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Standing tall in a field of colorful lupines, this moose seems perfectly at home, posing while noted outdoor photographer Tom Spence snaps its picture. During the recent heat it’s far more common to find a moose cooling down in a pond, a great place to lounge while also avoiding the thick marauding flies that like to attack moose.
New initiatives and continued quality healthcare highlighted as Sawtooth Mountain Clinic moves forward
While preparing for challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, SMC continues to expand with an array of health care services. At its annual meeting on June 22, 2020, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic (SMC) updated the community on many new initiatives to continue to expand on its mission of providing high-quality, comprehensive health care to all users regardless of their financial ability to […]
PILT money coming to Cook County
On Monday, June 29, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced that more than 1,900 local governments around the country would receive $514.7 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2020. “This year’s distribution of $514.7 million to more than 1,900 counties will help small towns pay for critical needs like emergency response, public safety, […]
Fourth of July fireworks
The Grand Marais Lion’s Club is proud to once again sponsor the annual Fourth of July fireworks. But they have one particular request this year: “Please make sure to socially distance,” said Lion Bob Spry. The fireworks are set to light up the Grand Marais harbor around 10 p.m., Spry said. As you get ready to celebrate the final hours […]
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Road crews have been busy working early to late on the Highway 61 reconstruction project in Grand Marais. While Highway 61 will eventually be resurfaced, for now the construction workers are replacing old culverts with new culverts and installing new sidewalks and curb in some places.
Independence
July 4th, 2020 marks the 244th year since our forebears declared independence from England. As we are witnessing, the contest for America’s freedom continues …on a daily basis. It was John Adams, second president of these United States, known for his brilliant mind and passionate patriotism, who cautioned, “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. […]
COVID-19 Coronavirus is a hoax
It’s not a virus. It is an exosome, which everyone has in his or her bodies naturally. Exosomes cannot be transmitted to another person, so there is no need to wear a mask. You breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. A mask traps the carbon dioxide you exhaled into your next breath diminishing the oxygen you need to enhance […]
Are you tired of familiar words? Howling at the moon helps
I’ve recently been self-diagnosed with UDCS, Unprecedented Disproportional Capacity Syndrome. It’s a psychological disorder brought on by repetitious misuse of annoying words used in reference to any and all things that relate to a topical subject. There are few legal pharmacological cures, but avoiding all radio, television and social media platforms seems to quell the recurring onset of symptoms. Self-espoused […]
Frances or Francis, Do You Know the Difference?
As I read the June 27 obituary for Bonnie Francis Johnson, I noticed her middle name was misspelled. And others I’ve noticed as well. Many years ago, in the mid 1960s, we were living at the Sea Gull Guard Station (Russ grew up there) and I met many friends. Among them were Clayton and Frances Oliver on the Gull River. […]