N/N…$250. Free mare care. Call 

218-242-2330. 2P8t29p 

REGISTERED QUARTER hORSE, 16 

years old. Call 218-843-5046. F2t24p 

Custom Services 

L a n g e v i n 

C o n s t r u c t i o n 

Specializing in 

All Types of 

Exterior 

Construction 

Lic.#20635575 

horses 

Call (218)689-7332 

KWICK STRIP 

THE FURNITURE DOCTOR 

“COMPARE OUR PRICES 

FOR BIG SAVINGS” 

Furniture Stripping • Repairing • Finishing 

Antique Restoration • Cabinets • Trimwork 

Licensed & Bonded 

Pickup & Delivery Available 

(218) 681-8212 

Serving MN & ND Since 1984 

712 Davis Ave. N, Thief River Falls 

WE DO printing of all kinds. Stop in and 

see us at The Times! 324 Main Ave. N., 

Thief River Falls. 218-681-4450. 49tfe 

Need a painter who’s quick and reasonable? 

Call Dawn, 218-681-4482, leave 

message. Lots of references. 15+ years 

experience. P4t23p 

PEDERSON mASONRY • Greenbush • 

Brick • Block • Stone • 218-782-2244 or 

218-782-3040 43tfe 

MIDWEST 

ROOFING 

You’ve put it off 

for too long! 

Don’t let the damage go further. 

We’ll help you choose that 

new look to your home 

Repairs, Replacement & More 

Licensed & Bonded 

(Lic #20574515) 

(218) 681-3879 

20061 Center St. E. Thief River Falls 

Waterworths Woodshop 

Call Marcus or Tim at (218) 523-3035 

Viking, Minnesota 

www.waterworthswoodshop.com 

Custom Woodworking and Finishing, 

Cabinets and Furniture. 

30 Years of Experience. 

Srnsky Mobile Home Service 

Do Set-ups, Relevels, Skirting, Siding, 

Windows, Roofs, Doors & Other Repairs 

No Job Too Small • 218-416-0116 

H & S Construction 

of TRF, Inc. 

Robert Audette, Owner 

17279 US Highway 59 NE 


Phone: 218-681-5503 

Mobile 218-686-9308 “Concrete is our business” 

E-mail: rjaudette@wiktel.com 

Call us Today! We can bid your request 

and have an answer within 24 hours. 

Rummage Sales 

Annual Spring Fling Craft Show 

& Bazaar 

Saturday, March 24, 9am-4pm, Eagles 

Club in TRF. For more info or booth 

rental, call 218-681-5920 after 5pm. 

vehicles/Accessories 

‘10 Chev Impala LT, Blue, 39k......$14,995 

‘09 Chev Malibu, White, 50k.........$12,995 

‘10 Dodge Journey SXT, AWD, 

Blue, 91k ....................................$12,995 

‘06 Ford 500, Maroon, AWD, 84k..$10,995 

‘08 Dodge Charger, Wht, 54k ....$10,995 

‘04 Ford SuperCrew, Grn, 180k..$10,495 

‘06 Chev Impala LT, Slvr, 79k......$9,995 

‘07 Buick Lucerne CXL, Maroon, 

132k..........................................$9,995 

‘08 Pontiac Grand Prix, Silver, 

112k..........................................$9,995 

‘03 Ford Ranger, 4x4, Black, 65k .$8,495 

‘05 Saturn Relay, Blue, 111k .......$7,795 

‘98 GMC Ext Cab, 4x4, Red, 164k ..$5,995 

‘92 3-Horse Fifth Wheel Trailer...$4,895 

‘00 Chev Suburban, 4x4, Gray ....$4,995 

‘96 Chev Ext Cab, 4x4, Wht, 164k .$4,395 

BIG JOHN’S MUFFLER 

218-681-7292 OR 218-681-2511 

Hwy. 32 N. • Thief River Falls 

www.keepitlocal.com 

1997 ChEvY 3/4-ton reg cab 4x4: New 

10-plex grip tires. Good driving truck, 

218-689-3017. P4t22p 

For All Your Automotive Needs 

Thompson 

Automotive 

1008 3rd St. W, TRF 

684-5638 

2011 ChEv Impala LT: Program car, 26k 

miles, factory warranty, dark gray, remote 

start, options…$16,900 • 2008 Chev 

Impala LT: 35k miles, one owner, heated 

leather seats, remote start, factory warranty, 

dark blue…$13,900 • 2011 

Chevrolet HHR LT: 2.4 engine, options, 

20k miles, factory warranty… $13,995 • 

Nelson Auto Sales • 521 Atlantic Avenue 

• 218-689-1685 • 218-681-8890 

1t22p 

www.absautosales.com 

QUALITY 

PRE-OWNED VEHICLES 

Warranties Available! 

