Creation Care and Fossil Fuels (Part 2)
Last week I wrote that Christians are mandated to care for God’s creation and that the over-use of fossil fuels results in harm both to his creation and to people – especially the poor and marginalized. This week I would like to share two other caveats on the use of God’s gifts of coal, oil and natural gas: Our use […]
Donald J. McNeally
Donald J. McNeally, was taken by the Lord on Feb 18, 2020, two days after a happy celebration with his family for his 90th birthday. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Vivian Jeanne (Collins); sister, Lois Dow. He will be deeply missed by his children, Kathleen (Richard) Kotoski, Stephen, Sharon (Steven) Farnham, Marilyn (James) Burlingame, […]
Ruby A. Anderson
Ruby A. Anderson, 91, of Grand Marais, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at North Shore Living Care Center. She was born December 7, 1928, to Adolph and Mabel Salthammer in Hastings, North Dakota, where she grew up and attended schools. She moved to Grand Marais with her husband and family in 1957. Ruby worked several jobs during her lifetime and […]
Grants available for Cook County nonprofits
Fund seeks to finance projects benefitting the county and its residents Nonprofits serving Cook County and its residents are eligible for grants through the Cook County Community Fund. Interested organizations should submit an inquiry by March 18 at dsacommunityfoundation.com, the website of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, where the fund is an affiliate. Nonprofits whose inquiries are approved can […]
2020 Presidential Nomination Primary
On March 3, 2020, Minnesotans will vote to nominate major political party presidential candidates in a primary election. This is the fifth time in state history – and the first time since 1992 – that Minnesota has held a presidential primary election; in previous years this was done through the caucus system. The Minnesota legislature made this historic decision regarding […]
Historical Reflections
FATS BEST FUEL FOR ENERGIZING HUMAN MACHINE is the headline for an article from Washington D.C. The man in the picture is Mege Mouries, the French chemist who discovered margarine in 1871.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOFEBRUARY 21, 2000 Although two of the bigger spenders in the county government, Social Services and Road & Bridge, have not yet presented their 1999 figures, the county commissioners heard last week that at least the county’s $4.5 million Revenue Fund was neither lacking nor overflowing. Even with some nasty surprises such as the July 4 blowdown and […]
Call for Letters of Intent to use Highway 61 elm wood
In the fall of 2019, elm trees were removed from the Highway 61 corridor in Grand Marais in preparation for upcoming road and infrastructure construction through the city. Several of the tree trunks have been stored for public and private projects, at no charge for the use of the wood. The Creative Economy Collaborative (CEC) is an Advisory Council to […]
Lake Superior water level falling, but still very high
Valentine’s Day, February 14, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, determined that Lake St. Clair and the Great Lakes were above their long term monthly averages and were also above their average water levels observed last year on Valentine’s Day. The Army Corps of Engineers predict that Lake Superior will decline by one inch by March 14. That […]