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Trudy Schreier on the deck of her home overlooking Paul Lake near Perham.

The Kit Masters matriarch Perham’s first Miss Perham still reigns – at home, church and business BY DARLA ELLINGSON Few people make the kind of immediate impression on others the way Trudy Schreier does. As any friend of hers can attest, conversations with Trudy leave a person feeling uplifted. Her warm personality and graceful demeanor instantly put people at ease, making them feel welcomed. Talking with Trudy for the first time often feels like talking with an old friend. There’s no shortage of things to talk about, either. Trudy’s tale is a compelling one, full of insights about growing up in Perham, business challenges and personal tragedy. It’s also a story of personal triumph, one of finding strength and, with faith and the support of family, taking chances and moving on to the

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next chapter. Trudy grew up in the Esser family, the oldest of five brothers and one sister. Her father, Bob, ran Essers Plumbing, was the city gas manager, and built cabins on the side when one of his kids needed to go to college. Mom Audrey had a career as a Women’s Army Auxiliary Core flight instructor, and later worked for the Selective Service. In high school, Trudy was already making an impression. She has the distinction of being crowned the first Miss Perham, though the pageant wasn’t yet nationally affiliated. She dated her high school sweetheart, Keith Swanson, and three years later they were married, on the anniversary of their first date. The couple would raise four boys: Craig,

Brian, Darrin and Trent. After graduation, Trudy moved to the ‘big city’ of St. Cloud, Minn., and tried her hand at beauty school. But it wasn’t until later, once her four boys were going to school, that she would find her true calling. “It started with our frustration with CCD,” says Trudy, referring to the religious education program of the Catholic church the family attended in Ham Lake, Minn. “We started to call it ‘cut, color and draw’ because the kids weren’t really learning about their faith. They didn’t seem to get the meaning.” Trudy and some other parents started writing new religious curriculum for each grade level, and encouraged kids and parents to learn at the same time.

Above: Trudy and Glenn, outside their Paul Lake home. Top Right: Artist Patrick Shannon created a sculpture called ‘The Gathering’ representing the 15 grandchildren that Trudy and Glenn have between them. Right: Trudy and Glenn, standing, center, with Trudy’s four sons and their wives, along with all but one of the Swanson grandchildren.

“Parents are the primary teachers of their kids, so we asked them to sit down with their kids once a week with these materials,” Trudy says. “Kids started really knowing the Bible, and when you know your Bible, you know Jesus personally.” Trudy first saw a need for her own parish, but after a while, word of mouth would take the Family Formation curriculum to other parishes, and grow into a nationwide program. Trudy still works on Family Formation behind the scenes, and is very devoted to St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Perham. Meanwhile, at home, a work cutback for Keith in the mid-1990s left the family in a bit of a bind, until he decided to build a better mousetrap, so to speak. In

1996, he, along with son Darrin, started a business in the family garage, designing and manufacturing an improved replacement fan clutch for medium and heavy duty engines. Today, all four of the Swanson sons work in the family business, Kit Masters, Inc. The company continues to manufacture aftermarket components, specializing in remanufactured fan clutches, rebuild kits and accessories. A second company, Swan Machine, was started to supply custom manufactured parts to the fast-growing Kit Masters. Swift success meant the family business continued to grow, needing larger and larger facilities. “We were all back home in Perham during the summer of 2002, and we

didn’t want to leave the lake after Labor Day,” says Trudy. That sentiment prompted the family to consider moving the business to Perham. “The city really welcomed us with open arms, and the business relocated here by 2003,” she says. She remained working in the Twin Cities area for a while, preparing to permanently move back to Perham in 2006. “We had a fabulous Christmas together in Perham in 2005,” Trudy says with a catch in her voice, quietly adding how they lost Keith to an aneurism about a year later. “My footing and foundation was in the man I was married to. Suddenly I had sole responsibility of Kit Masters and Swan Machine, and I was leaving my church back home.”

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The family had several offers to buy out the business, but a sign came to Trudy in the form of Lee Ann Womack’s classic ballad about taking chances, “I Hope You Dance.” As the song goes, “When you come close to sellin’ out, reconsider / Give the heavens above more than just a passing

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Between Kit Masters and Swan Machine, there are now 150 employees working in the 30,000-square-foot facility, and products are shipped nationwide. “I am chairman of the board and inhouse cheerleader,” grins Trudy, who still goes into work a couple times a

asked if I wanted to go to church before we went out. In the adoration chapel, we each lit a candle for our spouses that died.” Trudy confides that she told Glenn up front she wouldn’t kiss on the first date. But that promise was broken by the end of the evening. Four years later, the couple married. They have just celebrated their second wedding anniversary. What’s important to Trudy now? Faith, supporting her church and charities, gathering with friends and entertaining, and – topping the list – family. Artist Patrick Shannon created a sculpture for the family, called “The Gathering,” which hangs in Trudy and Glenn’s home. It represents the cherished 15 grandchildren that they have between them. Trudy’s hope for others is that they can embrace and share a strong faith, and that their marriages will be strong. “Dance in the kitchen, kiss in the afternoon and viola in the evening,” she advises with a smile. “Appreciate each other and celebrate!”

