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Joyce Luebbert

Joyce Luebbert (Nee Miles), age 83 of Bella Vista, Arkansas, passed away on August 9, 2017 after a long bought with Alzheimer’s.
Joyce was born in River Falls, WI then moved to Forest Lake where she attended and graduated from Forest Lake High School. While attending high school, Joyce was homecoming queen and later was Queen of Forest Lake.
Preceded in death by her husband Donald, brother Jim, and sister-in-law Betty Miles.
Survived by her children Sheryl (David) Coate, Scott (Marilyn), David (Deana); brothers, Neil (Ann), Glen (Ruth) Miles; and four grandchildren, one great-grandchild, aunt, nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Joyce’s Life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Aug. 28th with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. at St. Peters Catholic Church, 1250 South Shore Drive, Forest Lake. Internment is at Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials maybe made to the Alzheimer’s Association or charity of your choice.

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Standing up for education opportunities

“This isn’t right!” That’s what Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-Eden Prairie, told Minnesota state legislators after talking with parents and students from southwestern Minnesota. Many legislators, including Rep. Ron Kresha, from the Little Falls area (who chaired a hearing on Postsecondary Enrollment Options), agreed. Thanks to those families and legislators, the 2017 Minnesota Legislature changed the Postsecondary Enrollment Option legislation to expand opportunities for students who want to take these courses online.
Minnesota wisely offers a variety of ways for high school students to earn college credit.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The most widely used are courses offered in high schools by high school faculty. Minnesota Department of Education data shows, for example, that in the 2015-16 school year, almost 44,000 students took Advanced Placement courses, more than 30,000 took concurrent enrollment or College in the Schools courses, and more than 3,000 students took International Baccalaureate courses. Meanwhile, about 8,200 took PSEO courses on college campuses or

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High school announces 59 AP Scholar students

Forest Lake Area High School recently named 59 students as AP Scholars in three separate categories: AP Scholars, AP Scholars with Honor and AP Scholars with Distinction.
In order to be considered an AP Scholar, students must score a 3.0 or higher on three or more advanced placement exams. This year’s 35 recipients of the designation include Laura Bailey, Peter Brennhofer, Remington Brisbois, Dylan Corcoran, Jorden Duda, Riley Fountain, Jonathan Full, Amanda Gemuenden, Hannah Gordy, Noelle Gorka, Joslyn Hugger, Thomas Kasl, Maxwell Kelley, Allan Kemplin, Madison Kolbow, Spencer Kotys, Grace Lanasa, Kacey Moncur, Kaylee Munt, Ashley Nelson, Aria Norcross, Sydnesy Norcross, Logan Olson, Konchok Penortsang, Journey Roberge, Gabriel Robertson, Joshua Sarver, Jason Schultz, Summer Schwintek, Ariel Sievers, Katelyn Swan, Tyler Toensing, Thomas Ulrich, Maria Valentin and Kiersten Wilson.
Fourteen students were able to obtain the AP Scholars with Honor designation. To receive this designation, students must receive an average score of 3.25

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Grand national glory

Young local dancers, representing two different teams that train at The Dance Factory in Forest Lake, qualified for and competed in the Midwest Starz Grand Nationals Finals at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells.
At the conclusion of the national Midwest Starz competition, the top five highest scoring performances in solo/duet and groups from mini, preteen, teen and senior categories were given the opportunity to re-compete their routine in a randomly chosen order in front of six national judges. This national shootout was a performance that featured the best of the best in the midwest.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Representing The Dance Factory in the mini category (ages 5-8) and finishing third overall were the “Starbursts” performing “Don’t Go Hollywood.” In the preteen category (ages 9-11), the Dance Factory’s “Junior Elite” team took fifth place with their performance of “#Selfie.”
The local studio also took home the national trophy for the “Starzmanship Award” in recognition of student,

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Linwood mulls new staffing options

Amy Doeun
Linwood Reporter
At the July 25 Linwood Town Board meeting, the board accepted the resignation of building and zoning assistant Linda Anderson, but not without some regret. Anderson has worked in the town office for over 20 years.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Supervisor Ed Kramer laughed and said: “Work was getting in the way of her retirement. Boy, is she right about that!”
Supervisor Bob Millerbernd joked, “We are not accepting your resignation.”
After her resignation was accepted, the board then discussed the hiring of a new office assistant to help fill in her hours. Town Clerk Pam Olson said Anderson would still work for a month and will help Olson compile a list of the things Anderson does. One requirement for the new position will be “strong computer skills to stay up with what is going on,” Olson noted.
The board approved up to 25 hours a week for the new position. Supervisor Carol Searing said she

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John E. Harrington

John Elroy Harrington, age 78, of Forest Lake, Minnesota, passed away on August 11, 2017.
He is survived by loving wife of 57 years, Marilyn; two daughters, Joan (Pete) TerMaat of North Oaks and Carol Joy (Craig) Paschke of Golden Valley; five grandchildren, Morgan, Ben, Mary, Max, and Tara; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
John is preceded in death by his parents, George and Hedwig; and siblings, George Harrington (Pat) and Gloria Klein (Bob).
John was born October 11, 1938 in New York City, NY. He joined the USAF at age 17. Stationed in Wadena, MN, he met Marilyn and they were married on April 30, 1960. John graduated from the University of MN and John had a successful career as a CPA. John passed on his business knowledge through teaching accounting courses at several Twin Cities colleges for many years, as well as volunteering at every church he was a member

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Police deter vehicle thieves

Forest Lake Police nabbed a pair of vehicle thieves in unrelated cases at the end of July.
The first arrest occurred shortly after midnight on July 29, when an officer observed a northbound motorcycle on Centennial Avenue Southwest near the intersection with Fourth Avenue Southwest. Observing that the vehicle was driving 10 mph over the speed limit and lacked a working brake light, the officer attempted to pull over the motorcycle, at which point the driver allegedly accelerated, quickly reaching 75 mph in a 30 mph zone. The officer gave chase, and the motorcyclist fled west on Second Avenue Southwest and soon turned into a nearby cul-de-sac, allegedly crashing into a chain link fence. The driver, later identified as Ken John Thiel, 43, of Shoreview, allegedly attempted to flee on foot, but he stopped when the officer left his car and ordered Thiel to return.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Thiel reportedly told police that he fled

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Standing together

Photos courtesy of Theresa Cleary, Kimberly Aschbrenner and Janet Charaisbroadstreet.zone(48036);
Forest Lake residents and neighborhoods around the community participated in Night to Unite on Aug. 1, like the gathering on Jason Avenue North, where Forest Lake Police officer Pat Ferguson stopped by and local resident Daniel Cleary roasted a pig for his neighbors.

The driveway to Karen Morehead’s home was chalked with a welcoming message the evening of the event.

Adrianna Leohr enjoys the Night to Unite festivities at the Forest Lake American Legion.
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