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The Staples campus of Central Lakes College hosted a send-off for veterans headed to Washington,. D.C. as an “honor flight” and recognized all CLC-connected veterans during a lunch-hour ceremony co-hosted by the Staples Lions. The “guardians” are flying to D.C. to visit memorials such as the Tomb of the Unknown …

Bailey Wachholz of Nisswa, 2012 Miss Minnesota’s Outstanding Teen, will give a teenager’s perspective on Alzheimer’s disease in the first day of a May 15 and 16 educational forum at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. The forum is sponsored by the Lakes Area Memory Awareness Advocates (LAMAA) and seven other …

Central Lakes College instructor Bruce Klopfleisch and Gloria Palmer of Staples-Motley High School are partners in an effort to teach practical financial management skills to high school students. Bruce is helping incorporate his curriculum from the CLC course “Money Management Skills” into Gloria’s resource management class at the high school. …

Professor Tadd Johnson, department head and director of Graduate Studies in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, presented a one-hour program on the American Indian Civil Rights Act at Central Lakes College in Brainerd today. His program was arranged in conjunction with Diversity Month at the college. Mary …

Steve Sabin, president of the Brainerd campus student senate at Central Lakes College, saw his pet project realized Friday, March 30, when he cut the ribbon to officially open the CLC Half Mile Walking Trail. The indoor, two-tier pathway is marked by signage from the ceiling to show both Easy …

The Center for Lifelong Learning at Central Lakes College has scheduled a program April 10 featuring Park Naturalist-Archaeologist Jim Cummings in a 7 p.m. look at Minnesota’s Preserved Past. “Archaeology Close to Home: Minnesota’s Ancient Past Preserved in our State Parks” by Cummings is scheduled for E203 of the B …

Judge Thaddeus V. “Tad” Jude of Minnesota’s 10th District Court was on the Brainerd campus recently to make presentations and take questions. He spoke with students in three political science classes taught by Steve Wenzel, a former legislator with Jude. Judge Jude serves the counties of Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, …

Faculty emeritus Joe Plut, retired English and humanities instructor at CLC, is now an author and host to the new literary series, Speaking of Books, at Prairie Bay Grill & Catering in Baxter. On the third Thursday each month, he presents a variety of authors, publishers, book photographers, and illustrators …

Nisswa-stämman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival and The Center for Lifelong Learning are proud to present a “pre-Nisswa-stämman” Swedish folk music concert at 7 p.m. on April 17, in the Music Recital Hall at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. Ellinor Fritz on violin and Leonor Palazzo on cello are guest performers …

Congratulations to Anne Nelson Fisher, Central Lakes College, who has been elected president of the Minnesota Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. Following a period as president-elect, Anne will be the official organization president. She is not only a recognized participant of the CLC mathematics learning community. She champions civic progress. …