COUNTRY
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Serving Marine on St. Croix, Scandia, May Township
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Sandia sisters win at State Fair BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM
Sisters Sophia and Olivia Nienaber, Scandia, each brought blue ribbons home from the Minnesota State Fair, Sophia for beekeeping and Olivia for initiating a local barn quilt trail. Sophia, 14, entered
her first-year beekeeping endeavor in the entomology project area. Of the youth in her judging group, she was the only one to earn a blue ribbon, the rest received red. The Minnesota Hobby SEE WINNERS, PAGE 2
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A still from The Dinkytown Uprising, by Al Milgrom. The documentary screens Oct. 1, the first in this winter’s series presented by the Marine Film Society and the Marine Community Library.
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A barn quilt square painted with a Friendship Star design. State fair grand champion Olivia Nienaber based all seven barn quilt patterns for the Washington County Barn Quilt Trail on designs from the book “The Quiltmaker’s Gift.”
Body found in river near Scandia On Sat., Sept. 12, at about 6 p.m., dispatch at the Washington County Sheriff's Office received a phone call from a boater on the St. Croix River who had seen a body floating near the shore. Washington County Deputies responded to the caller's location in Scandia, and determined that the body in the water was a female. At this time the cause of death is unknown. The incident is being investigated by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the Chisago County Sheriff's Office and the Ramsey County Medical Examiner. No further updates were available at press time.
It’s 1970 and the disastrous Vietnam War keeps escalating. Protests are erupting all over campuses. In Minneapolis, when word that the national Red Barn restaurant chain wants to erect a new fast-food franchise in old, venerable Dinkytown, the “war at home” takes a different turn. This stunning documentary chronicles an unprecedented 40-day, 40-night continuous Dinkytown occupation to prevent
construction of an unwanted hamburger joint. A free screening of documentary film “The Dinkytown Uprising” will be held at the Marine Village Hall on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. This is the first in a series of six documentary films presented by the Marine Film Society and the Marine Community Library to be screened the first Thursday of each month through March.
Each film in the series is free and open to the public. The filmmaker, Al Milgrom, will be present for a discussion after the film. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. See the trailer at: almilgrom.com/bio.
Stillwater High named one of nation’s top schools BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM
Stillwater High School was named one of the country’s best public high schools by Newsweek in the magazine’s annual ranking of the nation’s top 500. The list, which has been published for more than a decade, identifies
schools that excel at preparing students for college. Graduation rates, college enrollment rates, test scores, advanced course enrollment, student retention and counselor-to-student ratio were factored into the final ranking. Carissa Keister, the district’s community liaison, said the district
works hard to challenge every student, no matter where they sit on the performance scale. “We know it is important that all students have an opportunity for an increased level of rigor in their coursework throughout high school,” she said. “This helps prepare them for college and for life.
We’ve been increasing the rigor in all of our classes, and also encouraging and supporting students to take advanced placement and other college-level courses.” Though teachers and other staff are on the front lines, parents and SEE SCHOOL, PAGE 2
Free Osceola Doc Walk Join OMC’s Nicole Johnson, PA-C, for a free walking program and health care discussion on antibiotics and when they are appropriate for infections. Bring your walking shoes and join us September 19 at Tewksbury Trail (643 Ridge Rd.) in Osceola at 9:30 a.m. Visit MyOMC.org/events or call 715-294-4936 to register, space is limited.
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