A Women’s March: WWJD?
This Saturday, Jan. 20, a group of Cook County folk—women and men– will take part in a Women’s March, along with people all over the country. Last year’s Women’s March brought out millions. I hope the world will never be the same. The unprecedented bigotry, misogyny, and cruelty we’ve seen for the last couple years have provoked this groundswell of […]
Roy Carlson
Roy Carlson passed away in Shoreline, Washington on December 18, 2017. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 3, 1927 into a family of three children. He was a long-time summer resident at the family cabin at Mayhew Lake on the Gunflint Trail. He was a member of the Mid-Trail Property Owners group and the Gunflint Trail Historical Society. […]
Charles John LaVine: Soldier, Student, Spy, Entrepreneur, Civic Servant, Scholar, 1925 – 2018
Charles John LaVine passed away in Richmond, Va. Jan. 8, 2018. John, as he was known by his family and friends, was born on 12 June 1925 to Knute LaVine and the former Alice Grandstrand. He grew up in Stillwater, Minn., attending its public schools, graduating in 1943. He lived life to the fullest, was curious by nature, and not […]
Tom ‘Camper Tom’ Miller
Tom “Camper Tom” Miller, 56, passed away on Jan. 6, 2018, after fighting a determined battle to restore his health through several cerebral hemorrhages spanning over two years. He was most grateful to all who helped him in his struggle. He is survived by his loving family including daughter Elsa (Shaun Donnelly), son Adam Miller (Katie), and grandchildren Lilliah, Alden, […]
Viola (Crone) Nelson
Viola (Crone) Nelson, 103, of Duluth and formerly of Grand Marais and Wenona, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. Viola was born Aug. 7, 1914, the first of two children, to Bernard and Florence (Flesburg) Crone in Wenona. She graduated from Wenona High School and Illinois State University in Normal with a bachelor’s degree […]
Laurie J. Toth
Laurie J. Toth, 63, died Dec. 29, 2017 in her home in Minneapolis. She was an accomplished artist and teacher and will be greatly missed. Laurie received a BFA in painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where she studied with Birney Quick. In the late ’70s she attended the Grand Marais Art Colony where she fell in […]
Grand Portage seniors read with children
The ENP staff wish everyone a Happy New Year! Hope 2018 is off to a good start. We continue to stay busy with our weekly activities of cribbage, Water Aerobics, Wisdom Steps and our “Reading with Kids” program. The reading program is a volunteer activity where elders twice a week listen to the students from Oshki Ogimaag practice their reading. […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOJAN. 18, 2008 The EDA granted a pair of local contractors a 90-day agreement for sole rights to plan structures for three residential lots at the Cedar Grove Business Park at its Jan. 8 meeting. The agreement gives Chris Norman of Boreal Craft and Stephen Holz of Advanced Housing Concepts 90 days to prepare a plan for a […]