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Harold Ray Dunaway

Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, GreatGrandfather, WWII Veteran and FriendHarold Dunaway, age 90, of Lexington, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 24, 2017, at Gracewood Memory Care, Hugo, Minnesota. Harold was born in Brownfield, Texas.
Harold is preceded in death by his parents, Aurelius Bartley and Eula Isabella (Mathews) Dunaway; sister, Dolores Alice (Dunaway) Wilczewski; brothers, Jack Edward, John Wesley and Jim Lee.
Harold is survived by his wife, Beulah Ann (Ely) married for 71 years; daughter, Marilyn (Bill) Scruton; sons, Randy (Angie), Kevin (Katherine) and Kerry (Tammy); sister-in-law, Kim Dunaway; grandchildren, Christopher (Christina Goodland) Scruton, Meredith (Keith) Opatz, Andrew (Laura) Dunaway, Suzanne (Michael) Markuson, Sean (Tracie) Dunaway, Neil (Amber) Dunaway, Kyle Dunaway, Amy Dunaway, and Jenna Dunaway; 15 great-grandchildren, Alexander Goodland; Rory and Celia Opatz; Sarah, Nathan and Justin Dunaway; Avery and Olivia Markuson; Brendan, Hailey, Hannah and Piper Dunaway; Lucille, Sylvia and Ruby Dunaway; other relatives and friends.
A Celebration of

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Hugo firefighters fill the boot

During the 2017 MDA Fill the Boot campaign, members of the Hugo Fire Department took to the streets with boots in hand to request donations to help kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related life-threatening diseases live longer and grow stronger. On Sept. 9, more than $3,000 was raised to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
“The firefighters in this area have once again shown tremendous dedication to the MDA mission,” MDA Area Director Hannah Plagman said in a press release. “They clearly take great pride in caring for MDA families through the ‘Fill the Boot’ campaign. This year’s ‘Fill the Boot’ was an incredible success, and we are grateful for the generosity of those in Hugo and the surrounding communities who have donated their money to help individuals with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related muscle-debilitating diseases truly live unlimited.”broadstreet.zone(48036);
Firefighters have taken part in this MDA tradition for more than

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Good neighbor

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Scandia Mayor Christine Maefsky presented the Scandia Good Neighbor Award to Janie O’Connor at the Sept. 19 City Council meeting. O’Connor was nominated by Debra Behrens, who wrote, “Janie O’Connor has become Scandia’s own butterfly lady, passionately educating children and adults alike on the importance of nature preservation, encouraging responsible environmental habits to benefit the generations to come. Janie is always kind, patient, enthusiastic, and a true community leader.”

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Decades of duty

Submitted photoBryan Steven poses with his daughters Breanna and Neva after returning from a deployment in Antarctica.
Bryan Steven graduated from Forest Lake High Area School in 1984. Several years later, he felt called to join the Minnesota Air National Guard. That journey lasted 28 years.
“I felt like I needed something to do, and I wanted to help people,” he said. “I was working as an EMT and so I knew that those skills translated to something beyond just a traditional guardsman. I wanted to go into the medical field.”broadstreet.zone(48036);
Steven worked as a flight medic, and as such, he traveled often. His first assignment was as a part of Operation Desert Shield, and his last was a 49-day trip to Antarctica. His job was to assist in the returning of sick and wounded soldiers from foreign countries back to the U.S. He has evacuated service members from five different continents.
“My plan

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