Bemidji Sunrise Rotary Club promotes Literacy in Bemidji

Mayor Richard Lehmann, left, signs a proclamation setting this week as Literacy Week in Bemidji, with the Bemidji Sunrise Rotary Club using the week to visit schools in the community and give free dictionaries to more than 400 third-graders. With Lehmann is Bemidji Sunrise Rotary Club President Bruce Campbell. Club Literacy Chairman Bryce Oakes is working with club members, the Bemidji High School Interact Club, and with a donation from Dairy Queen, to distribute the dictionaries. Pioneer Photo/Brad Swenson