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North Dakotan involved with start of adult ed in Kinuso
Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Northern Lakes College started out as a Community Vocational Centre, which provided adult education in various communities. In Kinuso, Lorentz Lorentzen was the teacher for 13 years. In a cutline in a 1974 Northland Free Press…
Gerard Mercier settled in Alberta and not by the ocean as he hoped
When you’re born in 1914, one sees a lot of changes in a lifetime.Even when he came out west, Gerard Mercier’s original plan was to settle his roots down in the Vancouver area, where he could live by the ocean.…
Don and Brenda Ebbett: Couple’s dedication to Legion is unmatched
Chris CleggSouth Peace News Just how does a man who has seen most of the world during a long military career, coupled with an unfettered passion for sticky buns, end up in the High Prairie area? And his wife, who…
High heels as brakes and other memories from 90 years
Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader From 1931 to 2021, a lot has changed, but where there’s snow there is sledding. “We used to go sliding down the hill in the winter,” says Stevy Johnson (90). “And I loved high heeled shoes,…
The economy is the biggest change says SL centenarian
Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader When someone has lived a hundred years, a lot changes. For 100-year-old, Alexandra ‘Senny’ Fedorus, the economy is the biggest one. “When I worked for $10 a month, it was good wages,” she says. “And now…