WCA FCCLA members participated in the Region 5 FCCLA STAR Event competition in Osakis on Monday, February 23. Scottie Hedstrom, Becca Olson, Megan Keep, Julia Sun, Lindsay Spillman, Kaitlin Bruns, Ashton Hagen, Alicia Hagen, Adriana Dominguez, Sammy Jo Severance, Jasmine Goldenstein, and Jessica Vipond will all be advancing to the State FCCLA Competition in Bloomington the end of April.

I am the Family and Consumer Science teacher at West Central Area Schools. My extra curricular responsibilities involve advising the FCCLA- Family Careers, and Community Leaders of American Chapter in our school. I started teaching in 1977 working half time in Kensington and half time in Hoffman as a long term substitute. The next Hoffman and Kensington paired, so there were changes. A few years later H-K paired with West Central, which included Elbow Lake and Barrett schools. Eventually we consolidated to create West Central Area Schools, which I am proud to be a part of. I believe that WCA school offers a quality education for all.

On a personal note, I am married to Dale Knabe and we farm near Kensington. We have three adult children; Corey, Casey, and Chelsey.