My footing and foundation was in the man I was married to. Suddenly I had sole responsibility of Kit Masters and Swan Machine, and I was leaving my church back home. -Trudy Schreier, on how she felt after losing her first husband

glance / And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance / I hope you dance.” So dance she did. Trudy gathered her boys around and told them just what she needed in order to continue on with the company. With the support of her sons, Trudy kept the business going, and kept it in the family. Today, Darrin heads up finances and is a voice for the company, Craig is in charge of quality control and engineering, Brian is the sales manager, and Trent is in charge of customer service and marketing.

week, and makes sure employee birthdays and anniversaries are remembered. After a couple of years, she was ready for the next chapter in her personal life. One of her sons signed her up for an online dating service. Trudy eventually changed to a Christian online dating service, and was about to give up on the whole idea, when she met Glenn Schreier. “I went down to the (Twin) Cities for a wedding and met Glenn for the first time afterward,” Trudy explains. “I saw this tall, dark and handsome man come around the corner. It was Sunday, and he

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Strength through struggle Two-time cancer survivor is now a National Champion runner and Olympic hopeful BY JASON GROTH For any athlete, the ultimate goal is to compete at the highest level, but there are many road blocks that can get in the way of those dreams. One Perham native is smashing through those roadblocks, racing her way to the top. Gabriele Grunewald, or Gabe, as she’s known to friends and fans, is hoping to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A professional middle-distance runner, Gabe competes in races of 800 to 5,000 meters. “The pinnacle in our sport is to become an Olympian,” she says. “As of August, we are just under two years from the Rio Olympics. It’s one step at a time.” As she continues to drive forward toward that goal, Gabe is focused on having a strong outdoor season next year. “Rio is not the first thing on my mind,” she says. “I have the 2015 outdoor season coming up first. I’m just kind of taking it a little bit at a time to be in a good position for 2016.” Gabe is coming off a season that featured some controversy, but ultimately resulted in her becoming a National Champion. She finished 10th at the 2014 IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Indoor Championships, and won the 3000-meter race at the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The win was protested by another runner, but eventually that appeal was withdrawn and Gabe’s status as National Champion was solidified. “It was an up and down year. It started out well – winning my first U.S. title indoors was probably one of the highlights of my year, and getting my first World Championship experience was really good,” Gabe says. “Ultimately,

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Gabe Grunewald celebrates after winning the women’s 3,000-meter race in 9:23.15 during the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M. Photo by Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports

it was a season that left me motivated for next year.” The toll of the protest, being stripped of the title and then eventually reinstated was tough on Gabe, and that may have had an impact on her racing performances afterward. “It was definitely challenging,” she admits. “Things ended up pretty well, but I think the toll it took on me emotionally and mentally... unfortunately, at times, kept me from focusing on my training and racing, and resulted in some of the disappointment of my outdoor season.” Yet Gabe has a knack for overcoming obstacles – both on and off the track. At just 28 years of age, she is a two-time cancer survivor. In 2009, Gabe was diagnosed and treated for cancer of the salivary gland, and then in 2011 for thyroid gland cancer. Neither one managed to keep her down for long. “It was a really interesting time in my life, but I felt really fortunate to have some good people around me,” she says. “I was still a senior at the University of Minnesota, and to be surrounded by teammates and obviously have the support of my coaches, my parents and my family, was really critical for me to get through that – and to figure out what I wanted my life to be like on the other side of that.” Running was an outlet for Gabe during her battles with cancer. She has now been cancer free for five years, and her career is reaching new heights. “My running really took off to the elite level after I became a cancer survivor,” she says. “I’m really grateful and thankful for my health currently. I never imagined that I would become a professional runner after going through that. I think it made me stronger and helped me focus on the goals I had as an athlete.” Since getting her health back, Gabe has been better able to focus on her career and family, and she’s enjoying traveling the world as a professional athlete. She’s been sharing her story with the media and the public, hoping to inspire others through tough times. “I have had a lot of support...through some different, challenging things,” she says. “It’s great to be recognized in some of those things. With a Runner’s World article and other media opportunities, I hope to shed some light on that you can persevere through challenges. In our greatest struggles, we can find the strength that we didn’t have before.

