FAIRMONT CAREERS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR BOB BONIN, JR. WAS HONORED WITH AN AWARD EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM THE MINNESOTA RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. HE TALKED ABOUT BEING NOMINATED LAST SPRING AND THEN WHEN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTED HE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD BEEN CHOSEN EDUCATOR OF EXCELLENCE IN THE SOUTH REGION…

FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT JOE BROWN AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PRINCIPAL ANDY TRAETOW WENT UP NORTH WITH BOB TO ACCEPT THE AWARD AT CRAGEN’S RESORT EARLIER THIS WEEK.

BOB ACCEPTED THE AWARD AND THANKED THE ADMINISTRATION. STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY FOR THEIR EMPHASIS ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN FAIRMONT.

BOB BONIN AND A COUPLE OF STUDENTS TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE LAST SPRING ABOUT FUNDING OF VOCATIONAL CLASSES THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE REGULAR TIME ALLOTTED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.