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4 Bob Stenson Healthy Living. Eating right, staying active, taking care of yourself. These are all things we’re told to do. By our parents, by our doctors and even by the government, all which warn of the dangers of an unhealthy, sedentary lifestyle. But how does one go about living a healthy lifestyle? That’s a question we asked several local residents who happily shared their secrets, some obvious, some less so. We hope their stories inspire you to live a little more healthfully. And happily. Published by the St. Peter Herald 311 S. Minnesota Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082 507-931-4520 www.stpeterherald.com © 2016
6 Liz Power Hawkinson 8 Rev. Charles Degner
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10 George Elliot 12 Nicole Crosby
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• New Saint Peter High School (grades 9-12) building built to support the growing Saint Peter community (1,000 student capacity). • The first-ever Saint Peter Middle School, opening in 2017 at the current 7-12 site, designed for the unique academic and social needs of adolescents. • Remodeled and repurposed buildings at North Intermediate (grades 2-4) and South Elementary (grades K-1), alleviating capacity issues in time for the 2017-18 school year.
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
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Retired Pastor Isn t About To Slow Down By PAT BECK
pbeck@stpeterherald.com
Former pastor Bob Stenson’s racket is to keeping exercising and eating right to stay healthy to help other people. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)
Retired pastor Bob Stenson’s motivation for his healthy lifestyle is his motivation for life — to stay in good health so he can help others. “If I stay in good shape, then I’m strong and healthy enough to help others,” Stenson said. “I consider myself a servant to others. If I’m strong and healthy, then I can help people including my children, my grandchildren, my neighbors, my brothers and sisters, anybody who is in need. I’m strong enough by staying mentally, physically and spiritually alive. Stenson walks 2.5 miles every morning except Sunday with his wife, Rhoda, around St. Peter. In the summer, he runs 3.5 miles every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. Then he runs road races. Last year he ran three 5Ks. He also rides a road bike from 20 to 40 miles twice a week. He plays tennis and/or basketball three times a week. And, he skis, canoes, sails and swims. That’s all done by a man who turns 75 April 2. “I don’t belong to a health club, except Gustavus tennis courts, the community center and the roads around St. Peter, and in my canoe on the Minnesota River,” Stenson said. He has a set of weights in his basement. And he stretches. “Because my daughter is a doctor and my son is a strength and conditioning coach, they keep me on track,” said Stenson, who retired 11 years ago. He spends a lot of time helping his two children, Matthew and Sarah, and four grandchildren. His daughter and three grandchildren live in Brookings, S.D., and his son, who teaches sports psychology at the College of St. Benedict’s, and one grandchild live in St. Cloud, so Stenson and his wife do a lot of traveling. A high school and college
football, basketball and track athlete, Stenson said, “I try to do something every day. I’ve been blessed with good knees. I keep my college weight, 175. I try to eat right. I get eight hours of sleep.” It’s a way of life for Stenson who hasn’t stop exercising since he was a four-sport athlete (football, basketball, baseball and track) at Le Center High School where he graduated in 1959. He played American Legion and town team baseball in the summer. “I grew up with it,” Stenson said. “I’m the oldest of five kids, and we all were in athletes. My dad, Carroll, was a big encourager. My parents came to all of our games. My dad played football and baseball at the University of Minnesota, refereed football and basketball and umpired baseball. My mother, Hildegard, played softball and golfed. My dad hung hoops on the garage.” An active life Stenson slowed down his athletic activity when his children were growing up and he was working full-time, but he’s always been a runner. In college, he was a high hurdler and an 800-meter runner. He went to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he graduated in 1963, and Luther Seminary in St. Paul where he finished in 1967. He pastored in the Evangelical Lutheran Church for 38 years until retirement in 2004. He last served in Lincoln, Nebraska. His great-grandparents grew up in St. Peter, and his parents married here, so {span sty le=” b ackg round-color : #deffde;”}moving back is{/span} like coming home. Stenson continues to serve First Lutheran Church as a layperson as chairperson of the stewardship committee and member of the finance committee, and he teaches Bible study classes and helps with worship occasionally. He helped with Habitat for
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Humanity, raked lawns in the parks and helps people build houses. He volunteers as a court manager with college tennis tournaments. His diet includes fruits, vegetables and whole grains, eggs once in a while, small portions of meat, pasta, soup and nuts. He eats small portions to keep his weight down. “My wife is in charge of that,” Stenson said. “She makes sure we eat healthy. At Christmas time, I always put on a couple of pounds with cookies and things.” For his age, Stenson is unusually active. “I have some friends who are active, but as you get older some people have problems with their legs or knees and can’t do what they did,” Stenson said. “I keep moving. My heart is good. I like being active. I go to a lot of athletic events, high school and college at Gustavus. I try to get to know kids, parents and coaches as much as I can.”
