ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE ZENITH NEWS ISSUE 189, AUGUST 14, 2018
In the beginning, God created happy talk and   smiles.  
When Doug Hasler, the most recent Chief Financial   Officer for the Duluth Public Schools, was hired   two years ago, the school board was invited over to   his new house on Woodland Avenue for ice cream and   to meet his beautiful family and children.  
We talked about all the cool things to do in Duluth,   the best places to buy winter clothes. The skills that   everyone brought to the table were flowing around   like the ice cream floats.