Operation Round-up donates over $11,000

A total of $11,568 was awarded to various community groups and institutions by Clearwater-Polk Electric’s Operation Roundup. Accepting donations on behalf of their organizations were (from left, front): Keith Bishop, Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers; Kara Bowman and McKinzie Halverson, 16U Softball; Laura Dropps, Art in the Park; Gladys Luecken, Project Linus; Lorraine Brustad, Bagley Sr. Center; Ann Person, Northern Exposure to Lifelong Learning; Hazel Trogstad, Kamp Kenneth Relay for Life; Laura Dahl, Clearbrook-Gonvick Schools; Darlene Morgenstern-Loch, Lutheran Social Services Sr. Nutrition; (back) Sandy Gray, Clearbrook-Gonvick After-Prom Committee; Ken Braaten, Clearwater County Historical Society; Al Rasmussen, Breakfast on the Farm and Clearwater County Fair; Lynn Riggs, Clearwater County Nursing Service’s bicycle safety helmet project; Mevla Theis and Teresa Dunn, Bagley Elementary School reading programs; Candy Keller, Fosston After-Prom Committee; Art Tobkin, Clearwater County Veterans Memorial; and Ben Thoma, Babe Ruth Baseball. The donations are derived from members of Clearwater-Polk Electric Cooperative who agree to round up their monthly bill to the next full dollar amount.