Dusting Off the Archives
News from Verndale's Past
40 Years Ago, October 22, 1986
• Nine parents of junior high students complained to the school board at its regular meeting, last week Monday, that with the new schedule, their children do not have sufficient time to eat their lunches, thereby wasting much food and leaving hungry. And they added, because of regimentation and lack of time to communicate with friends, are becoming neurotic. “The kids feel they are rushed too much”... The change in the schedule had been implemented by the board so that a special remedial reading class could be provided for seventh graders during the noon hour. Mr. Masog said that those participating in band and choir have always been on this schedule, adding he sees no difference from last year in students’ attitudes.
• Baby boom at Bluegrass. New life is what Bethany Free Lutheran Church of Blue Grass is all about. Four members of this living and growing country church, nine miles north of Verndale on County Road 23, were born within six months of each other, to their parents: Matthew and Debie Fischer, Nathan and Joyce Wierimaa, Joseph and Patsy Dallman, and Andrea and Pam Cherney.
• Devon Dougherty, a senior from Verndale majoring in mass communications, is serving as station manager of Bemidji State University radio station KDRS during the winter and spring quarters. As station manager, Dougherty is in charge of KDRS and all budget matters. He is responsible for motivating staff members as well as planning promotions.
• Those attending the Oktoberfest Dance had a good time and all expressed their appreciation for the band, the Jolly Ramblers from Lester Prairie, asking that the Celebration Committee, sponsors of the event, bring them back again next year.
15 Years Ago, October 27, 2011
• Lauren Turner, 15, of rural Verndale once again finished first in season points at Grove Creek Raceway located near Lindstrom, in the Advanced Jr. Dragster class. Lauren earned the title with 8+ wins to spare, which was the largest margin of victory of all the classes.
• The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office has the approval of the Wadena County Commissioners to replace most of its paperwork with an electronic system. This paperless system, refereed to as eCharging and associated with eTickets or eCitations instead of paper ones, is in the process of being implemented in counties statewide. The eCharging system, after a $2,400 contribution from the Wadena County Attorney’s Office, cost $37,000 to implement and the video visitation system costs $13,207 for a total cost of $50,207.
• At Conservation Days held at Old Wadena, Dick Oehlenschlager from the Science Museum of Minnesota showed skeletal remains of animals that were found in Wadena County. Dave Aldeen, retired Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Sciences, asked students to see and feel peat which was found in a wetland area of Old Wadena Park.
• The Verndale Drama Department has been hard at work preparing for Ax of Murder. Director Bonnie Bagwell (Meghan Sly) interrogates her actors about a missing gun. Pictured are cast members: Jamie Peterson, Meghan Sly, Kasey Heinzen, Abby Martinson, Hayley Cluney and Tabitha Perish.
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