Rocklake, ND

The Handy-Thrifty Helpers 4-H Club of Egeland has been busy sewing quilts and purchasing food for those in need this holiday season.  Leaders Deb Odegaard, Jannell Lagein, and Tina Koehn organized several quilting sessions for interested 4-H members over the past year. Three quilts were completed and recently presented by club members to Sarah Anderson, one of the SAFE house directors in Devils Lake. Supply costs for this project were supplemented with donations by the Young Riders 4-H club of Rocklake and Walmart of Devils Lake. Club members also purchased food to contribute to the Cando Area Food Pantry.

Handy-Thrifty Helpers 4-H members who participated in the Quilt and Food Pantry donations are:  Casey and Coty H, Danielle W, Corinna and Mandy K, Vicki L, Amanda L, Rachael, Traci, Jill, Jessi and Ben L, Kayla and Brenna D, and Karly and Adam H.  Leaders and parents who participated were Deb Odegaard, Dave and Jannell Lagein, Tina Koehn, and Gail Harder.

 Gloria Covert and JoAnn Rodenbiker did great impromtu speeches at the Horizons Partnership Luncheon in Bismarck.  With literally only seconds to prepare before addressing over 200 participants, both gave great summaries of what Rocklake has accomplished with the Horizons project.  In addition, they later told their stories to a TV reporter and were both on the evening news. Just goes to show what great people can accomplish when put on the spot! 

The Rock Lake School held it’s Christmas program tonight in the school gym. All the kids did a great job. The teachers put a lot of time in the program to make it a big success. Good job Teachers and Students!!!! Here are some pictures of the concert. 

On Friday November 30 the Rock Lake ambulance service went to the Rock Lake school. They told the students & staff what they do when on a call. The ambulance staff showed them how a patient is taken out of a vehicle that was is a crash. The patients were two volunteers from the audience,    one had a broken arm and the other

was seriously injured,    who had to be all packaged up.

  The audience even got to see how the defib can be used to monitor the heart. At the end students & staff were able to look over all the different equipment that the ambulance uses. Now if they need the ambulance they will know what to except & won’t be scared.