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Get active and feel fit with these cardio workouts suggested by professional runner Gabriele ‘Gabe’ Grunewald: BASIC INTERVAL WORKOUT This workout takes about 30-45 minutes. -Start with a 5-10 minute warm-up of walking or easy running. -Do some “2-1s.” Each set is three minutes long. Walk or jog at a brisk or hard pace for one minute, repeat this for another minute, then rest for one minute with some easy walking or easy jogging. Start with four sets, then work your way up to as many as eight, adding one each week. -Finish with a 5-10 minute cool down of easy walking or easy running. BASIC PROGRESSION RUN OR WALK This workout takes about 25-50 minutes. -Start with a 5-10 minute warm-up of walking or easy running. -Focus on the “5-5-5.” This is a continuous effort in three 5-minute segments. The idea is to start slower and progressively get faster in each phase. After doing this workout a couple times, increase the overall time to 20 minutes (about 7 minutes per segment), and then 30 minutes (10 minutes per segment). -Finish with a 5-10 minute cool down of walking or easy running. As long as you have a good attitude and want to improve, Gabe says “the sky is the limit.” For serious athletes, a knowledgeable trainer is also a must. “For me, one thing that has been critical for my longterm success has been having a gradual progression with each of my coaches,” she says. “I never got burnt out on running, which can happen to a lot of people when they are successful younger. When you are young, work hard, but especially just have fun.” To prevent boredom and ensure a well-rounded workout, Gabe suggests diversifying your routines, staying active in a wide range of sports and other activities.

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That’s really become my message as a professional runner. I hope that other people can see that and find some inspiration in my running.” Gabe’s focus and determination helped her excel as a runner. So did her years with the University of Minnesota – she was with the Gophers at a time when the women’s track and field program reached several milestones.

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fun times and first milestones for our program. It was really fun. I wouldn’t trade my college career for anything. I went from being a walk-on to almost winning a National Title my senior year. Overall, you can’t really ask for more than that.” Gabe recently took a short break from running, but is now back into training, getting set for the upcoming outdoor season. Her goal is to make the U.S. team for the World Outdoor Championships in Beijing, China. “To do that, I’ll have to run the ‘A’ standard and place in the top-three at the U.S. Championships next year,” Gabe explains. “I’m really looking at 2015 as a dress rehearsal for 2016.” If all goes well, within just a couple of years Gabe could be making her hometown proud as a competitor at the Olympics, racing toward the ultimate finish line and realizing her ultimate dream. It would also be the best possible opportunity for her to send her inspiring message out to the world, loud and clear: “In our greatest struggles, we can find the strength that we didn’t have before.”

In our greatest struggles, we can find the strength that we didn’t have before. - Gabriele Grunewald

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A fast learner, a natural leader It didn’t take long for Katie Lundmark to make a lasting impression at Perham Health and Living BY MARIE JOHNSON process of lobbying and pleadKatie Lundmark is still a relaing with the regional Veterans tive ‘newbie’ at Perham Health Affairs office, Perham Living and Perham Living, having just was granted VA certification, joined the healthcare team there allowing veterans who qualify about three years ago, but she’s for VA benefits to receive them already earned a reputation as at Perham Living. It took a lot an effective, respected leader. of community support to push When she was hired in April the certification through, but it 2011, it was with the underdidn’t hurt to have an encouragstanding that she would become ing leader at the top, helping to the Director of Long-Term Care move things along. at Perham Living within a year; Katie’s leadership “has led to but first, her role was at Perham a huge morale increase for the Health, leading staff through Perham Living campus,” wrote the big move into the new hosChuck Hofius, CEO of Perham pital. She had no prior experiHealth, in an email interview. ence with a transition like that, “She made numerous improvebut she dug in to the job – and ments in our service without pulled it off with flying colors. harming the integrity of the By all accounts, the move model (the household model of was seamless under her orgacare at Perham Living).” nized, focused leadership. The He explained that Katie is following year, she and the not only responsible for the rest of Perham Health’s direcnursing home, but also for two tors won the Perham Chamber market-rate senior housing faLeadership Award, partly for cilities, home care and assisted their work on the move. living. In addition, she’s charged Shortly after that, she with finding new uses for the stepped into her role at Perham old hospital building, which is Living, a role that she considcurrently serving as a space for ers her “dream job.” She quickly the Boys and Girls Club, among built strong relationships with other things. the staff and residents, learned “She has done a great job of the nursing home’s strengths juggling these responsibilities and weaknesses, and started Katie Lundmark has made quite an impression on the and has made improvements in making improvements where Perham Health and Perham Living staff and residents each,” Chuck wrote, adding that she thought they might be over the past three years. Since taking over as the Katie is currently in the process needed. Director of Long-Term Care at Perham Living, the It didn’t take long for her nursing home’s client and staff satisfaction scores have of adding adult day care and dementia assisted living. efforts to make a noticeable dif- increased, and the nursing home has jumped from a Mention any of these sucference for the better: Perham 3-star to a 5-star facility. cesses to Katie, however, and Living’s quality, resident satshe’ll quickly share the credit with her in February, Perham Living was named isfaction and employee satisfaction coworkers. Not one to hog the spota Best Nursing Home in Minnesota by scores all increased after Katie took the light, she says it’s her whole team and U.S. News and World Report. helm, and the nursing home went from their supportive, collaborative efforts By July, there was more good news a 3-star rating up to a 5-star, the highthat have made the nursing home great. for the nursing home: after a long est rating possible. Word got out, and

