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. […]
A time of Thanksgiving
I was going to write another political themed column this week, but then I thought again. Maybe I should think about thanksgiving and all I have to be thankful for instead. I decided to take a moment to truly be thankful that the election is over. I mentioned last week that I was glad that the bitter campaign battles were […]
The parable of the great Thanksgiving feast
Prepare a thanksgiving feast, for my son, who once was dead, is alive again. Although we like to think we know what we’re doing at every age and stage of our lives, we spend a good deal of time experimenting. Who we are is determined as much by trial and error as making enlightened or faithful choices. The biblical story […]
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 · Nov. 20, 2000 • Ten new flags flewhigh above the bay beneath Mount Rose at Grand Portage Reservation after a flag-raising ceremony that was attended by dozens of Grand Portage residents and friends. All came to dedicate the ground behind the old log school as the future site of the Veterans Memorial. “Thisis a proud day […]
Minnesota nice –
do we really sugar coat everything?I recently attended a Woman’s Wellness Weekend at the Audubon Retreat Center in Sandstone, MN. My cousin, my mother and my aunt from Las Vegas were there too. It was great! Relaxing and eating fresh organic cuisine for three days and two nights. I also tried for the first time yoga and Nordic walking. Both are wonderful sports. At each […]
Whirligigs
“A lie comes back sooner or later” is an African proverb that explains just one of the many reasons to be honest. What Do You Stand For? A guide to building character for kids by Barbara A. Lewis is a book that places honesty as one of several important characteristics for us all. Honesty can be learned, worked on and […]
Veterans Day crowd solemn and grateful
“I would like to thank all the men and women who have served or are serving in our military.” That was one of the opening remarks made by Cook County High School junior Ashley Ross on Veterans Day, November 11, 2010, at a band concert honoring the veterans of Cook County. It meant a lot coming from Ross, whose father, […]