It is the hottest night of the summer, and I’m watering my gardens. I begin with the potatoes and dwarf gray sugar peas. The soil is dry, and I feel the plants breathing a sigh of relief as the cool water lands softly on their leaves. Rustling in the nearby woods catches my attention. Too slight a noise to be […]
Prince George is topic of Naniboujou guest lecture
Karen Halbersleben is the guest speaker at Naniboujou Lodge on Sept. 4 for an Afternoon Tea fundraising event for Cook County Higher Education (CCHE). The presentation is Born to be King: His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. Halbersleben holds a Ph.D. in British history from the University of Buffalo. She was a professor of European history in the State […]
Ruffed Grouse Society banquet is Sept. 5
The North Shore Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) will host its 21st Annual Conservation and Sportsmen’s Banquet on Thursday, Sept. 5 at the American Legion Post 413 in Grand Marais. The affair begins with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. Individual membership and dinner tickets are $50. There is also a […]
Art Colony offers Tour d’ Art: The Home Collection
Amy Demmer, director of the Grand Marais Art Colony, is pleased to announce that the Art Colony will be presenting Tour d’Art: The Home Collection, an exclusive art and home tour fundraiser on Saturday, September 28. This is a rare opportunity to view some of the North Shore’s most impressive art collections and architecture and includes a look at a […]
Community Calendar
My Library Essay ContestHey Cook County kids! If you are 10 – 14 years old,sharpen your pencil or boot up your tablet and enter the“My Library Essay Contest” for August 2013! You couldwin $75.00! For contest rules and entry form, check outour website at www.grandmaraislibrary.org/forms.php orstop in at the library. Brought to you by the Grand MaraisPublic Library and a […]
Community invited to ISD 166 school orientation
Kids bored? Summer doldrums set in? Don’t worry, lots of fun is coming very soon with the start of school (just ask your kids). Parents and children are invited to School District166’s Back to School Orientation on Thursday, August 29. The event will be open from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Over the summer the school has undergone many transitions. School offices have […]
Volleyball team, coach look healthy
Cupcakes and smiles abounded at the end of the Viking girls’ volleyball practice on Tuesday, August 20. Head Coach Pam Taylor had just received her last bout of radiation earlier that day, and the kids were celebrating the end of her breast cancer treatment regimen with cupcakes and cheers for their beloved coach. Aside from burns on the right side […]
Cook County Community Fund supports lifelong learning
Sue Riley remembers her husband’s love for life and education fondly. “Dan was a lifelong learner,” she says. “He was always supportive of the young people we knew pursuing their dreams through education.” And now, thanks to Sue’s efforts to keep her husband’s legacy alive, a new scholarship is available in Cook County for high school seniors pursuing a Liberal […]
Local safety patrol officers head to Legionville
Two local students headed to Legionville, a training center for Minnesota school patrol and bus patrol officers, in Brainerd on July 21 – 26. Sam Sietsema and Noah Furcht, both of Grand Marais, will be crossing guards at School District 166 this year and they were pleased to have some training before assuming their posts on Tuesday, September 3. Sietsema […]
Out of School Adventures begins Sept. 9
Out of School Adventures is a free program that will run Mondays through Fridays from 3:35-5:15 p.m. for students in grades 1-8 starting Sept. 9. A one-time registration is required; the September calendar and registration information will be sent home with first- through fifthgrade students during the first week of school. A current calendar and registration information can also be […]