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He hasn’t suffered any major injuries, but he said, “Sometimes my left knee is sore if I overdo it. And I get tired, so I have to rest to recover. I don’t push myself more than I can handle.” He plays mostly doubles in tennis, which doesn’t take as much running. “Running takes the most out of me,” Stenson said. “Running road races takes more out of me than biking, basketball or tennis. My times have gone down significantly (from less than 20 minutes to 31 minutes in the 5K), but I’ve won my age group. There’s not that many in my age group. My grandson, Ian, who is 12, can beat me by 8 minutes in a 5K. “ “Running is the base for everything I do. I can still hike in the mountains or canoe. I played slow pitch softball until I was 62.”
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Whole-person health care in St. Peter
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Bob Stenson of St. Peter has never stopped exercising regularly in his whole life of 75 years, including playing tennis at Swanson Tennis Center in St. Peter. All of this extra effort is not just for his own good but for the good of others. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)
TAKE A LESSON Shared traits of the world’s longest-lived people: 1. Move Naturally The world’s longest-lived people don’t pump iron or run marathons. Instead, their environments nudge them into moving without thinking about it. 2. Purpose Why do you wake up in the morning? Knowing your sense of purpose is worth up to seven years of extra life expectancy. 3. Down Shift Stress leads to chronic inflammation, associated with every major agerelated disease. The world’s longest-lived people have routines to shed that stress. 4. 80 Percent Rule “Hara hachi bu” – the Okinawans say this mantra before meals as a reminder to stop eating when their stomachs are 80 percent full. 5. Plant Slant The cornerstone of most centenarian diets? Beans. They typically eat meat—mostly pork—only five times per month. 6. Wine @ 5 Moderate drinkers outlive non-drinkers, especially if they share those drinks with friends. 7. Belong Attending faith-based services four times per month – no matter the denomination – adds up to 14 years of life expectancy. 8 Loved Ones First Centenarians put their families first. They keep aging parents and grandparents nearby, commit to a life partner and invest in their children. 9. Right Tribe The world’s longest lived people chose or were born into social circles that support healthy behaviors. Taken from bluezones.com/live-longer.
