It’s official! My April 20, 2013 calendar says we’re celebrating AGGW Day today. (That’s short for Al Gore Global Warming Day). We woke up to a balmy 4 degrees above zero and I can see four-foot snowdrifts through our snow-caked Jack Frost-painted windows this early a.m. I thought I’d take advantage of this balmy global warmed up day by maybe […]
Father winter won’t let go—
April brings record amounts of snowLast year at this time both Superior National at Lutsen and Gunflint Hills golf courses were open and golfers were out in their T-shirts and shorts sending golf balls towards greens that were, well, …green. Not so this year. Snow covers most of the Northland after what appears to be a record amount of snowfall and ice still 2-3 feet […]
In News of Disasters
Are you like me? Checking again and again to see how things are in Boston, in Texas, in Chicago with its flooding, in China after an earthquake. Different kinds of turmoil and sadness, loss of life, fear—all real. Meanwhile, in Cook County, we face thick April snowstorms, with Januarytype announcements: “When traveling, have a survival kit ready-at-hand.” Our snow will […]
Empty Bowls celebrates 20 years
Duluth’s Empty Bowls event turned 20 this year when the event occurred April 16 at the Depot in Duluth. Throughout its history there have been bowl shortages, soup shortages, a famous Gov. Jesse Ventura bowl, two major blizzards and the winning of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation’s Touchstone Award. However, event organizers say the most memorable part of the […]
Howard Orvis Houglum,
Anchor Point, Alaska resident Howard Orvis Houglum, 64, died Monday, April 15, 2013 at his home with his family by his side. Howard was born May 18, 1948 in Faribault, Minnesota. He graduated from Cook County High School in Grand Marais. He worked for Hedstrom Lumber from 1967 to 1982. After moving on he began working for the Minnesota Department […]
Roger Samuel Michaelson,
Roger Samuel Michaelson, 81, died April 8, 2013 in Gilbert, Arizona. He was born May 13, 1931 in Eau Galle, Wisconsin. Roger was a U.S. Army veteran and longtime resident of Tofte. In recognition of all he had done for the township, Roger was named Tofte Citizen of the Year in 2011. Roger was preceded in death by his loving […]
Bette Ann Hyde McDonnell
Bette Ann Hyde McDonnell passed from this world into God’s eternal garden on April 17, 2013. She passed peacefully and free from pain while in hospice care following a massive stroke. Born in Lamoni, Iowa on September 8, 1924, Bette was the fourth of five children born to Nola Park Hyde and Charles Leverett Hyde. A college internship in retail […]