All girls ages 5-18 are invited to come check out local Girl Scouting activities at a kick-off meeting Thursday, Sept. 23 from 3:15 to 5 p.m. atSawtooth Elementary playground. (If raining at the Free Church.) New girls, returning girls or any girls interested in seeing what we do are encouraged to come! Parents should arrive at 4:30 p.m. and plan […]
Harvest Dinner ready for Sept. 24
The Harvest Dinner at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Grand Marais will be held on Friday, Sept. 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. The menu will include Nancy Lindquist’s fishcakes, ham, parsley buttered potatoes, carrots, coleslaw, beet pickles, rye bread and apple dessert. This northern comfort food is from local gardens or homemade by parish women. Tickets are $12 for adults, […]
Business Network Luncheon will drive your sales
Amber and Jason Wick will present Driving your Sales through Networking at the Cook County Business Network Luncheon in Grand Marais on Wednesday, September 29. Particularly in today’s economy, networking is a simple and inexpensive way to build sales, contacts, and confidence. The Wicks built their entire business by cultivating strong networks. They will share how to set networking goals, […]
Gunflint Hills is a great golf course
What a delightful golf course we have in Grand Marais at Gunflint Hills! This spring, I began playing golf and joined the Gunflint Hills Municipal Golf Course. Mike Kunshier and his staff have been most helpful and they run a top-notch operation. Mike always has time to answer questions and give some quick golfing pointers to me. Believe me, I […]
Minong: The Good Place important historical record
I cannot begin to explain how valuable in history and truth the new local book Minong: TheGood Place is. Isle Royale was taken over by the State of Michigan and turned into a part of Keewenaw County. In 1840 it was illegally taken by the federal government, and when the Indian agent at Grand Portage was fired for screaming out […]
Superior National at Lutsen has superior financial impact
As a homeowner at TheHeritage development at Superior National at Lutsen golf facility, I believe maintaining Superior National as a top-notch golf facility can bring $15 to $20 million in additional development to TheHeritage and Cook County. Nine single family homes and three townhomes have been built or are under construction at The Heritage. These homes represent approximately $7 million […]
Political roadside signs should be allowed
After the Cook County News Herald published the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) election year warning that political signs are prohibited within the right-of-way of Minnesota highways, I wrote this letter about my concerns about this ban. A copy has been sent to the commissioner of Mn/DOT, Governor Tim Pawlenty, and County Highway Engineer David Betts. I live next to […]
Bill of Rights is not the Bill of License
Re: Geri Jensen letters. You replied to three letters in the Aug. 28 News-Herald but failed to reply to my letter. Could it be that you want to keep the focus on Christian beliefs rather than on my concerns? I still would like to know where you get your ethics or moral values? Science and reason have no morality in […]
Discussion of God is for undecided
This “discussion” began with Dave Eklof ’s letter (1/23/10) asking for “…a greater diversity of spiritual insights in Spiritual Reflections…” and suggesting that an atheist might also contribute. Thisreminded me of my first exposure to atheism at the university I attended. Almost all of my professors and the student body professed the humanism of science, logic, and enlightened reason, which […]
Lives Remembered
James W. Langendorf, 86, of Grand Marais and formerly of Minneapolis, MN, passed away on September 12, 2010 at the Cook County North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Evelyn, and is survived by his sisters-inlaw, Marilyn Langendorf, Georgia Langendorf, and Myrtle Marti, and numerous nieces and nephews. A luncheon in memory […]