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Yoga, meditation teacher offers mind, body tips for healthy living By PAT BECK
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Liz Power Hawkinson practices what she preaches to live a healthy lifestyle. A licensed, independent clinical social worker with Mayo Clinic Health System’s Behavioral Health Hawkinson Department, Hawkins on has been teaching mindfulnessbased stress reduction at Mayo
Clinic Health System-St. Peter Clinic for more than 10 years, and about 250 people have taken the course here. She also is teaching the class this spring at Minnesota New Country School in Henderson. Hawkinson, 56, of St. Peter, did her training through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, a center founded by Jon Kabat Zinn and led by Saki Santorelli. Kabat Zinn defines mindfulness as, “The awareness that rises by paying attention on purpose, in the present moment and
non-judgmentally.” Hawkinson said mindfulness is important for a clear mind/ clarity of perception, a resilient body, more ease and less reactive stress, satisfying relationships and to experience the richness of every day life. All, she says, is supported by research. Meditation and yoga helps clear Hawkinson’s mind and keep her calm. “The mind is busy and has a tendency to wander into the negative,” she said. “I have had a longstanding interest in yoga and meditation,” Hawkinson said. “I completed training as a
yoga teacher in 2000 and soon after, studied meditation with a Zen teacher in Minneapolis.” “If I don’t do yoga regularly, my body feels achey,” Hawkinson said. “Doing these things helps me enjoy life more.” For 12 years, she has taught Basic Hatha Yoga Monday nights at St. Peter Yoga Studio. “People love her class and come back week after week and year after year,” studio owner Tressa Bushaw said. “She had this presence about her. She’s very caring and nuturing.” Hawkinson, whose husband is Bruce, provides a good exam-
ple of a person who lives healthy. Living healthy simply makes Hawkinson feel better and more resilient in handling what comes her way. Hawkinson said she wanders on and off this path of healthful living as much as the next person, but here are the guides she tries to follow: People approach health decisions from our their perspective. For Hawkinson, it’s influenced by having osteopenia (decreased bone density) and degenerative disc challenges. “Overall, we all are a work in progress and I find it more use-
ful to ‘try easy,’ rather than to ‘try too hard.’ And there will be days when we slip up, so our job is to just do what we can do today.” Thinking, moving, eating and attending to the world sum up what are important to Hawkinson in her health plan. • Thinking: “Our thoughts have a clear influence on our health,” Hawkinson said. “We know that worries can actually make us sick. And because it seems to be a normal default to worry, I try to accept those events or changes in life that I can’t control and hopefully, take action with what I can control.
Mayo Clinic Health System Therapist Liz Power Hawkinson rings a bell to start a meditation class in the St. Peter Clinic at Rivers Edge Hospital. From left area Will Freiert, Stan Schipreth, Hawkinson, Patricia Freiert, Jim Bonilla, Lisa Heldke and Cindy Johnson. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)
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GUIDE FOR HEALTHY LIVING 1. Accepting ‘what is’ and take action with what you can control. 2. Move your body every day. 3. Get outside. 4. Eat plants. 5. Notice the good in life. 6. Pause with meditation or prayer. 7.Connects with family and friends 8. Take care of the earth.
Liz Hawkinson works at St. Peter Clinic-Mankato Health System in Rivers Edge Hospital in St. Peter. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)
Mindfulness and meditation is a way for me to ‘pause’ in the busyness of life and be more calm and clear-headed.” • Moving: “I seek to move every day — walking and yoga is what I do the most. I went for a long walk yesterday with a friend and even though it was really cold, being outside makes me feel settled and more alive. There are many different uses of yoga and with the osteopenia and disc issues, my daily practice is focused on weight-bearing, balance and posture. I also like to mix it up with biking and crosscountry skiing, and I have been
bitten by the pickleball bug.” • Eating: “My efforts with eating center on getting enough calcium, eating minimal meat, eating more plants and not eating food-like substances that are made in factories. Some of that advice comes from Michael Pollan who wrote ‘The Omnivore’s Dilemma.’ “Attending to the world: First, it’s very important to stay connected with my family and friends. I have three sisters, and we have almost daily contact with a Facebook Messenger group even though we live in different states and a different con-
tinent. Our two boys (Jon, 28; Robb, 25;) seem to take turns being outside the country, as well, and it’s great to stay connected with them. Finally, if we want to keep ourselves and our kids healthy, it is essential that we talk about the health of the world in which we live. Doing something about the health of the world should be on everyone’s health plan. No one will be healthy if our world is sick.”
