Jackson Bond to appear on ‘CSI’Bill and Janet Preuss will be making sure they don’t miss next Monday’s episode of "CSI Miami."Bill’s great-nephew, Jackson Bond, age 9, will be one of the featured performers in the CBS series.Not a lot is known about the story line, so that will have to be a surprise, but how Jackson got to where he is, is not.Jackson was originally discovered two years ago at age 7 by a talent agent while performing a skit for a Twin Cities Lions Club.The talent agent must have had a good eye, because of 700 boys trying out for the part, Jackson was chosen to play the son of Nicole Kidman in this fall’s movie release of "The Visiting," a remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," released in 1956 and again in 1978.From October to December 2005, Jackson spent his time with Nicole shooting scenes in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas, and he has very nice things to say about her.Since working on "CSI Miami," which was shot about two weeks ago, he has done commercials for "Build-A-Bear", a voice-over for U.S. Swim and Fitness, and this week is doing a shoot for Target.Next week Jackson is scheduled to fly to California to audition for 6 to 8 episodes of a pilot where the character plays a gifted athlete who also happens to be a genius.The production company hopes the episode will impress one of the networks and get picked for next year’s season.But for now, you can catch Jackson Bond on "CSI Miami" at 9 p.m. Monday, March 6.Bell Museum to honor BrandenburgLuverne native Jim Brandenburg will be the featured artist and special guest at "Drawn to Nature," a public benefit and art sale for the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History.Brandenburg will be honored with a multi-media presentation and an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, from the university for his contributions to environmental awareness and preservation.In addition to Brandenburg, nationally known artists include contemporary artist Daniel Wheeler, painter Cole Johnson, photographer Chris Faust, botanical painters Tim Trost and Wendy Brockman, landscape painter Scott Lloyd Anderson, naturalist Jim Rataczak and environmental sculptor Alis Olsen.The sale will feature more than 150 original pieces of art by Brandenburg and the guest artists.The event will be at 6 p.m. Friday, March 31, at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis. All proceeds will go toward the Bell Museum’s exhibit and educational programs.’05 deer harvest third largest on recordEven though the number of deer harvested by firearms was down 6 percent, an 11 percent increase in archery and a 50 percent increase by muzzleloaders pushed the 2005 deer harvest above 255,555, the third largest in state history. A total of 59,000 hunters purchased an all-season license. Firearm hunters harvested 216,000 deer, while archery and muzzleloaders harvested 23,200 and 14,000 respectively.Hunters who participated in the early antlerless season on Oct. 15 and 16 harvested 1600 deer, according to the Minnesota DNR.The past three years have been good to Minnesota deer hunters, providing hunters with the top three harvest years ever on record.According to Lou Cornicelli, DNR big game coordinator, the interest in muzzleloader hunting is a primary reason for the increase."I think people are really grabbing on to the fact they can extend their time in the field by getting into muzzleloader hunting, which overall isn’t very expensive," Cornicelli said.Because of our mild winter, Cornicelli expects next fall to be another bountiful harvest.The antlerless season will continue to be used as a management tool as long as a large deer population exists. For the 2006 season, the deadline for the "either sex" permit application is Sept. 7. Archery deer hunting begins Sept. 16. Statewide firearms deer hunting season opens Nov. 4, and the muzzleloader season opens Nov. 25.Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com