Lester Andrew Shold passed away Monday morning, February 2, 2010 at Baptist Hospital in Winston- Salem, North Carolina. Lester was born in Grand Marais and spent much of his life in Duluth. He was 90 years old, the second eldest of 11 children born to Andrew and Freda Shold. Lester was a World War II veteran and served overseas with […]
Virginia Caroline Moren Tofte
Virginia Caroline Moren Tofte passed away on Monday, February 8, 2010 at the age of 92, just two days before her 93rd birthday, at the Barross House in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Virginia was born to Richard and Mable (Loranger) Moren on February 10, 1917 and grew up in Bovey, Minnesota. She graduated from Greenway High School in 1935. On May […]
Jacquelyn Rose Short
Jacquelyn Rose Short was called home to the Lord on February 4, 2010 after a courageous two-year battle with lung cancer. She passed away at her home in Juliaetta, Idaho, surrounded by her family. Jacquelyn Rose was born March 15, 1943 to George and Inga Forsberg in Willmar, Minnesota. She was the youngest of 11 children. Growing up she lived […]
Lloyd C. Larsen,
Lloyd C. Larsen, 83, passed away peacefully February 6, 2010 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Silver Bay. Lloyd was born April 14, 1926 to Andrea (Eide) and Hans Larsen. He spent his childhood growing up in Grand Marais and attended the local school. He was very proud of his heritage. Lloyd was one of the local band of brothers […]
Ax Men not real
Ax Men, Extreme Loggers, Swamp Loggers. Entertaining “reality” shows? I guess. A real look at logging? No way! I’ve been logging all of my life. I’m proud of what I do. Proud of how safe my operations are. Proud of how careful we are with the land and our forests. Proud of the way my crew and the crews that […]
Providing health care is right thing to do
With health care spending continuing to skyrocket—an estimated $8,047 per person in 2009, expected to double by 2019—we cannot afford to let the national health care reform bill die. If we do, more and more families and individuals will go bankrupt, lose jobs, health, and, in some cases, their very lives. My own family is just one among millions who […]
Alternate Work Site equals outsourcing
The Cook County Board of Commissioners is currently trying to work out a policy on off-site work locations for county department heads. Commissioner Jan Hall has opposed allowing the human services director to office in her new hometown. How do you feel? Do those who are county employees, paid with local taxes, have some obligation to live in the county […]
Where will outsourcing end?
I don’t get it. First the Cook County Board of Commissioners touts the power of Broadband to bring high paying telecommuting jobs into the county. Thenbefore the first dollar of the 1% sales tax is collected, the board decides it may be a good idea to outsource a high-paying county supervisory position to a telecommuting non-resident… the wave of the […]
Good news or fairy tales?
Is this a god to be respected? As Pastor Dale McIntire interprets the Bible story, Jesus was well able to assist Lazarus immediately but deliberately delayed relief to the suffering, dying man only so he could come around later to show off his amazing, godly power by bringing Lazarus back to life. We have heard the story over and over, […]
Truckers protest interstate load restrictions
Truckers frustrated with their options when delivering logs to paper mills in Duluth or Cloquet planned a protest rally on Superior Street in Duluth— with semis—on Wednesday, February 10, 2010. However, a last minute meeting with representatives of Associated Contract Loggers & Truckers of MN (ACLT), the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), and the City of Duluth averted the protest, […]