The City of Clearbrook is currently fundraising to restore the music on Main Street in memory of Lloyd Engen. Lloyd Engen was a lifelong active resident of the Clearbrook community. He was an active member and volunteer in several local organizations in the community. Lloyd was one of the individuals instrumental in starting the music on Main Street. Lloyd was a founding member of the Clearbrook Community Club, a fireman and fire chief for several years for the Clearbrook Fire Department, an active member and Legion Commander for Clearbrook Legion Post #256, president of the Clearbrook-Leonard Senior Center, drove a medical minivan, volunteered at the food shelf and meals on wheel and instrumental in starting the Clearbrook Babe Ruth baseball program. Lloyd worked many years for the City of Clearbrook, mowing the grass all around Clearbrook. Lloyd was also selected as the Clearwater County Outstanding Citizen. One of Lloyd’s greatest accomplishments was being a father to 7 children and grandfather to 23 children. You could always find Lloyd supporting his grandchildren at local school events.
Lloyd was a man know by all and loved by many. Up to the week prior to his passing, he was talking about how much he would like to hear the music on Main Street again. This is why we are fundraising in Lloyd’s memory. Donations can be made at the Clearbrook City office or look for donation jars at businesses in Clearbrook.
If all the funds are raised for the music cost, we will continue to collect donations to replace the trees on Main Street.
As winter sets in so does depression. Lack of sunshine (take your Vit D),
isolation, holidays, boredom.. whatever the cause- depression is at its highest this time of year.
Here are some simple obtainable tips to help:
DEPRESSION TIPS:
Shower. Not a bath, a shower.
Use water as hot or cold as you like. You don’t even need to wash. Just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. Sit on the floor if you gotta.
Moisturize everything.
Use whatever lotion you like.
Unscented? Dollar store lotion? Fancy 48 hour lotion that makes you smell like a field of wildflowers? Use whatever you want, and use it all over your entire dermis.
Put on clean, comfortable clothes.
Put on your favorite underwear.
Those ridiculous boxers you bought last year with jalapeños on the butt? Put them on.
Drink cold water.
Use ice. If you want, add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.
Clean something.
Doesn’t have to be anything big. Organize one drawer of a desk. Wash five dirty dishes. Do a load of laundry. Scrub the bathroom sink.
BLAST MUSIC.
Listen to something upbeat and dancey and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. Sing to it, DANCE 💃 to it, even if you suck at both.
Make food.
Don’t just grab a granola bar to munch. Take the time and make food. Even if it’s ramen. Add something special to it, like a soft boiled egg or some veggies. Prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something.
Make something.
Write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, fold origami, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. Even if you don’t think you’re good at it. Create.
Go outside.
Take a walk. (Bundle up) fresh air is important.
Call someone. Call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. Talk to a stranger on the street. Have a conversation and listen to someone’s voice. If you can’t bring yourself to call, text or email or whatever, just have some social interaction with another person. Even if you don’t say much, listen to them. It helps.
Cuddle your pets if you have them/can cuddle them.
Take pictures of them. Talk to them. Tell them how you feel, about your favorite movie, a new game coming out, anything.
May seem small or silly to some, but this list keeps people alive.
*** At your absolute best you won’t be good enough for the wrong people. But at your worst, you’ll still be worth it to the right ones. Remember that. Keep holding on.
*** In case nobody has told you, you are worth your weight and then some in gold, so be kind to yourself and most of all keep pushing on!!!!
Find something to be grateful for!
Mobile Crisis Response Team: 1-800-422-0045
December Community Calendar:
Dec 3-21st- Festival of Trees at History Center in Shelvin
4th- "A Christmas Carol", 7pm, Bagley High School Auditorium
5th- Carmel Rolls Bagley Senior Center, 8am until gone.
5th- St. Joseph's Catholic Church Bazaar soup/Sandwich, 11am-1pm
5th- Library Book Club discussion, 1pm, Bagley Public Library
5th- Old-Fashioned Christmas in Gonvick, 6:30p, see more details online
5th- "A Christmas Carol", 7pm, Bagley High School Auditorium
6th- Garden Valley Customer Appreciation Day, 9am-2pm, Erskine
6th- Clearbrook Santa Day, 10am-3pm, Clearbrook Community Center
6th- "A Christmas Carol",7pm, Bagley High School Auditorium
7th- MN Adult and Teen Challenge Choir, 10am, Faith Lutheran in Bagley
7th- Vikings watch party with Jake Reed, 11am, Clearbrook Liquor Store
7th- "A Christmas Carol", 2pm, Bagley High School Auditorium
8th- Clearbrook City Council meeting, 7pm, City office meeting room
8th- Clearwater Trail Blazers meeting, 7pm, Clubhouse in Leonard
9th- Friends in the Kitchen cooking class, 12:30pm, Bagley Legion
9th-Clearbrook Legion Lutefisk/Meatball dinner, 4-6p, Clearbrook Community Center
9th "A Night in Bethlehem" presented by FHL Academy, 6pm
10th- Clearwater County Christmas Project, Noon-6p, Bagley High School
13th- Free crafts for kids, 10am-4pm, History Center in Shevlin
13th- Bemidji Aglow, Lighthouse Meeting, 10am, Beltrami Electric, Bemidji
13th- Santa Day in Shevlin, Noon-2p, Shevlin Hall
14th- Community Choir Holiday Concert, 4pm, BHS room 101
14th- Taste of Christmas at History Center in Shevlin, noon-4p
14th- Community Choir performance at History Center in Shevlin 6:15p
15th- School Board meeting, (ISD 162), 6pm, BHS 101
15th- School Board Meeting (ISD 2311), 7pm, Clearbrook-Gonvick School
16th- County Board of Commissioners meeting, 10am, Courthouse
19th- Carel Rolls at the Bagley Senior Center,8am until gone
20th- Snowmobile Safety Class, 8:30am, Clearbrook-Gonvick School
20th- Gerald Dyrdahl Memorial Pine Lake 200, 9am, Pine Lake
21st- Gerald Dyrdahl Memorial Pine Lake 200, Pine Lake
21st-Santa visiting the History Center, 1:30-2:30, Shevlin
24th-Clearwater County Food Shelf, CLOSED
25th- CHRISTMAS DAY (National Holiday)
30th- County Board of Commissioners meeting, 9am, Courthouse
31st- Clearwater food shelf, CLOSED
