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Twenty-two Long Prairie Area Just 

or Kix dancers recently performed in

he pre-game and half-time of the

Outback Bowl game in Tampa, Florida

anuary 2, 2012. The game was

etween Michigan State and Georgia

with Michigan winning in triple over-

me! 

Dancers performed before a crowd 

f 55,000 plus fans at Raymond James

tadium, home of the Tampa Bay 

Buccaneers. Over 300 dancers per-

formed in the pre-game and half-time

show. The pre-game show was a

Patriotic Tribute performed just before

the National Anthem. The half-time per-

formance was a “Kickin’ It Country” 

themed show. During the half-time

show, the dancers were arranged on

the field from the 35-35 yard lines. The

mass band of 1,500 surrounded them

on the field, providing live music for 

their routine. All the dancers came to

close the half-time show with a

Patriotic Finale. Choreography was

done by Cindy Clough, Executive

Director of Just For Kix.

Comments from Long Prairie Just 

For Kix Director, Julie Abraham...

“We had a wonderful group of 

dancers and parents representing 

Long Prairie. Our girls joined dancers

from 16 states. It is something they will 

remember forever as there is nothing 

quite like this large scale performance.

The most exciting thing for me was

when the dancers first walked out onto

the field, sparkling in their costumes. A

year’s worth of work,

and finally they had 

met their goal. It is

also exciting when

the dancers get to

watch their perform-

ance on the projec-

tion TV at the final 

banquet. They have

no idea what the “big   picture” is until they 

see it on screen. They 

were amazed and 

surprised by them-

selves when they saw 

the visual effects.

They used many 

  p r ops…-hoop l as ,

capes and poms, and 

even formed a human

airplane in one for-

mation. They looked 

bright and colorful 

from far away.” 

To pull off this per-

formance, all dancers

learned the choreog-raphy from a DVD

sent to them in early December. Once

they got to Florida, the show was put 

together. They had exactly 12 hours to

work on formations and polish the rou-

tines.

In addition to the performance and 

  practices, dancers, family members

and coaches enjoyed the warm Florida

weather by spending an afternoon at 

Clearwater Beach, touring one of the

four Walt Disney World Theme Parks,

touring Busch Gardens, celebrating 

New Year's Eve with a dinner and 

dance party at the hotel, and capped 

the week off with a semi-formal ban-

quet.

We would like to thank the commu-

nities of Long Prairie, Browerville and 

Grey Eagle, and all the individuals for 

supporting our fundraisers and help-

ing the girls reach this goal! This wasthe experience of a lifetime for these

girls. There are many pictures posted 

on our Long Prairie Just For Kix 

Facebook page, and a portion of the

 performance is on YouTube. Just For 

Kix has run bowl game tours for the

  past 26 years. Plans for next year’s

tour are already underway! 

Pictured are, Back: Hannah Heuer,

Courtney Ruda, Lindsey Marcyes, Tori 

Roe, Allie Kellen, Jenna Abraham,

Nikki Joarnt, Kelsey Wolters; Middle:

  Amber Pachan, Lily McCoy, Aimee

DeLage, Liz Mellgren, Payton Long,

Kierra Chavez, Katrina Plaggerman,

  Autumn Urman; Front: Triste

Marcyes, Ali Bryniarski, ChesleeMcDermond, Jasmine Kramer, Brianna

Graves, Gabrielle Pentz 

y Rin Porter 

If you are one of the helpful Todd County residents

ho saves recyclables for pickup or takes them to the

odd County Transfer Station, you can reach around

nd pat yourself on the back now.

 You’re helping the county earn money by collecting

enough recyclable materials to sell in the recycling

and reuse market in the upper Midwest.

Lenny Doroff, Transfer Station Supervisor, said

that in 2011, Todd County earned about $90,000 from

collecting, sorting, and selling recyclable materials.

What can be recycled? All sorts of everyday things.

Here is a partial list of things you may be throwing

away that could be recycled and sold by the county to

bring in more revenue to pay for services:

•Glass (sells for between $45 and $65 per ton,

depending on color)

•Steel (sells for $190 per ton)

•Plastic milk-type jugs (sells for $400 per ton)

•Other plastic bottles and containers (sell for

between $20 and $200 per ton, depending on type of plastic)

•Newspapers (sell for $125 per ton)

•Cardboard (sells for $100 per ton)

•Aluminum (no current rate available)

•Tin (no current rate available)

In the year 2011, the Transfer Station collected

and sold $6100 worth of brown and clear glass,

$8,800 in plastic, $4001 in tin, $20,000 in paper, and

$43,200 in cardboard. In 2010, steel cans and steel

from appliances brought in $7100.

Where do the recycled materials go? In the case of 

glass, Todd County sends a truck to take a 30-yard

container full of used glass items to Anchor Glass in

Shakopee, where it is ground up and made into new

By Venus King The Browerville Public School Board met

on Monday January 9 at 7:30 p.m. First item

of business after the Pledge of Allegiance

and approval of the Agenda was to nomi-

nate and elect officers of the School Board.

Daryl Brever was elected as Chairperson;

Denis Irsfeld as Clerk and Heidi Iten as

Treasurer. Other appointments made by

the board: Vocational Advisory Committee –

Denis Irsfeld, Community Education – Heidi

Iten, Community Concern for Youth – Pat

Sutlief, System Accountability – Cory Heid

and Mike Jeziorski, Negotiation Committee

 – Daryl Brever, Cory Heid and Joe Duncan,

NJPARepresentatives – Heidi Iten and Mike

Jeziorski, Health and Safety – Bob

Bryniarski and Cory Heid, and Freshwater Education District – Daryl Brever.

Representatives to the MSHSL

(Minnesota State High School League):

Board Representative – Robert Bryniarski,

  Administrative Representative – Robert

Schaefer, Boys Sports – Wayne Petermeier,

Girls Sports – Pat Sutlief, and Music –

Sandy Schorn.

Official newspaper is the Browerville

Blade. Official meeting dates for 2012 are

the second Monday in January through May,

  August through December and the last

Monday in June. Official depositories are

  American Heritage National Bank, MSBA

Liquid Asset Fund Plus and PMA.

Pat Sutlief, Principal announced the ath-

letic schedule is very busy. Also FFA will

start their competitions in Meats, Poultry andFish and Wildlife Thursday. BPA (Business

Professionals of America) will be going to

the Regional Competition at Alexandria

Technical College January 25 with finalists

going on to state competition. Both the BPA

and the band are selling Tiger Cards; these

sales will end January 20. Anyone wishing to

obtain a Tiger Card may contact the school

office at 320-594-2272.

January 20 10th graders will attend a

Career Fair in Staples at the Central Lakes

College Campus.

  Also January 20 marks the end of the

first semester for the 2011/2012 school year.

A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560

Thursday, January 19, 2012

 Volume 95; Number 31

 www.bladepublishing.net

Wed. Jan. 18

Snow Showers

17°/-9° 

Thur. Jan. 19

Sunny

5°/0° 

Fri. Jan. 20

 Partly Cloudy

18°/14° 

Sat. Jan. 21

 Mostly Cloudy

31°/25° 

Sun. Jan. 22 

 Partly Cloudy

42°/17° 

 Mon. Jan. 23 

 Mostly Cloudy

29°/15° 

 W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT

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Todd County makes recycling pay Breverelected

School

Board

Chairman

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Local girls take part in Outback Bowl performance