Lustre News
We notice the fall colors are coming in the trees, and it’s time to water the trees for their winter supply.
Sunday was Grandparents Day. Perhaps you were the recipient of something special from your grandchildren. We were.
Awana began Wednesday at LCHS for the Lustre youth, Commander Dawson Olfert commended the Treck, Sparks and T& T groups on their interest in prayer in last year’s club. He asked them “to look closely at John 17 and notice how Jesus modeled how to pray, first for Himself, then for His disciples, and for all believers in Christ.” A good group of volunteer leaders were eager to participate with the group.
Luanne Mullet is our new teacher for grades 7-8. Before coming to Lustre, she and her husband lived in Eagan, Minn. Her husband, Marshall, runs his own business called Inbound Studio which focuses on digital marketing and websites for businesses. “Marshall and I loved growing up in rural Montana and have always had a desire to move back,” she said. “Our kids have always loved their time in the country as well, and God opened up doors to make it possible.”
She said she wanted to be a teacher from a young age and has always enjoyed working with youth.
She attended the University of Northwestern St. Paul, where her older sisters had attended and played basketball.
She played varsity women’s basketball all four years and worked in the inter-mural department all four years. She received her bachelors’ degree in elementary education and minor in middle school social studies.
“I also have received my masters from Concordia University in reading instruction kindergarten through 12th grade,” Mullet said.
She taught 13 years before coming to Lustre in a variety of teaching jobs since graduation.
“I have taught fifth grade in a Somali charter school in St. Paul, Minn., variety of elementary grades in Mounds View Public School district, and most recently taught sixth, seventh and eighth grade math and history at Avail Academy, which is a private Christian school in Minnesota. This is my first year having a combined grade classroom.”
Regarding goals for her 16 students, she said, “I have the desire for my students to growth academically and in the appreciation of the world around them. As middle schoolers, I am encouraging them to grow in their integrity both in the classrooms and in their social circles.”
She is a graduate of LCHS and the daughter of the late Daryl Toews and Jean Toews.
The flag is at half-mast at our schools this week in honor of Patriot Day, Sept. 11. It’s limpness today reflect our heavy hearts with the continuing violence in our country and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, husband of Erika and father of a 6 year old and 19 month old, and founder of Turning Point USA on Sept 10. He was scheduled to be at Montana State University in Bozeman on Oct. 7.
In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Montana Sen. Steve Daines called Charlie Kirk a “tender-hearted lion” with “the maturity at 18 of the mid-30s and, as a 31 year old, the maturity and intellectual capabilities of someone in their mid-40s”.
“He used the socratic teaching method of asking questions to help people discover for themselves and to articulate what they truly believed.” Daines noticed “the deepening of his faith”, and one “who never lost sight of Who he served; his Saviour”. He called him a “happy warrior” who endeavored to help students “to embrace the ideals, the foundations of this great country of U.S.”
