Jerry Hiniker’s duplicitous letter of a week ago shows an abject inability to discern between hatred and opinion. He puts loathsome words in the mouths of people who never used them while hinting at his own morally righteous tolerance of everything mortal. He basically calls Daryl Popkes, Tim Piepho, Greg Gecas, and Gordon Salisbury haters. As a case in point, […]
Cell phone use is over the top
In the U.S. we pride ourselves with the way we honor and treasure family life. To some it is the foundation of our people. The whole nation is seen as a big human family. We the People, We the Family! Here are two examples of how we live out our pride. One: In the detention camps we separate parents from […]
Early Christians didn’t make up rules to keep people out of church
Thank you, Tim Piepho, for not dating your reference to the Spiritual Reflections column in your letter to the editor of June 29. This absence caused me to search past issues of the News-Herald. In its June 15 issue I found Mary Ellen Ashcroft’s column sub-headed “Why do fewer and fewer people go to church?” in which she refers to […]
Garden Club works to beautify Grand Marais
At long last summer has arrived, and with it the members of the Grand Marais Garden Club are out planting and weeding! The Garden Club has responsibility for the Memorial Rose Garden near the library. Each year new roses are ordered to replace those that didn’t manage during the winter; usually three or four are added. A memorial book can […]
Two nonprofits receive grants from the IRRRB
The Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board recently awarded 19 cultural and tourism grants in northeastern Minnesota and two of those awards went to nonprofits located in Cook County. North House Folk School, Grand Marais, was given $10,000 to add a Fish House classroom and dockside improvements. The Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, was awarded $5,000 to launch a […]
Do you ask, If God would only reveal himself…
So far this month in this Apologetics series we have looked at the evidence for the reliability of the biblical texts. When we judge the historical documents (Biblical New Testament) by the standard set for all ancient documents, we find that they were early and thoughtfully copied. In this article we will discuss the testimony the documents give. Again, we […]
Margery “Marge” Cushman
Margery “Marge” Cushman, 97, formerly of Seagull Lake on the Gunflint Trail and Palm Desert, Calif., passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 27, 2019 in Bloomington, Minn. Marge was born on March 9, 1922 in Minneapolis to Dr. Rudolph and Huldah Delton. She graduated Washburn High School in Minneapolis and then attended the University of Minnesota where she met her […]
Gerald M. “Gary” Houglum
Gerald M. “Gary” Houglum, 78, Grand Marais, died Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at North Shore Health. Gary was born November 30, 1940 to Orvis and Hazel (Remme) Houglum in Faribault and grew up and attended school in Kenyon. He married Karen Geyer in 1959 and they moved to Grand Marais in 1979, where Gary worked as a carpenter for many […]
Historical Reflections
Steve Humphrey was the guest speaker at the April 1972 Garden Club meeting and spoke eloquently of the creation of artistic table arrangements. He is shown here with a driftwood arrangement which contains a variety of colored flowers. Steve had recently completed a course in flower arrangement at the American School of Florists in Chicago.