 Well Central Lakes College in Brainerd celebrated its 80 year anniversary by recognizing five outstanding alumni today. Our reporter Rachel Johnson was at the reception and has the story. Central Lakes College celebrated a big milestone this year, 80 years since its founding. We're here today to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Central Lakes College, 80 years of working hard to build futures and we're really pleased to do it in conjunction with Brainerd History Week. Since one of the themes of the Brainerd History Week this year is the Mississippi River, they decided it would be a good fit to host a celebration to induct five new members into the CLC Outstanding Alumni Group. When CLC celebrated their 75th anniversary five years ago, they decided to recognize 75 outstanding alumni. This year, for their 80th, they added five more. Back in June, we put out a call for nominations that we're looking for folks who have had some outstanding accomplishments in their field or have done something exceptional in their community or have just done something to make the world a better place. After narrowing down the many nominations, the committee chose Barbara Slipberton, Stephen Saban, John Piccarage, Nita Hayes and Tim Brastrup to recognize as outstanding CLC alumni. I'm just kind of speechless about it. It was something that I never expected to be selected and it just feels like a lifetime achievement award. This is pretty special. I am in the athletic hall of fame here and my daughter actually is already in the distinguished hall of fame. She beat me by five years so to join her and to be in this hall of fame is really important for me and it's this school has been very good to me. Recognizing outstanding alumni who have made an impact was a great way to celebrate 80 years of a college that has also had an immense impact on the community and its students. It is a profound celebration, we're thrilled to celebrate people, students and all that they're achieving in the world as our alumni. The people who graduate from CLC make a tremendous difference right here at home. We're very grateful to them. CLC has grown immensely since starting with only 19 students in 1938 and they hope to keep growing and impacting students for many years to come. Reporting from Brainerd, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. And students will soon be returning to the Central Lakes College campus when the fall semester begins later this month. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.