I am desperately searching for a specific recipe to feed to company. They arrive tomorrow. Rummaging through my rag-tag pile of cookbooks, a book title jumps out at me, one I purchased at a yard sale—Farm Journals’ Country Cookbook, Copyright 1959. This is a cookbook chock full of recipes that will put meat on your bones and cellulite on your […]
Change in spiritual reflections needed
What a refreshing change to hear from Mark Ditmanson earlier this month. Is there some reason that there are 13 community churches in the “church services schedule” and yet one dominates the Spiritual Reflections space? It makes for the “same-old same-old” dull message which I no longer bother to read. Why not allow others to contribute more than once a […]
Another Viking was in All-Star game
It seems Mitch Dorr didn’t do his research concerning what CCHS players played in the All Star game. He left out the very first one. I will give you a hint…Robin Ekroot had an older brother who played in the game in 1976. It might be considered significant that two members of the same family played in the game…how many […]
Firewise not invited?
I recently received a notice from the Cook County Firewise folks inviting themselves to my home for an inspection of my property. The letter arrived on Thursday June 25 for inspections beginning the following Monday, June 29. Hardly ample time to prepare for guests, although they were coming whether or not I’d be home. A procedure I suspect they learned […]
Support right-to-repair
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation strongly supports the Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act (HR 2057) and urges Congress to swiftly pass the legislation in order to safeguard individual vehicle ownership rights today and in the future. We believe that consumers are entitled to the right to choose how their motorcycle, car or other type of vehicle is maintained or […]
Farmers support carbon emission cap
America’s family farmers and ranchers have a unique role to play when it comes to combating global climate change. Congressman Jim Oberstar understands that and I thank him for his vote in support of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. As President Obama said about the legislation’s passage, it is a “bold and necessary step.” Farmers Union […]
Lives Remembered
Shirley Ann (Wilson) Olson, 70, died June 23, 2009 at Benedictine Health Center in Duluth, MN. She is preceded in death by her mother, father, one brother and three sisters. She is survived by son Jim (Dawn), daughter Jerelyn (Robert Fern) of Duluth, MN, sons Terry, Greg (Mary) of Grand Marais. Shirley is also survived by eight grandchildren, nine great- […]
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, […]
Are you ready for the Cook County Fair?
County fairs document a rich history of agriculture when growing food was a part of everyday life. This history spans 90 years from 1919 until the present. Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of our everyday life, our sophistication and many accomplishments including the convenience of grocery stores, we forget that we owe our existence to a six inch layer […]