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MARCH 2013 Page 2A ��� FREEMAN & ENTERPRISE LAKE COUNTRY ���We lost a great leader��� The FREEMAN & ENTERPRISE Colleagues remember former Arrowhead superintendent By Josh Perttunen Freeman Staff TOWN OF MERTON ��� A longtime educator whose career included 14 years as superintendent of the Arrowhead Union School District passed away Feb. 25. David E. Lodes, 62, spent the majority of his career as an educator at Arrowhead, where he was a teacher, dean, principal and superintendent. He is remembered by retired football coach Tom Taraska as a ���tremendous supporter of every program at Arrowhead.��� ���He had praise for all kids, no matter what area of school they were in,��� Taraska said. ���He was always at games, plays, musicals, art exhibits, etc.��� Arrowhead School Board member Joseph LeBlanc, who helped make the decision to hire Lodes as superintendent, recalled the impression he made as a science teacher. ���My kids had great things to say about him,��� he said. on his face, LeBlanc recalled, and maintained a professional demeanor with the School Board, while still being approachable to students. ���You never questioned who was in charge and we David Lodes respected that,��� Taraska said. ���He put a tremendous And he remembered the amount of time and a impression Lodes made as a tremendous amount of enercandidate for the district���s gy into the school and rose top administrative position. to all challenges.��� ���His educational credenWhile superintendent, tials were strong,��� LeBlanc Lodes gave presentations to said of Lodes. These includ- groups large and small, ed an undergraduate degree detailing the need for a refand two master���s degrees erendum that would add from the University of Wisfacilities to the school. He consin ��� Oshkosh and a was instrumental, Taraska Ph.D. from Marquette Unisaid, in securing those addiversity ���But his dedication . tions, which included new to Arrowhead as a teacher classrooms, a second gym, stood out,��� said LeBlanc. expansion of the theater ���Dave was a good educator. and doubling the size of the He always had what was weight room. best for students in mind.��� ���We lost a great leader,��� After Lodes became superTaraska said. intendent in 1993, he and Survivors include immediLeBlanc worked together ate and extended family . closely until Lodes retired in 2007. 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