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Title: ELCA School, College Remain Closed Due to Red River Flooding
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>March 30, 2009  

ELCA School, College Remain Closed Due to Red River Flooding
09-074-MRC

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Oak Grove Lutheran School, Fargo, N.D.,
canceled classes and activities March 30-April 3 as the school
community continues to deal with flooding, snow and cold
temperatures.

Oak Grove is a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America (ELCA).  It serves students from prekindergarten to
grade 12.

"The school is located along the Red River, near where a
levee broke.  It is expected that the campus is flooded, but
the extent is not yet known," according to Donna Braband,
director for schools, ELCA Vocation and Education.

According to the school's Web site a breach in a
permanent dike, located on the north side of campus, caused
water from the river to flow into Benson Hall and Jackson Hall
March 29.  With the help of Army Corps of Engineers, the
National Guard, Oak Grove staff and the community, water was
pumped out of the center of campus in an effort to stabilize
the situation.

Classes are scheduled to resume April 6 at Concordia
College, Moorhead, Minn.  College officials are monitoring
flood conditions and will alert students and faculty to any
changes.  The college canceled classes starting March 24 to
allow students, staff and others to participate in sandbagging
and other flood control efforts.  Concordia is one of 28
colleges and universities of the ELCA.
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Information about Oak Grove Lutheran School is at
http://www.oakgrovelutheran.com and Concordia College at
http://www.cord.edu on the Internet.

For information contact:

John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news
ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog