Forest Lake Lions Club meets the community at the Home Show
What does the Forest Lake Lions Club do anyway? Membership chairman Jim Hillman helped man a booth at the Forest Lake Home Show at the Forest Lake High School on Saturday, March 15.
The Forest Lake Lions Club was chartered in 1960 by the White Bear Lake Lions Club. Vision and hearing are two major projects of the local club, in addition to supporting other community projects.
The club is currently 45-strong and led by Lions President Tom Waldren. (Photo by Lion Howard Lestrud)
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Lions sponsor Liberty Day at Columbus Elementary School; Dettmer gives address
The Forest Lake Lions Club again sponsored a Liberty Day program, this time at the Columbus Elementary School. More than 500 students and staff plus guests attended.
Chief Warrant Officer Bob Dettmer, also a state representative, was the featured speaker.
Students are shown leading the Pledge of Allegiance as the program beings.
See Blessing of the Bikes REGISTRATION
The Forest Lake Lions Club has announced plans to coordinate a Blessing of the Bikes road rally for Saturday, May 3, 2008.
Participating motorcyclists will have the option of choosing from among three mapped routes to ride for the day. Each route will total about 150 miles, mostly on roads through western Wisconsin. Each route will include planned stops at some of the Dairyland State’s renowned cheese factories and shops.
The event will have three routes scheduled for the Blessing of the Bikes.
1. Leave Forest Lake to Comstock Wisconsin. Stop is at Crystal Cheese Factory. From Comstock to Grantsburg, WI with a stop at Burnett Co. Co-op Cheese Factory. Return to Stars & Strikes in Wyoming, MN 150 Miles round trip. Approx 3 hour ride.
2. Leave Forest Lake to Spring Valley, WI and Cady Cheese Factory. then to Bass Lake Cheese Factory in Somerset. Return to Stars & Strikes in Wyoming, MN 162 miles approximately 3 hour ride.
3. Leave Forest Lake to Bass Lake Cheese in Somerset. Then on to Crystal Cheese factory in Comstock, WI. Returning to Stars & Strikes in Wyoming, MN. 132 miles approximately 2.5 hours.
Depending on the number of riders, we will set the first riders on route 2, then route 1 and then route 3. We will repeat this series, if necessary. This should put three groups at Stars & Strikes at approximately the same time. We plan on about 50 riders for each group. Each group will have a road captain.
All routes will begin Saturday morning from Lakeside Memorial Park in Forest Lake, and all riders will be welcomed back from their routes Saturday afternoon at the Stars & Strikes Entertainment Center, 5063 273rd St., in Wyoming.
Forest Lake area clergy will greet all riders at 10 a.m. May 3 at Lakeside Memorial Park, and wish them safe travels that day and throughout the riding season.
After the Blessing, riders will be sent off on their routes beginning at 10:30 a.m. It is estimated that with the planned stops, the first riders will be finishing their routes and arriving at Stars & Strikes at approximately 2:30 p.m. The party at the riders’ end destination will feature food and fun, bingo and other games. Rider safety on their departures and returns this day will be assisted by members of the Forest Lake and Wyoming police departments.
Same-day registration for the Forest Lake Lions Club’s Blessing of the Bikes road rally will begin at 8:30 a.m. May 3 at Lakeside Memorial Park.
However, riders who would wish to register early for the ride will receive a discount if they should complete and submit their registration forms by April 3 (one month in advance).
Registrations taken at the park May 3 will cost $30 per bike and $20 per extra rider (cash or check accepted). Checks should be made payable to the Forest Lake Lions.
Registration forms have been made available at www.forestlakelions.org, www.cyclematters.com and www.lets-ride.com, as well as at some select area businesses.
Proceeds from the event will support the Minnesota Veterans Home, the American Cancer Society Relay for Life program, Linwood and Family Pathways area food shelves and the Forest Lake Helping Hand.
For any additional information, e-mail nancy@bar-outfitters.com or howard.lestrud@ecm-inc.com
Club officers for 2007-08 are:
President - Lion Tom Waldren
1st Vice President -
2nd Vice President - Lion Blake Roberts
3rd Vice President - Lion Jim McGee
Past President - Jay Matheson
Secretary - Lion Howard Lestrud
Treasurer - Lion Rich Jabas
Tail Twister - Lion Rollie Sibbald
Lion Tamer - Lion Amy Anderson
1 Yr Directors - Lion Art Anderson, Norman Anderson and Lion Dick Reinhardt
2 Yr Directors - Lion Bob Beattie, Lion El Ewert and Lion Paul Rignell
Membership - Lion Jim Hillman
Current president is Lion Tom Waldren. See roster of officers.
See club roster.
