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Ujjal Gomes (middle front) is the parent whose life was saved, thanks to teamwork by the seven women in the photo, five of them employees of the Sartell-St. Stephen school district and two of them police officers. They were honored with Life-Saving Awards presented by Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes during a ceremony at the April 8 City Council meeting. From left to right are Karen Atkinson, facility scheduler; Lori Traut, paraprofessional; Dianne Amundson, bus driver; Gomes; Heidi Schmidt, speech pathologist; police officer Jill Lundquist; Kristine O’Brien, community-education director; and police officer Shelby Lane.