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. […]
Haunted houses and voting booths
I’ve always found it interesting that Election Day and Halloween are so close together on the calendar. A lot of scariness bundled up in a time span of a few weeks. At least Halloween doesn’t insult our intelligence. As adults we know that there is just an average, ordinary, person under the costumes and behind the masks. It’s a rite-of-passage […]
A Jolting Question… Are you prepared for death?
This can be a rather jolting question, and one that is sometimes avoided. But as George Bernard Shaw once observed, the statistics about death are very impressive— one out of one dies. It would seem that the question is worth considering! A short column is not enough space to thoroughly treat this question, but perhaps a few comments can jumpstart […]
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 · Oc t. 30, 2000 • Northshore Mining Company issued the details of a preliminary cleanup plan for process waste rock that escaped Oct. 22 through a hole in a 24-inch pipe carrying the material to an enclosed basin located about four miles from the plant’s production facilities. The pipe ruptured possibly as early as midday on […]
What ever happened to telling the truth?
My dad, who will be 90 next month, taught me the importance of always telling the truth. Yes, I said that right, “Always telling the truth!” .ere was no room for little white lies, half-truths, damage control (excuses for selfpreservation), subjective thinking, rationalization, the end justifies the means or any other dishonest response. Not telling the truth is just that, […]
Halloween-Tucker Style
In September 1969, Dick and I began our year in the wilderness on the edge of the BWCWA in the Superior National Forest. Our small cabin had neither road access nor amenities. This is a reprint of one of many stories about our lives during that special year. Halloween on Tucker Lake was very quiet, but one good thing resulted. […]