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“By no means was it me,” she says blushing. “I’m just amazed at how awesome the staff are who work here; always taking care of the residents in so many different ways. It’s a really fun group to work with, and I’ve really gained so much respect and appreciation for them as I’ve gotten to know them. There’s lots of outside-of-the-box thinking, and it’s resident-driven.” A native of Detroit Lakes, Katie grew up on Big Floyd Lake. After high school, she moved away to Moorhead, Minn., to attend Concordia College, where she studied hospital administration (by coincidence, as part of her schooling she was assigned to the Perham hospital for some hands-on learning). Her first summer after college graduation was a big one – not only did she land her first job in healthcare, but she also met the man who would become her husband. Her first job was at Dairyland Healthcare Solutions, based in Glenwood, Minn. She traveled all over the country for her work, training small to midsize hospitals on how to use accounting software. She spent time in Florida, California and even Alaska, but she’d often return to Detroit Lakes to visit family, and that’s where she met Eric Lundmark. A realtor in Detroit Lakes, Eric had also grown up there, but the two had never met before. After about a year of dating, they got en- Katie Lundmark, gaged, and made the deon the staff at cision to settle down in the Detroit Lakes area, Perham Living to be near their parents and other relatives. Soon, their family started to grow. They welcomed a daughter, Clara, who’s now 9 years old, and two years later a son, Keifer. Katie’s career also continued to grow. She became a business manager at Lakes Crisis and Resource Center, and then worked as a housing manager and nursing home administrator for Ecumen. She was happy there, but when she saw the opening for the position at Perham Living, she couldn’t resist applying. “It was my dream job. It was my goal,” she says. “This was the perfect culture for me, the perfect community. I knew it had a great reputation and there were a lot of opportunities here. I knew if I didn’t apply, I would kick myself.” Later, when Chuck Hofius called to offer her the job, she was ecstatic – and incredulous. “Me?,” she thought, “You want me? You’re talking about me?” Looking back on that moment now, she’s able to laugh about it. And laughing is something she tries to do a lot of. She encourages her coworkers to do a lot of it, too.

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Katie Lundmark, posing with other Perham Living leadership team members in March, after the nursing home’s 5-star rating was publicly announced. The team members are, front row, left to right: Danfe Gibson, Bob Sim, Annette Riestenberg, Kathy Schrandt and Karen Laughlin. Back row: Loren Meyer, Diane Krumwiede, Sue Sailer, Marnie Ammons, Pam Nelson, Katie, Pam Logan and Kaylee Vaughan.

