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Published July 28, 2010, 12:00 AM

Summer images in the Thief River Falls area


A simple sign identifies Viking, Minn., as travelers enter from the south side of the south-central Marshall County community.
Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com

  • A simple sign identifies Viking, Minn., as travelers enter from the south side of the south-central Marshall County community.<br />Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com<br />
  • A tall 4-H-created metal man greets, with open arms, travelers on Marshall County Road 2 near Viking, Minn. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The entrance to Wildwood Cemetery, off Marshall County Road 43 near Rosewood, Minn. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A construction worker drives a road roller on new asphalt during a road pavement project on Marshall County Road 43 near Rosewood, Minn., on in July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Crews work on a road improvement and paving project in July 2010 on Marshall County Road 43 near Rosewood, Minn. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A Thief River Falls water tower boasts that the city is the home of the Prowler high school teams. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Mike Olson of Thief River Falls Park and Recreation trims weeds around a young tree growing at the Pennington County Fairgrounds, Thief River Falls, in early July 2010, a few weeks before the start of the Pennington County Fair. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Brady Johnson, driving a four-wheel recreational vehicle, drags a booth at the Pennington County Fairgrounds, Thief River Falls, in early July 2010 as part of the preparation for the Pennington County Fair. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A look at the main entrance to Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The busy Thief River Falls intersection of Minnesota Highways 1 and 32 and U.S. Highway 59, in early July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The swings at Floyd B. Olson Park in downtown Thief River Falls provide a leisurely noon hangout for Lindsy Torkelson, 17, (left) and Kendra Engen, 16, in early July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Travelers heading north on Minnesota Highway 32 -- Main Avenue -- in downtown Thief River Falls encounter this road sign at Third Street, which is the intersection with Minnesota Highway 1 and U.S. Highway 59. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Business fronts on a Main Avenue block just north of the intersection of Third Street/U.S. Highway 59 with Minnesota Highways 1 and 32 in downtown Thief River Falls. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Kevin Bakken of Budget, a downtown Thief River Falls tv and appliance store, works on a Main Avenue sidewalk outside the business in early July 2010 to make a fix on a used freezer, a trade-in accepted by Budget on an earlier sale. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The stoplight for southbound motorists on Minnesota Highways 1 and 32 (Main Avenue) near the downtown Thief River Falls intersection with U.S. Highway 59 (Third Street). (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A downtown Thief River Falls sidewalk, along Third Street (U.S. Highway 59), in early July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A line of people wait in early July 2010 to place their lunch order at Michael's Meats' weekly Thursday noontime summer outdoor grill in downtown Thief River Falls. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A sign near U.S. Highway 59 near downtown Thief River Falls welcomes visitors to Elks Park. The Red Lake River is in the background. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A statue of a U.S. soldier appears to stands guard of the Veterans Memorial Garden at the corner of Davis Avenue and Third Street in downtown Thief River Falls in July 2010. The garden, a project completed by three Eagle Scouts working with the city and local veterans, was dedicated in the fall of 2009. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Tall grasses at the Veterans Memorial Garden in downtown Thief River Falls obscure a camera view of some pedestrian and vehicle traffic on and along Third Street in early July 2010. (Photo:
  • The statue of a U.S. military veteran at downtown Thief River Falls' Veterans Memorial Garden, dedicated in October 2009. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Brody Amundson, 10 months (left), and Kaden Amundson, 2, choose different ways to pass time on a sibling stroller ride in early July 2010 that took them for a time on a quiet Kendall Avenue North in Thief River Falls. Caresitter Sandy Fladeland handles the pushing. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Heather Olson of Newfolden, Minn. (seated, second from left) supervises a park gathering in early July 2010 with her three children and three nieces at LaFave Park near the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls. The nieces: Alexis Olson, 13 (sunglasses); Breanna Olson, 11 (pouring beverage); and Cayli Olson, 6 (pigtails, back to camera). Heather Olson's children: Adrienne Olson, 6 (far right); Landyn Olson, 4 (blue shorts, back to camera) and little Peytan Olson, 2 (far left). (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Breanna Olson, 11, Newfolden, Minn., swings cousin Peytan Olson, 2, in the air at Lafave Park in Thief River Falls in early July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Adrienne Olson, 6 (foreground), gets a kick out of intentionally tumbling downhill like human logs with cousin Cayli Olson, 6, and brother Landyn Olson, 4. The Newfolden, Minn., children were playing at Thief River Falls' Lafave Park in early July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The start of lifeguard duty for Bethany Bates, 20, Thief River Falls, signals the start of another day of swimming at the Red Lake River beach at the city's Lafave Park. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Wendy Rima, 17 (foreground), and lifeguard colleague Bethany Bates, 20, put a rowboat in position in July 2010 at the Lafave Park beach on the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Brendan Sebastiano, 2, gets a hand from big brother Michael, 11, at Lafave Park's beach on the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls in early July 2010. The boys, who live in the Twin Cities, were in town with family visiting their uncle. