May 3 - Lake of the Woods County Child Support

In attendance: Dave, Jack, Marty, Ralph, Mike, Gloriann, Reed, Jaime, Phil M.
Guest: Craig Severs
50/50: Ralph
Happy Bucks: Ralph, Jack, Marty, Phil, Mike, Gloriann, Reed

The Monday night meal raised about $400 with just over 100 meals served.
Thanks to Brenda Wahl and Mary Marhula for stepping in to help us out!

The club put forth three names to provide to the Dollars For Scholars Committee for the Rotary Scholarship. We will readdress who will give out the scholarship at our next meeting.

Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) event at Sportsman's Lodge this weekend, 14 women going sturgeon fishing.

Next Interact meeting is May 22. This will be the last meeting of the school year, might be nice to have a few members of Rotary meet with them on this day. Phil T. or Mike could present a little information on Take A Kid Fishing to help the group decide if they want to commit to volunteer for the event.

Craig Severs is our program for this day. He is a Lake of the Woods High School Graduate and is the current Child Support Officer at Lake of the Woods County. Craig has a degree in Law Enforcement. Craig worked for four years as a Senior Youth Treatment Specialist in Duluth. Craig, his son and girl friend moved up here about a year ago for employment opportunities. Craig replaced Rita Krouse at the County.

Lake of the Woods ranks second in the state for the amount of child support dollars collected - compared to the amount that is court ordered.

Child support is money a parent is court-ordered to pay to their child's other parent or caregiver for the support of the child. Child support agencies provide services for: locating parents, establishing parentage, establishing court orders for basic support, medical support and child care support, enforcing court orders for support, reviewing and modifying court orders for support, working with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota, and collecting and processing payments.

There are 168 current cases in the county. When determining amounts to be paid - income from both parties are taken into consideration.