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North Campus library refreshed for future BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR
other scenery. He can never predict what will happen or whether he’ll get the shot he wants, but that’s all part of the experience, he said. “You just go out and you take what you get,” he said. “I’m trying to do everything from an artistic point of view, so I’ll shoot whatever is available … Sometimes it’s not until you get it on your screen and start to play with it and you find out you’ve got a real gem.”
WHITE BEAR LAKE — While the new bright orange, blue and lime green furniture in the North Campus media center might look like a mid-century throwback in style, it’s actually bringing students into the future of libraries. High school libraries are no longer places where a few bookworm students dig deeply within the Dewey Decimal System looking for a treasure. At White Bear Lake Area High School – North Campus, students now often come to the media center to do homework and group work and teachers use it as an alternative classroom, said Media Specialist Amy Carney, who has revamped it over the last two years. Carney weeded out hundreds of old books and removed 27 bookshelves that were crowding the library. “It really opened up the space,” she noted. Modern furniture, including flexible hightop tables, swivel chairs, couches and buoy stools were added. The style complements the bookshelves
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Patience, knowledge and flexibility are the best tools BY JACKIE BUSSJAEGER LOWDOWN EDITOR
It can take hours for Hugo photographer Greg Granger to capture his signature, finely detailed wildlife portraits — but every moment is well worth the effort. “I do it for my own sanity,” he said. “It gets me centered when I go out and I’m out in nature.” Nearly every day, Granger sets out to create fascinating new perspectives of Minnesota birds, landscapes and
April recognizes military children BY SHANNON GRANHOLM EDITOR
LINO LAKES — April is the time where society is asked to pause and take a moment to honor the sacrifices that are made by military families worldwide — in particular, children. When a military member serves, the whole family serves. April is designated as the Month of the Military Child. According to a 2014 demographics report listed on the U.S Department of Defense website, there are 1.82 million military children; 1,126,326 are
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active duty military children and 699,835 are reserve-component military children. Reese, daughter of Ashley and Jesse McElmury of Lino Lakes, knows all too well what it is like to be a military child at the young age of 3, because she just celebrated her birthday without her mother Ashley. Ashley is a sergeant who is assigned to the 949th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services Unit based out of Ames, Iowa. The unit is currently located within four different countries throughout the Middle East. The
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Lino Lakes resident has six years of active duty in the Army under her belt and has been in the Army Reserves for a little over a year. Ashley is originally from Stewartville, Minnesota. She enlisted in the Army in 2007. “I decided to join when I was going to school to be a veterinary technician and thought it would be a good opportunity to gain some experience,” she explained. “I left right after fi nishing my two-year degree and have always been an animal care specialist while in the Army.” SEE MILITARY CHILD, PAGE 3
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