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W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT
A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Volume 97; Number 46
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75¢Eagle Valley Interim
Supt. resignsBy Rin Porter
In a tersely worded letter
offering no explanation, Interim
Superintendent Russ Johnson
submitted his resignation from
his post as head of the Eagle
Valley Public Schools on May 1,
effective immediately.
The school board held a spe-
cial meeting on May 6 to accept
the resignation – as soon as they
could organize a meeting and
give the public three days’ notice.
All school board members and K-
12 Principal Barry Johnson
attended. No members of the
public attended. Russ Johnson
did not attend.
At the 10-minute meeting, a
motion to accept the resignation
was made, seconded and passed.
Board Chair Sharon Notch
asked board members how they
wanted to proceed, and with lit-
tle discussion, another motion
was made, seconded, and passed
authorizing the board’s
Personnel Committee to investi-
gate the possibilities for someone
to step in immediately as inter-
im superintendent and serve
until June 30, 2013, when the
fiscal year ends.
Notch said that she is working
closely with the Minnesota
School Boards Association
(MSBA), following their guide-
lines and requesting names of
experienced school administra-
tors who could serve the district
for about 8 weeks. The time
until June 30 is of vital impor-
tanceto the Eagle Valley schools,
because it includes the drafting
of the district’s 2013-2014 budg-
et, and the planning of the dis-
trict’s August bond referendum.
Notch said that MSBA had
sent her two names of experi-
enced administrators. The
Personnel Committee will con-
tact them right away. The goal
is to have someone hired imme-
diately, possibly as soon as the
May 13 board meeting.
The timing of Russ Johnson’s
resignation might be related to
the annual evaluation of his per-
formance, which was to take
place the first week in May and
be presented to the school board
at its May 13 regular meeting.
Notch reminded him of the eval-
uation during the April 22 spe-
cial board meeting. There is no
evidence about whether this
influenced him since his letter
gave no explanation for his resig-
nation 8 weeks before the end of
his contract on June 30, 2013.
BHS Faculty participates
in NHS fundraiser
Tigers add 4 to the win column Mitch Heid took to the hill in the second game against St.
John’s. Story on page 16.
The Browerville National Honor Society has been holding a fundraiser each year to help
support the Dollars for Scholars program at BHS. In the past they held a Talent Show and in
two years raised almost $1000. This year they had to cancel the show due to not enough par-
ticipants. So, they decided to try a different event that hasn’t really been done at BHS. They
had eight faculty members who volunteered to do something crazy if $100 was collected in their
jars. After six school days of collecting money, unfortunately they did not reach their goal for
each of these faculty members. However they did have Mrs. Hagenson, Ms. Steffl (Due to a last
minute BIG donation), Mrs. Irsfeld, Ms. Wyatt, Mr. Sutlief and Mr. Marxer each reach the goal
of $100 in their jar and therefore take part in their fun assembly!
All staff and students from kindergarten through 12th grade got to watch Mrs. Hagenson be
the tiger mascot, Mrs. Irsfeld get her hair dyed red, Ms. Steffl blue, and Ms. Wyatt get her hair
streaked purple. Travis Wehrenberg also asked for a $20 donation for him to get his hair dyed
purple. The students also enjoyed watching both Mr. Sutlief and Mr. Marxer get their hair
buzzed off by National Honor Society members. Some of the students even paid money to help
with the new hairdos.
The Browerville Dollars for Scholars program began in 1987 and has awarded scholarships
to over 400 BHS graduates. A total of $721.91 was donated for this event. A big thank you to
those who donated and made this event a success! Additional photos on page 10.
By Rin Porter
At the May 7 meeting, the
Todd County Board awarded a
substantial contract to Tri-
County Paving of Little Falls,
the low bidder, for repairs and
reconstruction of parts of CSAHs
9, 21, 23, and 24. Tri-County
Paving’s bid was $2,756,252,30.
Three other bids ranged as high
as $3,297,000. The sealed bids
were received on April 30.
The work includes earth
shouldering, aggregate shoulder-
ing, pipe and culvert replace-
ment, bituminous paving, etc.,
on the four county roads.
County Engineer Loren
Fellbaum asked the board to
approve the award of the con-
tract. Work will begin soon, and
continue until completed later in
the summer.
Fellbaum also asked the
board to set two dates for com-
missioners to hear Fellbaum’s
presentation on other local road
funding needs. The board set
June 25 and July 23 for
Fellbaum’s presentation and
board discussion of how to fund
future county road repairs.
In other business, the board:
•Approved a cooperative
agreement with Burnhamville
Township for replacement of
Bridge L7077.
•Changed the dates for
Health and Human Services
Board meetings from twice a
month to once a month, begin-
ning July 1. The new date for
HHS board meetings is the 4th
Todd County awards county highway
construction bid to Tri-City Paving
Continued on page 16.