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Relaying hope Lisa Peterson is a volunteer force to be reckoned with BY ELIZABETH HUWE myself, and kept doing it,” she When the calendar page is says of the leadership position. turned to July, minds all around “I always jokingly say that it’s eastern Otter Tail County start my summer job… But, as I’ve thinking in shades of purple, as said many times, we have a the American Cancer Society’s great committee and everybody Relay for Life fundraiser nears. works hard and works together. The national relay will celIt’s not like it’s ‘my’ deal. I just ebrate its 30th anniversary, and coordinate it.” the Perham event its 20th, in That point is one Lisa has 2015. repeated over and over: it’s Of the many members on the the committee as a whole that East Otter Tail County Relay for makes Perham’s relay a success, Life planning committee, Lisa not just one person. Peterson is one who has been “They’re very capable people; part of the event since it came there’s no reason to doubt that to town, and who continues to they won’t do what they’re golead it today. ing to do,” she says. Lisa’s first involvement with On April 24, 2014, Lisa was Relay for Life was as a team presented with the Perham Area member for Calvary Lutheran Chamber of Commerce’s Hall of Church in 1995, when her parFame Award for her volunteer ents, Ron and Dee Anderson, efforts with the relay. first brought the event to “She’s done an amazing job Perham. with her work for the relay,” said “I remember being there and long-time committee member thinking it was pretty neat,” Ruth Wegscheid as she preLisa says. sented the award. “Lisa comes She recalls going home for up with great ideas.” the night and, first thing the “People might think that I do next morning, returning to the Lisa Peterson is the chairperson of the East Otter Tail County Relay for Life. She is also a full-time teacher at a lot of work for the relay, but in track, wondering what was goFrazee High School and volunteers at Calvary Lutheran truth, I really get a lot more out ing on at the relay. Church. of the relay than I put in,” Lisa “It really kind of… caught said while accepting the award. me, right away,” she says. “I get to work with the most carThe next year, Lisa became ing and generous people that I know… in 2000, Lisa served as co-chair with the church’s team captain – and her inand that is very heartwarming for me, Ron. After that, she became the sole volvement grew from there. and those relationships have really enchairperson. Relay for Life wasn’t the first time riched my life.” “They’re still on the committee, and Lisa decided to give her time and energy “I just really wouldn’t ever list any of to benefit others. She started volunteer- they still help with a bajillion things, so these accomplishments as mine,” Lisa it’s not like they stepped down much,” ing with 4-H as a child and continued says when asked which feats she is most Lisa says of her parents. the trend off and on. proud of in connection with the relay. “I Originally, Lisa had planned to have The elder Andersons did most of the am really not the big deal.” relay organizing in the first years. As the a co-chair, but she says that plan didn’t But she is proud of the commitwork out. Rather than panicking or event grew, Lisa assisted with organizabandoning the relay because she didn’t tee as a whole, which she says hosts a ing a planning committee and became “consistently good relay every year.” have a planning partner, she made it the team recruitment coordinator. She adds that that’s been their greatest Eventually, Dee decided to step down work with the rest of the committee. achievement over the years – even when “I just kind of started doing it by as co-chair, and for a few years starting

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The local Relay for Life fundraising event is held in Perham every July. It draws hundreds of participants and onlookers.

compared to raising a record $100,000 in 2014. “We just make it happen,” she says. “Our committee works together, our community supports us. It’s just… we never have a year where the wheels fall off. We might have bad weather, but it always comes out well.” In addition to being a full-time family and consumer science teacher at Frazee High School, Lisa also teaches Sunday school at Calvary Lutheran Church and serves with many of the church’s groups. “I am hoping to join the Justice Journeys group on a mission trip to Guatemala this spring,” she says. While teaching, Lisa says, some of her lessons learned with the relay can be passed along to her students. “In eighth grade, we talk about character and leadership,” she explains, adding that she can speak from experience about the importance of delegating some tasks and believing in group members. She also donates blood several times a year and participates in smaller events, such as helping to install playground equipment at Heart of the Lakes Elementary School this past summer.

As chairperson of the East Otter Tail County Relay for Life, Lisa (front row, third from right) and the rest of the relay’s committee collected a record-breaking $100,000 for the American Cancer Society in 2014.

“I choose to get involved with the things I’m involved in because they are centered on things I care about and find meaningful – my faith in Christ, kids and education,” Lisa explains. “Also, I just like to help out and do my part to make our community and the people in it the best they can be.” In a time when hours seem to be the rarest of treasures, some may wonder just how Lisa manages to maintain her level of involvement. “When I was growing up, I would sometimes say to my mom, ‘I’d really like to do that, but...’ or ‘I should really do that, but ...,’” Lisa says. “My ‘but’ was

‘I don’t have time.’ My mom would tell me, ‘You make time for the things that are important to you.’” “I’ve grown to realize she was right,” Lisa continues. “We do make sure we put time into the things we really want to do. So, if people truly do want to volunteer, they can find a way to fit it into their schedule. I never get everything done in a day that I want to… but I do find a way to fit the volunteering things I do into my schedule because those things are important to me. They bring joy to my life, and I hope some good to others, so I will make sure I take the time to do them.”

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Colleen and Mary Chase visit Perham area businesses and community members every year to raise awareness and funds for their cause. Here, they are pictured campaigning in March.

The Perham Walk MS team, “The Go-Getters,” had their best year ever at the Fergus Falls Walk MS this past May, raising record-high donations of more than $9,700. The team’s co-captains, Colleen Sazama and Mary Chase, are seated in the front, left and right.

