Riverside Elementary School student Gabby Miller leaps over the high-jump bar Wednesday at the Third- and Fourth-grade Elementary Track and Field Day at Don Adamson Field. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls Gallery...
Riverside student Gabby Miller leaps over the high-jump bar Wednesday at the third- and fourth-grade Elementary Track and Field Day at Don Adamson field. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls Gallery
Riverside Elementary School student Gabby Miller leaps over the high-jump bar Wednesday at the Third- and Fourth-grade Elementary Track and Field Day at Don Adamson Field. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls Gallery
Riverside student Racine Schommer runs to finish the 100-yard dash Wednesday at the Third- and Fourth-Grade Elementary Track and Field Day at Don Adamson Field. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve KohlsGallery
I was raised on a farm in western Minnesota where I participated in 4-H, high school sports, and everything that farm kids do for fun after chores. Graduated from Ridgewater Community College with an AA degree and my first taste of newspapering. I worked a summer on the Ortonville Independent as a reporter and photographer.
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