Benedictine Living Community Crookston: Brekken family highlighted
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Crookston Times
Readers: Throughout the month of May, The SUMMIT Assisted Living, part of Benedictine Living Community – Crookston, is partnering with the Crookston Times to spotlight tenants who have children and/or grandchildren who work at Benedictine. This first piece, featuring Wanda Brekken, was submitted by members of the Albert and Wanda Brekken family.
Wanda Brekken was born Wanda Irene Pester in 1920 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. She was the youngest of six children born to Henry and Elizabeth Pester. Wanda had three older sisters, Marion, Margaret and Dorothy, and two older brothers, Harlan and Charles. She spent her early years on a farm in Johnstown ND and grew up in the depression. She didn t have a lot of clothes and didn t get hand-me-downs from her sisters as the clothes were worn out by the time, she could fit into them. The family moved to Crookston around 1
Lee s Lanes - A Cautionary Tale
Geneseo Republic
Brett Lohman of Geneseo is afraid even with the Covid Hospitality Grant that he was awarded, he may have trouble reopening his business. That s because he never got the money.
Nearly a year ago, Lohman applied for an Hospitality Emergency Grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. During the initial phase of the Covid 19 lockdown, all non-essential businesses were ordered closed. The purpose of these grants was to help retain employees, pay the utilities and bridge the gap until reopening could occur.
On April 8, 2020, he was notified he had been awarded a $10,000 grant to help keep the business afloat during the subsequent months. On April 24, Lohman went online to sign the necessary documents via DocuSign. When the direct deposit documents were done, some of the information did not populate to the proper places, so Lohman corrected them, and uploaded them according to instructions.
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