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Candace Simar is a poet and writer from Pequot Lakes, Minn. Her presentation is to imagine what life might have been like for her Scandinavian ancestors who settled in Minnesota and North Dakota. Simar has received awards for the Western Writers of America, Will Rogers Medallions, Western Fictioneers, Midwest Book Awards and Women Writing the West. The general public is welcome to attend this Sons of Norway Leif Erikson Lodge Event, Monday, Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Vining Community Center. Contact Ann Rasmusson for more information; annkrasmusson@gmail.com