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After five years of service, Heather Smith turned over her Blood Program Leader responsibilities to Julie Rath who will be the new Program leader as the liaison between the Red Cross team and our community. This is a new role for Rath and she is looking forward to following in Smith's steps and fulfilling the responsibilities of working with our community, residents, businesses, to continue to have a highly successful blood drive going forward. Having worked in our community since June of 2001, and will be fully retired from her position at the RADC this coming December, she feels this is a good way to show her support and appreciation for her years of serving the community now in a new way.

As of Oct. 22, exactly six months after beginning the project, the JF Brennan Company (Brennan) has completed dredging! A total of 682,880 cubic yards of sediment has been removed from Lake Redwood, surpassing the bid quantity of 657,329 cubic yards. The Redwood- Cottonwood Rivers Control Area Board of Directors approved the extra yardage as grant funding remained. Brennan’s crew prepared the Michael B. dredge for demobilization, and removal of the pipeline. The Michael B. left Redwood Falls the week of Oct. 24 as well as the pumps and other ancillary equipment.