Bishop Prior visits Cook County
June 27 is a momentous day for folks at Spirit of the Wilderness Church. Almost exactly three years ago, Layne and Rolf Lindquist ran an ad in the newspaper asking if there were other Episcopalians in Cook County who might like to gather. (The closest Episcopal Church is in Duluth). Since then a group has met weekly at Maple Hill […]
Religious people turn off their thinking caps
We have read the Jensen-Gamble debate with peaked interest. We commend both parties for their heartfelt responses. We have always struggled with the question, “How can intelligent people be religious?” Thebottom line for us in all this discussion? Religious people just turn off their thinking caps! We’re NOT being facetious when we say that this information helps us be more […]
Without God’s presence value seen in every day
Thisis a response to Garry Gamble, Nelda Westerlind, and Jim Mohr’s letters of June 12. Though Garry Gamble may aspire to show “respect for scientific methods of discovery,” he was distracted by my speculative remark instead of looking to the conclusions of Professor Uffe Schjoedt’s research study. Do focus on the study. I admit that I should have stated: the […]
School taxes: everyone loses but the state
Since my name has been mentioned in letters to the editor recently and my integrity challenged, I want to put some things straight. I apologize if my words have been misconstrued, but I don’t apologize for wanting to help Cook County schools. For years my wife and I attended football games in Cook County. We appreciate the community spirit, family […]
Reminder for letters
Letters to the editor, columns, and cartoons are all the opinions of the contributors and not necessarily the Cook County News-Herald. While we encourage readers to submit letters to the editor on issues they feel strongly about, we ask that letters include name, address, and phone number. The Cook County News-Herald may withhold a name to protect a letter writer, […]
Lives Remembered
Patricia Howard, 81, passed away June 8, 2010 at the North Shore Care Center in Grand Marais after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born November 25, 1928 in Crystal Lake, IL. Pat lived in Rhinelander, WI until she moved to Duluth where she retired from the phone company after 30 years of service. She moved to Grand Marais […]
Track season ends in frustration at State
CCHS’s two qualifiers for the 2010 Minnesota High School League Track meet, junior Ailee Larson in the ½ mile, and freshman Kieran Scannell in the 2-mile, had high expectations for the State meet after their qualifying races at the Section 7A finals. Although neither of them had been to the state track meet before (no one from Cook County had […]
Yo-Yo Weight Loss
Mitch DorrOn June 16, 2009, roughly one year ago today, I wrote a column entitled, Critical Mass. In the article I stated that my goal was to weigh 210 by June 16 of 2010. As I look back and read that article, I realize that failed miserably in accomplishing that goal. In some respects, I thought that by writing an article […]