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Smoker warns young people of health hazards
FOREST LAKE — Betty Lamppa, a long time Lakes Area Youth Service Bureau (LAYSB) volunteer, often speaks to young people about smoking and the effects of using tobacco. She talks to the kids through a tube in her throat, emphasizing why they should quit smoking today. Betty had a laryngectomy to enable her to breathe after years of smoking damaged her throat and voice box. She talks slowly and often has to pause to catch her breath. The kids listen without making a sound.
Lake lessons
Instructor Emma “Uisce” Harvey helps Forest Lake Youth Service Bureau campers get situated in their kayaks on the shoreline at Camp Lakamaga before allowing them out onto Big Marine Lake for an early evening group session Thursday, Aug. 19. Harvey, a native of Ireland, is spending the summer in the United States. Find more photos at www.presspubs.com/gallery/.
Washington County cuts $10,000 in YSB funding
Already working under a thin budget, the Lakes Area Youth Service Bureau will have to tighten its belt even more after…