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So close. A ticket sold at Dick’s Fresh Market in Amery matched five numbers in the March 10 drawing, earning the ticket holder a prize of $1,000,000. The winning numbers drawn were: 43, 44, 54, 61 and 69 with a Powerball of 22. The ticket sold at Dick’s matched all but the Powerball. As of press time, no had come forward to claim the prize. Winners at all prize levels have 180 days from Saturday’s drawing to claim their prizes. The $1 million ticket must be claimed at the Lottery’s headquarters in Madison. According to the Powerball website, the odds of winning $1,000,000 is one in 11,688,053

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Anna Wagner and Kristy Nelson present one of the Amery to Amory signs that the class is currently raising funds to purchase to Mayor Kay Erickson.

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Fifth graders send signs to sister city BY TOM STANGL TSTANGL@THEAMERYFREEPRESS.COM

Amery and close ties with people a thousand miles away. Simonson’s fi fth graders established contact with a fi fth grade class in Amory, Miss. last year, learning about the community and

COUNTY ST A year ago, fi fth graders in Michael Simonson’s class began a project that no one realized at the time would lead to a sister city for

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Effective Jan. 1, employees of the City of Amery are under a new system for their vacation and sick days. The city has transitioned to a personal time off (PTO) system and the City Council on March 7 announced that they have reached an agreement with two of the four employees who have more than 720 hours of accumulated sick and vacation days. Public Works employees Jeff Mahoney and John Rodke will be given the option of taking their excess time as pay, depositing the amount in their health savings account (HSA) THURSDAY, 33,program 2222 or placing the if they areSEPTEMBER in the HSA VOL. 131 NO.in 19 the www.moraminn.com $1.00compensation profunds city’s deferred gram, if they are in the deferred compensation program. The action was taken by the council following a closed session at the end of the meeting. The Finance committee met on March 5, holding a closed session on the same topic. Negotiations continue with the two remaining employees that have more than 720 hours of accumulated sick and vacation days, according to City Administrator Kim Moore-Sykes. Under the new system, hours in excess of 720

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Hosking appointed to Amery School Board

to Hosking after an hour and half question and answer interview session with Hosking and Darcy Lorsung, the two candidates who had applied for the vacancy. Hosking signed the oath of office following the vote and will have orientation this week in advance of Hosking her first school board meeting March 19.

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Erin Hosking, president of the Amery Intermediate Parent Organization, is the newest member of the Amery School Board. The board voted 3-1 by secret ballot on Monday night to offer the seat formerly held by Keith Anderson

Each of the four school board members asked two questions of the applicants, who took turns answering first. Each were given five minutes to reply to the questions, which ranged from their reasons for serving to what are the challenges and opportunities facing the district. Board president Darren Van Blaricom thanked both of the applicants for stepping up and

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“sticking their neck out to serve.” Van Blaricom added that our children are worth it. Lorsung, who retired from teaching last spring, cited his 29 years in the community and his vested interest in the district with four children attending school. Hosking and her husband have five children in school and expressed her love of the district and its talented employees. When asked why they

wanted to be on the school board, Hosking replied that she wants to be a part of the process that keeps the district the great place it is. Lorsung said that he decided a number of years ago that he wanted to serve on the board after he was done teaching. He didn’t want to run against his friend, Darren Van Blaricom, so when the opening was created by Keith Anderson’s SEE HOSKING ON PAGE 2A

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