Students show drug awareness
Winners Kaylee Engstrom and Madison Schmidt, students at Wyoming Elementary, with Lion Stev Stegner.
Another year of the Forest Lake Lions’ drug awareness poster contest is in the books.
In October the senior high, junior highs and five elementary schools (Central Montessori, Forest Lake, Forest View, Wyoming and Linwood) were invited to participate, plus two charter schools (North Lakes Academy, Lakes International Language Academy) and two private schools (St. Peter’s and MAG at Maranatha).
In November more than 400 entries were judged by a team of 12 that included the school district superintendent, the chief of police, and Lions El Ewert and Stev Stegner, co-chairs of the project.
On Jan. 25 winners were presented checks from the Lions. First-place posters went on to compete at the Lions midwinter convention.
Forest Lake Lion El Ewert with winners of the Drug Awareness poster contest. From left, kindergartner Nick Mahnke and first-grader Allison Schauls, both students at St. Peter’s School, and home-schooled senior Maria Mahnke. Ewert has chaired the Lions Drug Awareness committee for 22 years.
Contest Winners
Kindergarten
1 Madeline McCaffetry, Forest View
2 Nick Mahnke, St. Peter’s
3 Lilly Houle, Forest View
1st and 2nd grades
1 Alli Schauls, St. Peter’s
2 Kaylee Engstrom,
Wyoming
3 Madison Schmidt, Wyoming
3rd and 4th grades
1 Sara Gutz, Forest Lake
2 Ashley McAlpine, Forest Lake
3 Aliyah Anderson, Forest Lake
5th grade
Joey McMahon, Wyoming
Daumantas Tomforde, Forest Lake
Saige Anderson, Forest Lake
6th grade
1 Grace Torgerson, LILA
2 Annalise Schaaf, NLA
3 Jenna Werlein, NLA
7th grade and beyond
1 Maria Mahnke, home school
2 Sam Hursh, NLA
3 Ellen Stanly, NLA
