Paul Anthony LaFreniere, 69, of Grand Marais, passed away Sept. 11, 2009 at the North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais after a short courageous battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 26, 1939 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Paul A. LaFreniere Sr. and Capitola Marie LaFreniere. He graduated from Hibbing High School in June 1957 and joined the Air Force […]
Richard T. Base
Richard T. Base passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 at Solvay Hospice House surrounded by his family. Dick was born June 17, 1925 in Omaha, Neb. He was the only child of Frank and Pearl (Johnson) Base. When he was a child, they lived in southern Minnesota and Iowa. He graduated with honors from Pillsbury Military Academy in 1943. While […]
Undoing feelings and beliefs
Judy Siegle I have long taken a lot of guilt trips about my own biases and prejudices. It makes it very awkward for me to “be natural” with others different from me and my lifestyle, because I carry this immense guilt about my personal feelings. I thought this was okay and just, because my feelings were surfacing at most inappropriate […]
Investigate ACORN
It appears that ACORN is a taxpayer funded corrupt outfit that must be looked into! ACORN has about 270 other organizations, or I like to refer to them as aliases. We have to make sure there is an independent investigation of them and the SEIU because they are so involved with the President and the bills they are trying to […]
Carson’s cartoon “brilliant”
Just a quick note to thank you for continuing to run the Gitche Gitche Gumee cartoon in your newspaper each week. Whether he goes for satire, thoughtfulness, or just plain funny, Carson never fails to please (or rattle) his many readers. What prompted me to write was last week’s brilliant Carson cartoon take on the recently exposed corruption within the […]
Canadian health care appreciated
I am a Canadian, with friends in the U.S. and a strong interest in political issues in your country. I have been watching President Obama’s efforts to bring health care to everyone in your nation. I have also been watching CNN and advertisements which describe Canadians as dying from lack of care because of our single payor, free health care […]
Make wishes come true with 1% sales tax
Most people have heard of the Make a Wish Foundation or similar programs. A person or child suffering from a terminal illness is treated to a “wish,” courtesy of a foundation or organization. Going to Disney World is a very common wish for people of all ages and Disney helps make their dream come true. There are people in Cook […]
Too many questions to vote yes
Some 1% sales tax questions: On Boreal there is a reference to a Q&A column. Where is it? Thefew you see certainly don’t represent what people are asking about. How many customers does either the telephone system or the broadband system require to break even? We see all kinds of numbers thrown around— I can’t find either of the two […]
State energy program seeks grant applicants
The Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) seek to provide limited financial assistance for energy efficiency and/or renewable energy projects requiring technical assistance. Project funding can support technical assistance services (labor costs only, such as for a consultant, design professional, installer or student labor) for projects across the state in all seven Minnesota CERT regions: Central, Metro, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, […]
DNR to sell land in Maple Hill, Hovland
Several parcels of land owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be going on the auction block on October 21 at the DNR’s St. Paul office. Two parcels to be auctioned are located on Pine Mountain Road, about a quarter mile from the intersection with Devil Track Road in Grand Marais. The Pine Mountain Road runs between […]