Cook County High School presents awards and scholarships for 2019
Monday, May 20 was a big day at the Cook County High School as academic/sports, and scholarship awards were given out. The following high school kids were honored at the ceremony for their accomplishments over their high school careers or in some cases, for participating in activities that qualified for state tournaments. . 2019 Knowledge Award: Lance Bartol*, Sylvia Berka*, […]
Bird and bat migration study yields surprises
It took almost one year to tabulate the results, but Merlin, the name given to an extensive mobile avian radar system that was placed in the lower half of Dave and Cathy Williams’ farm on May 8, 2018, has finally revealed the data gathered on bird and bat migration as the winged aviators flew across Lake Superior. The first three […]
Schroeder asks county to continue to tape commissioners’ meetings
After Cook County commissioner Ginny Storlie explained the process the county board was going through in choosing whether or not to continue to tape all of their meetings when there is a quorum of commissioners present, the Schroeder Town Board pushed back with a resolution calling for all of those meetings to be recorded for the public to view. The […]
Cook County commissioners hear from constituents
Eight people came before the county board on Tuesday, May 14, during the 30-minute public comment period with comments and questions on a wide array of subjects. Speakers received up to five minutes to address the board. While commissioners don’t respond during the comment period, they will address citizen concerns at times at the end of their meeting or when […]
Citizens listen to FLDS experts, ask for advice
Tonia Tewell traveled a long way from her home in Draper, Utah to tell folks to be loving and tolerant but watchful of the members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). Tewell and author/detective Sam Brower were both brought to Cook County by a group of concerned citizens to talk about their encounters and knowledge […]
Flanders Fields
A few months before my father passed away last spring, he asked that I bring him copies of two poems. Poems I can remember him referencing in my youth: Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar”–an extended metaphor comparing death to crossing the “sandbar” between the tide of life and death; and, “In Flanders Fields”–a war poem, written during the First […]
Show tolerance to people who might be different from you
I can remember when someone new moved into a community that there was neighborhood Welcome Wagon to greet them with goodies and friendship. It seems our community now has a different approach. We conjure up a town hall meeting and vilify them…bring in some “out-of-state” talk show junkies, put full-page ads in the paper and air a few radio spots […]
A breach in the public trust
As I See ItTwice in one week I heard people discussing the role of the county administrator, namely, why one was needed and hired. Apparently Cook County functioned without an administrator, but it was decided that the board needed help organizing itself, reducing the number of outside studies needed for improvements, and generally having a foreman to oversee ongoing projects. It was argued […]
Girl Scouts have a fun-filled field day trip
Girl Scouts from Cook County headed to Duluth and Superior for a day of adventure on Friday, May 10, a day celebrating all that the scouts had accomplished through the year. About 30 girls ranging from kindergarten to senior high boarded a tour bus in Grand Marais at 8 a.m. First they went bowling at the Incline Station in Duluth. […]