Letter to the Editor: Support for Jennifer Dougherty

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Dear Editor,

When I decided not to run for reelection to the Lowell Area Schools Board of Education earlier this year, I knew we needed someone who would continue the high excellence of education that Lowell Area Schools has been so proud of over the years and I felt that person should reside in the southern part of the District. South of the Grand River, where I have been the only board member for the past 12 years. After some nudging, I was excited to learn that JENNIFER DOUGHERTY was willing to seek that position. Jennifer is highly qualified for the work of a board member having lived all her life in the Lowell-Bowne Townships

area, graduating from Lowell High School, and raising her family here with her husband, Phil. She operates her own local engineering firm and also helps run the family turkey farm. She has spent the past year attending nearly every board meeting and other school functions and has studied our school policies, financing, curriculum, facilities and operations as well as talking to many school personnel to learn all she can about Lowell Schools. She would be very prepared for the job. Jennifer has always invested in community, she often can be found volunteering at her kids’ schools and sporting events, organizing the Alto Community Blood Drives, attending Alto DDA meetings or assisting with Alto Fire Dept events.

I feel it is very important that someone from the Alto Community is part of the Lowell School Board, so I hope you will join me in voting for Jennifer Dougherty to continue the good work of Lowell Area Schools. Jennifer is truly a RED ARROW For LIFE!!

Gary Blough
Lowell Township