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

Thursday, October 20, 2011

 Volume 95; Number 18

 www.bladepublishing.net

Wed. Oct. 19

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Thur. Oct. 20

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Fri. Oct. 21

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Sat. Oct. 22 

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Sun. Oct. 23 

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 W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT

75¢

Crooker charged with

child endangerment

Eagle Valley Elementary Schoolwins national award

Hunters asked to be aware

of Methamphetamine Labs

Cari F. Crooker, Hewitt, made

her first court appearance on sec-

ond and third degree drugs, child

endangerment, and receiving

stolen property charges. An RU8

hearing was set for October 24.

Crooker, along with Jason

Burton, was arrested at her rural

Hewitt home on October 7 follow-

ing an execution of a search war-

rant. Along with methampheta-

mine, marijuana, including sev-eral marijuana plants, an elec-

tronic scale and several guns,

including a short barreled shot

gun and a stolen four wheeler

were found.

Crooker appeared in court on

October 10 and was formally

charged with second and third degree drug charges (possession with

intent to sell), child endangerment (three children, ranging in age

from eight to five months were taken into protective custody), and

receiving stolen property.

Her next court date was set for October 24.

Students learn fire safety tips

Cari Crooker 

By Rin Porter 

 At their Oct. 10 meeting, the

agle Valley School Board

earned from Dean of Students

uane Motzko that Eagle Valley

lementary School is one of 

ight Minnesota schools and 305

chools nationwide to be named

National Blue Ribbon School

or 2011. The U.S. Department

f Education will honor the 256

ublic and 49 private schools atn awards ceremony Nov. 14-15

n Washington, D.C.

  According to the U.S.

epartment of Education web-

ite (www2.ed.gov/programs/

clbbrs/index.html), the Blue

ibbon Schools Program honors

ublic and private elementary,

middle, and high schools that

are either high performing or

have improved student achieve-

ment to high levels, especially

among disadvantaged students.

Eagle Valley Elementary School

was chosen for its improved stu-

dent achievement, Motzko told

the board.

"America's long-term econom-

ic prosperity and civic engage-

ment depends on our childrenreceiving a world-class educa-

tion," said U.S. Secretary of 

Education Arne Duncan.

"National Blue Ribbon Schools

are committed to accelerating

student achievement and

preparing students for success

in college and careers. Their suc-

cess is an example for others to

follow."

The National Blue Ribbon

Schools Program, honors public

and private schools based on one

of two criteria: 1) Schools whose

students are high performing.

These are schools ranked among

each state's highest performing

schools as measured by their

performance on state assess-

ments or, in the case of privateschools, that score at the highest

performance level on nationally-

normed tests; or 2) Schools with

at least 40 percent of their stu-

dents from disadvantaged back-

grounds that improve student

Continued on page 12.

Methamphetamine

lab awarenessBE AWARE

More and more illegal

methamphetamine labs are

being set up on public lands -state forests, state parks,

wildlife managements areas, etc.

While out hunting, hiking,

nature viewing or doing other

outdoor activities, if you see

what appears to be a metham-

phetamine lab, contact your

local law enforcement agency or

conservation officer immediate-

ly.

Minnesota Department of 

Health meth lab information

ITEMS TO WATCH FOR

Signs of a methamphetamine

lab include large quantities of 

common household products.

Used as designed, these house-hold products are generally safe.

Mixed together, they can become

explosive and/or give off toxic

fumes.

CHEMICALS

• Acetone

• Alcohol (isopropyl or rub-

bing)

• Common cold pills contain-

ing ephedrine or pseu-

doephedrine

• Drain cleaner (sulfuric

acid)

• Engine starter (ether)

• Iodine

• Heet/gasoline additives

(methanol/alcohol)

• Lithium batteries

• Matches (red phosphorous)

• Muriatic acid

• Anhydrous ammonia

• Red Devil lye

• Salt (table or rock)

• Sodium metal

• Trichloroethane (gun clean-

ing solvent)

• Toluene

EQUIPMENT

• Aluminum foil

• Blender

• Bottles

• Cheesecloth

• Coffee filters

• Funnels

• Gas can

• Hot plate

• Jugs

• Paper towels

• Propane tank/thermos

• Pyrex dishes

• Rubber gloves/tubing

• Strainer

• Tape/clamps

• Thermometer

 Browerville elementary students learned fire safety tips and were treated to a ride on a fire

ruck during Fire Prevention Week at Browerville Public School and Christ the King School.