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Community Ed keeps kids off the couch
3,400 youth participated last year Clint Riese Sports Editor It’s easy to lose track of all the programming offered by the school district’s Community Ed program. In the athletics division alone, coordinator Tim Conley, his staff and a volunteer corps numbering in the hundreds work year-round to make sure the recreation needs of the area’s youth are being met. Sports in its purest form was on display at a recent 3rd/4th grade volleyball match. (Photo by Clint Riese) This winter, 37 volleyball teams are playing twice a week, about 600 kids will play in a basketball league, and another 75 will be in a jam-packed, third-year wrestling program led by the high school team’s staff. In the fall, over 100 youth took part in a growing flag football league. Baseball is Community Ed’s crown jewel, with elementary-age participation nearing 1,000, or 67 percent.
Rangers fifth at USSSA World Series
The Ranger 14U Elite softball team placed fifth out of 40 teams at the USSSA World Series in Rockford, IL during the last week in July. Forest Lake went 8-2 in the event. Front row: Chase Shortly, Kalynn Tilton, Taylor Emly, Hally Osdick and Megan Gemuenden
‘Music Man’ dances into it’s final weekend
Don’t miss the biggest play of the summer. Masquers Theatre will present its final performances of “The Music Man” at 7 p.m Thurday, Friday and Saturday, July 28-30 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 31 at the Forest Lake High School Auditorium. The cast, pit orchestra, and artistic staff have worked hard producing top-notch, live theatre for the community.
Legion team takes Spooner title
Rain the only foe to top FL so far Expectations are high for the Legion Post 225 baseball team this summer, and so far the boys have not disappointed. Forest Lake won four straight games to take the title at the Sandlot Summer Kickoff in Spooner, WI over the weekend. “It’s been kind of a quick start to the year with [the varsity team] having such a successful high school season,” said coach Valdie Magstadt
Friday hours to change at Columbus City Hall
Jennifer Mevissen Staff Writer This summer, Columbus City Hall will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays beginning Memorial Day and ending Labor Day. During their regular meeting on May 25, the Columbus Council agreed to change the hours of business at city hall, 16319 Kettle River Blvd., from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
When I was young, we battled those pesky flies!
Bob Swenson Times Columnist There were house flies and there were green (we called them bottle) flies and there were horse flies and there were deer flies and there were countless other varieties too numerous to mention. No matter what their ilk they were all pests, to say nothing of all the possible disease they generously passed on to mankind. Whether you lived on a rural homestead or in the city there was a need to either control or rid ourselves of this annoying nuisance. This discourse is aimed at attempting to enlighten the present almost fly-free urban-living public about the many steps taken to keep our domiciles a bit nuisance free never completely accomplishing this goal until the past few years. The problem back then was of our own making in the fact that garbage most times was just set out somewhere out back and not often in a good container where it was soon exposed to rot and decay which, of course, was an ideal breeding ground for a fly to lay its eggs and they were not long in hatching and the young had a ready food source as they grew. One of the biggest contributors to fly breeding was what we called the “dump grounds” where everything including raw garbage lay on top of the ground and not covered
History museum targets summer opening
FOREST LAKE — A temporary museum showcasing local history could be open to visitors in time for two major community events this summer.
Masquers far more than a ‘twinkle in someone’s eye’
Cliff Buchan Paul Novak, a transplant to Forest Lake, was out front as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” News Editor The yellowish faded pages of a 1977 issue of the Forest Lake Times posed three pertinent questions as a group of local activists plotted the future for community theater here. “Where are we going? What will happen? How far can we go?” The author of the quotes, K. David Hargrove, succinctly laid down a three-question challenge that continues to be meaningful today for Masquers Theatre Company in Forest Lake
Pie in the Mayor’s Eye!
Forest Lake Mayor Chris Johnson took one for the team on Friday night as he was among a number of community members, including Council members Jim DuFour and Susan Young who volunteered in the pie throwing event at American Legion Post 225. Johnson, pictured here with wife Lara and daughter Kayla, raised $300 in pledges for his effort. All proceeds went to the Legion’s fireworks and parade fund for this summer’s 87th annual Independence Day celebration. The pie throwing, a bake sale, silent auction, raffle and fish fry raised $4100 for the fund
Loo to lead lacrosse boys
Hockey assistant takes over second-year program Clint Riese Sports Editor The Forest Lake boys’ lacrosse team will have a new head coach this spring for its second season as a varsity sport. Jon Loo will take on the role formerly held by Rahal Cheikh. Loo will be a familiar face to some Ranger fans. He has served as an assistant boys’ hockey coach at the high school here for four seasons