Friday, June 3 15 years ago [For] a beginner or experienced birder (or somewhere in between), Voyageurs National Park’s Birders Rendezvous has something of interest this weekend. The evening kicks off with a guided onehour Rock Walk on the Oberholtzer Trail with Chris Hemstad of Boreal Explorations, followed by a Birder’s Social, and special presentation by keynote speaker Jim Williams.
Chapter 13 Floyd thought that his brother Orrah was the best under-the-ice beaver trapper he ever saw. He could make sets and seemingly knew exactly where the beaver would put its foot and could get a beaver to go right into it.
The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office received a report last week from a Hubbard County resident reporting they received a call from someone claiming to a Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office employee.
All backcountry closures and some frontcountry campsite closures have been extended through June 20, Voyageurs National Park officials report Friday, May 27. The likelihood is that closures may be further extended based on conditions as that date approaches, and other closures/restrictions may be defined, staff reported.
The crew prior to the dinner, included the committee of organizers Pat Kaminski DeBenedet, Dee Dee Thompson, Sue and George Fraik, Deb Glava Ciminski, Kathy Tompkins and Ashley LaVigne and Cori Horton. To donate, send checks to Ukrainian Refugee Relief Fund, Backus Community Center, 900 Fifth St., International Falls, MN 56649. BCC is the fiscal agent for the event. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Koochiching and other northeastern counties and Native nations are included in the state’s Main Street Economic Revitalization Program. The Department of Employment and Economic Development announced grantee partners for the second round of the Main Street Economic Revitalization Program.
A full house and program at Indus School May 19 helped celebrate kindergarten graduation and first grade step-up. Entering the program to “Pomp and Circumstance,” the students sang several songs with themes from what they have been learning about throughout the school year, reported Soren Olesen, instructor.
Summer Reading for 2022 is “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” and challenges us all to look beyond our borders, expand our horizons and explore the outside. Summer programming will run from Monday, June 6th to Friday, August 12th. Ask your kids if they got a summer reading booklet from their teachers or stop by the library beginning Monday, June 6th to pick up a copy.
June members have been added to the Falls Elementary School Birthday Bookshelf Club to assist the book fund there. Recognized in the group photo are, left to right, front row, Rowan Helleloid, Shaylee Richards, Gannon Anderson, and Emidio Brade; back row, Lyla Baron, Finley McIntyre, Dexi Shoberg, Jaiven Vondra, and Carson Line; and Averie Christensen. Members join by each donating $5 for new books at FES Library; they then are recognized on their birthday. FES PHOTOS
Owen Wherley, an International Falls graduate, was presented recently with the KGHS/KSDM scholarship by Mike Bolstad, KGHS/KSDM general manager. Wherley, who plans to study journalism/broadcast in college, is the first International Falls recipient of the scholarship. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO