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Highlighted Events at the Lake Region Public Library

The Rev. Philip James Vanderlin, OSB, a native of Devils Lake and 1960 graduate of St. Mary’s Academy is retiring to Assumption Abbey, Richardton, ND, after living and serving in Bogota, Colombia for 47 years and Jackson Hole, Wyoming for 11 years.

The June 10th 4th annual Luxury Bingo - titled as “the Event of the year” - will benefit the Devils Lake Women’s Care Center - lifesaving program and services for local families. The event takes place at the scenic Odessa at Eastbay Event Center and features cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m., opening remarks and Bingo games begin at 7 p.m. $100 per person which includes a bingo card for all games plus food and drinks. Dress code: Cocktail Attire! They need to know who is coming, so register by Tuesday, May 27. Registration on line at LuxuryBingoDevilsLake.com or text “DevilsLakeBingo” to 41444.

Bryon Rosene is in his ninth year as a paraprofessional in the Elgin-New Leipzig Public School system, and was, until recently, an AmeriCorps participant.

April is the time of the year to start the garden. Time to start seedings indoors and if the temperature cooperates, work up the soil with the coffee grounds, eggshells, and other kitchen scraps. Clean up the garden area and burn any trash, if permitted. The ash will help the soil.

This is the part 2 continuation of Gift of the Sacred Pipe from the April 15 DLJ.

Lake Chevrolet GMC- Devils Lake Cars partnered with Devils Lake Youth Football on the Chevy Youth Sports program, a partnership program built to position Chevrolet as the Official Vehicle of Youth Sports while providing an opportunity for local youth sports leagues to grow.

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is a time to recognize the first-first responders. Many times they are the forgotten bunch. They are only a voice. With the information they are given (or sometimes even nothing) dispatchers help assess emergencies and help those who are in immediate need. They are the ones who connect us to police, firefighters, EMS, and those who are the ones who respond to an emergency call first. On April 16, the Lake Region Law Enforcement Center held an open house where members of the public could meet and see what dispatchers do daily.

It was March 7 when my old friend and game warden Cory Erck called on a Friday afternoon. While I was working indoors at a sport show he was out patrolling his district. After the usual pleasantries we compared notes of the boat ramps open on the Missouri River, to snow geese showing up on the state line. That day, spring was definitely here. But it didn’t last.

Registration for the Summer Reading Program will go LIVE at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 1st!