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Lafave Park lifeguards Bethany Bates, 20 (left) and Wendy Rima, 17, tend to some sandy beach clean-up at the start of a July 2010 shift at the Thief River Falls park. The beach is on the Red Lake River. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Lifeguards Wendy Rima, 17 (foreground, left), and Bethany Bates, 20, share an observation in early July 2010 at the Lafave Park swimming beach on the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls. Maggie Martin, 11, is the swimmer directly in front of the lifeguards. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A boater, with his dog sitting nearby, cruises downstream on the Red Lake River near Thief River Falls' Lafave Park in July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Jared Hofstad, Oklee, Minn. (left), holding daughter Nikolena, 7 months, shares a moment in the shade with brother Rob Hofstad, Bozeman, Mont., who holds son Philip, 2, at Thief River Falls' Lafave Park in July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A billboard at Thief River Falls' north side touts the Kick'n Up Kountry country music festival Sept. 3-5, 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The corner of LaBree Avenue North and 10th Street East gets you a welcome to Northrop Park on Thief River Falls' north side. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A Thief River Falls centennial quilt on display in the Peder Engelstad Building at the Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls. It's operated by the Pennington County Historical Society. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive, No. 8886, is idle in a railyard on Atlantic Avenue on the north side of Thief River Falls in early July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Two workers -- only one is visible -- inspect the side of a grain storage bin along Thief River Falls' Atlantic Avenue in early July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A sign that greets motorists on Minnesota Highway 1 in Thief River Falls tells of the start of the 2010-11 classes for Northland Community and Technical College. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A view, from the northeast, of the Farmers Co-Op Grain and Seed Association elevator on the north side of Thief River Falls. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The Red Lake River provides the backdrop for Mavis Besserud's lunch visit with her granddaughter, Jessica Lewis, at L.B. Hartz Park in Thief River Falls, part of the complex that holds the city's Tourist Park camping facilities. Lewis was visiting from Fairbanks, Alaska. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Peyton Doty, 7, Thief River Falls, prepares for another cast in early July 2010 on the Red Lake River at the city's L.B. Hartz Park. Mom Tina was keeping watch of his efforts nearby. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A banner in the Peder Engelstad Building at Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The drum display at the Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls in July 2010 reminds visitors of the local American Legion Post's band championship effort 72 years earlier. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • The first motorized fire engine purchased by the Thief River Falls Fire Department is on display in the Peder Engelstad Building at Pioneer Village in the city. The fire engine later was used by the Lake Bronson, Minn., Fire Department before returning to Thief River Falls. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Young Grace Bohnenkamp, 6, Thief River Falls, works next to Julie Desrocher, Thief River Falls, to color in clothing examples of the 1930s at a Thief River Falls Public Library "Storytelling in the 1930s" event in early July 2010 at Pioneer Village in the city. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Grace Bohnenkamp, 6, Thief River Falls, adds touches of color to some coloring sheet samples of clothing styles in the 1930s. It took place at Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls in early July 2010 as part of Thief River Falls Public Library's "Storytelling in the 1930s" event. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Sisters Brianne Ellison, 3 (left), and Caitlynn Ellison, 5, are distracted by loud steeple bell rings from the old Asphult Lutheran Church church building nearby at Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls. The Ellison girls were taking part in a summer storytelling event about the 1930s sponsored by the Thief River Falls Public Library in early July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Asphult Lutheran Church once was in Hill River Township, northeast of McIntosh, Minn., in Polk County. The old church now stands at a corner of Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls. The village is run by the Pennington County Historical Society. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)<br /><br /><br /><br />
  • Jonathan Hulst, 8 (left), and his brother Cody, 6, teamed up to ring the heavy steeple bell in the old Asphult Lutheran Church, a former Polk County church that was built northeast of McIntosh, Minn., but now stands in Thief River Falls' Pioneer Village. The bell rope prompted numerous children to give it a try following an early July 2010 "Old Time Story Time" event sponsored by the Thief River Falls Public Library. Librarian Darcie Caswell said some 60 to 70 children adults attended the event. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • Several girls joined forces in July 2010 to pull the rope that rings the steeple bell at the old Asphult Lutheran Church in Pioneer Village at Thief River Falls. Sometimes it was harder than others to keep your feet on the floor of the former rural McIntosh, Minn., church. The girls had attended a Thief River Falls Public Library summer storytelling event at Pioneer Village. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • A young family strolls through Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls in July 2010. (Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)
  • July 2010 visitors to the Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls walk through the grounds and various historic buildings on the site. The Pennington County Historical Society manages and maintains Pioneer Village.<br /><br />(Photo: Mike Brue, GrandForksHerald.com)