If you made it outdoors this month, it was for good reason.
Some marched for the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and others strapped on skis to race in the 38th Annual Finlandia. Area students kept busy with their usual schedules with a surprise in story for the Settle family. February was also the last month of employment for longtime Bemidji Chamber employees Carol Olson and Dean Beattie.
1/Students gather to watch footage for Gene Dillon Elementary’s weekly Eagle Eye News broadcast on Feb. 5. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)
2/Jingle dress dancers make their way around the drum circle at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s event on February 14 at BSU’s Beaux Arts Ballroom. Hundreds of people attended the event, which began with a march from the Northwest Indian Community Development Center to BSU. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)
3/The Settle family from left: Christopher, Isabelle, Nicolas, Andrew and Kristy, are reunited at the Bemidji Middle School Science Fair on Feb. 6 after Christopher returns home from deployment to surprise his children. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)
4/Bemidji High School junior Grant DeClusin (6) celebrates with the Lumberjacks after scoring his first career goal during a game on Feb. 13 against Thief River Falls at the Bemidji Community Arena. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)
5/Carol Olson and Dean Beattie read through some recent entries in Paul Bunyan’s guest book on Feb. 24, taking in their last days as Bemidji’s unofficial greeters. Their last day at the Tourist Information Center will be March 1. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)
