Reading brings together young and old

Some students at Lincoln-McKinley Primary School in Havre took a break from their regularly scheduled classes Monday, to read to residents at the Northern Montana Care Center.

Every other week Kim Tommerup, a second-grade teacher at Lincoln-McKinley who coordinates the program with care center staff, brings a group of second- and third-graders to read to elderly residents. For an hour and a half, the 18 second-graders who accompanied Tommerup, and the seniors awaiting their arrival, get to reach across the chasm of generations to share a story.

Ila McClenahan, the care center's activities dire...