Military Service News
Schinn named Civilian of Quarter at Guantanamo BayDouglas Schinn was named Civilian of the Quarter at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station for his dedicated and outstanding service during Operation Haiti Relief. TheNavy base was the center of the relief effort after the devastating Haiti earthquake last January. Schinn is stationed in Cuba as a civilian along with his wife, Lynn Kolstoe-Schinn. In 2001 he retired from a 21-year-career […]
Marchand to graduate from Army Command General Staff College
Rhonda Silence Major Richard Marchand is nearing completion of a one-year assignment at the US Army’s Command General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He will graduate on June 11, 2010 and return to his home duty station of Charleston, South Carolina. Marchand has spent four years at the Naval Nuclear Power Command in Charleston, where he lives with his […]
Bell ringers in concert at Bethlehem Lutheran
Strikepoint, one of the world’s top handbell ensembles, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 19 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church (417 First Ave. W.) in Grand Marais. There is no admission charge, but a $10 donation is suggested. Think of a hand bell ensemble as a living piano, with each of 11 ringers responsible for up to nine notes. Audience […]
Finland Historical Society hosts centennial event June 14
The Finland, Minnesota Historical Society will host the Tullia Choir from Kontiolahti, North Karelia, Finland, Europe and Split Rock Lighthouses’s 100- year birthday party program at 2 p.m. June 14. The event will be held at the Finland Heritage Site, 5653 County Road 6. In the event of inclement weather, the program will be at Zion Lutheran Church. Admission is […]
Illustrator Henry Cole coming to GM library
Kids in second and third grades are encouraged to come to Grand Marais Public Library on Tuesday, June 8, at 10:30 a.m. to meet Henry Cole, the illustrator of “Make a Splash at READ.” This is a family program where Cole will tell how he decided to become an artist and a writer. Kids who have seen Cole have said […]
Alcohol Server Training offered June 22-23
Cook County Higher Education, in collaboration with Cook County Law Enforcement and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, is sponsoring Alcohol Server Training. The workshop will be offered on Tuesday, June 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cascade Lodge meeting room in Lutsen and Wednesday, June 23 from 10 a.m. to noon at Windigo Lodge Restaurant on the […]
Why was courthouse lawn destroyed?
Commissioners, why did you allow the destruction of our beautiful courthouse lawn? You might have had reasons for your position but you’d have to prove that to me and the upset community. I suggest you redeem yourselves before election time and restore the courthouse lawn. Irene Thompson Grand Marais
Insightful and special article on Mr. T’s retirement
I do not always check the byline of an article before I read it and today was no different. I savored every word of the article on Bill Tormondsen’s last concert and when I got to the final line, I thought “Someone really special and insightful wrote this,” and I looked at the byline. What a wonderful tribute and to […]