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Volunteers invited to Buckthorn Brush Fire at Allemansrätt Wilderness Park

Great River Greening invites volunteers to a brush pile burning event where invasive buckthorn is the fuel. Fifty volunteers are needed to haul, stack and burn pre-cut buckthorn. Great River Greening will serve the cocoa. All are welcome to bring hotdogs, marshmallows, and roasting sticks.
The event will take place Feb. 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Allemansrätt Wilderness Park, 31316 N. Olinda Trail, Lindstrom. Interested parties should register at goo.gl/6uFKjPbroadstreet.zone(48036);
This event is billed as a moderate to heavy level restoration task and is open to all ages. This event is weather permitting and will be postponed if too dry or too cold. Wear fire safe clothing and bring food for roasting and camping chairs or 5-gallon buckets for sitting by the fire.

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Forest Lake students witness Trump inauguration

Submitted photoMadelyn Tusler, Lindsay Biebl, Sara Anderson, Josie Glewwe, Allie Nyblom, Alyssa leven, Chris Walker, Amber Waller, Owen Hitzemann, and Kevin Frederickson were among the 50 Forest Lake students who toured Washington D.C. during a trip to see the presidential inauguration. They are pictured in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building.
Media estimates have varied on the number of people attending the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Donal Trump, but one thing is for certain: Among the hundreds of thousands of attendees was a group of 55 from Forest Lake.
It was December 2015 when Forest Lake political science and social studies instructor Suzanne Stennis-Rogness got together with several other faculty members and began planning a student trip to Washington, D.C., that would be centered on the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“We researched different student travel companies and negotiated our way into what we thought was a

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Inaugural Boot Hockey Classic to take place at Majestic Oaks Golf Club

Forest Lake Area Schools Community Education program will be hosting its inaugural Boot Hockey Classic tournament on Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Majestic Oaks Golf Club. The tournament will be held on a smaller sized indoor/outdoor hockey rink, and players 18 years old and older are encouraged to gather up a team of four (three players and one goalie) to play against eight to 12 other teams. Each team is guaranteed to play at least three or four games. All participants must wear a helmet and shoes or boots.
The tournament’s purpose is to help those in the community who may not be strong skaters get a chance to stay active, meet other people, and enjoy the game of hockey. More information on the tournament and how to register can be found at www.flaschools.org/ce, on Facebook by searching @flasce, or by calling 651-982-8110.

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