Hard work pays off, and for two sisters who have spent hours and hours practicing log rolling, their dedication and perseverance has earned them bronze medals at the indoor log rolling national championships held in Hudson, Wisconsin on Saturday, November 10. Paige and Taylor were the only rollers to attend nationals for the Northshore Rollers, but they represented their team […]
Scannell wins Interschols Loomis cross-country title
Kieran Scannell’s last season of high school cross country running was almost perfect. The Grand Marais native recently won the prestigious Interschols Loomis 5K in 15:24 to lead his team to first place in the 15-team field that serves as the schoolboy prep title in New England. Before leaving to attend school in Exeter, New Hampshire, Scannell ran against his […]
Issues in Education
All Together NowWe meet friends at the coffee shop. We talk on our cell phones while commuting. We visit with our co-workers over a sandwich. We even chat with strangers online. It seems human beings are programmed to communicate with one another, sharing ideas, insights, concerns, and consolation as naturally as we eat and breathe. Doubt that? Go anywhere and see if […]
Looking for cross country skiers to share the sport with kids
Do you love to cross country ski? Cook County’s youth ski league invites you to share your love of cross country skiing and being active in the winter with Cook County youth. The Youth Ski League will be starting soon and is looking for adults to help lead groups and teach kids to cross country ski. Now is also the […]
Local student Mara MacDonell inspired by 41-day Arctic canoe voyage
Whitewater, wind, grizzly bears, wolverines, dive-bombing seagulls, ice, mosquitoes, black flies. Whitewater, midnight sun, northern lights, caribou, camaraderie, ancient Inuit artifacts, lakes as smooth as glass. The challenges were large, but the rewards were greater for Cook County High School senior Mara MacDonell, who spent 41 days last summer paddling in the Arctic with four other teenagers and a 24-year-old […]
Raining deer
I finally shot a deer. Last Friday I took a day off of work to hunt and was rewarded with a nice doe. She weighed in around 175 pounds and is processed and frozen. I am a fisherman at heart, as you already know, but I really enjoyed hunting deer on the Gunflint Trail. Fishing is often described as hours […]