2011 Dodge Gr Crvn Mainstreet, 

spotless!, 32k, factory warranty 

..................$21,270 

2009 Chev Aveo 17k like new! 

Factory Warranty . . . . . $9,780 

2009 Chev Impala, 77k, factory 

warranty . . . . . . . . . . . $11,450 

2007 Pont G6, 59k, very nice 

...................$9,700 

2007 Chev Uplander LT, 139k 

...................$8,320 

2006 Chev Impala LT, 132k, 

leather, very clean! . . . . $8,570 

2006 Suzuki Forenza, 131,000 

miles, wagon . . . . . . . . . $5,000 

2006 Ford Five Hundred, AWD 

...................$8,490 

2005 Chev Suburban, 103k, 

leather, DVD, loaded . . $12,500 

2005 Ford Taurus, 119k . $5,390 

2005 Buick LeSabre, 118k, 

leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,450 

2005 Chry Town & Cntry, 108k . 

2005 Ford Freestar, 96k . . . . . . 

2004 Pont Grand Prix GT, 117k . 

2004 Chev Silverado, 4WD, 99k 

..................$13,650 

2004 Toyota Matrix XR, 105k . . 

...................$8,700 

2003 Buick ParkAve, 82k . . . . . 

2003 Dodge Caravan SXT, 136k 

2003 Ford Escape, 98k. . . . . . . 

2003 Pont GrAm GT, 58k . . . . . 

2003 Oldsmobile Alero, 118,000 

miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,800 

2002 Chrysler Concorde $4,900 

2002 Chev Suburban, Z71 

series, 131k. . . . . . . . . . $9,270 

2002 Buick Century, 90k $6,050 

2002 Pont Gr Prix GT, 90k. . . . . 

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spring” is the theme for the 

annual 13th District 

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workshop, set for Saturday, 

March 24 at Messiah Lutheran 

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Roseau. Signs will be posted 

along Highway 11. 

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Chur Garden Club, will begin at 

9:30 a.m. and finish at approximately 

1 p.m. The district officers 

and garden club presidents’ 

meeting will be held at 8:45 a.m. 

Registration begins at 9 a.m. – 

refreshments with muffins and 

coffee cake will be available to 

all who attend, followed by 

speakers, demonstrations, noon 

lunch, and door prizes. 

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from Aunt B’s will teach the 

group about those “Hidden 

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items attendees may be thinking 

about throwing to the curb 

this spring. 

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a.m. will be Debra Hopkins of 

East Grand Forks – She is a 

member of the Grand Forks 

Horticulture Club, chairperson 

of the Grand Forks Annual 

Garden Tour and a regular 

speaker at the “Gardening 

Saturday“ event held in East 

Grand Forks. Hopkins teaches a 

“Backyard Secret Garden” class 

at her home for the University 

of North Dakota each June, and 

classes for two businesses she 

invented called “My Creative 

Heart” by Debra Kay and 

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From 10:45 to 11 a.m., the 

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items are donated by the district 

members. Proceeds go to the 

district to finance future workshops 

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Area woman judges cattle in Finland 

by David Hill 

Editor 

Linda Hanson knows her way 

around a livestock arena. She’s 

judged cows throughout the 

United States, even in 

Australia. In the first week of 

February, she had the distinct 

honor to judge Ayrshires in 

Finland. 

Hanson explained that a 

friend of hers on the East Coast 

judged cows for the Ayrshire 

World Conference about four 

years ago and became acquainted 

with the organizers. They 

invited her to come back two 

years ago. This year, they asked 

Linda to judge cattle. 

Linda said it was cold. 

“They’re having the winter we 

usually have.” She also noted 

that where she went, which is 

about four hours from Helsinki, 

it looks an awful lot like the 

area around Menahga. 

It took two days to get there. 

She spent a couple of days judging 

cattle, did a little touring 

and then it took a couple more 

days to get back to Minnesota. 

Linda said it was a good experience. 

She said many of the 

breeders in Finland are very 

interested in improving the 

genetics of their cows. For the 

past several years, they’ve been 

inviting Canadian and U.S. producers 

to Finland in an effort to 

improve the breed. 

Finnish breeders, she said, 

aren’t concerned about milk production. 

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about careful genetic 

selection that affects conformation 

- the shape or structure of 

the cow, which affects longevity. 

Depending on the source, 

Ayrshire has been the main 

dairy breed in Finland since the 

1960s and currently accounts 66 

to 74 percent of the total recorded 

cattle. 

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Mike, and three children - 

David, Matthew and Steven - 

raise Ayrshires on the family 

farm in rural Goodridge. On 

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and Linda’s children are the 

fourth generation to raise 

Ayrshires - so there’s a lot experience 

in the family. In fact, 

Norma and Lynn Hanson 

received Ayrshire cows for a 

wedding present. 

Linda also grew up on a farm 

near Long Grove, which is located 

in eastern Iowa. Her family 

has raised cattle for many years 

and still does - 50 percent 

Holstein and 50 percent 

Ayrshire. 

Linda attended Iowa State 

University, where she obtained 

a degree in dairy science and 

was on the collegiate dairy judging 

team. 

At the age of 10, Linda 

remembers she was encouraged 

to select a 4-H project, but she 

didn’t want anything to do with 

“frilly” girl-things like sewing. 

She wanted to raise a cow. 

Linda said her affection for 

Ayrshires stems from that experience. 

She describes that experience 

as “a 4-H project that got 

way out of hand.” 

It’s doubtful that she could 

have ever anticipated what that 

4-H project would ever give her - 

meeting her future husband at 

the National Ayrshire 

Convention in 1988, three children, 

and the latest benefit of 

that “out-of-control 4-H project” 

… a trip to Finland and an 

opportunity to help make a difference 

in that country. 

Many producers in Finland are making a concerted 

effort to improve the genetics of their cattle. 

Specifically, they want to improve conformation. 

