Cookies, conversation and more
Greetings from the West End of Cook County and the Birch Grove Community Center! As we move into more fall-like weather the children are back in school, the foliage on the trees and bushes has begun to turn color, and thoughts seem to turn to schedules and a different pace of life. Some of the summer residents and visitors are […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoSept. 23, 2005 A U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn of 3,800- plus acres of blowdown on Saucer Lake and at Gunflint Palisades was delayed this week because of 1.5 inches of rain that fell on Sunday and Monday at the top of the Gunflint Trail. The Forest Service is still planning to burn some brush and slash piles […]
Hospital and Care Center looks at name change
It didn’t come down to a motion, but following a presentation by Lisa Bodine, president of Giant Voices, a Duluth marketing and advertising firm selected by the board to help the hospital and care center make some changes during the $24.5 million rehabilitation of the facilities, board members were all but in agreement to changing the name of the Cook […]
Be your “own” normal
September in Cook County means the beginning of the school year. Children are heading back to class and social groups. Many times children as young as kindergarten want to wear the normal clothes, eat the normal lunches, behave and do normal things so that other children accept them. Sometimes kids come home from school heartbroken that someone made fun of […]
Help Me Grow!
Minnesota Help Me Grow is an initiative to provide developmental services for children birth through age 6 free of charge. Brain research has advanced our understanding of how children’s brains develop. Today, we know that the brain rapidly develops between conception and age 3 and continues to change quickly through the age of 8. These early years of brain development […]
Birch Grove School— new year, new director
Birch Grove Community School (BGCS) Director Diane Blanchette reports that the 2015-2016 school year is off to a spectacular start. “This is by far the best start to a school year that I can recall,” said Blanchette. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the staff – they are of the highest quality. Their commitment, experience, knowledge, skills, and caring personalities […]
Vikings win 50-0 over MIB
The Cook County High School Vikings took the long ride to Mountain Iron- Buhl (MIB) and came away with a 50-0 shut out of the Rangers. Mesabi lost starting quarterback Jaylon Holmes to a high ankle sprain on the first series and it was all Cook County from that point in the Hall of Fame game. Holmes was originally the […]
Celebrating 50
This Labor Day weekend we celebrated Mike’s parents being married 50 years by renting a house in Lutsen. I have always thought that it was ironic that his Mom and Dad traveled all the way from Decorah, Iowa in 1965 to honeymoon in my hometown, Grand Marais. They don’t remember the name of the hotel they stayed in but as […]
