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by Laurel Latham Another three sessions of RinkRat 19 Hockey School have been completed in Warroad. It’s the 16th year Gigi Marvin, the owner and head on-ice instructor of RR19HS, has held a hockey camp that focuses on individual skill development for boys and girls as young as 3 and as old as 18. RinkRats coaching staff is comprised of Olympic and NCAA athletes, with the hockey school attracting kids from 24 U.S. states, 3 Canadian provinces, and one skater from the United Arab Emirates. T...
by Jeff Olsen Late on Saturday afternoon, July 15, Jane Evans, a Type A personality with great spunk, left nothing out when walking the extra mile to benefit ALS patients, the majority who can no longer speak, no longer walk, no longer swallow, and no longer pick up a glass or a fork. It's a helluva disease. The late Wes Blakeslee, a hulk of a man with a great future, was in his thirties when he gave up his motorcycle for a wheelchair. He and the great Lou Gehrig, the Iron Horse of the New York...
by Laurel Latham Jacques Bernier of Montreal, Quebec has never owned a car. Jacques has been riding his bicycle since 1976 and believes the description of a true cyclist is someone who rides everywhere, even to work. “My goal is to ride across Canada,” explained Jacques Bernier. “I rode across British Columbia in 2018. BC is beautiful but very hilly. The first hill was difficult and I wasn’t sure I could do it, but then each hill became a little easier.” In 2020, Jacques rode across Alberta....
by Jeff Olsen On Wednesday, Richard Magnusson, the Roseau County Fair Board Director, wasn't happy with Neil Carlson of iNewZ. "The problem is that when he first reported it, he said the guy is a carnival employee. And that is not true. And then he changed his story to a fair employee, and he is not a fair employee. He was an independent contractor." The alleged child pornographer, Miguel Antonio Acosta Caipe, 55, was arrested on July 22 at the Warroad Port of Entry and charged with possessing...
Reprinted with permission of the Grand Forks Herald. A bull elk that hung around the Swift Ditch area of Lake of the Woods east of Warroad, Minnesota, for several years before dying in March was 20 years old, a wildlife manager for the Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday, July 25. A laboratory in Montana that specializes in using tooth samples to age big game animals confirmed the age, said Scott Laudenslager, area wildlife manager for the DNR in Baudette, Minnesota. Laudenslager was... Full story
Essay by: Titus Kvien Roseau Community School Mrs. Didrikson, CIHS English In the summer of 2020, I showed up to the ball field for our double header vs. Warroad. As I walked into the dugout of Gilbertson Field, it had just finished raining and the field was in questionable condition. I started wandering around the field to check it out. Luckily, we did play that day, and we were bound to win; that was until the first two innings concluded, and we were losing by a large deficit. Everything had...
I miss my Joephus. I would ask him, tell me what God says to you and then I will be ok. I sometimes feel like my life bounces against a wall in an empty room. How do you bounce things off yourself? I have been here and there, keeping in mind that I might find a treasure of truth, which would give me a comforting connection. I don't mind being alone, depending what you mean by alone. I do mind not having the "daily connection" of another's walk of faith. Is this a good way of putting it? Joe and I had this connection and it was like a storehouse...
"Faith," said a little girl, in response to a question posed by her Sunday school teacher, "is believing something you know isn't true." Now we smile at her answer, concluding once again that "kids are great," and hoping that her Sunday School teacher was able to set her thinking straight on the subject. Let's not leave the little girl behind too quickly, however, for her answer may be more insightful than we first imagine. First of all, faith is believing something. Secondly, is it possible to...
Be quick. Who won the World Series in 1998? The Stanley Cup in 2022? The pole vault in the last Olympics? If you're looking for the answer, you won't get it here. I can't even remember who won last year's World Series, this year's NBA title, or what I had for supper two nights ago. You aren't senile if you're stumped on mundane things like do I owe Bro - that's me - $50 for a quick loan at the American Legion three weeks ago. I never forget those things. Expect a call soon. And don't fake it...
Blu and Cynder have become the best of buddies. Blu wasn't too thrilled to have Cyn hanging around when he was a puppy, but now that Cyn is older Blu thinks he's a good buddy. The two are always getting into mischief and like to blame the other for whatever they have gotten into. It is usually Cyn but Blu does his share, too! Life would be boring without them, and I know they miss each other when Brandon takes Cyn home. Cyn is staying for an extended period (again), which will make it hard for...
The fair has came and gone one more time. After more than sixty years of attending it is sad to say that most of the thrill is gone. Bah humbug if you will. None the less there are a lot of people that put a lot of their heart and soul into it. That is what makes it fun and very special. The combines are harvesting the grass seed. The doves and sandhill cranes are starting to bunch up in flocks. One of the hard to explain things in our world is how the mourning dove, the symbol of peace, is also America’s number one game bird. They account for...
I like big bodies of water. So far, I've only visited two of the Earth's four oceans. I've also walked many large ocean inlets: the Gulf of Mexico, Puget Sound, and the Bay of Fundy. I enjoy the saltwater; watching dolphins swim or breaching whales is a thrill. I also like the beaches, mainly for the seashells. Although some say people shouldn't take shells, beach-goers are combing the shores, looking for them from sun up to sundown; myself included. While most want to find the big shells, I pre...
Mesa, Ariz.- Today and always we honor and remember Mark Roland Olson– born in Roseau on January 22, 1951 to George and Elsie (Mickelson) Olson. His family moved to Ely after Mark finished the first grade. They then relocated to Isabella where he graduated high school from Silver Bay in 1969. He attended one year of tech school in Great Lakes before enlisting in the Navy. Mark is cherished as a loving husband, son, friend, brother, uncle, Navy petty officer 3rd class, and Vietnam veteran. He s...
Warroad- Michael Gary Tveit of Warroad, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on July 21, 2023. He was only 38. The loss felt by his death is eclipsed only by the joy he brought to others during his life. Born on September 18, 1984, in Roseau, Michael grew up with a deep appreciation for the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and valued time at the cabin with his dad, sons, nephews, brothers-in-law and his beloved dogs Tuuk and Warrior. The rink was his second home. It didn't matter if...
Dilworth- Martha Elenor ‘Ellie’ Hecker, age 91, of Dilworth, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, July 25. She was born in Winner, on February 11, 1932, to Christian and Elsie (Fischer) Hecker. Ellie was raised in the Warroad area and attended a country school there. She developed her long-lasting love for horses and cats while living on the family farm. In her early years, she loved to travel. Ellie found jobs and made new friends in several different states. Eventually, she...
5 years ago – July 28, 2018 The Roseau County Fair Board added a White Bengal Tiger exhibit this year to the Roseau County Fair. Chandler Mooney, who would be a Roseau High School Senior this fall, wrestled seven matches to earn fourth place honors in the Junior Greco-Roman Division at the Fargodome. Bill and Jackie Forbister were the entertainment at Legend’s 2nd Annual Pig Roast in Roseau. Kelsey Johnson was the new Roseau High School Assistant Principal and Community Education Direc...
by Jeff Olsen Marie Eklund, a no-nonsense gal who never mentioned if she preferred cotton candy, pronto pups or sneaking out to ride the Ferris Wheel, just celebrated a rather unusual anniversary. In the last fifty years, she was able to watch toddlers blowing snot bubbles as they waited in tears for their par6 ents to rescue their lost souls. At the Roseau County Fair's Secretary's Office, she had a front row seat. In the beginning, Marie was young and even today she has plenty of spunk. Just a...
