Rocklake, ND

Only in a small town does the whole community come together to support someone in need. On April 5 a benefit was held for Shane Oakland who is taking treatments for cancer. And on June 15 a benefit was held for Dakota Ray-Price who has Neurofibromatosis. The turn out was unbelievable at both of the benefits. Check out the CaringBridge site to follow along on how they are doing and give them some support.

The Spring Concert was held May 5th at the Rock Lake School Gymnasium. Ms. Joline Dunn was the director.  The students did a wonderful job. Miss Lautt’s Third and Fourth Grade class sold cookies and lemonade after the program to continue raising money for a cure for cancer.

11 students from the Rock Lake School attend the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Leadership Meeting held in Bismarck. It was April 6-8 at the Ramkota. Crystal Haberstroh, Alyson Leas, and Nicole Jacobsen did a STAR Event in Entrepreneurship. They received a gold star and first place in their division with the opportunity to go to the national level. Congratulation ladies! Vicki Lonier, Danielle Wiener, and Rachael Lagein did a STAR Event in National Programs in Action with emphasis on Community Service. They received a silver star. The students attended seminars about self-defense, ways to prevent violence, peer leaders for positive choices, binge drinking and alcohol poisoning, and financial fitness. Josh Sundquist was a keynote speaker. The Northern Lights Students Against Destructive Decisions did a presentation called Breakdown.

The Rock Lake 2nd Annual Spring Fling was held March 22, 2008 at various locations in Rock Lake. The day consisted of a free meal, Easter egg hunting, egg dying, ice golfing, BINGO, and an Around the World Experience. The free meal was served at the Rock Lake Cafe and was provided by the Horizons program. The Easter egg hunt was very entertaining for the children who came to participate in the days activities. Prizes were given out at the end of the hunt. The children also participated in the egg dying that was held at the VFW Hall. BINGO was enjoyed by a variety of people. It was also held at the VFW Hall. Ice golfing took place out on the lake and many people participated. The Around the World Experience was a chance for adults to try food and drink from different countries. The people were moved from site to site by pickups pulling trailers.

Take a tour of our beautiful city either in person or sit back and enjoy it right here. See what our city has to offer. It may be small but you will be surprised at all the businesses it has. For a complete list of businesses check out our web site. We hope you will enjoy your tour and want to stop by some day to see it in person. It will be will worth your time and trip here!!!! Summer is almost here, come and stay awhile and enjoy yourself at the beach. Have A Fun And Safe Summer.

The pictures in the slide show are compliments of Connie Odegaard & Eugene Norheim.

The boys and girls Rolla-Rock Lake basketball teams held their awards banquet on Tuesday March 25, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. Dessert was served. Coach Wilkes started the banquet by presenting the Girl’s Basketball Awards. From Rock Lake, Rachael Lagein received JV Most Improved, Nicole Jacobsen received the 4 Year Award, Captain Award, Most Rebound Award, and Defensive Player of the Year. Donna Marty recapped the Cheerleading Awards that were awarded the previous night. Coach Loing presented the Boy’s Basketball Awards. From Rock Lake, Cole Mitchell received JV MVP.

The Rock Lake Ambulance Service held EMT training on March 1 & 2 at the ambulance hall.  The instructor was from Golden Heart Services out of Rugby, ND. They trained in medical and trauma emergencies. The medical emergencies included anything from an allergic reaction to food, to OB delivery, to diabetic reaction. The trauma emergencies was from broken bones, to penetrating objects, to a bad car wreck. Also trained on removing a helmet from a trauma patient.

The Rock Lake Ambulance has a very skilled and will trained staff of care providers and drivers. They also do training every month at the monthly squad meetings to keep up on anything that is new or different. These dedicated individuals provide a life saving service to the community. Giving many hours of their time to the service (24 hours a day 7 days a week). They deserve a big THANK YOU for all they do.

The ones that took the training were Danny Krumweide, Gary Hunt, Rob Peterson, Duane Kaleva, Connie Odegaard, Kinsey Oakland, Malynda Carter, Aja Odegaard.

Anyone interested in joining as a EMT contact one of the above members.

Check out the new Rock Lake website. Another accomplishment thanks to the Horizons Program. It’s amazing all the businesses in the community, that you don’t realize, until you look at the list. If you or someone you know has a business that is not listed on the website let me know, so it can be added. The main ones behind this project are Eugene Norheim and Myron Jacobsen.

On Sunday, January 20, Ashley Johnston and Julia Clouse hosted a dessert party with a free will donation with proceeds going to the Rock Lake Cafe. Ashley and Julia did this as a part of the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) program. They were helped by the other members of the Rock Lake FCCLA chapter. It was from 3 to 5:30 pm at the Rock Lake School in the cafeteria. After the crowd had their dessert, some hung around to play games.

People enjoying the desserts.                                  Ashley and Julia

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.

The Rock Lake VFW held a blood drive today at the VFW hall.    The blood drive was a big success with donors coming from far and near to donate.

The 26th annual fall fair    was held today in the school gym, which

was very well attended. This is one of the many items    that was there, with a variety of venders there, who had something for everyone.  The cafe served a delicious meal in the school lunch room and served a large crowd. The fall fair was put on by the volunteer fire department and the cafe.