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Outstanding persons in education

Courtesy photo Seventeen people were honored at the 16th annual Outstanding Persons in Education (OPIE) Banquet. This banquet honors the area’s outstanding teachers and support professionals in our local school districts, and was held at the Terrace Bay Hotel on Thursday, April 13. The event is co-sponsored by the Michigan Education Association 17-B Coordinating Council and local associations. The winners, nominated and selected by their peers, are as follows: back from left, Peggy Austin from Gladstone, Laura Jackson from Big Bay de Noc, Bethany Gearhart from Stephenson, Karen Bottkol from Stephenson, Karen Gonyea from Manistique, Tara Nelson from Escanaba, and Sandra Croasdell from Bay College; and front from left, Natalie Towle from Menominee, Karin Beveridge from Escanaba, Trenton Bellingar from Delta-Schoolcraft ISD, Lauri Strahl from Bark River-Harris, Bryan Landis from Big Bay de Noc, Gregory Rubick from Rapid River, Karen Wolf from Rapid River and Jennifer King from Delta-Schoolcraft ISD. Not pictured Christi Ryan from Manistique, and Lois Marsicek from North Central.

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