Educators impressed by Century students’ innovation

Submitted photoEighth-grade students Brian VanWagner and Indy Walstrom and seventh-graders Lydia Ross and Josef Leagjeld were chosen to represent Century Junior High as part of a Student Innovation challenge that took place at the annual Minnesota School Board Convention in Minneapolis.
A group of Forest Lake middle schoolers got tho show off their problem-solving skills in an innovation competition earlier this month at the annual Minnesota School Board Convention.
The DLR group is a design company that is working on the Forest Lake Area School’s building project and also works with many school districts across the country.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Part of the DLR business model is not only to provide architecture, engineering, planning, interior design and building optimization assistance, but also to create innovation challenges for kids.
“We were approached in November by representatives from DLR who said they would like us to find a group of kids that could work as a team and compete

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Elroy James Reidt, Jr.

Elroy Reidt, Jr., age 77 of Forest Lake, passed away at home on Feb. 3, 2017. He was born June 28, 1939.
Preceded in death by parents, Elroy Sr. and Orabelle; brother, LeRoy and infant brother, Roger; nephews, Michael and Keith.
Survived by wife, Ellen; siblings, Dean, JoAnn, Beverly; children, Perry (Gail), Rick (Karen), Julie, Jimmy (Brenda); grandchildren, Elizabeth (Nick), Emily, Shawn, Ellen, Aubrey, Austin, Matthew, Daniel; great-grandchildren, Madison and Hayden.
A private family gathering and lunch will be held Saturday, Feb. 18th at Roberts Family Life Celebration Home, 555 Centennial Dr. SW, Forest Lake. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Brighton Hospice, MN, www.brightonhospice.com.

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