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A book worm was put around the commons for each book students in Kindergarten to 6th grade. The total number of books read for I Love To Read month was 719. Pictured are students from each of the elementary grade levels. Photo by Karen Berg

Lakeview Elementary students took part in a variety of activities including coloring to celebrate all things Dr. Seuss as a part of the national “I Love to Read” month.

Kary Brower of Cottonwood recently retired from North Star Mutual Insurance Company. At her retirement, she held the position of Senior Accounting Technician for the Accounting department. Kary was honored on January 25th at the Home Office in Cottonwood after completing 25 years of service. She is pictured with North Star President and CEO, Pete Hellie. Photo Submitted

Lakeview high school students in the Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) Class learned some new baking skills last week. The class made handmade creampuffs, learning how to bake, and fill the treats. Photos by Karen Berg Women’s Rural Advocacy Program

Fifty years ago, the Valhalla Apartments opened in Clarkfield, after a lot of effort from a board that was formed in order to secure the building for Clarkfield’s future. Richard Petersen, of Clarkfield, is one of the original Board members. “I got appointed to the board after one of the original board members left town and I was selected to be on the board for quite a long time during the construction phase of the facility,” Petersen recalls.

March is Women’s History Month. Women have made a huge impact on policies and understanding of Domestic Abuse. One group we want to recognize would be the Women from the Duluth Model. The Duluth Model helped to change the way community members think of domestic violence. This model is an inter-agency approach that brings justice, human service, and community interventions together around the primary goal of protecting victims from ongoing abuse. The Duluth Model was started in 1980- 1981. Eleven community agencies (police, prosecutors, probation, mental health agencies, as well as others) took part in this experiment. The goal of this experiment was to bring criminal, civil justice, and community agencies together to work in an interrelated way to respond to domestic abuse cases. The Duluth Model was developed by a small group of activists. “The Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP) began in a small, upstairs kitchen of the Duluth Community Health Center in Duluth. Three people were employed to coordinate the project, provide services to victims and offenders, and negotiate policies and procedures with community agencies.” The main emphasis and goals of this were to establish better communication between community partners as well as provide intervention in domestic abuse cases.

Lakeview students have a fun two weeks ahead of them learning how to rollerskate in physical education class. KAREN BERG Lakeview students have a fun two weeks ahead of them learning how to rollerskate in physical education class.

Lakeview students took the opportunity to celebrate a unique occasion last week. Because the date 2/22/22 landed on a day the school was closed, the students celebrated the day after.