Year in Review....

January…Exchange student, Geon-hui Kim’s story is featured while staying with Pastor Kris Snyder’s family in Gonvick…Honey Berry Farms in Bagley hosted Carla Weideman & shares her volunteer experience…Sanford volunteers knit 2,000 hats for newborns…Winners in Gerald Dyrdahl Memorial race were announced…photos from Santa Claus day were shown…Over 50 years of Mrs. Olson’s Lefse was featured with photos of the Winsor plant north of Gonvick…16th Annual Tree Walk raised $18,000 for Hospice…Text messages to 911 available state wide…Savannah Silvestre from Clearbrook  fulfills dream to serve in the military… Good Samaritan Center announces 90 day notice of closure…Daniel Polansky honored with NCAA top award with Grygla High School Alumnus…Crissy Otting of Bagley honored as MN 4-H Volunteer of the Year…Senior Focus on Marian Ask currently of Bagley…Daniel & Shelley Johnshoy, Bryan & Nicole Johnson, Anthony & Tracy Kuckman are recipients of leadership award…Eagle’s Healing Nest #3 coming to Clearbrook in Good Sam building…Spelling Bee winners announced, Justyce Auguinash, Ella Engen and Johnny Matrin… Al Rogalla is new Clearwater County Attorney…Clearbrook-Gonvick students selected for Honor Band…Lori & Wayne Wolden are 2 of 10,000 volunteers to host Super Bowl 2018…

We Lost…Elvera Just, Harriet Kiesow, Orlyn Anderson, Bjarne Kvasager, Glenn Solberg, Geraldine Agnes, Donna Watne, Helene Thomas, Pastor Virgil I Rasmussen, Henriette Stich, Roald Josephson, Andor “Andy” Ness, Ovedia Stratton, Ole Watne, Florence Klinger, Harlan Aakre, Gaylen Sordahl, Lavine Johnson, Wayne L Hetland, Norma Wold, Darlene Eck, Theodore Hamm Jr.

 

February…Linda Brown is welcomed new art teacher in G-C School…New Rental Storage Units to be built in Gonvick by Lee & Jen Forsberg… Local women win Clearwater County Curling Bonspiel…Art at the Capitol, C-G students receive awards from Senator Paul Utke…2018 Christian Brother automotive Group 150 Race from TRF to Bemidji featured…Gonvick American Legion honored during Blizzard Bonanza…Sewer & water project discussed by Clearbrook City Council…Commissioners go on record in opposition to Border-to-Border Trail in Clearwater County…DonnaRae Jacobson featured on another adventure…Spin-ta-cular basketball show entertains crowd in Oklee…Bryan Dyrdahl was inducted into the Snowmobile Hall of Fame…C-G Bears were honored at Champions Night…Courtney Nordby named NCTC head volleyball coach for Northland Pioneers…We Lost…Betsy L. Berg, Jolayne Simpson, Karen Nielsen, Douglas “Doug” Halvorson, Orlyn Robson, Emery Stordahl, Dale Miller, Darrell Finseth, Barb Wickham, Harriet Ross, Larry Anderson, Mary Lou Schmidt, Yvonne Boucher, Curtis Thompson Sather, Gladys Larson, Cyneva “ Cyndi” Youngblood, Orville Knutson Jr., Ronald Reinbold, Marion White Jr., Ronald Tradewell, Helen Randall, Donald Johnson.

 

March…More information shared during session on Border-to-Border Trail Route-many opposed…Appreciation of our school bus drivers shared at DaRoos in Clearbrook…Essentia Health-Fosston & Prairie Pines Assisted Living received its Community Collaboration Award…Chris Nelson, Jeremy Rychlock & 1975 Golf Team inducted to Northland Athletic Hall of Fame…DonnaRae Jacobson named 2018 First Lady of Clearwater County…Lengby Fosston Knightriders Snowmobile Club 4th annual spring shoot-out Radar run draws huge attendance, top speed was awarded to Corey Sullivan from Wisconsin…Darrell G Seki, Red Lake Chairman welcomes attendees to “ Together we can make Change”, 12th annual Red Lake Community Wellness Summit (formerly Drug & Gang Summit) 2 ½ days of free presentations and workshops open to the public…Northland Pioneers Women’s Basketball heading to the National Tournament…C-G  Boys Basketball Bears win their tournament against Lake of the Woods Bears…Local C-G students participated in iMPACT fund raiser for St Jude… Lloyd Godtland retires from Gully Tri Coop, party joined by friends and neighbors…42 Candidates file for Red Lake Tribal Election to be held on May 16, 2018…Rep. Dan Fabian congratulates local Robotics Badger Team, Greenbush-Middle Team and Warroad Team…Muffins with Moms featured at C-G School… We Lost…Durward Peterson, Orton Stardig, Ronnie Bestul, Larry O’Neilll, Eileen Ostenaa, Mark Vedbraaten, Marlin Langseth, Ruth Sandland, John Andrew Anderson, Sr., Natalia Dahl, Bonita Sande, Leslie Neset, Marlow Anderson, Dorothy Godin, Lillian Jean Hofstad, Ardys Lindell Melby Olson Mandt, Ronald Reinbold, Jeannett Ste. Marie, Darryl Grimm, Mildred Hansen, and Judith Johnson.