The county board continues to discuss its hiring of ORB Management to oversee the 1 percent sales-and-use-tax-funded projects currently underway throughout the county. On Tuesday, March 8, 2011, Commissioner Fritz Sobanja said the Grand Marais Library Board is afraid private donors will not want to help fund the library addition if they think the county is wasting money on a […]
Hindsight 20/20
I once had a friend who was in desperate need of a job. She had been laid off and she was running out of money fast. They were hiring for one position where I worked so I encouraged her to apply. We both thought it would be fun to work together. She got a first interview and then a second […]
Quilters stitch little dresses for children in Africa
What’s the neighborhood coming to? Brandishing pins, needles, scissors, and good ideas, a bunch of sew and sews met in Crystal Nelson’s log home in Grand Marais on Wednesday, March 2 with one thought in mind: How many dresses can we sew, anyway? So far 40-45 dresses have been completed. “But we’ve just begun,” said Nancy Carlson. “We’ll sew until […]
Macbeth—steampunk style!
Theatergoers have a wonderful opportunity coming up April 28 when Shakespeare’s Macbeth opens at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. High school students and community members have been in rehearsal since mid-January for this huge undertaking. When choosing the annual school/ community play, Director Sue Hennessy puts the question to her seniors, many of whom she has directed since sixth […]
Twenty teams signed up for Chili Cook-Off
The community is gearing up for the second annual Cook County Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, March 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center. At press time, there were 20 different teams! If you would like to take part in the chili contest to try to take the traveling trophy away from last year’s winners— […]
Teen gaming event at GM library
In celebration of Teen Tech Week the Grand Marais Public Library is hosting a teen gaming event from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19. A prize drawing for a Nook e-reader will be held at 3 p.m. All students in grades 5 – 12 are eligible to attend the gaming event and register for the prize; entry forms are […]
Impact of silent sports is topic of March 15 program
Some 500 Boy Scouts from the Order of the Arrow, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, will bring their trail building expertise to projects in Cook County for a week this June, to begin the construction of several miles of inviting single track mountain bike trails on the slopes of Pincushion Mountain and in the Sugar Bush Trail system. […]
Community Calendar
Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 7pm and speaker at 7:30 pm.) 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
Cook County Al-Anon MeetingsMondays: 7:30 PM, First Congregational Churchin Grand MaraisWednesday: 7:00 PM, Lutsen Town Hall. Sawtooth Mountain Clinic Foot Care ClinicThe Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and the Cook CountyDepartment of Public Health & Human Services offer theirFoot Care Clinic at the Grand Marais Senior Center on the thirdTuesday of each month, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. First come,first served. The […]
Inuit sculptor David Ruben Piqtoukun to visit
Sivertson Gallery opens its 11th Annual Inuit Premiere in Grand Marais on Saturday, March 19 with world-renowned Inuit artist, David Ruben Piqtoukun. Gallery owner Jan Sivertson said, “David has first-hand experience with the dramatic social, cultural, and environmental changes that have taken place in the Arctic in the last half century.” The opening weekend events at Sivertson Gallery are free […]