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‘The right fit’ Arvig’s marketing manager feels at home in her work BY MARIE JOHNSON ing, and big promotions. Lisa Greene’s husband, When Arvig simplified Steve, used to joke that he its name from the former could tell how bad his wife’s Arvig Communication day had been by how much Systems and ACS in 2011, of the lawn she’d torn up Lisa helped get the word that evening. out about the change. More Lisa, an avid gardener recently, she’s worked on and long-time marketing the ‘We Are Arvig’ camand public relations propaign. The campaign was fessional, used to take her started in response to billstress out on her turf, ripboard ads put up by one of ping up the grass to make the company’s competitors, way for a new garden any Charter Communications. time the pressure of work ‘We Are Arvig’ focuses on started getting to her. Arvig’s local roots, spotBut that was years ago. lighting its employees and These days, ever since the community involvements. couple moved to Perham “We’ve had a lot of and Lisa got a job at Arvig, very positive feedback on Steve can’t tease her about that campaign,” Lisa says. that anymore; now, her “Customers have told us gardening is purely for plea- Lisa Greene has been the Marketing and Media Manager they like Arvig’s local pressure. at Arvig since September 2009. She’s helped to launch the ence.” Lisa’s position as company’s new home automation systems, has seen Arvig through its name change in 2011, and is behind the ‘We Are When she’s not workMarketing and Media ing on these bigger initiaManager at Arvig keeps her Arvig’ promotional campaign. tives, Lisa still keeps plenty busy, but it also makes her busy. She checks her many happy. She loves the variemails, answers questions and shares market research on new telecommuniety of it, and says her coworkers are all feedback with her coworkers, and negocations products, and then brainstorm friendly and helpful. tiates product deals with vendors. “I like my job,” she says. “You learn to fun ways to promote those products. “One day it’s meeting, meeting, When the company launched a new appreciate when you’ve found the right meeting, meeting,” she says. “The next home automation system, for example, fit. I’ve been in the ‘wrong’ job before, day it’s catch up, catch up, catch up, Lisa’s team focused their marketing on and I’ve learned that if you’re not docatch up.” “persona.” They figured out who would ing something you enjoy, then it’s not That fast pace doesn’t necessarbe most interested in home automation worth it.” ily slow down for Lisa after her job at (i.e. moms and people who are drawn Arvig is a large telecommunicato new technologies), and then came up Arvig is done for the day. Steve recently tions provider that services more than opened an antiquing business in downwith an advertising campaign targeted 9,000 square miles of rural Minnesota. town Perham, called Décor Hus, and specifically to those people. The company is based in Perham and Lisa often spends her evenings helping “I really enjoy product marketing – provides telephone services to nearly him out at the shop. She’ll strip old figuring out what’s new, what we can 66,000 customers, television to more furniture and apply a base coat of paint do, how we can make a difference in than 24,000, and internet to more than before Steve finalizes the pieces and people’s lives,” Lisa says. “You can’t be a 36,000. makes them “show worthy.” good marketer if you’re not passionate Lisa is able to be creative as well as “I like that; I like cleaning things up, about it. If you’re not, everything kind analytical in her role there. She leads that base template,” Lisa says. of comes out bland.” a team of five people in the Perham But her real passion is gardening. She Lisa also likes working on rebrandmarketing department. They conduct

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recently completed the Master Gardeners program through the University of Minnesota Extension, and she’s loving getting to know her fellow gardening gurus. Her enthusiasm is evident all around the family’s home, which is surrounded by gardens of both the flower and vegetable varieties. Lately, Lisa’s been working on edible landscape gardening, such as planting strawberries for ground cover, or blending carrots in with her perennials. In the winter, when gardening has to wait, Lisa spends her free time scrapbooking. That gives her a needed creative outlet during the long, cold season. She also stays active with her church, Calvary Lutheran, and with the Perham Area Chamber of Commerce. In addition to all that, Lisa’s a mom and stepmom. She and Steve have a 16-year-old daughter, Samantha, who’s a junior at Perham High School, and Steve has a 25-year-old son who lives in the Twin Cities. As a family, the Greenes like to spend time outdoors, boating, fishing and hiking. Lisa and Samantha frequent area parks, especially Maplewood and Glendalough state parks. Though Lisa grew up in Michigan, and her parents still reside there, she and Steve plan to stick around Perham for years to come. Steve’s family is from Battle Lake, and the couple has no plans to leave. Lisa says, “We really, really like this area.”