Special to the Northern Watch - Saturday, March 17, 2012 

In February, Linda Hanson of Goodridge, judged 

Ayrshires at a contest in Finland. This is a picture 

of her champion cows. (Submitted) 

Junior champions at an Ayrshire show in Finland 

line up. In February, Linda Hanson of Goodridge, 

judged Ayrshires at the contest. (Submitted) 

Linda Hanson of Goodridge judged Ayrshire cattle 

at a contest in Finland in February. This is a 

picture from the exhibition hall. (Submitted) 

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Partnership to 

help farmers 

restore habitats 

Agriculture Secretary Tom 

Vilsack and Secretary of the 

Interior Ken Salazar have 

announced a new $33 million 

partnership with farmers, 

ranchers and forest landowners 

to use innovative approaches to 

restore and protect the habitats 

for wildlife, including seven atrisk 

species and other vulnerable 

game species. 

The announcement of the 

Working Lands for Wildlife 

partnership follows last week's 

White House Conference on 

Conservation that spotlighted 

community-driven conservation 

efforts as part of President 

Obama's America's Great 

Outdoors Initiative. 

"America's natural resources 

play a significant role in building 

a strong and vibrant economy," 

said Vilsack. "Agricultural 

lands with healthy and abundant 

wildlife habitat support 

strong incomes for our farmers 

and ranchers and provide great 

opportunities for enhancing 

hunting % and fishing, outdoor 

recreation and wildlife viewing." 

' "This' 

innovative partnership 

' 

aligns our goals of empowering 

America's farmers and ranchers 

to continue working their lands, 

while furthering conservation of 

imperiled species, such as the 

greater sage grouse, through 

' 

voluntary measures," Salazar 

said. "The Working Lands for 

Wildlife initiative will allow us 

to focus our resources where we 

' can do the ' most good and will 

serve as a model for a more efficient, 

more effective, and more 

cooperative way to improve the 

health and diversity of working 

landscapes and strengthen local 

economies." ' ' ' 

Under ' this strategy, federal, 

state and local wildlife experts 

jointly identify at-risk species 

that would benefit from targeted 

habitat restoration investments 

on private lands. Using 

the best available science, the 

partners will prioritize restorative 

actions on a large regional 

scale to most cost-effectively 

' focus ' assistance. In ' return ' for 

voluntarily ' ' ' making ' habitat ' 

' improvements ' ' on ' their ' lands, 

' the federal ' government will provide 

landowners with regulatory 

certainty that they will not be 

asked to take additional conservation 

actions. 

USDA's Natural Resources 

Conservation Service and 

Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service will jointly prepare 

species recovery tools such as 

informal agreements, safe harbor 

agreements and habitat conservation 

plans to provide regulatory 

certainty to landowners. 

The goal is to have these tools in 

place for all priority species by 

the end of the year. The seven 

species initially selected for this 

expanded campaign are: greater 

sage-grouse, New England cottontail, 

bog turtle, goldenwinged 

warbler, gopher tortoise, 

lesser prairie-chicken and the 

Southwestern willow flycatcher. 

The announcement kicks-off 

the sign-up for Working Lands 

for Wildlife. Landowners can 

sign-up to manage and restore 

high-priority habitats for the 

seven specific wildlife species 

that are located across the country. 

Applications within the priority 

habitat areas will receive 

highest consideration. 

Interested producers and 

landowners in targeted areas 

can enroll in the Wildlife 

Habitat Incentive Program on a 

continuous basis at their local 

NRCS field office. NRCS funds 

from WHIP will share the cost of 

conservation practices with 

landowners in areas known to 

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support one or more of the 

selected species. For example, 

two conservation practices that 

improve sage-grouse habitat are 

prescribed grazing and brush 

management. In the past two 

years, ranchers implemented 

grazing systems on 1.3 million 

acres of large sagebrush to 

improve cattle forage and 

increase hiding cover for nesting 

birds. The additional grass 

cover is projected to increase 

sage-grouse populations by 8 to 

10 percent. 

For 14 years, WHIP has 

worked to protect, restore or 

develop fish and wildlife habitat 

for many species, including 

those considered at-risk. Since 

2003, about $310 million has 

been 

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committed 

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to 23,000 farmers, 

ranchers and landowners to 

provide wildlife treatments on 

four million acres of private 

working lands. 

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Page 33 • Ag Supplement Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Kittson County Enterprise • Hallock, Minn. 

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Page 29 • Ag Supplement to fit your herd’s needs this year. Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Kittson County Enterprise • Hallock, Minn. ces Conservation Service will 

Question 2: What are All purebreds the rulesare One registered crash in through particular the stands out compares Middle or contests River, relative MN or alongside the road, and other allocate $3.625 million in financial 

assistance through the 

for having pets American in vehicles? Angus CanAssociation in my mind. and include The family papers. involved speeds by operating one or more traffic is also taken into consideration. 

My experience has told me Agricultural Water Enhance - 

Letter you get a to ticket Editor: 

in $16 billion of cash to our state ond largest employer. 

