10 Years Ago · June 28, 1999 • According to local translator maintenance technician Duane Ege, KBJR is back, but not at full power. TheNBC affiliate from Duluth was knocked off the air after a plague of problems including a recent fire and the Easter ice storm. The station has been unable to reach the outer regions of its broadcast […]
OVER THE HILL
With Apologies to Red SkeltonI lifted the lid of the storage box labeled Fourth of July. Mr. Magoo (my pug) poked his nose over the edge to see if any food crumbs might be there. No food—just American flags; red white and blue candles; and a stars and stripes quilt hanging. I was setting out my Independence Day decorations. I understood Mr. Magoo’s lack […]
Coach’s Corner
A new mix of VikingsFor the past month, the core members of the Cook County boys’ basketball team have been traveling to the University of Wisconsin-Superior to compete in a summer basketball league. Each Sunday, the Vikings go down and compete in two games against other Northeastern Minnesota and Wisconsin schools. 22 schools in total are in the league. I have been asked […]
Not “Fish Pic” please!
In the past few years I’ve noticed that some people refer to the annual Fisherman’s Picnic as the “Fish Pic.” I don’t know how, who, or why it started, but personally, as someone who grew up here, it bugs me no end. I find it kind of disrespectful, even offensive… It makes no sense. It isn’t cool or cute. If […]
Grasshoppers and weeds not out of control
I am writing in response to the “General Notice” to control or eradicate noxious weeds and grasshoppers. What? The taxpaying public owns less than 10 percent of the land area in Cook County. How can an average citizen be responsible for all of the noxious weed problem when government is in charge? I have yet to see more than two […]
Don’t assume tackle killed pelican
I would like to say the article Pelican perishes from lead poisoning, seemed to put the cart before the horse. The header was misleading in the fact that the poor bird was not proven to have died from lead poisoning, it was assumed. The jury is still out on this one. Innocent until proven guilty, they say. Yes, the symptoms […]
Congress must pass healthcare public option
A letter to our President: I’m writing you to express my opinion on the public option for healthcare reform. I feel strongly on this issue, because for most of my adult life, finding a reliable affordable healthcare plan has been an experience in frustration and confusion. Out of the all the full-time career positions I’ve held since I graduated from […]
Lives Remembered
Elsie T. Lundein, 91, passed away peacefully on June 17, 2009, at the North Shore Care Center in Grand Marais, MN. Elsie was born on January 3, 1918, to Finnish immigrants Hilma and Anselm Tolonen in Ely, MN. She grew up in Ely, where she attended grade school, high school, and junior college. She took a correspondence course to become […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meetings. Potluck at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:30). Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: 12 Step Study Meeting, 6:30 PM, Arrowhead Electric Co-op building, Lutsen. Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, […]
WEST END CALENDAR
Tofte Town Meeting Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 4/18tfn Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 3/22b-tfn Schroeder Town Meetings Held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. […]