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Contributing Writer
Maggie Newman

Are you pondering on what lies ahead in the New Year? One all think about the future, hoping and praying that the next year will be better than the last. Maybe one has a goal to be better off financially, perhaps hoping for better health or want to do more volunteer work. Having a goal and striving for that goal is a great thing. There is no dream to big or too far to try and accomplish, so make this your year and make those dreams come true!
This reporter visited around the community and asked a few people what goals they had, or what they were looking forward to in the year 2016 and this is what they said:
Kelly Wien
Kelly, Big Lake said that her personal goal for 2016 is that she plans to invest more money into her future. She would like to plant a garden and she would like to join an organization and do more for the community of Big Lake.
Adam, Jonny and Summer Poslusny
Adam, Big Lake said that he is ready for the end of the 2016 elections, and his daughter Summer says she is looking forward to going to Valley Fair.
Moriah Knaeble
Moriah, Big Lake is looking forward to doing some traveling back to the warm state of Florida, and would like to get back into doing gymnastics.
George Rootes
George, Big lake is defiantly looking forward to the elections being over and says is looking forward to not having to listen to the Republican Party nominations anymore.
Dakota Tong
Dakota, Big Lake said that in 2016 she would like to do more traveling.
Judy Arkuszewski
Judy. Elk River wishes for better health in the year 2016.
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