Doug Peterson 

for We having have Heifer a dog Sires ended and a up wide being selection fine, but their dog vehicles is guilty of racing, which 

coffers and supports 1.5 jobs in all A simple license plate can send a Minnesota Farmers Union 

on your lap, window 

of 

open 

birth 

and 

and weaning 

that got 

weights. 

slammed around violently constitutes reckless Annual 

ment Program. These funds will 

To the editor: 

driving, that an “exhibition driving” citation 

For more information 

economic 

call 

sectors. 

and ask 

Eighty percent of powerful message of support for President 

be administered by NRCS in 

Food their (218) and head farmers hanging are always out? 

for Jeff 

I all or 

causing 

Makayla. agriculture-related severe internal jobs injuries. are offfarm. 

The dog, Farms wounded in Minnesota and frightened supply representative or compared March is in and excess state of the Oil senator max- 

citation, including in the long run South Dakota portions of the 

Minnesota whether or farmers. not the speed Call your contested state is cheaper Madison, than Minnesota a “reckless driving” Minnesota, North Dakota, and 

taken thought for granted. they could March get ticketed 15 is 

528-4831 

National as long Agriculture as it was Day interfering and all food, ran off fuel from and the crash fiber site for and was all. and imum speed ask prescribed then to by law. support for what it can do to your auto Red River Basin. Funds will be 

farmers with their should driving. be complimented on Minnesota never found farming again. It is was the a very second sad Minnesota’s Careless driving and agriculture - Any person license 

utilized by local landowners to 

who insurance. 

their Answer role in our 2: There economy. are Food no specific and largest and preventable economic sector ordeal. and So, the think sec- 

plate operates bill. 

help address problems related 

or halts any vehicle upon These do not apply to an authorized 

emergency vehicle, when 

to erosion, water quality, and 

farming 

laws stating 

is every 

where 

day, and 

a pet 

our 

is allowed 

farmers 

in Minnesota and the nation are 

about your safety and your pet’s any street or highway carelessly or 

Newfolden Co-op Filter Sale 

flooding. 

in a vehicle but there are some laws safety and always use good common heedlessly in disregard of the rights responding to an emergency call or 

valuable. 

that pertain to the container material 

and size. But as for a dog Oil on a Co. 10 % “This is the fourth year funds 

sense. 

of others, or in a manner that when in pursuit of an actual or suspected 

violator. Or any raceway, rent Farm Bill,” Lance Yohe, 

OFF 

have been made available 

Everyday recognition of 

through AWEP under the cur- 

Minnesota agriculture may be a Question: I got a ticket for endangers or is likely to endanger 

reality lap, or this head legislative hanging session. The out 106th an Our open Annual “exhibition Meeting of driving” the recently. I any property or any person, including 

the ALL driver or Oil passengers andof the sanctioned by the appropriate gov- 

“They have brought over $12.5 

racing facility, or other public event RRBC executive director, said. 

Minnesota window, there Legislature would Newfolden be is no considering 

of S.F. law and 340, no authored citation issued by Senator for just ence between that and a care- 

vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor. ernmental authority. 

violation Co-op Oil was Co. curious will be held what on is the differ- 

million into the Red River Basin 

that in itself. 

Tuesday, 

With that being 

March 

said, 

27, 

less 

2012, 

or reckless 

7:00 

driving? 

p.m. 

for ring dikes, improvements to 

Gary Kubly (DFL-Granite Falls), a 

The difference Filters for the most part If you have any questions concerning 

traffic related laws or issues in flooding. This is a great pro- 

just because you can, Newfolden doesn’t meanCommunity Answer: Center 

water quality and reduction of 

special license plate bill which 

Well it really depends between reckless and careless is 

would you should. direct As you the mentioned, Minnesota Newfolden, if it on what MNyou did in order to get the that “reckless” 

purchased 

is generally 

in 

“intentional” 

or “should know”. I’ve usu- 

Trp. Jesse Grabow – Minnesota wide goals that we would like to 

Minnesota send your questions to gram helping us achieve basin- 

Department 

“interferes The purpose of Transportation 

with of their driving”, meeting inis ato review ticket. the Minnesota annual report, State election Statute of 

consultation 

citation 

director with 

most 

to 

certainly 

fill organizations 

the expired 

could 

term 

be 

of 

(M.S.S.) 

Lance Moen 

does 

and 

not 

conduct 

have an 

any 

“exhibition 

driving” law. “Exhibition driv- 

ordinances state: “Unreasonable West, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501- 

other 

the month 

see continue.” He cited the 

ally seen most “exhibition driving” State Patrol at 1000 Highway 10 

that represent business farmers, that may to come design before a the meeting. 

efforts of Minnesota 

license issued. plate Some recognizing of the most major 

Prizes will Minnesota 

of March 

Congressman Collin Peterson, 

be drawn and lunch will be served. 

agriculture. issues that we talk about in traffic ing” is usually listed as an ordinance 

within cities, counties, town- 

acceleration 218-222-3311 

without apparent rea- 

jesse.grabow@state.mn.us. 

Agriculture Committee, and 

acceleration 120 2nd of St. a N, motor Middle vehicle River or 2205 or reach him at, ranking member of the House 

We invite all patrons to attend. 

safety Agriculture are “distracted in Minnesota driving” is 25 and 

Todd Bjorgaard, Secretary 

state conservationists in 

percent “seat belt of our use”. economy In opinion, and brings both ships, etc. The difference between son and accomplished in such a 

Minnesota, North Dakota, and 

of those apply to unsecure pets. I’ve state law and an ordinance for the manner as to cause squealing or 

South Dakota as being instrumental 

in bringing this program 

said this before and I will say it most part is that a state law is screeching sounds by the tires, or 

again, nobody plans on getting in a passed We do by more your state than government the throwing of sand or gravel by 

to the Red River Basin. 

crash. But they happen. By having just and change effective your state oil . . wide. . the tires of the said vehicle, or both. 

