Driving to work this morning, I passed by the Poplar Grove Cemetery on the west side of Grand Marais. It looked different. Instead of a smattering of decorations; instead of a basket of faded roses or a bunch of daffodils on just a few gravestones, there was a reassuring orderliness about the hallowed place. Waving in the wind, marking many […]
Seeking a better way
The little boy was looking at a large plaque in the church narthex. There was name after name of men and women with dates behind each name. As the minister walked by the little boy asked, “Who are all these people?” “Why son,” said the minister, “these are men and women who died in service.” The boy looked again with […]
Paul David Anderson,
Paul David Anderson, Grand Marais, died on May 14 at the Veteran’s Home in Silver Bay where his 13-year journey with dementia ended with grace and serenity. Born on October 16, 1925 to Florence and Herman “Andy” Anderson, Paul enjoyed an idyllic boyhood near the woods and shores of Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior. In his future, the U.S. Navy, college, […]
Jean A. Cook
Jean A. Cook died May 12, 2013, at her home in Cherokee, Iowa. She was 92. Jean Elliott Ekstam Ary was born September 13, 1920, at her mother’s family home in Marathon, Iowa, the daughter of Lester C. Ary and Eva (Ekstam) Ary. She graduated from Cherokee Wilson High School in 1938 and was Cherokee’s first Homecoming queen. Jean then […]
S. Eric Thomas,
S. Eric Thomas, 56, passed away at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 2013, after a battle with cancer. Eric was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to W. Lee Thomas and Jean McGrath Thomas on December 29, 1956. The family moved to Grand Marais, on the North Shore of Lake Superior in 1958, after Lee was hired to […]
Visitors Bureau seeking new executive director
Periodically the Cook County Visitors Bureau sends out “email blasts”— updates for the people on the organization’s email list—sharing news of events in Cook County. On May 16, the Cook County Visitors Bureau sent out such a notice in honor of its third anniversary. Included in the message from CCVB Executive Director Sally Nankivell was the announcement that she is […]
Kara Pavelich painting donated to Lutsen Township
Residents of Lutsen Township will long remember Kara Pavelich for her warmth, friendliness and talent as an artist. Just 44, Kara died September 6, 2012, in a fall at her home on Deer Yard Lake last year, gone too soon, leaving behind her husband, Mark, parents, a sister and a stunned community. While Kara’s gone, a piece of her art […]