The question before the school board is whether the Meyer name is portable. Can it, should it be transferred when the middle school relocates to the current high school building? Or should the Meyer name remain with a building that has no middle school, but a host of other educational programs?

DeWayne Meyer spent nearly 50 years at the building that bears his name - first as a student, then a teacher, coach, and, for the last 27 years, as a principal.

Name changes have become the year's dominant theme - rename (or unname) the middle school, rename the road to the new high school, rename a local grocery store.

A familiar store name will soon cease to exist. Dick's IGA is dropping the IGA logo as it switches to the new name Dick's Marketplace Foods.

Greenwood Elementary School second-graders Tyler Kramer, far right, and Erin Pomeroy navigate their way across the new climbing wall at the school as their classmates follow during physical education class last Friday in the gym. Physical education teacher Deb Timmerman said the wall is unique because students move across it sideways and are never more than a few feet off the ground. Besides the physical benefits, Timmerman said the wall helps students with organization and planning skills. She said she also designs exercises in which the students can only use certain colors to move across the wall, or team challenges where students have to move across the wall with a buddy. So far, she said, she hasn't had a single student fail to climb the length of the wall. Students and the Greenwood Parent/Teacher Organization, with help from the River Falls Rotary Club, raised over $3,000 for the project.

Results from a 300-person phone survey next week Tuesday and Thursday will be used to decide what programs are wanted if a YMCA were built in River Falls.

Freshman goaltender Jacque Vezina stops a wrap-around attempt by Gustavus Adolphus' Brad Hendricksen (17) before Corey Martinson (22) clears the puck from in front of the net in the Falcons' 3-0 win over the Gusties Friday night at Hunt Arena. Vezina stopped all 39 shots he faced to record his first career shut-out in the win. Saturday night he made 36 saves in a 4-2 win over St. Olaf.

With four players returning from injury, the holiday tournament games with St. John's