“This is another opportunity 

for farmers to get involved with 

your pet sit on your lap or anywhere 

Parts 

Ordinances 

Master 

are “laws” passed by Prima facia evidence of such unnecessary 

and unreasonable accelera- 

At Home improve water quality and 

conservation efforts that will 

else loose in your vehicle will add a Batteries that local government; being the 

dangerous factor for them being Filters a city - Lubes council, county commissioners, tion shall be squealing or screeching 

sounds emitted by the tire of the 

 

visual obstruction or becoming a etc. Tiresand only in effect within that 

projectile in the event of a crash. 

Tire 

border. 

Rotation 

throwing or sand or gravel by the 

or on the 

Tires 

Livestock Livestock Feeds & Minerals 

I’ve investigated numerous crashes Tire Rotation M.S.S. defines the following: tires of said vehicle, or both.” 

Beef • Cattle • Horses • Swine 

where pets were unsecured in a Reckless driving (a) Any person Depending on the situation that Road... 

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Beef 

Dairy 

• Cattle 

Cattle 

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• Poultry 

• Swine 

vehicle. Some of those pets were who drives any vehicle in such a got the officer’s attention, 

Dairy 

I’ve seen 

Cattle • Poultry 

Left alone to do its work, 

Congressman Collin Peterson 

injured and killed, and some manner as to indicate either a willful 

or a wanton disregard for the can go either with a “reckless” or an 

issues that people Phone: 

have created that 

218-782-2121 Stay in Touch believes the Agriculture 

slammed into the other occupants 

Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

Committee will do its work 

in the vehicle causing unnecessary safety of persons or property is “exhibition driving” citation. 800-569-4182 

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together to reduce the deficit in 

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injuries to the people. If you really guilty of reckless driving and such of these have included (but not limited 

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administration, who want to 

make more than $30 billion in 

cuts to the commodity and crop 

insurance programs. He stated 

in his comments that an adequate 

safety net can’t be main- 

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“Thank you Chairman 

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the letter before us today illustrates 

the many challenges that 

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lie ahead as we begin writing a 

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new farm bill. 

“As the letter states, the 

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chairman and I worked together 

to develop a proposal saving $23 

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process. We were the 

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“A $23 billion cut is more 

than we would be required to do 

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under sequestration. Personally, 

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bill and take our chances under 

Located on the south side of Hallock in Industrial Park sequestration. However, I was 

willing to accept these cuts 

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because the chairman and I 

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counterparts and, if the super 

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not face further reductions. 

“We demonstrated that we 

can step up and be fiscally 

responsible while providing a 

safety net for America’s farmers 

quantity,” Peterson said. “I 

believe this is an important 

piece of the puzzle addressing 

long-term solutions to flood control 

in the Red River Valley.” 

AWEP funds will be used for 

the following strategies, which 

were developed by RRBC with 

assistance from local units of 

government, commodity and 

farm groups, and federal and 

state agencies: sugar beet cover 

crop strategy, beach ridge erosion 

reduction strategy, restricted 

flow sediment pool strategy, 

water flow retardation strategy, 

stream bank erosion reduction 

strategy, and ring dikes and 

other EQIP strategies. 

This year, beach ridge erosion 

reduction and water flow retardation 

strategies will be targeted 

first. These strategies will 

slow beach ridge run-off, which 

causes erosion and poor water 

quality from sediments and 

nutrients; restrict flows by use 

of culverts and dikes; retard 

flows of water; and proven tools 

such as stream bank erosion 

projects, buffer strips, wetland 

restorations and cover crops. 

Together these strategies will 

improve water quality, reducing 

nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment 

and provide changed 

flows, enhancing available supplies 

and positively impacting 

erosion patterns. 

Proposed cuts to 

Farm Bill are too much 

and America’s hungry. 

Unfortunately, we will get no 

credit for this effort, and I fear 

that others will now step in and 

dictate how much we have to cut 

and tell us how to do it. 

“Last year, the House passed 

a budget that suggested a $30 

billion cut to commodity and 

crop insurance programs, a 

roughly $20 billion cut to conservation 

programs and a $127 

billion cut to the SNAP program. 

You cannot pass a Farm 

Bill with cuts like those. The 

Administration’s recent budget 

also recommended $30 billion in 

cuts to commodity and crop 

insurance programs. Again, you 

cannot have an adequate farm 

safety net with those reductions. 

“It’s really amazing to me 

that the strongest part of our 

nation’s economy – the agriculture 

sector – is repeatedly asked 

to bear a disproportionate share 

of cuts. While commodity prices 

have been high in recent years, 

any farmer can tell you that will 

not always be the case and a 

strong safety net needs to be in 

place when prices fall. 

“I think the Budget Views 

and Estimates letter makes 

clear that if the Agriculture 

Committee is left alone to do its 

work, we will work together to 

reduce the deficit in a responsible 

way while continuing to best 

represent our constituents. I 

support the letter and urge all 

members to vote for its adoption. 

“Again, I thank the chair for 

holding today’s meeting and 

look forward to working together 

on the 2012 Farm Bill.” 

