No Beer For Brainerd's Fourth

Brainerd Community Action's Nancy Cross asked the Brainerd School Board last Thursday for permission to serve beer on school grounds during this year's Fourth of July celebration. She said the Brained Jaycees wanted to operate a beer tent near the school football field to help offset the cost of the Independence Day event. Cross withdrew her request at yesterday's school board meeting and asked to use two school parking lots to sell premium parking spaces instead. Cross told the Dispatch that board members received a number of phone calls about selling beer on school grounds and she didn't want any more controversary on the matter.