Beck welcomed as new special education instructor

By JAN TUCKER

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ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education lost a board member but gained a teacher at its monthly meeting. The board hired Heather Beck as the special education instructor at the school. Beck is a member of the school board and indicated she will resign her seat on the board because of the appointment. The board gave her a special kudos for her service on the board.

The board accepted with regret the resignation/retirement of long time teacher Jerry Blake. Blake has nearly 30 years as an elementary teacher with 23 of them at the Ontonagon Area Sc...