Two Cook County projects are among 14 grant award winners selected by Iron Range Resources for next year’s Culture and Tourism grants. The grant program, which next year totals $100,000, supports nonprofit initiatives unique to the Taconite Assistance Area that strategically utilize cultural resources to stimulate tourism and enrich communities through artistic, heritagerelated or recreational activities. The grants also strengthen […]
Not seeing eye to eye
My eyes have been opened to new truths recently. I have discovered why people hold pieces of paper at arm’s length when they’re trying to read. I have learned why people put their glasses on the end of their noses and peer out over them. These are frightening discoveries, because they mean that I am now one of them. I […]
Herring Tales
In September 1969, Dick and I began our year on Tucker Lake. Our cabin had neither road access nor amenities. This is one of many stories about our lives during that special year. I barely noticed the straggly alder branch that grabbed my hat as I pushed the canoe away from the muddy edge of the portage and hopped in. […]
Road Trips
Thefoggy nights have made driving next to impossible. Last night, while returning from Des Moines, Iowa my wife and I could barely see the front of the car in some areas. If there was a dip in the highway at all we drove into a wall of fog. I have to admit it was a bit frightening. Of course driving […]
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. […]