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‘I’m here and I haven’t left yet’ Perham teacher, speech coach and tech expert is on a never-ending quest for knowledge BY ELIZABETH HUWE know if my whole life, I Some people know can just report the bad exactly what they want stuff,’” she says. to do with their future Ultimately, Sandra from the moment they decided to go back to graduate high school – school and change direcso they go out and haptions, moving toward pily do it for the rest of teaching since she came their lives. from a family of educaOthers need to take tors. After getting her a slightly more roundbachelor’s degree in about approach to find speech and theater comtheir niche. munications, she made Dr. Sandra Wieseranother change: “I deMatthews is among the cided, I’m not going to latter. live in Nebraska for the Part of the Perham rest of my life.” High School faculty So, she moved to since 1985, she is now Florida. Once there, she well established and applied for several jobs well-respected as a in radio, television and teacher, head speech teaching, telling herself team coach and technolthat the first job offer ogy integrationist. She Sandra Wieser-Matthews has taught at Perham High School since she got would be the teaches speech, public 1985. Since then, she has continued to challenge herself and learn new one she’d take. The offer speaking, film studies, debate and other classes. things. In 2013, her ninth grade speech class participated in a student- came a day before school led activity called the Hour of Code. Not one to be left behind, Sandra started at Fort Myers But it was a winding asked student Kanyon Edvall to teach her about code, as well. High School. journey that led her to “They had just refurthis point. bished a brand-new auditorium – it was, I don’t.” After graduating from high school, like, a multi-million dollar auditorium From there, Sandra moved on to Sandra attended Wayne State College in – and the theater teacher went to New KRGI, a radio station in Grand Island, Wayne, Neb. for TV and radio journalYork to be an actor,” she recalls. “They Neb. ism. had no teacher – so I ended up teaching “It was a great radio station with “I was all into news – that was my fofreshman English and the whole theater many sister affiliates and all that kind cus, was to be a news reporter,” Sandra program.” of stuff,” she says. “I was in the news says. “I loved it and had a great time, “I only got in the back door for theand then I went out into the work world department. I was also the only woman ater because I was in radio and televiand I was the youngest, so that was real after graduation.” sion,” she adds. “I didn’t really know interesting.” She took a job as a radio disc jockey much about sets – let alone being an She stayed there for a few years, but in a college town near where she grew English teacher. So, that was a rude began to notice a bothersome trend: “I up. awakening.” started to realize… I felt all I was doing “I thought I was pretty cool,” she While Sandra was in Fort Myers, her was reporting bad news.” says. “But I found that that was not family made the move from Nebraska At the time, Grand Island was the what I wanted to do, because I had to Minnesota. She decided to join trained to be a news reporter, not a DJ.” third largest city in Nebraska, she exthem after the school year finished, as plains, so there was more than enough Sandra also had a bit of difficulty she wasn’t all that fond of Florida and bad news to fill air time. That negative speaking on the air. “missed having seasons.” atmosphere and other outside forces “It’s hard to believe that I didn’t re“There was a teaching position in started to wear on her. ally know how to talk back then – but Perham, and I applied for it while I was “I’m a pretty optimistic, pumpedI kind of had to have a script,” says the in Florida,” Sandra explains. It was for mile-a-minute talker with a laugh. “Now up person, and I just felt like, ‘I don’t

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the new speech program, as well as some theater and classroom-based public speaking. That was 30 years ago, when other teachers in the district convinced the administration that students needed to get public speaking experience. “So, that’s how I got to be in Perham,” Sandra says, summing up her path. “I’m here and I haven’t left yet.” Sandra may not have stuck it out in Perham if not for Dennis Strummond, the school’s principal at the time, who became a “fantastic mentor” and fatherlike-figure to the fledgling educator. “He just said, ‘You need to go to this workshop. You need to see this, and you need to go there,” Sandra says. “He just sent me places, and then, the more I got the opportunity to learn, the more I decided I needed to give back to my school system. Plus, they had invested in me – so they’d invest and I’d give back, then they’d invest… so that just all worked out well for everybody.” Although she is a self-proclaimed workaholic, Sandra eventually decided she had to get some things off her loaded plate. “After 10 years, I decided I just couldn’t do theater and speech and student council and all those things anymore,” she says, and so the school

theater program was stopped once the community musical began. Wanting to start working on her doctorate degree, Sandra also gave up her advisor position of the student council after 20 years and serving in leadership positions in the organization. She earned her education doctorate from the University of St. Thomas in critical pedagogy with a focus on race, class and gender. “It’s the practices and principals, kind of the big picture of education,” she says, explaining her degree. When students ask her why she decided to get her doctorate, she answers: “Because I want to be the best teacher I can be. That has always been my goal, to be the best that I can.” In addition to teaching collegelevel courses at Perham High School, Sandra also teaches a master’s education program through the University of St. Mary. She is constantly seeking opportunities to learn and gather new experiences. As head coach of the award-winning Perham speech team, Sandra has seen a number of notable changes over the years. When she first started with the team, there were three coaches for one student; now, there are three coaches for more than 50 kids. While some

