Registration conference appointments for YME High School students and parents are scheduled for Monday, March 8, They will be able to meet with the student’s advisor and also register for 2010-2011 classes and receive 3rd quarter midterm report cards. Information is being mailed out  this week.  Parents are encouraged to attend the registration and midterm conference appointment to review course registration materials.

River otters, those playful creatures sometimes known for their child-like personalities, are the subject of a public meeting to be held at 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 9 at the Kilowatt Community Center.

Feelings on the subject of allowing them to be trapped in the Minnesota River Watershed and Southwest Minnesota run from one end of the spectrum to the other.

Currently, river otters may only be trapped in other parts of the state.

Bootlegger’s Supper Club owner John Berends has seen a lot of musician’s in his day, so when he refers to a musician as a savant, it’s probably good reason to take notice.
A few weeks ago, Luther Cole traveled from his home in Pipestone and made his Bootlegger’s musical debut during a mid-February performance as a part of Berends popular local musician Fridays. He will make his much anticipated return this Friday when he again claims the stage from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

    The Clarkfield Area Community Foundation has received strong and continuing support from many present community members and organizations, and from those across the nation.   

The Foundation’s next step is organization of a committee to recommend annual grant distributions in the community. It is now seeking names of persons interested in committee membership. Please signify your interest or nominate others, to:

Genius is often looked over in its own time and certainly in its own home town, which is why you need to get out to Bootlegger’s to check out all the local musicians on hand every Friday in January through March.
Names like Jerry Ostensoe, Tommy Listul, Guy Stevermer, Verlyn Kling, Steve Barber, and even the Advocate Tribune’s own Eric Monson... if you haven’t seen them you are simply missing out.
Each week in January the Advocate Tribune will profile the musician who will be playing the coming Friday, giving potential listeners an indication of the musical treat that awaits amongst the fine dining, atmosphere and company guaranteed at Bootlegger’s Supper Club.

The need for the electricity has been determined, the question during Monday’s CapX2020 public meeting concerned which route the high-voltage transmission lines will take to get it there.

According to CapX planning studies, the state of Minnesota and surrounding regions will require 4,000 - 6,000 megawatts of additional electricity by 2020. If the region is to meet this demand, as well as tap into wind energy opportunities in the southwestern portion of the state, it will require the largest upgrade to the state’s transmission capacity in more than 25 years. Enter CapX2020.