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Backpack drive supports kids in need

Lake Area Bank is currently holding a backpack drive to collect school supplies for children in need. Each bank location, including in Forest Lake at 91 South Lake St., will collect new supplies through Aug. 11 for donation to the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul. These supplies will be distributed to children in the program to begin the school year with basic tools needed to be successful students.
Donated items can be dropped off at any Lake Area Bank location including Forest Lake, White Bear Lake, Stillwater, Hugo, and Lindstrom. Items can also be dropped at Lake Area Mortgage in Shoreview. For details of the campaign along with a list of school supply needs, visit www.lakeareabank.com.

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Vennelag lodge to feature Norway Center

Vennelag Lodge 1-546, of Sons of Norway, will meet on Aug. 15 at the Lindstrom Community Center, 13292 Sylvan Ave. The board of directors will meet at 6:30 p.m., and the general meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Meetings begin with the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of the U.S. and Norwegian national anthems.
At 7:30 p.m., after the business meeting, guest Jon Pederson will speak about the Norway House, located in Minneapolis, and why it is so important to Americans of Norwegian descent. Pederson is expected to argue for the need for the Norway House if future generations are going to be informed and engaged in Norwegian-American heritage.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Anyone who is interested in their Norwegian-American heritage is encouraged to attend this meeting. Guests are always welcome at the Vennelag meetings as membership is not a requirement.

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Bluegrass to be featured at Arts in the Park

The Roe Family Singers, billed as a good-time, old-time, hillbilly band from the Mississippi-headwaters community of Kirkwood Hollow, will perform at Lakeside Memorial Park as part of the Forest Lake Arts in the Park series Aug. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. Led by wife and husband Kim Roe (Best Female Vocalist, City Pages/Village Voice) and Quillan Roe, the band blends characteristic old-time sound with rock and roll urgency and influence.
Joined by as many as seven musicians, and featuring banjo, autoharp, guitar, and washboard, the band and family of fans have been regularly filling the Minneapolis 331 Club every Monday night since 2005. In 2010, the band opened for both Doc Watson and Del McCoury, each playing at the Cedar Cultural Center; the Grascals at the MBOTMA Winter Bluegrass Weekend; and Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur at the National Jug Band Jubilee in Louisville. In 2011, the band was awarded

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