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LOCAL BRIEFS 41st annual Ojibwe powwow
scheduled over weekend
ONAMIA - American Indian dancers dressed in brightly colored regalia will participate in traditional dances and songs during the 41st annual Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Traditional Powwow on Friday-Sunday at the Iskigamizigan Powwow Grounds near Onamia.
The event includes a parade, princess and brave contests, a fun run, food and craft vendors, raffle drawings and more. Participants from across the country will take part in the event, which is free and open to the public.
Grand entries are at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The parade is 10 a.m. Saturday. The fun run is 9 a.m. Sunday.
All events will take place at the powwow grounds 12 miles north of Onamia or two miles north of Grand Casino Mille Lacs on Highway 169. Watch for the powwow signs near the site.
Penhkus benefit planned Saturday in Pine River
PINE RIVER - Friends are hosting a benefit Saturday at the Pine River Fire Hall for Ann (Archer) Penhkus and family.
Penhkus fell ill to an unknown virus and has been hospitalized since June 17 in the intensive care unit of United Hospital in St. Paul. She was in a medically induced coma for four weeks in order to control seizure activity and was recently brought out of the coma. She will have a long road to recovery through rehabilitation and therapy once her condition is stabilized.
Penhkus' husband, Todd, who serves as a Pine River volunteer firefighter and first responder, is also a serviceman, whose July deployment to Iraq has been delayed due to her illness.
They have a 3-1/2-year-old daughter named Lauren. Ann Penhkus is the daughter of Dick and Punky Archer, who owned "The Nest" locally. Proceeds from this benefit will help with costs associated with Ann's care.
A pig roast dinner will take place from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at the Pine River Fire Hall. A silent auction and raffle are scheduled at that time, as well as kids' activities.
Cost is $8 for adults; $5 kids 6-12 and kids under 6 are free.
Cash donations may be made on Penhkus' behalf at Pine River State Bank in Pine River or mailed to Pine River State Bank, 103 Mill St. S., Pine River, MN 56474. Make donations payable to the Ann Penhkus Fund.
Those who would like to help with the event, donate an item or have questions, contact Traci King at (218) 587-3251.
Upward Bound to serve Morrison, Mille Lacs counties
Central Lakes College will have two TRIO/Upward Bound programs on its campuses in Brainerd and Staples on Sept. 1.
Upward Bound is a pre-college program funded through the United States Department of Education that works with high school students who are low- income or whose parents do not possess a four-year college degree to give them the skills, abilities and motivation necessary to enter into and succeed in a post-secondary educational environment.
Last fall Charles Black Lance, TRIO director, and Nick Heisserer, assistant director of Upward Bound, were rewriting Upward Bound's current grant that serves high schools in Todd County and decided to write a second grant to expand the program to Morrison County and Mille Lacs County schools.
Upward Bound will add to existing target high school clients of Staples-Motley, Bertha-Hewitt, Browerville and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle to include Onamia, Isle, Nah-Ah-Shing and Pierz Healy high schools.
Tax-increment-financing training sessions scheduled
LITTLE FALLS - The Minnesota State Auditor's Tax-increment-financing division will conduct TIF Basics training sessions at five locations, including Little Falls.
The Little Falls session will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 3-4.
State Auditor Rebecca Otto said the sessions provide an overview to TIF for communities that are using TIF and for those who are new to it. A registration form for the free class may be found on the state auditor's Web site at www.auditor.state.mn.us. Pre-registration is required and should be done five days before each session.
Crosslake council to meet Aug. 22 in special session
CROSSLAKE - The Crosslake City Council will meet in a special session for a preliminary review of the 2008 budget beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 22 at city hall.
The council expects to review preliminary 2008 revenue and expenditure budgets, review/approve a recommendation from the personnel committee regarding 2008 wages, review an ordinance amendment to the city code dealing with council salaries and approve bills for payment.
Planning commission to meet Wednesday
A special meeting of the Brainerd Planning Commission and Northwest Associated Consultants will be 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Brainerd City Hall to review the zoning ordinance rewrite.
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