Thursday, September 19, 2013

Volume 98; Number 13

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A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560

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School board receives updated enrollment numbers

By Venus King Browerville School Board members met Monday September 9. Principal Sutlief reported that the school year is well underway. This was the second week of school and Bus Training for grades 1 through 10 will be held. Picture days were also this week and Thursday Sept 12 was the first Lockdown drill. Browerville NHS (National Honor Society) will be hosting a Blood Drive Thursday October 10, 2013 and will be staffed by the NHS members as well as the Senior Student Council members. Scholarships are available and partially based on the amount of donations rceived. Jump Rope for Heart event will be this fall as well. As of Monday, September 9, 30 new students have been enrolled at Browerville Public School. Of these 30 new students, four are Foreign Exchange Students and the others have moved to The Browerville area or come from other schools. The number of students that have left Browerville School is 17. Of these 17 students eight have moved out of the area, two will be home schooled, one student went to Christ the King, five transferred and one student goes to Connections High School. This brings the total of students from K-12th grade to 423. Following is a list of class sizes for 2013/2014; K 30, grade 1 26, grade 2 29, grade 3 25, grade 4 23, grade 5 27, grade 6 29, grade 7 32, grade 8 34, grade 9 30, grade 10 50, grade 11 49 and grade 12 39. Browerville School has seven bus routes and two vans that are used for Head Start. New Faculty Members this year are Amber Niehoff Title 1, Tony Sanders Music, Daniel Custer Industrial Technology, Darwin Beach Custodial, Beth Brown Kitchen, Mandie Allen Speech and Kerrie Speer English. Other action taken by the board: Approval to discuss and certify the final 2013 pay 2014 levy at the December 9, 2013 regular board meeting, approved the Minnesota State Community Technical College PSEO Administration Contract for fiscal year 2014, approved the resolution to continue participating in the Todd-Wadena Community Concern for Youth Program and accepted donations from Target Corporation - Take Charge of Education - $128.13 for elementary and $236.56 for high school. Board members approved rescheduling the November board meeting from Monday November 11 to Monday November 4. The meeting was then closedto the public at 8:19 pm for negotiations.

Council renews CCY funding agreement

By Venus King All council members were present at the Browerville City Council Meeting on Wednesday September 11. Tom Steinmetz from the Ambulance Committee brought before the council preliminary plans for the upgrades to the ambulance bay. Council members approved the new cabinetry and upgrades for the bay not to exceed $8,500.00. This will not include the furnace or electrical changes that need to be made. The furnace is scheduled to be moved next week. Hannah Wieshalla has been appointed as a new EMT. Other personnel changes are; Eric Kreemer has resigned as Assistant Fire Chief effective immediately. Pat Sutlief has been appointed as the new Assistant Fire Chief and Terry Host has been approved as the Training Officer for the Browerville Fire Department. There is concern about the cracks still left in the parking lot behind City Hall after the seal coating was done. It was explained that no cracks were filled in because of the amount of cracks. It is time for the parking lot to be replaced. Right now only a top coat was applied. Resolution 09112013 was approved for the 2014 Preliminary Levy with a slight increase of 1.671% increase to the budget. Community Concern for Youth has asked the city of Browerville for a contribution of $627.00. This is a request made each year from Todd-Wadena Community Corrections that goes towards the operation of their Youth Program. This program is aimed at helping at risk children overcome hurdles and Continued on page 12

Local businesses donate to Browerville Elementary

Duane's Repair, Browerville, and Central Minnesota Credit Union recently donated a variety of school supplies to the Browerville Elementary School. Their generous donations are greatly appreciated.

No, this youngster is not in danger of being run over by this school bus. Standing directly in front of the bus was part of a demonstration done as part of the annual school bus safety training that is given to all students by Aksamit Transportation during the beginning of each new school year.

WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT

Tue. Sept. 17 Mostly Sunny 71/58 Wed. Sept. 18 Partly Cloudy 79/63 Thur. Sept. 19 Showers 75/50 Fri. Sept. 20 Showers 58/40 Sat. Sept. 21 Partly Cloudy 66/41 Sun. Sept. 22 Partly Cloudy 63/49