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Gardening passion fits pastor’s faith in community By DANA MELIUS
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Pardon the Rev. Charles Degner if his gardening passion for now gives way to one of a bit deeper faith. While the unseasonably warm late winter weather leads into Degner the beginning of spring, it’s the following Sunday which is currently taking up much of the pastor’s time. “With Easter coming up, I’m
going to be a little busy for a while,” Degner said. It’s an understandable commitment for the St. Peter resident, who arrived in this community in 1986. It’s that sense of community which also spirits his gardening passion. “Gardening is in my blood,” Degner said. Always has been, for it’s a passion he said which developed alongside his mother growing up in Wisconsin. Besides his ministerial duties and his gardening passion, both responsibilities blend nicely into his role as secretary for the St. Peter Community Garden. The organization’s motto fits: Come Grow With Us! As Degner slowly walks
through the garden plots located along West Broadway Avenue (County Road 5), he’s surprised by the early green growths which have emerged due to the unseasonably warm late-winter weather. It’s only mid-March, but there’s already cleanup activity going on at the community garden. It’s land provided to the St. Peter Community Garden organization by Gustavus Adolphus College. The St. Peter Community Education Department also assists, providing application forms for interested gardeners and contact information. Keith Carlson serves as chair of the group, while other Community Garden Board members include
MISSION & PURPOSES The St. Peter Community Garden provides the opportunity for a gardening experience for individuals, families, or groups residing in the St. Peter area. In addition to the simple rewards of gardening, the Garden encourages the development of successful and responsible gardening practices and fosters community among gardeners of diverse race, age and economic backgrounds.
Vern Olson, Michael Anderson, Edie Schmierbach, Nina and Roger Ignaszewski, and Charles Burgess. Still, the Community Education Department staff knows who is best to reach when one’s interest peaks regarding the St. Peter Community Garden — Pastor Degner. But the community garden
concept, stressed Degner, pretty much runs itself. “When you come to the garden, all you have to do is bring yourself,” Degner said. That’s because a $20 application fee provides you with a 20foot by 20-foot garden plot. More ambitious gardeners may opt for a plot twice that size, while board members and volunteers have
the opportunity for even a bit more space, according to Degner. Gardening tools, ranging from a tiller to wheelbarrows to hand tools, are provided as part of the application. And that’s in part why the community concept of gardening, Degner says, has continued to grow. “We encourage people to use organic as much as possible,”
The Rev. Charles Degner of St. Peter Lutheran Church will soon be preparing for another passion of his — gardening — at the St. Peter Community Garden. (Dana Melius/Le Sueur News-Herald)
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Degner said, although noting it’s not mandatory. “The city is kind enough to haul in compost for us and wood chips.” Members of St. Peter Community Garden now are encouraged to park on the south side of the acreage, near the Gustavus campus dome facility. The busy north side of the community garden abuts Broadway, a county road, and parking has been banned there, Degner noted. The minister really offered no gardening tips or favorite produce items; he loves them all. But the gardening often
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pales in comparison to the community aspect of it all. Degner said it’s enjoyable working side-by-side with east African and Hispanic members of the St. Peter community, learning about more than gardening along the way. It’s a key part of the community garden mission, Degner said. “It’s kind of a neat little community.” Reach Associate General Manager Dana Melius at 507931-8576 or follow him on Twitter @LNHdanajohn.
COME GROW WITH US For those interested in applications to join the St. Peter Community Garden, they can be picked up at the St. Peter Community Education Department office at the Community Center. Completed applications can either be mailed to: Charles Degner, 326 North Ninth Street, St. Peter, MN 56082 Email charles.degner@gmail.com for more.
The St. Peter Community Garden grows in product and members throughout the growing season, located along West Broadway Ave. (County Road 5). (Photo courtesy of Gustavus Adolphus College)
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Passionate dietician says common sense is key to healthy life
George Elliot, campus nutritionist at Gustavus Adolphus College and certified dietician. (Mikell Melius/St.Peter Herald)
By MIKELL MELIUS
mmelius@stpeterherald.com
Small may be the first thing that comes to mind when meeting George Elliot, campus nutritionist at Gustavus Adolphus College and certified dietician. She is a petite woman with cropped brown hair who claims a shoebox office as home base while at Gustavus. However, it doesn’t take long to witness her
fiery personality unfold as she speaks about nutrition, her work as a dietician and her passion for helping people. It pushes any ideas of small right out the window. Elliot knew she wanted to be a dietician since high school. With her love of food and helping people, she thought this would be the best combination of the two. She got an undergraduate degree in home economics
with an emphasis in food and nutrition from Western Illinois University and went on to complete her fellowship in dietetics at St. Francis Medical in Peoria, Illinois. Elliot also finished an internship focused on helping those who struggle with eating disorders. This internship opened her eyes to another area of interest. “That’s why I got my master’s in counseling,” Elliot said. “It’s
just as much a science as it is an art.” Elliot said that struggling with food is not always black and white information. It’s a lot of gray, which may be the most important aspect. At least that is the information that Elliot is most interested in. “Humans are such creatures of habit. It’s all about what they are willing to do differently in their daily lives,” Elliot said.
