Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meeting. 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. 3/13tfn 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. 4-17tfn Schroeder Town Meetings Held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. […]
Commas, quotes and capitalization
I rearranged my schedule to attend the guest lecture presented by former News- Herald writer Ralph Latham. His Higher Education presentation was titled First, Catch a Rabbit. With such a catchy title, who could resist? I knew Ralph’s talk would be thought-provoking, but fun, because he used to make me laugh with his As I see it column. I enjoyed […]
Between a rock and the hard place again
I was recently made aware of a pair of bumper stickers – the first said, “Honk if you love Jesus,” and the second replied, “Text while you drive if you want to meet Him.” It seems that often we ponder issues and discuss ideas on the basis of two contrasting statements. Hegelian academics use a thesis, a contradictory antithesis, and […]
Historical Reflections
Do you have an old picture or a story from years gone by that you would like to share with Cook County News-Herald readers? Give us a call, or stop by our Grand Marais office. We’d love to hear your Historical Reflections. Call (218) 387-9100; e-mail starnews@boreal.org; or stop by our officeat 15 First Avenue West.
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · July 17, 2000 • There is another new face at City Hall, and it belongs to the recently hired City Clerk- Treasurer Curtis Jacobsen. He was chosen last month to replace Todd Bodem, who recently departed Grand Marais to accept a job in southern Minnesota. • Bob Altrichter, Cook County Veteran Services officer, appeared before the […]
Old Time Cookbooks
Rummaging through my rag-tag pile of cookbooks, a title jumps out—Farm Journals’ Country Cookbook, Copyright 1959. I remember buying it at a yard sale. It’s a cookbook chock full of recipes that will put meat on your bones and cellulite on your thighs. No short cut, low-fat, sugar-free recipes between these hardback covers. But every recipe is guaranteed to be […]
Local women compete in Liberty Triathlon
They may look like mild-mannered North Shore gals, but Amber Wright, Laurie Senty and her daughters, Kelly Senty and Tess Senty, are Iron Women! Thewomen, all of Grand Marais, participated in the Liberty Triathlon at Lake Independence in the Twin Cities on June 12, 2010. The Sentys took part in the long course, which includes a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile […]
Weight Watchers walk-it
On June 2, 2010 fourteen Weight Watchers members participated in the second annual walk-it challenge. This challenge began the week of April 4, 2010. For six weeks, Weight Watchers offered members a step-by-step training guide to build their walking endurance to be able to walk a 5k, or 3.1 miles, by June 6. Denise Murray and Marsha Zafft marked the […]