Eli Hill, Technology Education Teacher Last year Cook County High School competed in its FIRST robotics competition and had an absolute blast. The kids learned about complex systems, planning and working as a team. We’re gearing up for another year and now that we know what to expect, we plan on stepping things up a notch. There are 12-15 students […]
Gingerbread smiles
I hope that you enjoy this issue of the Cook County News-Herald as much as I do. This is our official Christmas edition, filled to the brim with holiday greetings from businesses all over the county. I look forward to the Christmas paper all year. I love turning the pages and seeing all the interesting and amusing ads from local […]
War and Peace
The Gospel passage read in the worship services of many of our congregations this weekend was the story of John the Baptist from Luke 3:10-18. When the people came to the Baptist each group asked: “What should we do?” What caught my attention were two groups, the tax collectors and the soldiers who came to John and asked the same […]
Historical Reflections
Tom Spitznagle, of Lutsen, shared this wonderful winter photo from his father, Joe Spitznagle’s collection of pictures of his Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC ) days. This photo, from 1936, is described as the big “snow cat.” In the December 19, 1936 newsletter Camp Chips from Hovland CCC Camp 722, Editor-in-chief Henry L. Brule encouraged the men of the camp to […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · Dec. 20, 1999 • At its regular meeting Dec. 8, the Grand Marais City Council unanimously appointed Edward Bolstad to fill the seat left vacant when Alan Christensen resigned from the council on Oct. 27. Christensen had served since February 1999, and had been appointed to fill the seat resigned by councilor Scott Puch. Puch had […]
Christmas—How Sweet It Is
As I decorate the house, I start to think of all we do to prepare for the celebration of Christmas. As a family we hang lights on the desk rail. We stopped hanging lights on the roof since Mike pulled a “Santa Clause” and fell off the house a few years ago. We put the tree together (artificial as I’m […]
Whirligigs
Season of Gratitude...Thisholiday season is a time of giving, but gifts come in many packages. There are the kind wrapped in colorful paper complete with a beautiful bow, but the most important gifts cannot be put in a box. Just to mention a few, there are the gifts of friends and family, the gift of learning, the gift of sharing with others, […]
COMMUNITY CALEN DAR
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, […]