Paid engagement 4/15
Reile-Krippner
Grace Reile and Brian Krippner announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Parents are Oak and Kirsten Reile of Fargo, N.D., and Charles and Susan Krippner of St. Joseph.
Reile, a 2008 graduate of Fargo North High School and a 2012 graduate of Minnesota State University-Moorhead, is an elementary school teacher in Alexandria, Minn. Krippner, a 2007 graduate of Apollo High School and a 2011 graduate of St. Cloud State University, works as an environmental specialist for Stearns County.
A June 11 wedding is planned in Willmar, Minn., with a reception to follow.
The couple will reside in Waconia, Minn.
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Non-profit organization Tri-CAP received a Best Practices Award for educating in financial literacy. Shown here are, from left to right, are Tikki Brown of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Arnie Anderson of MinnCAP, Lori Schultz of Tri-CAP, Janel Heinen of Tri-CAP, Lisa Drew of Tri-CAP and Hubert Reinarz of Wells Fargo.
Event recognizes Tri-County Action Program helping to end poverty
The Tri-County Action Program, or “Tri-CAP,” received a Best Practices Award for its Tax Program financial literacy initiative, “Save It, Fix It, Spend It.”
The awards go to local Community Action programs that have achieved outstanding and measurable impacts in helping low-income households achieve greater economic self-sufficiency and building partnerships across social service, government and business sectors to better meet the needs of local communities.
Tri-CAP is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency that provides services and programs that assist individuals and families in achieving and maintaining economic self-sufficiency. Tri-CAP provides these services in Stearns, Benton and Sherburne counties. Community Action changes lives every day, one person at a time.
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Two St. Joseph students were among the more than 300 Concordia students who presented their research April 13 as part of the all-day campus-wide Celebration of Student Scholarship at Concordia College, Moorhead.
They are Jessica Warzecka, a Sartell High School sophomore and daughter of Sandy and Keith Warzecka of St. Joseph; and Elizabeth Tiffany, an Apollo High School senior and daughter of Lori and Craig Tiffany of St. Joseph. Warzecka’s research is entitled “The Effects of Gall Formation on Goldenrod;” Tiffany’s research is entitled “Essential Oil Use in Food Preservation.”
