Discourse was courteous at the March 15 Lake Superior Binational Forum on the impacts of nonferrous mining in the Lake Super basin, but the topic was controversial. Unlike a previous forum to which representatives from well over a dozen mining companies had been invited but not able to attend, both proponents and opponents of mining spoke, and the auditorium at […]
Spring fever at the Care Center
Spring fever has arrived at the North Shore Care Center with the warmer April weather and longer days of sunlight. The residents are looking forward to spring-like activities with indoor and outdoor planting by Earth Day and making crafts for the upcoming Spring Fling Sale. There will be outings in the community for shopping downtown and to the Grand Marais […]
Lots of activity for West End seniors
The West End seniors are looking forward to a presentation by Alta McQuatters on April 10 at our regular lunch time at Birch Grove Center. Alta will be telling us about her family history, going back to the 1800s here on the West End. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. for a donation of $5. If you are not a […]
Lots happening at the ENP
The Elders held their St Patrick’s Day bingo and stew cook-off on March 21, the first full day of spring. Thirteen stews were entered and after all was tasted and judged, Rick Johnson was the winner. Rick was lucky that night, also winning the 50/50 raffle. He split the pot with the Elders and received $118.50. The other winners of […]
Spring fever hits the Senior Center
The staff and volunteers at the Senior Center have Spring Fever! We have been busy cleaning, redecorating and rearranging. Stop in for a visit and check out the changes. If you see Nona Smith out in her front yard shoveling snow—when it hasn’t snowed—she hasn’t lost her mind. She has been busy shoveling snow on to her flowerbeds to protect […]
Believing is seeing
“Seeing is believing,” the old adage says, and that may work for science and skeptics, but in the faithbased life, the opposite is true. Believing is seeing. She was an elderly Haitian lady whose eyes had succumbed to age and the rigors of living in poverty in the poorest nation in the world. She came to the medical clinic led […]
Megan Marie Bauer Stejskal
Megan Marie Bauer Stejskal, age 33, of Lutsen, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Megan was born in Grand Rapids, MN on May 3, 1979 to John Bauer and Janeen “Bobbie” Kleffman. She grew up in Grand Rapids and graduated from Grand Rapids High School. While in high school Megan was a cheerleader, enjoyed competitive […]
Vivian Jeanne McNeally
Vivian Jeanne McNeally, age 80 – taken by the angels March 24, 2013, after a courageous 13-year battle with breast cancer. Vivian leaves behind a loving husband of 60 years, Donald; eight children, Kathleen Kotoski (Richard), Stephen McNeally, Sharon Farnham (Steven), Marilyn Burlingame (James), Thomas McNeally (Heidi), Colleen McNiff (Kevin), Kevin McNeally (Nina), Lawrence McNeally; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two […]
Cook County High School Band receives honors
On Tuesday, March 19, the Cook County High School Band traveled to the University of Minnesota-Duluth to participate in the Section 7A State-Section Band Festival, performing a beautiful piece of music that is considered one of the cornerstones of concert music, Gustav Holst’s First Suite in Eb. First Suite, as this piece is known by many in the music world, […]
Quilting for a cause
Close to 30 people ages 1 to 80-something gathered at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais on March 8 to stitch quilts together for people in need on the other side of the world. For the last 28 years, Burmese ethnic groups forced out of their homeland have been living in refugee camps across the border in Thailand. According to […]