Could Obama economic stimulus plan help R-P district schools?
Supt. Ehler meets with Congressman Walz The Rushford-Peterson School Board expected to see and talk to State Sen. Sharon Erickson Ropesm DFL-Winona, at its December meeting at the high school Monday night. Alas, Ropes wasn’t able to attend, but her e-mail message to that effect sent prior to the meeting got lost in cyberspace somewhere, leaving her absence unexplained until Tuesday. The mix-up aside, R-P still made important personal contact Monday with another political figure, namely Congressman Tim Walz, DFL-Mankato. Walz, the District One incumbent in the U.S. House of Representatives, happened to be in his Rochester office and took time to meet and greet three local persons. Supt. Chuck Ehler, Dan Munson from the board, and Community Education Director Beth Theede made the journey. All went away feeling good about what they were told. The reason for the visit? Ehler came across a weekend Associated Press story about President-Elect Barack Obama’s plan to rejuvenate the nation’s ro
