THE HEART OF A SMALL TOWN

THE LOUDEST LIBRARY:

Traci Lund Fills The Library With The Sounds Of Learning And Fun

By Michelle Svangstu

Customers enjoy meals and conversation at Hopie’s Honker Pit.

By Alyssa Stromberg

Small towns have people come and go; businesses open and close or stand empty. Change is a way of life and small towns go with the ebb and flow. With the changes come memories, history and stories and new life into what was.

In 1962 the doors to Lake Bowl Lanes opened and became the place for people of all ages to come together, visit and swap sto- ries for years to come. The bowling alley remained a mainstay in Medicine Lake until the mid-2000’s. During that time the owners realized the community needed apartments more than a bowling alley. So, the bowling alley remodel began, and The Honker Pit restaurant and apartments were constructed.

It’s your typical scene from the movies…the library suddenly fills with loud laughter and conversation when suddenly it pans over to the somber librarian, who puts her finger to her lips and harshly shushes the giggles - reminding everyone the library is meant for quiet and not for fun….. that is, unless your librarian is Divide County’s Traci Lund.

Meet the T E A C H E R

Fast forward to the present. If you are traveling to

“My friends always joke that this has to be the loudest library in North Dakota,” laughs Traci. I love to talk and laugh, and to hear the library filled with children – it’s one of the best parts of my job.” Originally from Minot, Lund grew up helping her mom, a teacher, get her classroom ready. “I remember telling her that I was ‘never going to do this.’

Divide County

My plan was to be a business lady wearing stilettos in a Manhattan skyrise, but looking back, I know that

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About Me

Meet the Teachers

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MY NAME IS CRAIG FOURNIER Why Education?

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