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Laura Bailey
Thomas Kasl
Forest Lake Area High School seniors Laura Bailey and Thomas Kasl have been named semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Officials from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced on Sept. 13 approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.broadstreet.zone(48036);
To be considered for a semifinalist position, students had to take the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. In 2016, Bailey and Kasl were among 1.6 million juniors from 22,000 high schools who took the test for consideration in the program.
Of the 16,000 semifinalists, around 15,000 are expected to make it the finalist round. To be considered for one of the spots, students and their high school must submit a detailed scholarship application providing the student’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. Each semifinalist must also hold an outstanding academic record throughout high school,

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Local non-profit Food For His Children is hosting a free event to create awareness about its cause at Poplar Hill Dairy Goat Farm in Scandia on Oct. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Food For His Children fosters community development through goat farming in rural Tanzania. A Christian organization, FFHC partners with local village and church leaders to learn the immediate needs of these impoverished communities. Goats are efficient animals that can produce up to four liters of milk a day. Families can use goat products like milk and cheese to sustain their own family. They can also sell these products at market to provide education, medical care and bricks for a sturdy home.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Kerrie Holschbach first visited Tanzania in 2005 on a church mission trip. Although she left two weeks later, her heart never did. In 2006, Kerrie returned to Tanzania, this time with her husband Rob and two kids. She

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A group of about 30 area residents with different local community groups got together Sept. 23 to stencil around various Forest Lake storm drains asking residents not to dump things into the drains. The stenciled storm drains lead to either Forest Lake or local wetlands. Volunteers met behind Kodiak Coffee (which provided coffee to volunteers, along with bagels from Big Apple Bagel), where Jack MacKenzie gave them instructions and showed them how to apply the paint to the stencils. The volunteers then canvassed the city in small teams for several hours, temporarily placing traffic cones to help keep vehicles away from volunteers and stencils as they painted.broadstreet.zone(48036);

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Zachary Fuller of Forest Lake graduated from North Dakota State University.

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Amy Doeun
Wyoming Reporter
The city of Wyoming has approved a 2018 preliminary levy that signals a decrease in city spending next year.broadstreet.zone(48036);
On Sept. 19, Gail Bauman of AEM Financial Solutions addressed the Wyoming City Council about the upcoming tax season. In the preliminary budget and levy presented to the council, the general fund levy decreased by 9.35 percent (from approximately $3.24 million in 2017 to $2.93 million in 2018), and the overall levy, which includes the general fund levy is decreasing by 5.76 percent ($4.25 million to $4.01 million).
“There may have been something budgeted for in 2017 that wasn’t needed,” Bauman said.
The city’s Local Government Aid from Minnesota is also set to increase. “The annual LGA appropriation was increased by $15 million (from $519.4 million to $534.4 million). This is effective for aids payable in 2018 and thereafter,” Bauman said. “Under the new law, the city of Wyoming is scheduled to

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Those who own a long term care insurance policy should know what it covers. Every policy, however, is different. Interested parties are invited to attend a presentation at Cherrywood Pointe Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. to hear from Greg Getchell, owner of Amada Senior Care. His presentation will cover what a long term care insurance policy covers, whether or not that policy can help pay for home care or assisted living, the coverage limits for each service, and the definitions of an inflation rider and a premium waiver. Attendees will also learn how to file a claim. There will be a tour of Cherrywood Pointe after the seminar.

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Paul Thomas
Guest Columnist
About 25 years ago, I remember a very tense conversation around the dinner table. As we gathered for our family meal with my mom, dad, little brother (7) and sister (2), there was a “feeling in the air” that even a 10-year-old boy could recognize. With a calm in her voice yet a nervousness in her words, my mother explained to us that my aunt had recently been to the doctor for some tests, and those test revealed something very troubling: that my aunt had … cancer. “Cancer!” I exclaimed in a loud and scared voice that one could tell was the exact way my mom and dad felt but weren’t able to show their true feelings so as not to upset us kids. It was almost as if the word itself was evil and that merely speaking “cancer” aloud caused the room to be filled with fear.

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