Care Partners presents Beyond Kübler- Ross: New Perspectives on Death, Dying, and Grief — a program of the Hospice Foundation of America on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Corcoran Classroom, lower level of the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic. The program explores the current perspectives on death, dying and grief, emphasizing areas where understandings of dying, death […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:00 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 Meeting Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 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. Schroeder Town Meetings Held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Meetings are […]
Winter Stargazing at Sugarloaf Cove
A winter stars tour will be presented at Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center at 7 p.m. on Jan. 14. Hot beverages and a campfire will be provided, so put on your outdoor winter clothes for a fascinating look at what’s up there in the winter sky. Winter constellations and their lore, star gazing basics, currently visible planets, and unique celestial features […]
WindCradle hosts snowshoe retreat
Nurture your soul by snowshoeing, sitting by the fire, watching Lake Superior, warming in the sauna, being in the quiet, as well as sharing meals and conversation during a women’s snowshoe retreat Jan. 23-26 at WindCradle Retreat. According to Mary Ellen Ashcroft, who will facilitate the retreat, this is a great way to explore the snowy outer landscape of the […]
Cook County Nordic takes on Spirit Mountain
The first race for the Cook County Nordic ski team was a new experience for beginner and veteran skiers alike. Due to the lack of snow, the only possible way to hold a cross country ski meet would be to hold it at the downhill portion of Spirit Mountain. The Cook County Nordic team faced their first race on man-made […]
Students bring holiday cheer with concerts
The music department at School District 166 brightened the holidays for the community with three performances under the direction of K-12 teacher and band director Kerri Bilben. The festivities began on Friday, December 16 with Betsy Jorgenson’s first graders and KB O’Neill’s second graders. They entertained a delighted crowd at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts with a concert titled […]
Dupre making progress on Denali
Did he or didn’t he see Santa Claus? Grand Marais resident Lonnie Dupre is trying once again to become the first person to solo climb Mount Denali in the dead of winter, the windiest, coldest, darkest period of the year. Along the way he hopes to chronicle the effects of global warming and experiment with the latest in high tech […]
Viking boys 4-1 at Christmas break
With no games or tournaments over Christmas the Vikings boys’ basketball team is busy practicing on their vacation. For the season the team is 4-1, with the one loss to 3A school Esko. While Silver Bay’s hot shooting guard Luke Thun leads the conference in scoring with a 28-point game average, the Vikings have three kids in the top 20. […]
B-Dub lake trout opener
The choices for buying an Ontario fishing license just became one fewer. Chippewa Inn, on Saganaga Lake, will not be selling licenses this winter since they would be required to have either telephone or Internet capability. Ontario has enacted an automated system, much like Minnesota’s, which will make it hard for many resorts and businesses that are “off the grid” […]