Look beyond crude protein to 

measure Minnesota soybean quality 

by Seth Naeve, University of 

Minnesota Extension 

Today, most soybeans are 

processed to separate the oil 

from the high-protein meal fraction. 

These two 'co-products' 

make the seed valuable to the 

end user and make the soybean 

a profitable crop for U.S. producers. 

The protein content of the 

soybean impacts the protein 

content of the soybean meal, 

and end users pay a premium 

for high-protein meal. Because 

these premiums get passed 

down through the value chain, 

higher-protein soybeans command 

a premium at the first 

point of sale, the local elevator. 

Normally, producers don't see 

this price differential because 

long-term variation in soybean 

quality is built into the local 

price as a part of the basis. 

Occasionally, local protein 

levels can dip low enough that 

grain handlers begin docking for 

low-protein soybeans delivered 

to local elevators. This occurred 

in an area in south central 

Minnesota in the fall of 2011. 

There, many farmers accepted a 

15-cent per bushel penalty for 

low-protein soybeans. 

Soybeans grown in the northern 

and western ranges of the 

U.S. Corn Belt tend to have 

lower protein than soybeans 

grown elsewhere in the U.S. or 

in South America. This puts 

farmers in Minnesota and the 

Dakotas at risk of being penalized 

for low protein levels, but 

what can be done? 

Farmers can have a direct 

impact on the quality of the 

grain that they sell in the fall by 

selecting the higher-protein 

lines from among the top-yielding 

varieties available. Because 

it is not always easy to identify 

high-yielding varieties with 

high-protein seed, it is critical 

for U.S. producers to educate 

end-users about other positive 

attributes of northern grown 

soybeans. 

With the support of soybean 

checkoff organizations from 

Minnesota, South and North 

Dakota, University of 

Minnesota researchers have 

shown that the protein fraction 

from northern grown soybeans 

tends to be slightly enriched in 

the amino acids most important 

to swine and poultry. 

While there may be less protein 

overall, it appears to be of a 

greater quality than once 

thought. In addition, there 

appears to be other minor constituents 

in the seed of northern 

grown soybeans that provide 

additional value to the end user. 

Researchers are currently quantifying 

these additional factors. 

Farm leaders from 

Minnesota and the Dakotas will 

travel with me – a soybean 

agronomist with University of 

Minnesota Extension – to the 

Philippines, Thailand and 

China this month to educate 

end-users about the positive 

attributes of northern grown 

soybeans. If nutritionists can 

look beyond crude protein as a 

measure of quality, Minnesota 

farmers should soon see 

increased prices for their soybeans 

at market. 

For more information, visit 

www.extension.umn.edu/soybean.


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Page 23 • Ag Supplement Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Kittson County Enterprise • Hallock, Minn. 

The National Weather Service latest 

- River ice conditions on the Red frequent periods of mild weather 

report dated March 6 for the Red and its Minnesota and North punctuated with shorter periods of northern plains through March 20, 

River of the North area shows that Dakota tributaries are either ice extreme cold have prevented the while precipitation is expected to be 

snow melt is expected to accelerate, covered or ice affected. River ice ground frost from penetrating to near normal. daily high temperatures 

starting March 11. 

thickness varies with the size of the extreme soil depths. 

during this period could regu- 

Above normal temperatures are river, but range mostly between a - Recent weather...the air temperatures 

larly reach into the 40s with low 

expected to ripen existing snow foot and a foot and a half on the 

have been in the range that temperatures ranging from the mid 

pack and begin the initial snow melt mainstem Red. 

have not yet produced any substantial 

20s into the mid 30s at times. 

runoff process across the Red River - Soil moisture and frost 

melting of the snow pack except - For the northern Red River basin 

basin. 

depths...the top few inches of soil on metro area roads. the increasing during the third week in 

Local streams and tributaries remain somewhat dry but are completely 

spring sunshine and warmer weath- 

March...normal high temperatures 

should see some initial rises also 

snow covered and quite er has reduced the depth of snow range from the lower to middle 30s 

and runoff will continue. 

frozen. deeper soil levels appeared and increased snow density which is and low temperatures from the mid 

As of March 6, ccurrent conditions damp but not saturated at freeze-up essential to the /ripening/ of the to upper teens. for the southern Red 

were: 

and have remained so. soils across snow pack and increasing its temperature 

River basin...normal high tempera- 

- Snow pack in late February and the southern third of the basin are 

more toward its melting tures range from the mid to upper 

early March snow storms have peppered 

The the Area Red River I United basin bringing States Department central and northern of Petro portions Pumper). of the The southern building part also of the houses Red River Ag 20s. Beyond 14 days: the remainder 

somewhat wetter than those in the temperature...especially in the 30s and low temperatures from mid 

it Agriculture more in line with Natural normal Resources spring basin. Conservation Soils are frozen Country from 20 Credit to 40 basin Services and and the forested the Evergreen parts of of the March outlook is for temperatures 

to remain above seasonal 

snow Service, pack which conditions. encompasses The snowmany inches counties, deep over is most Implement of the area. Co. training northwestern center, Minnesota. which was featured 

in in the the win- 

Feb. 29 - edition Spring of The thaw Times. weather averages and for precipitation to 

depths located in in Grand the Western Forks Professional and lack of snow Building cover early 

Fargo/Moorhead along Highway area 1 West, is about Thief 8 River ter had Falls allowed (near frost to penetrate outlook...for the next 8 to 14 days: range from near to slightly above 

inches. 

more deeply than last year though above to much above normal tem- 

seasonal averages. 

