This week, Oct. 13 through Oct. 19, is National School Lunch Week. Kitchen staff members who prepare hot lunches in Luverne Public Schools are (front row, from left) Shirley DeBates, Clara Larson, Lorna Harms, Gretchen Davis, Ada Roberts, Gladys Hemme, Barb Wills, Cathy Mulder, Ann Rigney, Brenda Fodness, (back row) Mary Wacker, Gert Kooiker, Ethel Ossefoort, Nancy Davis, Marian Eatherton, Gladys Siebenahler, Enore Boelman, Mary VanHofwegen, Ardie Schmidt and Mary Smook.
In her Friday Folder elementary newsletter, Elementary Principal Melody Tenhoff praised Luverne's school lunch staff. "Many of us would go running away screaming if we had the job of serving over 550 lunches and almost 200 breakfasts! Yet, that is what our great kitchen staff does five days a week," Tenhoff wrote. "I have always been impressed with the great tasting lunches. When I talk with people from other districts and comment that our students get homemade bread every week, homemade chili and other goodies, I get very envious comments. We thank all the kitchen help who prepare and serve our school lunches every week!"
Photo by Lori Ehde