Longtime Minster Elementary School teacher Dianne Voskuhl thanks second-grader Emily Schwieterman for a bouquet of flowers. Voskuhl, who is retiring after 47 years, shared lots of hugs and animal crackers with students over the years.

MINSTER - Dianne Voskuhl looks around Room 206 at Minster Elementary School, remembering a succession of second-graders in need of instruction, lap time and animal crackers. After making sure everything is in order, she walks t . . .