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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.

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