Forty-six years after the Kennedy/ Johnson administration began “to fight the war on poverty,” Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA), a private nonprofit based in Virginia, Minnesota, continues to fulfill its mission “to strengthen communities by providing opportunities for people experiencing social and economic challenges.” Executive Director Harlan Tardy appeared before the Cook County Board of Commissioners on November 22 to […]
Undoing racism: Colorblindness is not helpful
In early October, a group of about 30 people spent 2½ days at Grand Portage Lodge and Casino talking about how racism in America has impacted our entire society. Its lasting effects can still be seen in institutional practices and continue to filter down into individual lives. The workshop, presented by The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond of New […]
PUC doing good job collecting bills
The Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) tries hard to collect the money its customers owe for electric, water, and sewer service. And it does a good job getting most of it. On December 6, public utilities commissioners voted to write off $4,306.80 in bad debts incurred between August 2007 and May 2010. Fourteen of the 37 write-offs were final […]
County board picks lower levy over larger fund balance
The December 13 county board meeting began with a flurry of questions and comments from citizens unhappy with their 2012 property taxes. Lloyd Speck had a number of comments, starting with remonstration over an increase in the airport levy from $79,000 to $95,300. “When a budget goes up 20.63% in one year, that stands out like a red flag for […]
Letters to Santa
My mother-in-law just sent me two Decorah Journal newspaper clippings. One was published in 1970, the other 10 years later in 1980. The first letter was written by a sweet 4-year-old boy, thinking not just of himself but of his three younger brothers as well….It reads: Dear Santa, My name is Michael and I am four years old. I would […]
Local Eastern Star Chapter donates locally, State Order triples it!
The local Eastern Star Chapter has been very active this holiday season, making donations to area Care Centers and the Salvation Army. Recently, Don Ingram, a member of Emera Chapter No. 160 in Two Harbors, and also a resident of the Cook County North Shore Care Center, delivered a check from the chapter to Care Center Activities Director Kay Rosenthal. […]
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 7 PM and speaker at 7:30 PM.) Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: At Trinity Lutheran in Hovland at 6:00 p.m. Step meeting. Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, […]
WEST END CALENDAR
Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the TofteTown Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/12tfnLutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theLutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 4 17tfnSchroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, […]
‘Tis the season to give
Christmas is a time of Grinches and givers. Which are you? Here’s one simple way to give. If you are a member of the North Shore Credit Union you have an opportunity to help Birch Grove Community School. Because North Shore Federal has created a Patronage Reward Giving Program it allows its members to donate any balance currently held in […]