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Marjorie Jeanne DeVorak was born on May 8, 1936 in Cass Lake, Minnesota the daughter of Martin (John) Johnson and Ellen (Sall) Johnson. She grew up on the family farm with her five siblings where they learned the value of hard work, family, tasks in the home and farm from their parents. Growing up she played softball, went to sporting events and played trombone in the band. She graduated from Cass Lake High School in 1954. After graduation Marjorie worked as a Teller at the bank in Cass Lake where she met the love of her life when he slipped a note under the Teller’s window - asking if she would go out with him. She shyly nodded yes and let the love story begin! Marjorie worked in Federal Bank in Saint Louis Park for a year. On June 1, 1957 Marjorie was married to Charles DeVorak. After their marriage the couple settled into their first home on Lake Andrusia on the Mississippi River near Cass Lake. In 1958 they moved to Bertha where they raised their four daughters. Marjorie was a fa
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This story takes the reader on early trails and tote roads to places where settlements sprang up, general stores opened and people from many different places became parts of lasting or temporary communities.
Polk County DFL prepares for ‘typical’ Earth Day event
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Crookston Times
On April 22, 1970, across America many folks went outside to do their part to end the worsening pollution of our land, water, and air. Some marched and protested with signs, some picked up trash along shorelines and roads, some held rallies for the earth, sang songs, and signed petitions, It could be considered the beginning of the environmental movement.
It was Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin who thought up the idea of an Earth Day to get folks motivated across the country to get the message out about caring for the earth in meaningful ways. One in ten Americans participated on that first Earth Day.