After enjoying a wonderful dinner catered by the Pie Place, an audience of around 100 people filed into the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on March 23 to watch and participate in a discussion of health sandwiched between two lively rounds of hilarious improv comedy. Members of The Theater of Public Policy started off the evening pulling out all the […]
North Shore “Hunger Heroes” campaign has first successful month
North Shore Federal Credit Union’s (NSFCU) “Hunger Heroes” campaign completed its first month with great success. NSFCU members donated over $8,000 in March, and was matched by a $5,000 credit union grant bringing the total to over $13,000 donated to the Food Shelf programs in Two Harbors, Silver Bay and Grand Marais. “Words cannot express how awesome our members are,” […]
Fear has no power
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks boarded a bus, paid her fare and sat down behind the seats reserved for white people only. When the front of the bus filled up, the driver got up and moved the “colored” sign several rows further back, leaving her and three others sitting in what were now seats reserved for […]
Ruth Naomi (nee Telander) Johnson Ryder
On Tuesday, February 23, 2016, our dear mother and grandmother, Ruth Naomi (nee Telander) Johnson Ryder passed away at home, at the Commons on Marice in Eagan, Minnesota at the age of 98. Ruth was born on October 12, 1917 in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was class valedictorian and the last living member of St. Paul’s Johnson Senior High School […]
Wayne Schlienz
Wayne Schlienz, 90, of Grand Marais died April 3, 2016 at the North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais with his grandson Curt Everson by his side. Wayne was born September 10, 1925 to Fay and Joshephen (Moss) Schlienz in Onaway, Michigan. He grew up in Kalkaska, Michigan. He joined the Army and served in Germany. He married Pearl R. Drowley […]
“Explore the Shore” with the Senior Center
On St. Patrick’s Day the Senior Center celebrated by gathering at the Cascade Lodge for a wonderful dinner, live music and a lot of laughter. Coming up at the Senior Center we have a Scam Presentation with Sheriff Pat Eliasen scheduled for April 13. The public is encouraged to join us as Sheriff Eliasen shares information on the most popular […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO APRIL 7, 2006 After voting to hire a consultant to develop a downtown visioning plan March 29, Grand Marais city councilors said it might not be a bad idea to enact a building moratorium in the affected area until the revised regulations become law. The sentiment is an apparent reversal of philosophy for councilors, who voted 3-2 […]