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A life lost too early: Byron High community plants tree


Mon, Apr 29th, 2013
Posted in Byron Features

A purple flowering crabapple tree was planted at Byron High School in memoriam of the beloved senior student, Deianerah Jean Logan, “DJ,” on Friday, April 26. DJ died in a car accident on the first day of her senior year, distracted by a text message while driving. Members of the Logan family wore t-shirts with the message: “No Text Is That Important.”

Student organizers from the Byron High Student Council and National Honor Society collaborated with Dan and Tammy Buchanan from the The Mosquito Squad of SE Minnesota to create a stone marker, donated by Anderson Memorial Granite, which read “It’s Not Goodbye, It’s See Ya Later,” encircled in a heart.

The crowd around the crabapple tree, donated by Sargent’s Nursery of Rochester, wore purple. A classmate and friend of DJ read a dedication explaining that the crabapple tree was chosen because it flowered in a shade of purple, which was DJ’s favorite color. “Purple fit her bright personality and smile,” she said. “The tree comes from a small seed, and in a sense, Deianerah Jean Logan placed a seed in all of our hearts, too.”

Students stood with their arms around one another as, one by one, each took their turn scooping soil around the roots of the memorial tree. Seniors wore purple shirts inscribed with “Deej, Always remembered, Never Forgotten, Forever in Our Hearts.” It seemed near everyone in the community had come around the Logan family, banding together to help heal. While the tragedy of a life lost too early necessarily brings a season of night, the warm wind and light on the first radiant, sun-beaming afternoon in April seemed to mark a lifting of darkness.

DJ’s father thanked the mass of people surrounding his family in support, “We are very blessed by this community. You each have touched our lives—that’s why we can get through this and smile like Deej would want us to.”
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Byron Lions Club keeps ice rink intact with donation

By Patrick Shumaker

Mon, Dec 17th, 2012
Posted in Byron Features

Plans for future Byron roadways continue to evolve, as results from the most recent traffic survey will be unveiled and discussed during next weeks city council meeting. That meeting originally slated for December 26th has been rescheduled for Decem ..... 
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Real Estate recession is over

By Kevin Blanchard

Wed, Jan 25th, 2012
Posted in Byron Features

According to Dean Mack, realtor with Edina Realty of Rochester, and Ron Peltier with Home Services of America, “We are out of the real estate recession.” Mack and his office were chosen in 2011 by the Somerby Golf Community to be the realtors ..... 
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Byron reviews public meeting results

By Kevin Blanchard

Wed, Oct 19th, 2011
Posted in Byron Features

The Byron 2030 Comprehensive Plan Committee met Thursday night, October 6 to review the public meeting results and the draft of the 2030 comprehensive plan. Brad Scheib, Principal with Hoisington Koegler Group Inc., reviewed the input that was rec ..... 
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Byron approves two-year law enforcement agreement

By Kevin Blanchard

Wed, Oct 19th, 2011
Posted in Byron Features

The Byron City Council approved a two-year law enforcement agreement with Olmsted County on Wednesday night, October 12. Olmsted County Sheriff David Mueller was in attendance to address questions the council may have about the proposed agreement. ..... 
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Byron High School wins Intel Foundation Award

Wed, May 25th, 2011
Posted in Byron Features

Byron High School is excited after learning they were one of eighteen schools in the country to be recognized as a School of Distinction Finalist, a contest created by the giant Intel Foundation. They were one of three in the nation to be picked for ..... 
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