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Jessica Keck, Forest Lake, was named to the fall 2016 President’s List at Bob Jones University.

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Forest Lake Toastmasters Club is the recipient of the President’s Distinguished Club Award, an honor indicating the club provides a higher quality club experience. To achieve the award, the club accomplished goals that ensure it offers a supportive environment and enhances the enjoyment of members.
“We have a great group that meets weekly to improve communication and leadership skills,” club president Charlie Kundinger said in a press release. “I’ve observed real growth in our members. They become more confident and have improved their personal and professional lives by participating in this club. New members are welcome. Stop by to observe a meeting and learn more about Toastmasters.”
The club meets on Thursdays from 12 to 1 p.m. at Forest Lake City Center, 1408 Lake Street South, second floor. For more information, visit forestlakemn.toastmastersclubs.org.

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Paul Rignell
Columbus Reporter
Columbus City Council members have approved increases of 1.2 percent for the city’s general budget and levy in 2017, but their decisions did not come without debate at a meeting Dec. 14.
Though he voted with the full council for a higher levy, Councilman Jeff Duraine did not support the proposed total budget.broadstreet.zone(48036);
For starters, he pointed to another vote from earlier that evening when council members agreed to renew a contract for the city’s park maintenance and mowing work with a private lawn care company based in Lindstrom. The Columbus budget includes $12,900 for that service in 2017, and Duraine said the city likely could save some money in future years by directing its regular public works staff to take on those duties.
Duraine said he was also not in favor of budgeting more than $360,000 toward road paving and blacktop maintenance for the second consecutive year. A majority of

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Submitted photoStudents in Kirsten Ramsden’s second-grade class recently crossed a bridge signifying no more English in the classroom. The students will now speak strictly Spanish for the rest of the year.
Recently, students in Kirsten Ramsden’s Forest View Elementary second-grade class participated in a special ceremony to signify progress in language learning.
The students, some of the first in the district to have been offered a foreign language curriculum beginning in kindergarten, were part of a bridging ceremony on Dec. 15. The children crossed over from a classroom that was a mix of English and Spanish speaking and will now speak only Spanish (with exceptions when necessary).broadstreet.zone(48036);
“My students have gradually been working up to this point since September by earning points when they speak Spanish,” Ramsden said. “The bridging ceremony was an exciting moment for all of the students to truly push themselves in using their Spanish and also to surprise themselves

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