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Fort Dodge Senior High students in Deidra Miller-Clay’s art appreciation class pose next to the newest work of art on display at the high school. Her students created the piece called “Rising in Unity.” It symolizes equality. The students’ artist statement reads, “It is important to understand that no matter our skin color we are all humans.” Pictured from left to right: Miller-Clay, Julia Sande, 16, a sophomore; Antonio Martinez, 16, a sophomore; Lillian Kolacia, 17, a junior from St. Edmond Catholic School; Shaylee LaFleur, 17, a junior; Dalton and Draven McCuddin, twin brothers who are 17 and juniors; and Niya Davis, 18, a senior.
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Jan Wilson, left, and his wife, Phyllis, sit together with members of Pride in Community Appearance Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village Opera House. The Fort Dodge couple, which founded PICA 20 years ago, were named the grand marshals for the 2021 Frontier Days Parade. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Jan Wilson, who founded Pride In Community Appearance with his wife, Phyllis, wipes a tear from his eye Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village Opera House. The Fort Dodge couple were named the grand marshals for the 2021 Frontier Days Parade. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
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Ashley Doster, a fourth grade teacher at St. Edmond Catholic School, left, looks over a letter sent to Grace Schlegel, 9, one of her students. Schlegel was sent the letter by a Marian Home resident through the Care Mail program started by UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
McKenna Dillard, 9, a fourth-grader in Ashley Doster’s St. Edmond Catholic School class, holds a letter sent to her from a resident at the Marian Home and Village. Residents there and students from St. Edmond exchanged Care Mail throughout the year. The program was started through UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center.
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When Jeanine Nemitz, of Fort Dodge, was a child one of her chores was to clean the church her family attended.
“I was trained as a volunteer from a very early age,” said Nemitz, a 1974 Fort Dodge Senior High graduate. “My family went to a small church (Assumption Parish in Coalville) and we would all take turns cleaning the church. That was my first exposure to how volunteers can make a difference. The little kids dusted the pews and as you grew older your jobs got bigger.”
That volunteer spirit followed Nemitz into adulthood.
As she grew older, she spent time volunteering in schools and eventually coordinated religious education programs at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Fort Dodge.