Page 3 • Ag Supplement Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Kittson - Special County hydro/flood Enterprise concerns...a • Hallock, Minn. 

Spring thaw progress for the Red River of the north 

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Red Two River Valley River land values Airspray 

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The Red River Valley, with 12 

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Minnesota Beans? and North Dakota, saw 

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the year, Resistnat following Weeds? a 22 percent 

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Red River Valley increased an average 

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In the northern valley, west 

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steepness 

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dams. ice jams typically set up 

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quickly and are hard to predict 

Minnesota showed the only decline 61 percent, to a range of $1,200 to 

using conventional river models. if 

on the year for the northern 

the 

Red 

NWS is notified of an ice jam 

River Valley, a 2 percent reduction flood...we will issue a flash flood 

to a range of $1,500 to $2,800 warning. per 

acre, but after a 26 percent increase - The increased NWS office 55 in percent, Grand Forks to a range of 

the previous year. 

will be $800 closely to monitoring $4,300, after weather a 16 percent 

In the southern Red River Valley, and river increase conditions in and 2010. issue The floodsmallest 

price increases were topped by Clay warnings increase and statements...as in the area was well Stutsman 

County, up 14 percent in a range as of 7 day County, river forecasts with a range when we of $650 to 

$2,000 to $5,054 an acre, after a expect 24 $2,600 the river and to reach an average or exceed2 percent 

percent increase in 2010. flood stage increase, within following that period. a 19 percent 

Meanwhile, Richland County - The increase next hydrologic from 2010. outlook for 

showed a 2 percent decline, spring but flooding In northwest will be issued North March Dakota, the 

with a range of $1,605 to $5,140 22. per biggest percentage increase was in 

acre, and after a 23 percent Source: Mountrail www.noaa.gov County, up 70 percent 

increase the previous year. 

with a range of $500 to $2,300, and 

Among the largest increases were following a 14 percent increase the 

in eastern Kittson County, where Funprevious Facts about year. what Bottineau we eat! County 

values increased by 81 percent on What’s was up up Doc? 33 percent with a range of 

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Other non-valley counties with in McKenzie County, with a range 

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that are yellow/orange in color contain 

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percent ($1,500 to $3,800 per acre percent increase the previous year. 

range); Pennington, 48 percent 

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Governor signs legislation removing 

export barrier for Minnesota ag firms 

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton 

signed legislation recently 

removing a trade barrier for 

Minnesota agricultural businesses 

looking to export feed to 

Brazil. 

Brazilian authorities recently 

announced a new set of import 

regulations that included a 

requirement for companies 

sending feed to Brazil to provide 

a certificate of Good 

Manufacturing Practices compliance. 

While the new federal 

Food Safety Modernization Act 

includes provisions for such a 

certificate, they are not expected 

to be implemented for several 

months. Without a process for 

providing the certificate 

required by Brazil, Minnesota 

companies would be unable to 

supply feed to that large and 

growing market. 

After executives with 

Marshall-based RALCO 

Nutrition alerted state officials 

to this problem, the Minnesota 

Department of Agriculture and 

state legislators worked together 

to develop House File 1926 to 

bridge the gap. Minnesota 

Agriculture Commissioner Dave 

Frederickson said the legislation 

signed by Gov. Dayton will 

allow Minnesota companies to 

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“Export markets are very 

important for our agricultural 

economy,” Frederickson said. 

“Thanks to this bill, Minnesota 

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not have to worry about losing 

access to an important export 

market.” 

HF 1926 creates a temporary 

process for issuing a state certificate 

of Good Manufacturing 

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criteria for good manufacturing 

practices, and gives MDA 

authority to inspect facilities 

upon request. The legislation 

also stipulates that the new federal 

rules will be adopted into 

state law once they are finalized 

later this year. 

“This was a great example of 

people working together to solve 

a problem,” Frederickson said. 

“I want to thank the legislators 

who worked on this bill, especially 

the chief authors Sen. 

Gary Dahms and Rep. Chris 

Swedzinksi, for helping us make 

sure Minnesota farmers and 

agricultural firms can continue 

supplying high-quality feed to 

customers in Brazil.” 

Minnesota is the sixth largest 

agricultural exporter among the 

50 states. Exports contribute 

one-third of Minnesota’s total 

agricultural sales, and support 

more than 40,000 jobs. 

According to MDA, each dollar 

of agricultural exports generates 

an additional $1.36 in economic 

and business activities 

for the state. 

Notice of Annual Meeting 

of the 

Red Lake County Cooperative Inc. 

Brooks, Minnesota 56715 


Brooks Community Center 

9 a.m. Breakfast • 10 a.m. Meeting 

The purpose of this meeting is to: 

1. Review the Operating Statement for the fiscal year 2011. 

2. Election of Directors 

• District 5, East of Hwy 59 and South of Hwy 92 

Director currently serving this area is Lauris (Bud) Kiecker 

3. To consider any business that may come before the meeting. 

Paying 40% of Dividend In Cash 

Dividend Checks will be handed out at this meeting. 

Checks that are not picked up at this meeting 

will be mailed the first week of April. 

