Boyd Huppert
Reporter at KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
Reporter at KARE TV. Husband to Sheri. Father to Sam & Matt. Grandpa to Tess. Friend to all who are kind. #land10kstories Story tips: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
kare11.com | Boyd Huppert
TRUMAN, Minn. — It’s a big decision pondering what to put on one’s gravestone. But for Cheryl Barickman — who’s still quite alive — there was never a question. “There’s a school bus on my tombstone," Cheryl says. “I guess it’s always been a big part of my life.” Cheryl’s life as a bus driver started early. At age 23, she became the only female bus driver in Truman. Now, at age 80, she’s still behind the wheel of bus #5.
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2 weeks ago |
wgrz.com | Boyd Huppert
LAKE CITY, Minn. — Traffic jams in Lake City are not common. Unless you’re Jeri Prigge, trying to navigate the start of a school day in any hallway at Bluff View Elementary. “I'll see you in a little bit,” she says, hugging one adoring student as half a dozen others make a beeline toward the school paraprofessional. Soon, Jeri is enveloped in a slow-moving scrum of affectionate grade schoolers. Watching nearby, Marlene Beck, another para, can only smile. “That’s an everyday thing,” she laughs.
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2 weeks ago |
9news.com | Boyd Huppert
LAKE CITY, Minn. — Traffic jams in Lake City are not common. Unless you’re Jeri Prigge, trying to navigate the start of a school day in any hallway at Bluff View Elementary. “I'll see you in a little bit,” she says, hugging one adoring student as half a dozen others make a beeline toward the school paraprofessional. Soon, Jeri is enveloped in a slow-moving scrum of affectionate grade schoolers. Watching nearby, Marlene Beck, another para, can only smile. “That’s an everyday thing,” she laughs.
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2 weeks ago |
wtsp.com | Boyd Huppert
LAKE CITY, Minn. — Traffic jams in Lake City are not common. Unless you’re Jeri Prigge, trying to navigate the start of a school day in any hallway at Bluff View Elementary. “I'll see you in a little bit,” she says, hugging one adoring student as half a dozen others make a beeline toward the school paraprofessional. Soon, Jeri is enveloped in a slow-moving scrum of affectionate grade schoolers. Watching nearby, Marlene Beck, another para, can only smile. “That’s an everyday thing,” she laughs.
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2 weeks ago |
kare11.com | Boyd Huppert
LAKE CITY, Minn. — Traffic jams in Lake City are not common. Unless you’re Jeri Prigge, trying to navigate the start of a school day in any hallway at Bluff View Elementary. “I'll see you in a little bit,” she says, hugging one adoring student as half a dozen others make a beeline toward the school paraprofessional. Soon, Jeri is enveloped in a slow-moving scrum of affectionate grade schoolers. Watching nearby, Marlene Beck, another para, can only smile. “That’s an everyday thing,” she laughs.
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Cheryl Barickman was 23 when she started driving bus for Truman, MN schools. At 80, she's still greeting kids with a smile as they board bus #5. "Everything she does is for the kids,” Cheryl's daughter says. #land10kstories https://t.co/mwh57MW8kd
At 23, she was Truman, MN's only female school bus driver. Now 80, Cheryl Barickman has outlasted all the men. Her family, riders, and fellow drivers just helped Cheryl celebrate 57 years behind the wheel of bus #5. KARE tonight at 10 #land10kstories https://t.co/SZGZ8xwanD
When Jeri Prigge saw a 3rd grader in a wheelchair struggling with her things, she sewed her a book bag. Another student asked. Then another. Months later, the school para has sewed 375 book bags. A bag for every student who's asked for one. #land10kstories https://t.co/iNwAWObZbV