EVENTS

Robby and Sammi Davy, Fertile are Polk (East) County’s representatives in the 2022 Red River Valley Emerging Leadership Program. They, along with individuals from 16 other counties in northwestern and west central Minnesota, are being honored on March 26 for their participation in the leadership program and for their commitment to leadership in their community.

Brink Lawyers PA recently announced that Brooke Bergeron of Crookston is the winner of the Spring 2022 Brink Laywers University of North Dakota Law Scholarship. Bergeron is a second-year law student at the UND School of Law and currently serves as President of the Rural Practice Association, Treasurer of the Law Women’s Caucus, and is a member of the Criminal Law Association and Phi Delta Phi (International Legal Honor Society.)

The Crookston Area Chamber of Commerce's "Be Seen, Show Your Stuff" membership perk has launched and is now available for all Chamber members. Here’s how it works: All Chamber members, in good standing defined by current paid memberships, have their choice of which month they would like to “Show Their Stuff” in the Chamber office store front windows.

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Vanessa Fondeur-Adams is always on the lookout when she travels. • “I always try to have my ears wide open to see if I hear Spanish or if I hear an accent,” said the Dominican American founder of Latino World Travelers, an online community with more than 5,000 members. “Most of the time, I don’t find anyone ... nobody Latino at all.” • Sally Elbassir knows what that’s like as a food and travel content creator with Egyptian and Sudanese roots. • “In my travels, I have been so surprised to find how little people know about Islam, but also sometimes I’ll be one of the first, if not the first Muslim person they’ve encountered,” she said.

Crookston School Board members were treated to a plasma cutting demonstration by Industrial Technology teacher Travis Oliver in the Crookston High School metals classroom during their February 28 meeting. They also went home with a souvenir charcuterie board engraved with the Pirate logo made by students in honor of School Board Appreciation Week.

Lake Agassiz Regional Library (LARL) will host a virtual Q&A session with gardening expert and author Eric Bergeson on Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. Eric is the author of “Let’s Grow on the Northern Prairie,” which is a pictorial companion to his popular book “Successful Gardening on the Northern Plains.” He will share from his books as well as some of the gardening wisdom he’s collected from friends and family over the years.

Now more than ever, you need a COVID-19 Plan B when you travel abroad. Otherwise, you could find yourself stuck in quarantine, which may feel like prison.

Washington School kindergartners celebrated Pirate Pride with a photo in their new Pirate Pride shirts. Washington and Highland School PTO groups contributed money to purchase a Pirate Pride shirt for each kindergarten student. With the effort of Lorri Capistran, a member of both schools' PTO groups, each child was able to order and receive a preferred shirt size. For several years, students at Washington School have received a Pirate Pride shirt that can continue to be worn as students move to 1st Grade at Highland School. "Thank you to Lorri Capistran for overseeing the project and distribution each year." said Washington School. SUBMITTED

Crookston Rotary Club celebrated 100 years of service at a special meeting with the Crookston Lions Club and Crookston Kiwanis Pioneer 100s Club as guests on February 23, 2022 at the Crookston Inn. It was that date exactly 100 years ago that the Crookston Rotary Club was formed.