By now, every Arrowhead Electric Cooperative member should have received his or her full-sized, full-color, 16-page 2010 AECI Annual Report. It is designed to convince you that the AECI board and administrative staff are fully engaged in the battle against rising electric costs. Over 4,000 copies plus postage…ouch! Throughout the pages, colorful charts and graphs abound. I found one such […]
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I have friends who are staunch supporters of building a crown jewel of a community center with the thought that “if we build it, they will come.” I have other friends who are vehemently opposed to spending a penny on something they deem frivolous in the midst of tough economic times. And I have other friends who just don’t know […]
Cook County Visitors Bureau takes part in Nature Principle symposium
Members of the Cook County Visitors Bureau (CCVB) were invited to join author-journalist Richard Louv at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in the Twin Cities last week as part of a symposium in conjunction with his U.S. book tour. Louv’s book is The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature- Deficit Disorder (May 2011). He writes about the importance […]
WOW— Wheels for Workers program continues
Last Saturday afternoon, Mariza Andouska of Macedonia, the first of several summer season international workers arriving to work on the North Shore, showed up at the First Congregational Church in Grand Marais to pick up a loaner bike for her summer use. The bike is available through a program called WOW (Workers on Wheels), which is sponsored by the church […]
West End celebrates significant events in style
One hundred years of history was celebrated at the Schroeder Town Hall, May 7. Over 200 people came to celebrate and honor MayBelle Skou on her 100th birthday. Guests came from as far away as Arizona, California, and Texas. It could have been called a family reunion, since over 100 people attending were relatives of MayBelle. The rest were her […]
Why Church?
I can think of many reasons why NOT church: 1. The church has been hypocritical— talking the talk,but not walking the walk.2. The church has been cruelly manipulative—threatening people with eternaldamnation if they don’tplay by certain rules.3. The church has underlined power structuresthat favor privileged whitemales.4. The church has treatedpeople as second classcitizens—blacks, nativeAmericans, women, gaysand lesbians.5. People in churches […]
Lives Remembered
Barbara Gail Kline of Sartell, formerly of Braham, Grand Marais, and Yuma, AZ, passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. She was 79 years old. Barbara was born on November 28, 1931 in Waverly Township, Martin County, MN to Fredrick and Esther (Ehlert) Harder. She attended Lutheran Parochial School in Fairmont until […]
Historical Reflections
In the June 4, 2011 Historical Reflections photo, we misspelled the name of one of the baseball players. The man in the front row, far left is Elmer Gilbertson. The News-Herald apologizes for the error. 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 […]
Professional analysis of Superior National under way
The golf course consultants hired by the county board to evaluate Superior National at Lutsen golf course and make recommendations for its success were excited to begin their work when they met with commissioners Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Project Representative John Wait, president of Sirius Golf Advisors of Waxahachie, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida, and subcontractor Jeff Brauer, president of GolfScapes […]