2016 kicks off Elliot’s 16th year as campus nutritionist at Gustavus, working with dining services and the health services department. Her list of tasks is not a short one. From analyzing food menus and posting them on Gustavus’s website, to meeting one-on-one with students seeking nutritional help, to speaking engagements focused around nutrition and wellness, she provides her services in a multitude
of ways. Elliot has given speeches on the myth of the freshman 15, nutrition issues related to athletics, and every March — which is national nutrition month — she delivers a presentation to the Gustavus community on different wellness topics. Mondays and Wednesdays are when Elliot spends her time at Gustavus, but on Tuesdays and Thursdays she is at Park Nicol-
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The well-known, and well-liked, Gustavus Adolphus College cafeteria. (Dana Melius/Le Sueur News-Herald)
let’s Melrose Center in St. Louis Park; a specialty center that offers support, encouragement and healing for people struggling with all types of eating disorders. Elliot fills the dietician role on a team of people who sit down with clients at Melrose and provide individualized care. She has taken clients on meal outings, where she helps them order from the menu as a type of exposure therapy. She helps clients monitor their eating, assists them in acknowledging when they are full and helps them plan out their days better. “I basically help them have a better relationship with food,” Elliot said of her role at Melrose. With two days at Gustavus and two days at Melrose Center, one would think that Elliot couldn’t possibly take on any more. This is simply not true. Elliot also serves as a consul-
tant for the St. Peter School District, where she collaborates with food service employees to plan menus and helps ensure they’re meeting certain nutritional regulations. She looks into the nutritional values of each meal and posts that information on the school’s website. Dietician, campus nutritionist, counselor, mother, supporter, public speaker, wife; how does a woman who plays so many roles, and helps so many others live nutritional, healthy lives, ensure that she stays healthy? “Start with some amazing colleagues,” Elliot confessed. “I work with some of the best people.” Elliot correlated great relationships, both personal and work related, to a healthy life. She claims that surrounding yourself with great friends can make the world of difference, and after witnessing her vibrant attitude, it’s
hard to see how anyone would doubt her. Elliot did eventually share her tips and insight on how she keeps herself sane, healthy and aware during her hectic schedule: fruits and vegetables, exercise, feeding well in times of stress and above all else, common sense. No trips. No gimmicks. “There is no quick fix,” Elliot said. “We vilify food and it’s not the bad guy. It is meant to give us fuel and energy. So ask yourself, am I using this food to fuel me or comfort me?” Reach reporter Mikell Melius at mmelius@stpeterherald.com.
