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The Read Act ‘final piece’ of years of advocacy BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
After a decade of advocacy and small yet significant gains, a group of legislators along with a coalition of literacy advocates couldn’t be happier with the passage of The Read Act. Authored by Rep. Heather Edelson and Sen. Erin Maye Quade, The Read Act will provide $90 million in funding over the next four years to lay the groundwork for school districts to improve literacy rates across Minnesota while also supporting teachers and school districts. “For 10 years we have been working on initiatives that are central to improving student outcomes and ensuring equity and literacy across our state,” said Rachel Berger, founder of Decoding Dyslexia Minnesota (DDMN). “This is the final piece, because it changes literacy instruction in our state.” The literacy legislation is an accomplishment led by DDMN and a coalition of like-minded people and organizations including the International Dyslexia Association–Upper Midwest Branch, The Reading Center, Groves Learning Organization, and many parent advocates. DDMN was founded in 2013 by Berger, a Hugo resident. She got involved in dyslexia advocacy in 2013 after seeing her father, brothers and son struggle with reading. She founded the nonprofit and was quickly joined by other mothers searching
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Making the jump right into summer Gilles Hardy of Belgium performs an acrobatic twist as he flies off a jump during the recent Buck Up Professional Freestyle Jump Tour competition on Little Goose Lake, the home of the locally based Midwest Ski Otters water ski team. The competition featured the top male and female ski jumpers from around the state, region, country and even the world. The Ski Otters are busy practicing and will begin this year’s summer season of performances on Sunday, June 11 at 6 p.m. Find more information at skiotter.com.
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Hotel worker recognized for rescuing sex trafficking victim While Eve Tao worked her shift at the Comfort Inn and Suites front desk in Vadnais Heights, a young woman passed her a note. The note said, “I am not from here. He is my boyfriend. He’s sex trafficking me.” Tao recalled that the note also said the woman didn’t have her phone, wallet or ID. “I thought she was just throwing trash on the counter, but then I looked down and saw it was a piece of paper, so why not just open it up?” Tao said. “So I opened it up and read the note, and that’s when I kind of freaked
out and thought I should call law enforcement.” And that’s what she did. Law enforcement arrived while the couple was at the Walmart across the highway. When they came back, Larry Konah, 27, was arrested. “The young woman was interviewed, as was Mr. Konah, and a complaint was filed by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office and ultimately, Mr. Konah pled guilty to one of three charges and has been sentenced to 41 months in prison,” said Bill Klumpp, past president of the Arden HillsShoreview Rotary Club. Klumpp noted that Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million
neighbors, friends, leaders and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action. “I think that’s the important thing, taking action to create lasting change across the globe, in our communities and in ourselves, and we’re here to honor Eve because she took action to help our local community,” Klumpp said. “The Rotary motto is service above self. And today we’re going to honor Eve because she put service above self but, most importantly, took action to help a woman who was being SEE ROTARY, PAGE 5
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