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Hello all,
We are looking for community and board members from any board in the area and any age. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the on going developments in the community and act upon the items that need attention soon and in the future.
The meeting will be held next Wednesday, July 30, 6 p.m. at the Cafe.
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.
All children deserve a safe, happy life—including the 513,000 American children in foster care. Young people in foster care especially need nurturing adults on their side because their own families are in crisis and unable to care for them. If you would like to make a difference in the life of a child, consider becoming a foster parent.
Adoptive parents are also needed. Currently there are approximately 1,000 children waiting in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin’s foster care system to be adopted. These children are waiting patiently for their “forever family”. If you are a caring, patient and flexible person who has a lifestyle that is welcoming and nurturing for children, consider becoming an adoptive parent.
In the Rock Lake area and throughout the nation, foster and adoptive parents are needed! If you are interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent, call Towner County Social Services at 701-968-4355, call Kelly Mitchell at 701-477-0525 or visit www.nd.gov.
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.
The Rock Lake city wide cleanup was held today. This is a annaul event every spring to get everything cleaned up after winter. They got the city park and the beach all ready for a season of fun at the lake. Stop in and have a look at how nice the town looks and spend the day at the beach. Have a fun and safe summer!!!!
There was a Dig In To Tourism conference held at Lake Region State College in Devils Lake on March 11. It was an all day discussion on tourism. There was a panel discussion on How to Start a Tourism Business. There was a panel discussion on Marketing Your Tourism business. Kyle Blanchfield, Woodland Resort owner and Holly Mawby owner of Gardendwellers Farm offered insight into what they have done for their businesses working in partnership with the ND Dept of Tourism. After lunch there was round table discussion with individuals from other communities as to what they were doing to promote their towns and their tourism businesses. The end of the day was a group discussion with ND Tourism officials. There were presentations on vacation packages, media, advertising, brochure distribution, website use, and research to name a few. This was a very interesting conference and a learning experience. Tourism is a business that is constantly changing so never say never when it comes to tourism ideas. What you take for granted may be another person’s idea of a vacation…………………….
Horizon leaders met, at the hair affair, to check on progress of the action ideas. All the communities in the county went together on a brochure highlighting what each community has to offer. JoAnn Rodenbiker brought up a sample, to show what it would look like. Planned a community event to show the progress that is being made and what ideas are already up and running. The leaders at the meeting were Mavis Carter, Jannell Lagein, Kelly Mitchell, JoAnn Rodenbiker.
EVENTS:
ICE GOLF starting at 11:00-all ages welcome-$10.00 per person
KIDS EASTER EGG HUNT at 1:00 at the City Park & EASTER EGG COLORING following at the Cafe
BINGO from 3:00-5:00 at the Café-all ages welcome
AROUND THE WORLD EXPERIENCE starting at 4:00-Meet at Cahill’s Pub–$10.00 per person-MUST BE 21! ONLY 75 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD!
KARAOKE at the VFW Hall at 7:00 and DANCE with R& R Entertainment until 2:00 a.m. -$5.00 per person
**CAFÉ WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 7:00 P.M. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE!
On Tuesday, February 12 at 2:00 p.m., Gretchen Dawley, Miss Teen North Dakota 2008, visited the Rock Lake Public School. She is a senior from Munich. She described herself and the Miss Teen North Dakota program. Her platform is literacy and building character. She stressed the importance of reading everyday. She explained the importance of respect to yourself, and the people around you. At the end of her program, she handed out signed pictures.
This is us during our initial blog training in February. We had fun learning how to blog, and even though some of us look a little more confused than others, you can tell by scrolling through our blog site that we really did learn a lot.
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.
Let me know what you think of the new header or if you got something else to put up there to reflect our community.
This is the new beach at the city park shortly after it was done. This is one of the action ideas that came out of the study circles. It goes to show that you don’t need alot of people on a committee to get something done. The head ones of the beach are Gloria Covert, Guy Mitchell, and Brock Mitchell. When you see them, tell them, thank you.
The beach is a nice addition to the city park. Come and spend the weekend or anytime here and enjoy it.
Monday January 28th- Girls Basketball at Rock Lake vs. Munich/Starkweather A,B,JH First game at 4:30
A: won 47-41
B: won
JH: lost
Boys Basketball at Rock Lake vs. Munich/Starkweather A,B,JH Please add your comments/thoughts about the games.
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.
Vicki Lonier, Danielle Wiener, and Rachael Lagein decided to help their community by becoming community bloggers. Their training session took place Saturday January 19. Their instructor was Darrel Lagein. It was held at the Rock Lake Fire Hall.
If you would like to become a Rock Lake Blogger, like these three are, contact Darrel.
Happy New Year everyone!!!
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.
The community enjoyed an evening at the new beach area to the West of the park in Rock Lake. This was the show off day for one of the Horizons projects that was worked on during the summer and fall months. The event was held on a Sunday afternoon in Sept. Over 150 people from the community and surrounding areas attend the event. There was good food prepared by some awesome cooks!! Games were enjoyed by the youth and whoever was game enough to play and show up the young people. There were numerous positive comments about how nice the beach area looked . Carl Swanson was the man behind the machine that put the landscaping touches to the beach area. The park/beach is a place that if free of charge and is accessible to anyone who would like to bring their family and friends to a nice quiet place, grill some burgers and enjoy the scenery. Bring the binoculars and watch the numerous species of birds on the lake. What better place to spend a day at the beach!!!! 