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Students’ sometimes-surprising presidential preferences

Joe Nathan
Education Columnist
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and educators in 280 Minnesota high schools did a wise thing this fall: They asked students, grades nine through 12, who they supported for president of the United States. broadstreet.zone(48036);
As of Nov. 1, when initial results were released, about 77,000 students from Minnesota rural, suburban and urban, public and private schools had voted. Some of the results were not what I would have expected. Results are available for each individual high school at http://bit.ly/2fe0cI9.
As you consider Minnesota and national results on Election Day, you might want to compare how students voted, especially in your local community.
The first surprise, at least for me, was that almost a third of the high school students who voted preferred someone other than Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump: 35 percent of students voted for Trump and 33 percent voted for Clinton, so 32 percent had another preference.
Nine percent

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Free local chiropractic consultations available

Total Family Chiropractic,15226 Freeway Dr. NE, is giving away free initial consultations and exams throughout the month of November.
The chiropractic center is hosting a food drive to donate to Family Pathways, and for every five items that a person brings in, that person will be given the opportunity for a free new patient consultation.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Not only are non-perishable food items accepted, but household items and toiletries are welcomed as well.

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Learn about the Sami Culture of Norway

The November meeting of Vennelag 1-546, Sons of Norway, will be at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Lindstrom Community Center, 13330 Sylvan Ave.
The officers will meet at 6:30 p.m. and the business meeting will start at 7 p.m. After the short business meeting, the group will learn about the Sami people and their culture.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The Sami live mostly across the northern parts of the Scandinavian countries, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Christopher Pesko, who is of Sami ancestry, will explain the Sami culture. His Sami family came from the area of the Lofoten and Versterdalen area of Nordland, and southern Tromso counties in Norway. Mr. Pesko’s family, Norwegian-Sami and Polish-Jews came to the US during the 1930’s and he grew up in a Norwegian and Polish speaking household.
Mr. Pesko is a retired teacher from the St. Paul Public School system and continues to substitute teach. He has demonstrated and educated

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