Hundreds of Forest Lake residents are on a mission to make a lasting impact on children in need. They are looking beyond their own wish lists and packing shoeboxes for boys and girls around the world. For many of the children, it will be the first gift they have ever received.broadstreet.zone(48036);
During the week of Nov. 14 to 21, local residents will transform 90,000 empty shoeboxes into gifts of hope filled with school supplies, hygiene items, notes of encouragement, and fun toys such as a doll or soccer ball. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, will deliver these shoebox gifts to children overseas living in extreme poverty or affected by war, disease, and natural disaster.
“This week, the Forest Lake community is focused on making a difference in the lives of children facing difficult circumstances,” Forest Lake volunteer Lorraine Wellman said in a press release. “There is no joy quite
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Regional Happenings for Nov. 17, 2016
LINWOOD
Turkey dinner
The Linwood Covenant Church invites the community to an old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 24. The dinner will be served at the Linwood Senior Center 22817 Typo Creek Drive. There is no charge. Reservations are appreciated but not necessary and can be made by calling 651-464-1986.
EAST BETHEL
Senior Dance
The East Bethel seniors will host a dance from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 2 at the community center one mile east of Highway. 65 on 221 Avenue. Cost is $6 and includes lunch. The featured performer is Jerry Bierschbach.
SCANDIA
Free community breakfast
The Scandia-Marine Lions will host a free breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 10 at the Scandia Commuity Center. Santa and his elves will be present. The meal will include eggs, sausage, potato cakes, fruit cup, sweet roll, juice, and coffee.
Living well with diabetes
Teresa Benge
Amy Dronen
Betsy Swartout
Guest Columnists
What if you had an extra $8,000 to your name each year? Imagine the possibilities this extra money might offer — adding to your savings account, investing in home improvements, traveling with family or friends.broadstreet.zone(48036);
If you have diabetes and live in Minnesota, $8,000 is the average cost for diabetes medical expenses per person each year (adding up to a staggering $3.4 billion a year for all Minnesotans with diabetes). With the ongoing cost of diabetes monitoring supplies, medications and medical visits, diabetes treatment gets expensive. And, that doesn’t include the potential added costs of eating healthfully, having a safe place to exercise and purchasing other important self-care items, like shoes that fit well to prevent potential diabetes-related foot problems.
Yet, there are many ways to lower the cost of diabetes care, and we help those with diabetes do just that. As diabetes educators at Fairview Clinics Wyoming
Laugh Your Ace Off Comedy Club promotes Thanksgiving show
Running Aces Casino and Racetrack’s Laugh Your Ace Off Comedy Club will feature a November Thanksgiving week comedy show with headliner Mary Mack, featuring Angelo Vescio, and hosted by Ryan Kahl on Nov. 23. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
Headlining the show is folk humorist Mary Mack, known for performing her sometimes-musical comedy at festivals, colleges, clubs, casinos and “anywhere you can find a llama or a buffet line.” She has acted in cartoons, weird student films, and commercials that urge you to buy food for your hamster. Heard on radio shows and podcasts around the country, including Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast, The Bob and Tom Show, and American Public Media’s WITS, Mary played the leading character Dylan on Fox’s new late night cartoon Golan the Insatiable, season one. Her voice has also been heard in the cult favorite Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Mack’s comedy (spotted with
Assault, threats among recent court cases
A Forest Lake man was charged with domestic assault by strangulation after allegedly grabbing someone he lived with around the neck during a fight.
According to court records, police arrived at the home of David Allen Petsch Dinham, 51, in the 700 block of Woodland Drive Southeast, on Oct. 16. A woman who was living in the home with Dinham had called 911 to report that Dinham had grabbed her by the neck and squeezed during an argument. She allegedly believed Dinham was under the influence and said she couldn’t breathe during the incident and thought she was going to die.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Police allegedly found red marks on the woman’s neck and scratch marks on Dinham’s arms, indicating, they believed, that the woman had scratched him in an attempt to get him to let go of her throat. Dinham denied that he grabbed her neck, at which point the woman allegedly loudly confronted
Turn over for fall
Angie Hong
Guest Columnist
To everything, there is a season. Fall bursts in with a flash of beauty, as brilliant leaves in red and gold tumble to the ground. The local orchards and farms overflow with visitors coming to celebrate the harvest and frolic beneath the apple trees. Sometime between the Halloween costumes and the Thanksgiving turkey, wind blows the last of the leaves to the ground and we look up one day, surprised, and see bare branches against a gray sky and only brown leaves at our feet.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Though our environment is constantly changing throughout the year, the changes are most noticeable and happen more rapidly during the spring and fall. We see leaves changing color on trees and geese flying overhead as they migrate south for the winter. Within our lakes, change is happening as well. During the fall and spring, lakes go through a process known as “turning over.” When
Lions judge for peace
Submitted photo
Members of the Forest Lake Lions club judged peace posters created by local students Nov. 7. Look for a photo spread of the winners in a future edition of The Forest Lake Times.
Students’ sometimes-surprising presidential preferences
Joe Nathan
Education Columnist
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and educators in 280 Minnesota high schools did a wise thing this fall: They asked students, grades nine through 12, who they supported for president of the United States. broadstreet.zone(48036);
As of Nov. 1, when initial results were released, about 77,000 students from Minnesota rural, suburban and urban, public and private schools had voted. Some of the results were not what I would have expected. Results are available for each individual high school at http://bit.ly/2fe0cI9.
As you consider Minnesota and national results on Election Day, you might want to compare how students voted, especially in your local community.
The first surprise, at least for me, was that almost a third of the high school students who voted preferred someone other than Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump: 35 percent of students voted for Trump and 33 percent voted for Clinton, so 32 percent had another preference.
Nine percent
Free local chiropractic consultations available
Total Family Chiropractic,15226 Freeway Dr. NE, is giving away free initial consultations and exams throughout the month of November.
The chiropractic center is hosting a food drive to donate to Family Pathways, and for every five items that a person brings in, that person will be given the opportunity for a free new patient consultation.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Not only are non-perishable food items accepted, but household items and toiletries are welcomed as well.
Learn about the Sami Culture of Norway
The November meeting of Vennelag 1-546, Sons of Norway, will be at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Lindstrom Community Center, 13330 Sylvan Ave.
The officers will meet at 6:30 p.m. and the business meeting will start at 7 p.m. After the short business meeting, the group will learn about the Sami people and their culture.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The Sami live mostly across the northern parts of the Scandinavian countries, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Christopher Pesko, who is of Sami ancestry, will explain the Sami culture. His Sami family came from the area of the Lofoten and Versterdalen area of Nordland, and southern Tromso counties in Norway. Mr. Pesko’s family, Norwegian-Sami and Polish-Jews came to the US during the 1930’s and he grew up in a Norwegian and Polish speaking household.
Mr. Pesko is a retired teacher from the St. Paul Public School system and continues to substitute teach. He has demonstrated and educated