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“Retired. Let the games begin”
Kathy Hanson, sporting a button that reads, “Retired. Let the games begin,” was honored at a retirement Friday, March 9, at the Luck Village Hall. Shown with her husband, Ron, Kathy retired after 22 years as village clerk. — Photos by Mary Stirrat Retired Luck village clerk/treasurer Kathy Hanson accepts a flowering plant from Charvey Spencer of Rural American Bank. A large group of well-wishers turned out for Hanson’s retirement party last Friday, March 9.
Spring came to the Luck Village Hall last Friday, although it left again later that day when retiring village clerk Kathy Hanson went home after her last day on the job. Numerous flowers, plants, cards and gifts gave an indication of how much the 22year veteran of the village offices will be missed.
Friends, family, and current and former village officials and staff stopped by the Luck Village Hall last Friday to congratulate Kathy Hanson on her retirement. Hanson served as Luck Village clerk/ treasurer for 22 years.
Grantsburg students build wheelie car
Bullying theater
Students wrote the grant for drama program on bullying
by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – Students at the Luck Elementary School recently took part in an innovative program meant to address bullying, using live theater. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, those Luck students spent the day with the CLIMB Theatre troupe, which stands for Creative Learning Ideas for Mind and Body, where the students learned how to deal with bullying, through live interaction and drama. The CLIMB program also came to fruition because of the work of several Luck Middle School students, who were involved in actually writing the grant for the funding to pay for the program. That $1,000 grant was awarded to Luck Middle School from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and was co-written by
Brandon Woodrich’s classmates watch as he took the controls as the wheelie chair test driver. The student-built car was developed to teach students science, technology, engineering and math skills while using their hands and their minds to build this innovative project. Photo by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG - Students in Mr. Nevin’s Manufacturing II and Energy, Power and Transportation classes have been involved in building a car since last fall. The wheelie car was developed to teach students science, technology, engineering and math skills while using their hands and their minds to build this innovative project. The car features all aluminum framing, zero-turn steering (two joysticks), two 36-volt electric motors, six 12-volt batteries and dynamic braking. The lead student on the project was Isaac Peterson with Brandon Woodrich and other students helping. “The wheelie car was an awesome hands-on project in which we had to overcome many obstacles and solve problems,”
commented Peterson. “That’s the point of the class, and it’s something we all really enjoy. We can all say that the technology and engineering classes and projects will be some of our favorite memories after we graduate.” “I keep hearing from businesses that new employees coming to them do not know how to build or fix things,” noted Nevin, the district’s tech and engineering instructor. “Students graduating from high school do not have the hands-on skills that employers are looking for, but that is why we have these classes and encourage all students to take some.” – submitted
Luck students and staff combined to bring the topic of bullying front and center, using an interactive drama troupe, paid for through a grant that students actually wrote. – Photo submitted
sixth-graders Jack Johansen and Isabelle Jensen, and seventh-graders Morgan Pfaff and Preston Lane. The students call themselves the Younger But Wiser committee, and they did research to write the grant, which was overseen by Luck Elementary School guidance counselor Vern Longhenry. CLIMB Theatre is based in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and is a nationally recognized nonprofit company providing programming to K-12 schools for nearly four decades, for students in seven states across the Midwest. CLIMB’s theater artists write, produce and present plays and drama classes on not just bullying, but on timely topics like self-control, respect, friendship, acceptance of differences, drug-use prevention and the environment. Luck Schools plans to have the CLIMB Theatre back in April to present a similar program to students in grades seven through 11. – With information from the Luck School District