A fundraiser for the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department will be held Saturday, Aug. 18 at Fire Hall 1, 28 miles up the Trail, from 1 to 4 p.m. A flea market, boutique and serving of cake, coffee and lemonade will start at 1 p.m. The live auction will start at 1:30 p.m. with the winning raffle ticket for the […]
The Kitchen Witches will stir up laughter
The final show of the summer season moved onto the Arrowhead Center for the Arts stage Monday. The Kitchen Witches by Caroline Smith opens August 23. The play is a hilarious comedy that won the Samuel French Canadian Play contest in 2005. Isobel Lomax (played by Grace Bushard) and Dolly Biddle (played by Marcia Hyatt) are two “mature” cable-access cooking […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA MeetingsMondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais SeniorCenter (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at6:30 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, First CongregationalChurch in Grand Marais; Big Book Study […]
Thunderbirds and Dodgers win baseball championships
The end of July means playoff baseball for both Parent Pitch and Little League players. Both of the playoff games were very exciting despite some weather challenges. The first night of Parent Pitch baseball was hampered by a thunderstorm that rolled through town an hour before game time. That storm left one game rescheduled and the other game delayed. The […]
100-plus tennis players hit the courts for Fisherman’s Picnic tennis tournament
A total of 101 tennis players, making up 161 entries in various events, participated in the 36th annual Fisherman’s Picnic Tennis Tournament, Aug. 1-5 at the public tennis courts in Grand Marais. Tennis players came from as far away as Florida and Texas to participate in this tournament. The weather wasn’t ideal at times, but the players were able to […]
Soggy shoes for Fisherman’s Picnic trail run
The Fisherman’s Picnic Trail Run on Saturday, August 4 took place on a hot muggy day. The trails were soaked from a heavy rainstorm the night before, so runners ran with soggy shoes. Despite that, spirits were high and all the runners appeared to have a great time. The Fisherman’s Picnic Trail Run is sponsored by the North Shore Ski […]
Logrolling tradition continues at Fisherman’s Picnic Lumber Camp
Perfect weather and more athletes than ever before increased production for the lumberjacks and lumberjills at this year’s Fisherman’s Picnic as herds of spectators made their way through the Lumber Camp presented by Wood-Mizer and Central Boiler. Sprinkles of the cool Lake Superior water were welcome as fans watched eight-time World Champion log roller Jenny Atkinson perform her fancy footwork […]
Berg-Collman places fourth in her professional log rolling debut
Jessica Berg-Collman’s first professional log rolling match didn’t go as well as she had hoped. Before she could blink she was in the drink and lost three straight falls to Leah Stanton. But in front of friends and family at the Fisherman’s Picnic Lumberjack Camp, the 16-year-old Grand Marais native shook off her opening round loss to Stanton to take […]
Night on the town
Rachelle and I took the family to the Twin Cities this weekend for some much needed rest and relaxation. I know that Fisherman’s Picnic is a lot of fun, but we needed a change of scenery. Our aunt and uncle were up at the cabin on Saganaga so we stayed at their house in St. Paul. My sister was gracious […]