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Forest Lake Lions Club members Carter Johnson, Pam Trudeau, Lou Trudeau, Donna Mathias, and Gary Lee manned the service line at a senior dinner held Sept. 28 at the American Legion.

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The Forest Lake High School Alpine Ski Team is holding its annual ski and snowboard sale and swap Oct. 28 at the Forest Lake High School Field House.
Area skiers will find deals on new and used snowboards, downhill and cross country skis, snow shoes, ski boots, and ski equipment and clothing at the north metro’s largest swap. Local ski shops will offer new equipment and provide sales and sizing expertise. Area residents sell used equipment at great prices, making the swap a great venue for those with young skiers and those looking to try the sport for the first time. Skiers and parents from the Alpine Ski Team Booster Club will be on hand to help with selection and sizing.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Admission is free. Payment is by check or cash only.
Anyone wishing to sell used equipment may check it in Oct. 27 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Forest Lake High

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Sarah Morris, Doug Collins, and Matthew French entertained the audience at the Wyoming Creative Arts Community Songwriters in the Round event held Sept. 28 at the Hallberg Center for the Arts. The next show in the series will feature Ben Cook-Feltz, Dave Cofell, and Gray Nollet on Nov. 9.

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Angie Hong
Water Columnist
If a leaf falls in the forest and nobody sees it, do you still have to rake it up?broadstreet.zone(48036);
Every autumn, the air cools, leaves change color and fall, and a million Minnesotans grab rakes and shuffle outside grumbling to rake the leaves out of their yards. Interestingly, research from the University of Minnesota indicates that mowing the leaves into your lawn may actually be better for your grass than raking because it allows nutrients from the leaves to break down and replenish the soil. On the other hand, many people don’t think to rake leaves out of the street in front of their homes, but doing so is an easy and important way that everyone can help to protect local lakes.
Why rake the road instead of your yard? Consider the contrast between what happens to fallen leaves in a forest or on your lawn, versus those on the

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Amy Doeun
Linwood Reporter
Linwood Township is reviewing several of its ordinances. Planning and Zoning Administrator Mike Jungbauer addressed the town board at its Sept. 26 meeting about the town’s accessory building ordinance.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“We have had a lot of variance, so we are going to do some increase in the size [allowable for accessory buildings] based on acreage,” he told the board. He jokingly added that some of the ordinances were a little outdated, saying, “Some of the previous ordinance had information about telegraph lines. … I assume we can take that out.”
Supervisor Mike Halliday laughed and replied, “You never know if the Internet goes down.” Currently, Jungbauer is working on revising the accessory building ordinance and gathering comments.
A second ordinance the town is looking into is the dangerous dog ordinance. Halliday said that he had been talking to the town’s new attorney, Bob Ruppe, to decide “where we are with the dangerous

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