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Elementary students share favorite thing about mom In honor of Mother’s Day, the White Bear Press visited Lincoln Elementary to ask students, “What is your favorite thing about your mother?”

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Former gambling manager plays discrimination card BYDEBRA NEUTKENS STAFF WRITER

ST. PAUL — The White Bear Lake Area Hockey Association’s ex-gambling manager has filed a countersuit in district court against her former employer. Among the counterclaims in a complaint filed exactly a month after Christine Olson, 54, was sued by the hockey association: She claims she was bullied and harassed as a result of her gender

and age; that she was forced to resign because the association was not following its own bylaws and not following the Minnesota Gambling Control Board’s rules, statutes and regulations; and that the association “constructively discharged” Olson. In fact, the actions of the White Bear Lake Area Hockey Association (WBLAHA) against her became so severe, Olson alleged, that “they altered the terms of

her employment and created a hostile work environment,” forcing her to quit. These allegations come from an employee making $129,000 at the time she resigned March 28, 2023. The White Bear nonprofit filed a lawsuit April 3 against Olson (“White Bear hockey association sues former gambling manager,” April 12, 2023), alleging that “egregious actions” by its former gambling manager gave the

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