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St. Peter aerial fitness enthusiast says workouts are athletic, sexy and empowering By ALEX KERKMAN
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Being a good dancer normally requires having solid footing on the ground. That’s not the case for Nicole Crosby. Crosby began teaching aerial fitness classes at The Pulse Fitness Center in St. Peter last fall, and moved the class into “full force” this winter. Yes pole dancing is involved, but Crosby said the class involves so much more. “It’s also known as circus arts,”
Crosby said. “There’s the pole, but you will see ... hooping and trapeze (as well). Aerial fitness keeps your legs in the air.” Originally from River Falls, Wisconsin, Crosby first became familiar with St. Peter after attending Gustavus Adolphus College, where she graduated in 1995. She lived in Mapleton for 14 years before moving back to town a year and a half ago. Fitness and maintaining a healthy well-being has always been a part of Crosby’s life. In
high school she was a middle-distance track runner, and in college she worked as an exercise instructor. She is also a certified Reiki therapist, which is the Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation, where the therapist can channel energy into the patient by touch. Crosby first got into aerial fitness after joining another seductive workout class; belly dancing. For the past three years she has taken belly dancing classes in Mankato before deciding to ex-
pand her workouts. “I wanted to learn more and challenge my body in a different way, so I searched out aerial fitness classes,” Crosby said. “It’s been more popular as more men and women come in. They debunk the theology that it’s stripping.” Also known as aerial yoga, aerial fitness combines traditional yoga poses, Pilates and dance with the use of props. The Pulse’s studio consists of multiple removable poles, lyras, silks and yoga ham-
mocks hanging from the ceiling. Betty Harsma, community coordinator at The Pulse, said besides all of the physical benefits, aerial fitness is a great way to forget about your problems after a long day. “We crank up the music and go,” Harsma said. “After a hard day of work, you go to class and turn up the music. It’s a very fun way (to) exercise and helps with stress relief.” Crosby leads the first 10 minutes of open gym with a light
stretch before the hard work begins. “The workout is amazing,” Crosby said. “It’s learning to use your body in space instead of (staying still). It builds your upper body strength as you go.” “If you want strong abs, try aerial fitness.” You don’t need any prior experience to take part in aerial fitness. When Crosby first started she wanted to overcome a goal that had bugged her since her school days.
Poles are just one of the props used by Nicole Crosby in aerial fitness classes. Aerial fitness also involves athletically spinning from hanging silks, hammocks and lyras, or hoops. (Alex Kerkman/St. Peter Herald)
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“My first challenge was getting to the top of the pole,” Crosby said. “I was the kid in gym class would couldn’t climb up the rope. Learning to climb the pole (builds your) self-esteem.” On average around 10 students attend open gym, varying in age, gender, size and prior experience. Tayler Miller makes the trip from Mankato each Monday to attend. “(Nicole) is really accepting, and willing to help no matter what level you’re in,” Miller said. “Don’t be afraid if you have no one to come with, the only time you’re alone is on the drive here.” Whether you run 10 miles a day or are working out for the first time in a long while, the payoff can be felt almost immediately. “(Aerial fitness) makes you feel athletic, expressive and sexy. Some just want other dance experience, and some are cross training to add to their repertoire,” Crosby said. “I tell people ‘I can do this and so can you.’”
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THE BENEFITS According to healthfitnessrevolution. com there are many health benefits, both physically and mentally, to aerial fitness workouts including: • Total body workout • Psychologically beneficial • Improves flexibility • Heals back problems • Increases strength • Puts you in a great mood • Improves balance • Aids digestion • Lowers risk of heart disease • Improves memory For more information on aerial fitness classes at The Pulse Fitness Center, contact info@thepulsefitness.com or call 507-9341157.
Reach reporter Alex Kerkman at akerkman@lecenter.com or on Twitter @LCLalex2.
Nicole Crosby, left, helps Olivia Benson get situated on a lyra during aerial fitness open gym at The Pulse Fitness Center in St. Peter. (Alex Kerkman/St. Peter Herald)
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Nicollet County Bank Employees Give Back to their Community! The Nicollet County Bank encourages its officers and employees to participate in community functions. During the year of 2015, the officers and employees will be involved with the following boards, committees, clubs and organizations. Member of St. Peter Lions Club Member of St. Peter American Legion Club Member of Masonic Lodge Member of Osman Shrine Member of VFW Post 1220 Member of Linnaeus Arboretum GAC Member of Masonic Lodge #54 Director of Shoreland Country Club Member of St. Peter Ambassadors Member of St. Peter Rotary Club Treasurer of Greenlawn Cemetery Member of St. Peter Education Foundation St. Peter Lions Club Board Member St. Peter Area Hospice Committee, Co-Chair St. Peter Regional Treatment Center (SPRTC) VolunteerCouncil, Co-President Member of Gustavus Library Associates Member of St. Peter Chamber Public Affairs Committee Board Member of St. Peter Chamber of Commerce Member of Nicollet County Historical Society Member of Arts Center of St. Peter Member of St. Peter Food Co-op Member of Shoreland Country Club Board Member of St. Peter Basketball Booster Club/Treasurer
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