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Gertie Belle Rogers students turn their principal into and ice cream sundae

Over 1,000 items of food were collected for the MHS food pantry

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Gertie Belle Rogers Principal Chris Gubbrud gives two thumbs up after students turn him into an ice cream sundae after surpassing their donation goal to the Mitchell High School food pantry on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Mitchell.
Adam Thury / Mitchell Republic

MITCHELL — The students of Gertie Belle Rogers showered principal Chris Gubbrud with ice cream sundae toppings Tuesday afternoon to celebrate surpassing their donation goal to the Mitchell High School food pantry.

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Gertie Belle Rogers' Brady Weigandt dumps a jar of cherries on top of principal Chris Gubbrud's head on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Mitchell.
Adam Thury / Mitchell Republic

With an initial goal set to collect 500 food items, the students at GBR landed well over the goal in collecting 1,345 total food items.

Adam Thury joined the Mitchell Republic in March of 2022. He was born and raised in Mitchell, S.D., and graduated from Mitchell High School in 2015. He always had an eye for photography but started honing his skills mid-2014. He has worked on growing his knowledge of photography by shooting for local events. He can be reached at athury@mitchellrepublic.com and found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/adamthury.
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