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©2009 Buhler Versatile Inc. All rights reserved. www.versatile-ag.com 

Specials on Remaining 

2010 & 2011 Models 

www.rvsports.com 

(218) 681-1007 

1412 3rd St. W. • Thief River Falls 

honda.com BIG RED IS ONLY FOR DRIVERS 16 YEARS AND OLDER. MULTI-PURPOSE UTILITY VEHICLES CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO OPERATE. FOR YOUR SAFETY, BE RESPONSIBLE. ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET, EYE PROTECTION 

AND APPROPRIATE CLOTHING. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT, AND KEEP THE SIDE NETS AND DOORS CLOSED. AVOID EXCESSIVE SPEEDS AND BE CAREFUL ON DIFFICULT TERRAIN. ALL MUV DRIVERS SHOULD WATCH THE 

SAFETY VIDEO “MULTIPURPOSE UTILITY VEHICLES: A GUIDE TO SAFE OPERATION” AND READ THE OWNER’S MANUAL BEFORE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. NEVER DRIVE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, ON 

PUBLIC ROADS OR WITH MORE THAN ONE PASSENGER. DRIVER AND PASSENGER MUST BE TALL ENOUGH FOR SEAT BELT TO FIT PROPERLY AND TO BRACE THEMSELVES WITH BOTH FEET FIRMLY ON THE FLOOR. PASSENGER 

MUST BE ABLE TO GRASP THE HAND HOLD WITH THE SEAT BELT ON AND BOTH FEET ON THE FLOOR. RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN DRIVING. Big Red ® is a registered trademark of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (08/11) 12-1154 

Variable Rate 

Application 

Front row (L to R): Crystal Lee, Celeste Leach, Lisa Kolstoe, Traci Kroll, Michelle Benton, Susan Nelson, Tami Dicken 

Back Row: Tom Kays, Tom Koppenhaver, Chuck Lundgren, Ray Safranski, Ryan St. Germain 

C 

P 

A 

Kays, 

Benton, 

Safranski 

& Co. LLP 

Serving Area 

Farmers For 

Over 66 Years 

Certified Public 

Accountants 218-681-4287 

116 Third Street West, Thief River Falls, MN 


218-681-8494 

St. Hilaire 

218-964-5252 

Oklee 

218-796-5100


FIRST AND FOREMOST: 

FARM SAFETY 

Our local businesses remind you to stay safe year-round by following these basic tips: 

Don’t allow “extra riders” on farm vehicles, and never let children ride as passengers. 

Always look behind you before starting or backing up farm machinery, 

especially when children are present. 

Maintain machinery regularly, with particular attention to protective shields, 

rollover protectors and seat belts. 

Keep chemicals and pesticides safely locked up and out of children’s reach, 

and always follow label instructions when using these materials. 

Know basic first aid, CPR and emergency response procedures. 

Make sure everyone on the farm knows these procedures as well. 

When not using tractors, always make sure they are disengaged by shutting off the power, 

locking brakes and removing keys from the ignition before dismounting. 

Avoid wearing loose clothing that could become entangled with moving equipment parts. 

Some areas should be off-limits to children. These include grain bins, silos, manure lagoons, 

pesticide storage areas, animal pens and roadways where there is frequent equipment travel. 

Wear protective clothing or sunscreen when working for prolonged periods in the sun. 

A hat will also help provide sun protection. 

Lift heavy items with your legs rather than your back, 

and avoid steep slopes when moving heavy equipment. 

Ace Hardware 

American Legion Post #117 

B & B Auto Recycling 

Bergan Travel 

Border State Bank 

Brodin Comfort Systems 

Burns Welding and Repair 

C’mon Inn 

Jim Dagg Insurance Agency 

Dairy Queen of Thief River 

Falls 

Dee’s Kitchen 

Diamonds & Designs 

Duffy Law Office 

East Side Tesoro 

Elks Lodge 1308 

Ericco Tool and 

Manufacturing 

Evans Scrap and Steel 

Falls Liquor 

Falls Radiator Service 

Farmers Co-op Grain & 

Seed 

Farmers Union Oil 

Fisher Electric 

Fleet Supply 

Forsberg Inc. 

Genereux Realty, Inc. 

Goodridge Liquor Store 

Hall’s Floral 

Home Lumber Design 

Center, Inc. 

Hugo’s 

Kruse In 

Land O’Lakes Milk 

Division of Dean Foods 

Lori’s Hallmark & Gifts 

MN Greenleaf Senior Living 

Model Laundry 

Northern State Bank 

Northwest Eye Center 

Northwest Grain of 

St. Hilaire 


Keith Demarais 

Paint & Glass Interiors, Inc. 

Pepsi Beverages Company 

Peterson Lumber Company 

Petro Pumper 

Phillips Iron & Metal, Inc. 

Pizza Hut 

ProBuild 

Purdys Shoe Store 

Seven Clans Casino, 

Hotel and Indoor Water 

Park 

Sjoberg’s Cable TV, Inc. 

Sorvig Oil Inc. 

Styles By Amy 

The Times 

Thief River Falls Area 

Abstract Co. Larry 

McDowell 

Thrifty White Drug 

Thygeson Construction Co. 

Titan Machinery 

Tony Dorn, Inc. 

TRF Dental Association 

VFW Post #2793 & 

Auxiliary 

Wells Concrete 

Wells Fargo Bank

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