McCormick and Dahl win tribal council seats
A special election was held on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 to fill two seats on the Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council (RTC). When the polls at the Old Log School closed at 8:00 p.m., April (Clearwater-Day) McCormick and Arvid Dahl were declared the winners of the tribal council seats. In the race for tribal council secretary-treasurer, McCormick received 170 votes, […]
County counters shaky property boundaries with survey
Determining the exact boundary lines of Cook County properties is an ongoing challenge. On Tuesday, February 8, 2011 surveyor Wayne Hensche reported to the county board that he had finished delineating the corners of the Judge Magney survey plat—to the centimeter. Some people lost acreage they thought they had, others gained it. Hensche figured one cabin would probably need to […]
Snowarama raises $29,000 for Easter Seals Kids
Grand Portage Lodge and Casino Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids was held on Saturday, February 5, 2011. There were 95 participants who raised $29,000 for area children with physical disabilities, like dedicated Easter Seal ambassadors Zachary Pylychuk and Erica Valiharju. Snowarama participants showed their great community spirit by dropping off their pledge forms at Grand Portage Lodge and Casino and […]
Founded on the First Amendment
I really enjoyed our time as a military family living within 25 miles of Washington D.C. We lived in Woodbridge, Virginia from 1993 to 1995 and we spent a lot of time exploring. It is an area rich in history from colonial settlements at Jamestown and Williamsburg to Civil War battlefields and of course, the marvelous museums and monuments of […]
Economic freedom in Canada
Garry Gamble’s letter to the editor last week was very interesting. I also would ask: How can Canada, a country that switched to the metric system, has a government run health system, and where their citizens pay high taxes, have more economic freedom than the U.S.? Carl FritschLutsen
Cemetery land not appropriate for tower
I am objecting to the placement of a tower and building in the Tofte Cemetery. My grandfather and his brother, Andrew Tofte and John Toftey, donated the land for this cemetery. It was to be used as such; many of my relatives are buried there and memories are tied to that place. The tower will be a large presence there, […]
ORB Management of 1% projects
The 1% projects are important to Cook County, and there are some questions about ORB Management’s role that I haven’t seen answered. I noted in the January 29 News-Herald that ORB Management stated their biggest value “would be to bring the board accurate information that would enable commissioners to make the best possible decisions.” For a fee of approximately $325,000, […]
Support North Country Trail through Cook County
I’m writing to gather support in getting U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack to introduce legislation that reroutes the North Country Trail, a 4,600- mile trail that runs from North Dakota to New York, to the Arrowhead. I’m a long distance hiker. I through-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia in 1996—it was a lifechanging experience, and when I tell the […]