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y Tim King 

The Todd County 4-H Horse

evelopment Committee

ceived approval from the Todd

ounty Board of Commissioners

accept a $3,888.00 grant from

he Minnesota Horse Council at

he commissioner's Tuesday

ebruary 16 meeting.

The money will be used to

mprove the safety in the horse

arns at the Todd County Fair

rounds, Nancy Becker, spokeserson for the Horse

evelopment Committee, told

mmissioners. The primary

mprovement will be to fill the

orse stalls in the barns. The

oors have been compacted over

he years and now are eight to

n inches below grade, accord-

g to Becker. She said filling the

alls would create a healthier

nvironment for the horses and a

afer environment for horse own-

s. It will also make the horses

ore visible to Todd County fair

oers.

The money will also be used to

mprove external lighting for theorse exposition arena.

mproved lighting will increase

oth safety and accessibility to

he arena, said Becker.

Commissioner Ruda support-

d accepting the grant because it

ade the facility more usable.

The arena and barns are used

y 4-H members, Prairie Dusters

addle Club, and Todd County

heriff's Posse, as well as the

eneral public during fair time.

ecker told commissioners the

osse, 4-H Horse Council, and

innesota Power and Light are

ssisting the project financially.

he asked commissioners if theunty would help by providing

he fill for the stalls.

Commissioner Kircher asked

er to determine how much fill

as needed and to bring that

formation back to the board.

010 LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS

Commissioners passed a reso-

tion containing nine legislative

riorities they will urge area leg-

lators to support. Priorities

clude asking legislators to sup-

ort the creation of a committee

study potential revisions to

he Minnesota ditch law, support

he inclusion of funding for the

erham garbage incinerator inhe bonding bill, and to act to

elay the implementation of new

eptic system rules by the

innesota Pollution Control

gency.

Commissioners Kneisl and

eumann attended a legislative

bonding hearing on February 17

with the purpose of lobbying for

Perham incinerator bonding

assistance. They also attended a

hearing on the new septic system

rules. Commissioner Ruda said

the Todd County Board of 

Commissioners will continue to

engage in discussions with the

legislature directly as well as

through the Association of 

Minnesota Counties and the

Minnesota Rural CountiesCaucus.

This is the first time the Todd

County Board of Commissioners

has developed legislative policies

and actively pursued them

though lobbying.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

GRANT

Commissioners voted to accept

a $5,600 grant, from the U.S.

Department of Homeland

Security, for the purpose of creat-

ing a hazard mitigation plan.

County Administer Burkett said

the plan is a mandate and,

because of that, it is difficult to

merge with other plans preparedby the county.

ZONING

Commissioners approved a

conditional use permit, and pre-

liminary plat, that will allow

Phillip Stueve to start a body

shop and sales lot for repairable

vehicles in Round Prairie

Township. The new business will

be south of Long Prairie, near

Midway Gas Station, on

Highway 71. Steuve said his

business will include auto body

and frame repair as well as a

sales lot with twenty to thirty

repairable vehicles for sale.

SOLID WASTECommissioners agreed to join

a joint powers authority with

Otter Tail, Becker, and Wadena

Counties to manage the Perham

incinerator. The new joint pow-

ers authority will be called

Prairie Lakes Municipal Solid

Waste Authority.

While supporting the joint

powers board agreement,

  Administrator Burkett warned

commissioners they were dele-

gating part of the decision mak-

ing authority of the Todd County

Board of Commissioners to the

Prairie Lakes Municipal Solid

Waste Authority. He said thecommissioners will now have to

share decision-making authority,

regarding the incinerator, with

the other counties.

In a separate action, commis-

sioners voted to remove Tim

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 W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT

75¢Commissioners vote to

remove Solid Waste Director

 Pictured in front, left to right, are the 2010 Todd County Dairy Princesses: Tracy Perish,

 Megan Middendorf, Tiffany Hulinsky, and Emma Motl.

In the back are the 2010 Todd County Junior Dairy Ambassadors: Tayah Smith, Kim

  Blommel, Deandra Lunemann, Rachel Perish, Samantha Salber, Sarah Paskewitz, and

 Brenda Rausch. Not pictured: Rachel Stoterau, who was ill and unable to attend.

The Browerville first, second and third grade classrooms have implemented EIR into their read-

ing program this year. EIR stands for Early Intervention into Reading. The program is used in con- junction with their current program. EIR helps children who are struggling in reading and yet do

not qualify for other services. EIR is an intervention, so it helps teach children the basic skills which

they may not have yet mastered. The program gives children the basic skills that help develop them

into successful readers. EIR works on finding strategies that help students read. They use many dif-

 ferent strategies to help them become better readers. EIR has been effective because the reading is at

a level where children can be successful.

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