The Lake Superior Medical Society is seeking nominations for its “2010 Physician of the Year Award.” Thehonor is given to a member physician of the Lake Superior Medical Society who “consistently demonstrates qualities that patients and physicians recognize as defining excellence in medical care delivery.” Interested parties are encouraged to write a letter nominating a physician who practices in southern […]
Women can learn outdoor sports at the DNR’s fall workshop
Learning by doing is the focus of a weekend long Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ workshop in September that provides women the opportunity to discover the enjoyment of the outdoors in a fun atmosphere. Women can experience fly-fishing, backing a trailer, shooting sports of archery or firearms, biking the beautiful Root River Trail or canoe down the river. The DNR […]
Mike Olson presents Noopiming at ACA
An Ojibwe word, meaning “in the north, inland, in the woods,” Noopiming is the title of Minneapolis composer Mike Olson’s fragment-based choral composition. The North Shore Music Association d e is honored to host this performance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Having visited the BWCA since his youth, Olson’s love of the […]
Still time to get in on Fishing Museum raffle
There’s still time to get a raffle ticket from the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum. Only $2 buys you a chance at a morning of commercial fishing with one of our North Shore fishermen (herring or trout); a half-day trip for up to four with Tofte Charters; two rounds of Golf at Superior National with a cart; two nights of […]
Gifted learners topic of Sept. 14 guest lecture
Cook County Higher Education’s next Guest Lecture series is Discovering the Gifted and Learning Disabled Learner on Tuesday, Sept. 14 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thomas Furman will present the topic and lead the discussion, which will center on discovering and understanding gifted and learning disabled learners. Furman states, “I actually feel that the special education teachers are doing a […]
Litter and trash shouldn’t be signs of summer
Although summer brings warm weather and the chance to enjoy outdoor activities, it also unfortunately brings an increase in illegal dumping and littering. Recent law enforcement reports include illegal dumping of brush in the Seagull Lake area and dumping of household garbage at the Iron Lake campground dumpsters. A gravel pit on County Road 6 in Grand Marais has been […]
Bear hunters: Don’t shoot radio-collared bears
Hunters participating in this fall’s bear hunt, which opened Sept. 1, should avoid shooting radio-collared or ear-tagged animals, said the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Taking a bear with a radio collar is legal, however, unless the bear is accompanied by a researcher who has identified the bear to the hunter as a research animal. DNR researchers are monitoring […]
Finally had enough! Whoa Nellie! Back the wagon up!
If Cook County is already short of funds for the hospital, school and court system, how would it ever be able to care for a new community center and pool, golf course, business park, etc.? It is time to re-boot (engage) the financial pre-frontal cortex in Cook County government. Cook County government should only be for roads, law enforcement, school […]
Memories and recipes a reminder of simpler times
Just a note of thanks for running Sandy (Anderson) Holthaus’ Taste of Home column. As former classmates at Cook County High School, it is always fun to reminisce about growing up in Cook County. We didn’t have cells phones or internet and we only had about three TV channels. We played outside, built forts, and if your friends were “West […]