The Cook County Board of Commissioners is soliciting applications for county residents to serve on the newly created Cook County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Board. The five-member HRA Board will be responsible for recruiting and overseeing the work of the HRA executive director. Together, the director and board will develop a housing strategy for the county and identify and […]
GPS Collars inform Isle Royale Wolf Restoration and monitoring efforts
Initial results are in from collaborative efforts to restore the wolf population and predator-prey dynamics on Isle Royale National Park. Over a two-week period in late April and early May, personnel from the National Park Service (NPS), State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, U.S. Department of […]
Grace under pressure
A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But [Jesus] was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! […]
Gerald Wilson Elbers
Gerald Wilson Elbers died August 13, 2021, in Houston, Texas, at the age of 96 years. He was born in White Plains, New York, and served in the U.S. Army during WWII, in a radar unit which supported combat efforts in France and Germany. After the war, Jerry attended Middlebury College on the GI Bill, and then went on to […]
Historical Reflections
FIFTH GRADE SKIT ABOUT COCAINE DEALER Justice prevailed over a cocaine dealer in the skit Sawtooth Mountain fifth graders presented at the recent Odyssey of the Mind competition in Superior, Wisconsin. Performers (L-R): Mark Brandt, Jeff Heiskari, Odin Jorgenson, Jeremy Thompson, Haley Everett, Dehlia Seim, and Karen Nilsen.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOSEPTEMBER 3, 2001 Last week Doug Conboy coached the Silver Bay varsity football team as they met the Cook County Vikings. Tomorrow, Conboy reports to work at Cook County schools as dean of students for the middle and high school. The North Shore native will soon be certified as a principal. Conboy was hired to replace Mark Sandbo, […]
Drought Impacts on Gravel Road Maintenance
There’s no doubt that the hot, dry weather is the talk of Cook County this summer. While its effects on the forest and the risk of wildfire are front of mind, what may be less obvious is the negative effect it also has on our gravel roads. Grading becomes impractical, and requests for calcium chloride come in regularly as our […]
Care Partners Ice Cream Social
The sweet scoop on the 2021 Care Givers Ice Cream Social is that it was a sweet success! Christy John reports that, “Together we enjoyed sunshine, an invigorating(!) breeze, lovely, live jazz, terrific conversation and – of course – delicious frozen custard. $3,000 was raised to help older adults on the journey of aging in Cook County. A big shout […]
