Articles from the May 22, 2013 edition
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Playing short-handed, Warriors fall to Nevis - P6
Playing short-handed, Warriors fall to Nevis - P6...
Playing short-handed, Warriors fall to Nevis - P7
Playing short-handed, Warriors fall to Nevis - P7...
Lady Warriors let a pair slip away to Blackduck in Red Lake - P11
Lady Warriors let a pair slip away to Blackduck in Red Lake - P11...
Lady Warriors let a pair slip away to Blackduck in Red Lake - P12
Lady Warriors let a pair slip away to Blackduck in Red Lake - P12...
Annual Safety Camp held at Red Lake Elementary School - P16
Annual Safety Camp held at Red Lake Elementary School - P16...
Annual Safety Camp held at Red Lake Elementary School - P17
Annual Safety Camp held at Red Lake Elementary School - P17...
Some burning restrictions lifted
Burning restrictions are lifted immediately in all counties in the Bemidji Area. Please see the attached map, as the counties to the north remain restricted. Permits may now be written for 3 days from 6 PM - 8 AM. Variance permits approved by a Forester are also allowed. People need to be aware that we will remain in fire...
HOUSE PASSES DFL JOBS BILL
ST. PAUL, MN – Last night the House of Representatives passes the Jobs and Economic Development Omnibus bill on a vote of 73 to 59. The bill will invest in job creation across the state and it includes a huge tax cut for Minnesota businesses. Rep. John Persell (DFL – Bemidji) is glad to see the state focused on jobs. “Minnesota needs to help create jobs for working...
Laughing Your Way to Good Health
“Laughter is the best medicine” - I love this quote very much. Laughter is free-of-charge. Besides, laughter is a painless method to ease your stress, mind and body (I hate suffering from pain). Wondering why after a round of laughter, your mood improved? When you laugh (have to be a genuine laughter), your brain secretes en...
BSU DRIVING SIMULATOR ACTIVITY DAY
On April 29 -30, 2013, Lt Brad Norland of the Minnesota State Patrol, along with Beltrami County TZD Coordinator Trish Grimsley, set up a driving simulator in the Student Union at Bemidji State University. Lt. Norland, using the driving simulator tool, teaches the student how to use the simulator to test their driving ability...
As The Rotors Turn
This month’s article is from one of our Safe Neighborhoods Towards Zero Death Initiative team members, Michael Schultz, Base Supervisor for Sanford AirMed in Bemidji. He writes from the Emergency Medical and Trauma perspective. 76 people have died or have had a life-changing injury due to a crash on roads in Beltrami County...
Chickasaw Nation Extends Deadline for Young Chickasaw Artists
May 24 is the new deadline to submit photographs for display in the new Chickasaw Nation Visitor’s Center in Sulphur, Okla. Selected photographs will be displayed at the center in an exhibit entitled “The Natural Beauty of the Chickasaw Nation.” The call is open to Chickasaw photographers, ages 13-17. Photographers will be awarded $250 for each piece selected....
Voters will determine how lawmaker pay is decided
ST. PAUL — Minnesota voters will decide in 2016 whether decisions about how much legislators are paid should be handed to an independent group....
Beltrami County Board: Sentence to Service gets funding
BEMIDJI — Sentence to Service, a state-run program that provides those on probation for various crimes to serve the community, will receive more than $200,000 in funds, the Beltrami County Board decided at their regular meeting Tuesday night....
Capitol, flooding, veterans, disaster funding end Minnesota Legislature
ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Legislature ended a historic 2013 session seconds before midnight Monday after voting to renovate the state Capitol building, help communities fight floods, give veterans a new facility and provide disaster assistance....
Patrick Smith-Wells
Patrick Smith-Wells May 20, 2013 - Monday, May 20, 2013 Patrick Gilbert Smith-Wells, infant son of Norma Smith and Rahsaan Wells journeyed to the spirit world on May 20, 2013. He is survived by his parents, brothers Clint White Jr. and Rahsaan Wells Jr. and sister Daijha Wells. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 23 at 11:00 A.M. at the Morgan Family Cemetery in Cass...
DFL and GOP dissect one-party Minnesota legislative session
DFL leaders and the GOP minority kicked off the campaign for and against one-party government on the day after the 2013 legislative session ended with a hefty $2.1 billion tax hike and a contentious vote on an expansion of union influence....
Minneapolis school enrolls parents for reading gains
In three months, Jackie Ponce-Chacon has caught up to her sixth-grade reading level and is aiming to be a full grade level ahead by the time school lets out....
Maidu protesters say dispute is over membership
OROVILLE — It's the same story heard across California in Indian gaming country — family against family with complex claims about the blood lineage of tribal members. Blood lineage determines who gets to be in the tribe and who gets the money....
Ties with First Nations are more positive than thought
Probe the mind of the average Canadian and you'll likely find a complex knot of feelings and thoughts about aboriginal Canadians - a mixture of guilt, admiration, resentment and frustration in roughly equal measure. Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Ties+with+First+Nations+more+positive+than+thought/8411785/story.html#ixzz2U1J7gkUl...
Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation
On an oppressively hot evening last May, David Cornsilk addressed a room of so-called “black Indians” at Gilcrease Hills Baptist Church in northwest Tulsa. He wore a leather-braided bolo tie clasped by an emerald quartz. Though Cornsilk never formally studied law, his voice bellowed with the rhetorical ire of a white-shoed seasoned litigator....
