Union questions city’s layoff of head lifeguard
In the days and months leading up to the closure of the Grand Marais Municipal Pool, Head Lifeguard Charles Christiansen thought that although he would be losing his job overseeing the swimming pool, he would be able to continue employment with the city of Grand Marais in another position. When the pool closed and he received his layoff notice on […]
Park board seeks comments on breakwall extension
Improvements in safety and finding ways to make a bigger and better access to the current public boat ramp and possible wetland restoration in the campground area were the main topics of discussion at the Grand Marais Park Board March 4, 2014 meeting. Joe Russell, Minnesota Department of Parks and Trails supervisor for the North Shore and Larry Killien, DNR […]
Candidates needed for township elections
Elections will be held for town clerk and a supervisor in each of the West End townships on Tuesday, March 11, with polls opening at 5 p.m. and closing at 8 p.m., in time for the township annual meetings. Although Tofte has two candidates vying for one office, Lutsen has no one on the ballot. Two candidates vie for Tofte […]
Legislation and sausages
I’ve always liked the quote attributed to German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck: “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” I like it even more after recently coming across an article in the New York Times in which the owner of a sausage factory is insulted at the comparison. The sausage maker notes that while pork […]
Concerned about mining company’s financial assurance
I’ve been trying to get smart about Financial Assurance (FA) because it plays a big part in the debate about sulfide mining in the Arrowhead. Basically, FA is a mining company’s pledge to the state that the company has sufficient financial resources to cover clean-up costs for as long as it takes to reclaim land and clean water affected by […]
Washington thought religion important
What a person writes–and often says in conversation–is best understood in context. Such is the case with George Washington’s correspondence with Irish politician, Sir Edward Newenham, as referred to by Mr. Hjorth’s February 28 letter and his declared effort to “inform” us as to what the Father of Our Country “thought about religion.” Newenham had expressed, in his writings to […]