Listening for God in the Smoky Mountains
A number of summers ago I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a week-long retreat at the headquarters of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. The retreat was held on the shores of the beautiful Lake Junaluska, nestled in the midst of the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Over time a small Methodist community had grown in that […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · Feb. 21, 2000 • Alan Christensen, director of the Joint Cook County/ Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA), resigned last week. An emergency meeting was supposed to have been held at the courthouse Feb. 15 for the EDA board to discuss how to handle Christensen’s immediate resignation, and the steps the board should take in order […]
Sucker for the Games
“Go-Go-Go!” I shout to the TV as Hannah Kearney’s knees maneuver smoothly and swiftly over the moguls. She executes a perfect 360- degree spin over the final jump and burns down the rest of the hill, winning the gold medal with this performance. “You go girl!” I yell to the triumphant figure on my television screen. You’d think I knew […]
Missing mittens and gloves… oh my!
It’s mid winter, the time of year when every household has a small pile of mittens and gloves that are missing their other half! It’s almost always the favorite ones that have been lost because those are the ones that get worn the most. It would be a shame to throw them away, so here is a whole day or […]
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. […]
County board contemplates state and federal land purchases
If the state offered to buy a large chunk of private land and a county could choose either getting a lump sum worth about 25 years of what would otherwise have been paid in private property taxes or being paid annually – in perpetuity – something in lieu of but not as much as what would have been paid in […]
