March 21, 2003

Mar. 22-23, 2003: MN State Fair Coliseum Bldg. April 12-13, 2003: MN State Fair Education Bldg. Aug. 16-17, 2003: St. Paul RiverCentre. Sept. 13-14, 2003: St. Cloud Civic Center. Oct. 4-5, 2003 (pending): Owatonna MN Four Seasons Centre. Dec. 13-14, 2003: St. Paul RiverCentre.

Spring weather in Minnesota is fickle. Hunt turkeys long enough and you are likely to experience everything from snowstorms to oppressive heat. Funny thing about hunters. They seem to remember the bad weather days better than they can recall those all-too-few perfect ones. I’m no different. One time out in the Black Hills, one of

Wading Women of MN fly fishing organization meets the fourth Tuesday of every month in the metro area. For more info call Cindy Sykes, 763-477-6832. St. Cloud Fly Anglers Club meets on the third Monday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Waite Park Gander Mountain store. Call John Meyer, 320-252-1141 or Tom Clapp, 320-685-3960

For the four grades categories, there will be a total of 100 paintings selected as winning art. One piece will be selected as “best of show” and will be sent to Washington, D.C. to represent Minnesota in the national competition. The program is available to kids in grades K-12. For more info, contact Judie Miller

The findings bring the number of deer found with CWD to 64, all in southwestern Wisconsin and within miles of where the disease was discovered near Mount Horeb in 2002. The DNR said 58 of the deer were found in the 411-square-mile area near Mount Horeb where the agency wants all deer an estimated 30,000

“We ask users to watch trail conditions before the official closures take effect and avoid areas where damage to natural resources or the trail could occur,” Ollila said.

The council will go out of business on June 30 under a law passed in 2000. The bills introduced by Rep. David Dill, DFL-Crane, and Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, would “repeal the repeal,” allowing the council to keep operating indefinitely. The bills also provide a $150,000 budget for the council for the next two years.

May 16-18, 2003: Adult Fly Fishing School. May 30-June 1, 2003: Adult Wingshooting School (Session I) Aug. 22-24, 2003: Adult Wingshooting School (Session II)