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is that you don’t just do fluff, weird topics; you do things that make a social difference.” Sandra says that, as her students graduate and leave the speech team, she hopes their ability to address all sorts of topics, even the uncomfortable ones, will serve them well and enable them to continue noticing and addressing injustices. Sandra is also a technology integrationist for the high school, helping teachers to better use the district’s

better include minorities. “Our organization is very white, but many of our population, the kids, are not,” Sandra says. And so, she aimed to create discussions to discover disconnects some of the attendees might experience, as well as how they could reach out to become more inclusive. Over all, teaching in Perham seems to have been just the fit Sandra was looking for, even if she didn’t know it at the time. She credits Perham’s forward-thinking and aggressive approach to improvement and growth as being part of what allowed her to continuously improve herself. “I feel really blessed that I have been able to be a teacher, because I can also be where my kids have been,” Sandra says. “I’ve never forced them to do it, and they’ll say differently, but I never made them be on the speech team. They just came because I was there and they’d come on the bus when they were little, and then actually joined in. I’m so lucky that I didn’t have to leave them behind.” “To me… the fact that I can be this great, professional person, but I can still have my family right next to me, has been fantastic. That, I would never, ever, give up.”

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RESCUE OR ADOPT AN ANIMAL BY JESSICA HONER Who would have known that, about seven years ago, after a former co-worker came into work saying she had found a dog and couldn’t keep him, it would lead to my husband and I owning our first dog together – and eventually to us volunteering and fostering for a few different animal rescues? I sure didn’t, but that’s exactly what happened. And I would not change it for the world. Having only been married for a couple of years at the time, I had always warned my husband that we would be getting a dog (or two) eventually. We already had two cats we had rescued, but I always knew I wanted both dogs and cats. So, when my co-worker said she was looking for a new home for her little dog, I did not even hesitate: “I’ll take him!” I said. I picked the dog up right after work that day, stopping at the store on my way home to get the needed supplies. I also had to make an important phone call to a certain significant other, to let him know about the unexpected addition I was bringing home. He was a little surprised – but hey, he was warned! We named our new dog Rusty. A lovable Pomeranian, he started us down a wonderful path of new additions (let’s just say we could keep the dog food industry in business for a long time) and adventures in our home. In the last 6-7 years, we have fostered approximately 30 dogs, maybe more. One cat, who never left, has just made himself right at home, and we, or more correctly, I, decided to keep him. We have also fostered two horses, which we (again, I mean I) eventually decided to adopt. In the animal fostering world, those are called “foster failures.” Of course, they’re really success stories. I try to always keep notes and stories on when we got our foster animals, where they came from, and when they got adopted. Each one has always left a different mark in our lives, and I wouldn’t change a thing. Outside of fostering, our main volunteer focus today is on training service dogs for the Patriot Assistance Dog program.

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Jessica Honer, with one of her Patriot Assistance Dogs in training, Bella. Over the past several years, Jessica and her husband, Brian, have fostered at least 30 dogs, plus some cats and horses, at their rural Dent home. This program connects veterans who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or other traumatic brain injuries with a service dog that is trained to meet their specific needs. Most of my experiences with fostering and training animals have been positive. Some have not. But I can tell you they have all been worth it. There is a quote from Anatole France that says, “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” For me, there are no truer words than those. In America there is an overpopulation of homeless pets. You see it more and more often: shelters and rescue organizations are over-filled with wonderful animals needing homes. Maybe you are looking for a new pet to add to your family, or you’d like to help out a local animal organization or rescue. There are many different ways to help animals in need: 1) Volunteer at a shelter. There are a few different options in our area. I am listing some examples, but these aren’t all. Give them a call and see how you can

help. -The Marshmallow Foundation, in Detroit Lakes. This is a non-profit animal shelter that shares space with Lucky Dog Boarding and Training Center. -Patriot Assistance Dogs, out of Detroit Lakes, is a non-profit organization that trains and provides service dogs to veterans with PTSD or other traumatic brain injuries. I train dogs for this program, and it is very rare to see me out and about around town without a dog that’s currently in training. If you see me, feel free to stop and talk to me about the program. -Otter Tail County Humane Society, a rescue shelter in Fergus Falls. -Becker County Humane Society, a rescue shelter located in Detroit Lakes. -Interested in horses? Hightail Horse Ranch and Rescue, located outside of Hawley, is a good place to volunteer. 2) If you can’t or don’t have the time to volunteer, donations are always accepted and welcomed. Most shelters have lists of items they are in desperate need of. 3) If you have the experience, look into fostering. Shelters and rescues are always looking for foster homes.

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