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photo by Mike Knaak Claire Holstrom hands out a book and a coloring sheet during the I Love to Read Giveaway Feb. 23 at Blue Line Sports Bar & Grill. The event was sponsored by Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation. Three $25 Blue Line gift certificates were stuffed in random books. Claire is a fourth-grader at Riverview Intermediate School and she was helping her mother, foundation board member Amanda Holmstrom, pass out books. Board member Hilary Burns (right) waits with more books.