Rocklake, ND

We received some more training on posting to the blog site. Rolette hosted the event on Jan 24th with a full house. Mike is a great trainer and we did learn how to blog pictures and videos. So there should be some new things added to the blog site. Pass the word about our blog site. Hopefully more information as to the happenings in the community will get posted.

These fine looking individuals represent the Horizons program in Rock Lake and there were a few individuals that were unable to attend the picture taking activity. They have been working hard to look at the poverty issues in the community. And with the poverty issue in mind they are looking at making our community a better place to live and make it inviting for a potential new comer to take a look and maybe stay awhile. Yea Team!!!!

Pictured left to right: Kelly, Cindy, Brock, Kim, Mavis, Gloria, JoAnn, Ron, Danny and Guy. The picture was taken by Mike Savaloja on our new beach front access to the lake.

Mark the date on your calendars for Rock Lake Winter Fun Day!  It is scheduled for Saturday March, 22.  LOTS of fun planned including the 2nd annual Around the World Experience!  Contact committee members Diane Schwandt, Cindi Swanson, Jennifer Lautt, Teresa Krumwiede, Chris McConnell or Kelly Mitchell if you would like to help!   

 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.

We have our blog site for the community up and running. Horizons have given our community the leadership and tools that a community needs to succeed. What are we going to do with these new found instruments??? Hopefully be a progressive community with a positive attitude for change and development. We have some exciting ideas in progress. A committee for the development of a website for the community is a great way to get information out there in cyberspace. A committee that welcomes new residents to our town and provides them with info that they need. A park/lake committee that is putting a new face on the park with the addition of a beach area with access to the lake. This is just a start as to what the Horizons program has done for our town. This is called working together, communicating together for progress. Please stay tuned for later happenings…………………..