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Members of the Forest Lake boys hockey team lent their muscle to the community on July 13, assisting with cleanup efforts in the aftermath of the tornado that struck the area the previous night. (Submitted photos)

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Jared Hunt
Forest Lake golfer Jared Hunt has been awarded a Valspar Minnesota PGA Junior Golf Scholarship, the title sponsor announced July 11.
Hunt, who is set to enroll at the University of North Dakota this fall, will receive a four-year, $8,000 scholarship. Criteria considered in choosing recipients included grades, class rank, ACT/SAT scores, extracurricular activities and financial need as well as an essay and an interview. broadstreet.zone(48036);
Four golfers – two boys and two girls – are awarded the scholarship each year.
Hunt collected four varsity letters in golf and served as a captain in 2017. During his time at Forest Lake he served on the Student Council and the Youth Advisory Board and was inducted into the National Honor Society.
At North Dakota, Hunt plans to pursue a degree in architecture.
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Photos by James Stitt/Waconia Patriot

Forest Lake alumnus has been a fixture in Waconia dugout for 22 years
On June 19, Target Field in Minneapolis hosted four state baseball championship games in succession, one for each of the MSHSL’s class divisions. The attention of the Forest Lake community was naturally fixed upon the Class AAAA game beginning at 7 p.m. The memory of that evening will be bittersweet for the people of Forest Lake, after the Rangers were beaten 5-1 by Eden Prairie and were marked in the record book as the state runner-up.broadstreet.zone(48036);
One Forest Lake alumnus will remember June 19 as a very happy day, however. In the hours before the Rangers took the field, 1985 graduate Mark Grundhofer led his Waconia squad to a 6-1 victory over Hibbing to claim the Class AAA championship.
In his Forest Lake days, Grundhofer was active all three seasons. He recalls playing football under head

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Student Ambassadors collected donations for Pennies for Patients during a hat day event.
The Student Ambassadors of Scandia Elementary dedicated the month of May to participate in a national fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society known as Pennies for Patients. Scandia’s students, along with many others, collected pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to help children with cancer.
The Student Ambassadors are a group of third through sixth grade students who serve as a voice for the students and represent them at regular monthly meetings held before school. Their responsibilities include developing community service projects, promoting school spirit, welcoming visitors to the building, and acting as a guide.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“The Student Ambassadors chose The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as the benefactor of our spring fundraiser because they liked the idea of raising money to help kids with cancer,” Student Ambassador Advisor and Scandia Elementary sixth grade teacher Emily Stegmeir said in a press release.
According

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Lakes International Language Academy eighth-grade student Strom Norcross received a special House of Representatives Resolution from Rep. Bob Dettmer to honor his success in the National History Day competition.
Lakes International Language Academy hosted an early morning academic award presentation at the Headwaters Campus on June 5. The event recognized 105 students in grades seven through 11 who achieved cumulative grade point averages above 3.0 during the 2016-17 school year. Director Shannon Peterson welcomed the students and guests and introduced Representative Bob Dettmer, who spoke briefly to the audience of more than 300 parents and family members. Then he surprised eighth-grade student Strom Norcross with a special Minnesota House of Representative resolution honoring his success at the 2016 National History Day competition.
Strom and his sister, Aria, will join another local student to represent Minnesota again in 2017.
In addition, Athletics and Activities Director Jenni Muras presented the newly established Academic Archer award

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Applications are being accepted for the title of Mrs. Washington County.
Mrs. Washington County will have the honor of representing her county at the Mrs. Minnesota pageant, which will be held at the Wellstone Center in St. Paul April 28.
The woman chosen as Mrs. Washington County will become an ambassador from the Washington County area and will receive the official title and sash. The woman chosen as Mrs. Minnesota will receive a prize package worth $7,000 and the chance to represent Minnesota at the 2018 Mrs. International Pageant in Charleston, West Virginia.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Competitions in the pageant are personal interview, fitness wear, and evening gown.
Married women living in Washington County that are interested in applying can write for a bio-form to:
Mrs. Minnesota
International Pageant
P.O. Box 240537
Apple Valley, MN 55124-0537
An online application can be filled out at www.mrsminnesota.com. Call 1-800-262-0097 or email mnpageants@frontiernet.com for more information.
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Greg Galler
Guest Columnist
If your neighborhood had one last open lot in it and you heard that new construction was soon to begin, would you prefer if a home were built that was similar in size and style to other homes in the area, or would you prefer to have a dynamite factory constructed? Perhaps you’d like to hear that a rock crushing facility would open or a used tire dump was being proposed. Do some of those uses sound pretty absurd for a neighborhood? They are – because of zoning and land use planning laws.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The basic idea behind planning and zoning laws is to keep certain uses of land away from other uses. Some uses of land are considered compatible with other uses. For example, various retail businesses are usually grouped together, such as restaurants, movie theaters, gas stations, and shopping centers. Other uses are not considered as compatible. This

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Amy Doeun
Wyoming Reporter
When Marty Powers joined the Wyoming Public Works Department last year, he began an inventory of projects that needed to be done. One was to look at the physical condition of the city’s buildings.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Powers noticed water damage at the building at 26490 Faxton Ave. He patched the roof as best he could and waited for the next budget year to factor in a new roof.
“We did budget it for 2017,” he told the Wyoming City Council at its July 5 meeting. “We want to get a longer life out of the building. We filled the holes last year, and that got us through until last spring. I think the leaks were controlled until last spring, then with the fluctuations in temperature, I think they reopened.”
Structural Buildings was the “lowest responsible bidder” with $15,000 for roofing material. Powers recommended a budget of $21,000 in case any lumber also needed

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