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Looking back at 2016: Year in Review - Forest Lake Lowdown

The center uses group meetings, education sessions and guest speakers to help seniors struggling with addiction.Mattson Funeral Home in Forest Lake hosted a suicide prevention program on Feb. 18 after it noticed an unusual rise in deaths by suicide in the community.The Lakes Area Youth Service Bureau introduced its new social enterprise program Tried and True Engines, which teaches youth job skills and technical skills repairing small engines.Forest Lake Rotary held its annual Winter Plunge on Feb. 20 at the Forest Lake waterfront.Whistler Soda in Forest Lake drew a record crowd with its Feb. 6 soda tasting event. More than 3,000 people showed up to sample the company's unique, old-fashioned method soda, which includes more than 30 unique and classic flavors.Forest Lake High School held an open house in February for area locals to present the district's new solar panel project. At completion, the project will include nearly 6,300 total solar panels throughout the school district.Warner Bros. Studios announced in February that it acquired the rights to “Fly a Little Higher,” the name of the book published by Stillwater student Zach Sobiech's mother Laura after her son's battle with the rare bone cancer osteosarcoma.March 2016After delays, the Stillwater School Board voted “yes” on the BOLD proposal March 3, which seeks to cut costs and deliver equitable services for students across the district. The controversial proposal would close three elementary schools, and was opposed by many parent voices in the community.Washington County Commissioner Ted Bearth died on the morning of Thursday, March 10. He had been elected as board chairman in January.On March 14, Thrifty White Pharmacy officially opened its doors in the new building complex in front of the Forest Lake City Center, several blocks south of its former location. Highlights of the new store include multiple kiosks for customer service to reduce wait time, as well as spaces for consultation and a drive-thru window. est Lake celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The couple was married in St. Paul 12 days after Jerry was released from the Navy, and now live in a townhome in Forest Lake.Minnesota Commissioner of Education Brenda Cassellius presided over a hearing in Stillwater to consider merging the Stillwater and Mahtomedi school districts. The proposal was eventually rejected by both districts.A nonprofit theater company announced that it would buy the vacant former Zephyr Depot on Sitllwater's Main Street to convert it into a new theater.Forest Lake began construction on two new roundabouts on Highway 61, which were finished at the end of the summer.Students at Lakes International Language Academy (LILA) upper school in Forest Lake sampled the new virtual reality experience Google Expeditions to explore all the corners of the world that can’t be reached by school bus.April 2016Hosanna Lutheran Church in For...