Grand Forks woman praised as busy ‘behind the scenes’ volunteer

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Grand Forks woman praised as busy ‘behind the scenes’ volunteer

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part of an ongoing series about volunteers in the Greater Grand Forks community.  GRAND FORKS – Sitting in a church pew one Sunday, when she was about to retire from a 22-year career as an elementary schoolteacher in 1999, Gloria Sanford heard a message — “a temple talk,” she said — that sparked her interest in volunteering. The speaker “hit a nerve,” Sanford recalled. “I said to my husband, ‘You know, Mark, thi…