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Community Calendar




Cook County AA Meetings
Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais Senior
Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at
6:30 PM and speaker at 7:00 PM.)
Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM,
First Congregational Church in Grand Marais.
Wednesdays: 7:00 p.m. at Windigo Lodge, Villa 2.
Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, First Congregational
Church in Grand Marais; Big Book Study Group, 7:00 PM,
Senior Center in Grand Marais; 7:30 PM in room 232,
Grand Portage Lodge in Grand Portage.
Fridays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 7:00
AM, Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais;
As Bill Sees It discussion group, Open Meeting, 7:30 P.M.,
First Congregational Church in Grand Marais.
Saturdays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Trinity Lutheran Church
in Hovland.
Sundays: Lutsen Big Book Study Group, 6:30 PM,
Lutsen Town Hall.
Cook County Al-Anon Meetings
Mondays: 7:00 PM, First Congregational Church
in Grand Marais.
Wednesday: 7:00 PM, Lutsen Town Hall. (144) 1/24tfn
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic Foot Care Clinic
The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and Cook County
Department of Public Health & Human Services offer their
Foot Care Clinic at the Grand Marais Senior Center on the
third Tuesday of each month, from 9:00-11:00 a.m. First
come, first served. The cost is $10. Bring your own soap,
towel, and bucket to soak your feet. (60) 6/26tfn
Cook County Higher Education
Career training and college courses at the North Shore
Campus, 300 W. 3rd St. in Grand Marais. Monday – Thursday,
9 a.m.–5 p.m. 387-3411 or at www.northshorecampus.org. (32)
12/31tfn
Blood Pressure and Glucose Screening
The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and Cook County Department
of Public Health & Human Services will be offering Blood
Pressure and Blood Sugar screenings on Tuesday, December
4 at the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op from 9:15-10:15
a.m. and at the Senior Center from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Blood
pressures are free and blood sugars cost $3. For more
information please visit the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic’s web
site www.sawtoothmountainclinic.org. (70) 11/10 12/4 b
I.S.D. 166 Regular School Board Meeting
The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a regular board
meeting Thursday, November 15, 2012, 5:00 p.m., JMCC
Conference Room, 101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN.
The board members will be in attendance at 4:45 p.m. for
discussion with community members. (44) 11/10b
I.S.D. 166 School Board Special Session
The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a special
session regarding the Arrowhead Center for the Arts User
Agreement and Manager Position, Community Education
Budget, School Administrative Structure and the I.S.D. 166
Superintendent’s Contract. Additionally, the board will
recess into closed session to discuss negotiations strategy
regarding upcoming negotiations with Local Teamster
Union 346. The meeting will be Friday, November 16, 2012,
9:00 a.m., Cook County Community Center, 317 West 5th
Street, Grand Marais, MN. (77) 11/10b
Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
Sundays: Nov. 18, 23 and Dec. 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Magnetic North Farm. Enjoy cookies, cider and the farm
critters. Donations support Care Partners, a program for
caregivers and their loved ones. Volunteers on hand to help
with the trees. 122 Caspers Hill Road (take East 14 and turn
right on Caspers Hill). (62) 11/10 11/17b
Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner
All are invited to the Annual Community Thanksgiving
Dinner At First Congregational Church, 1:00 p.m. on
Thanksgiving Day. The church is located at the corner of
3rd Avenue West and 2nd Street. There is no charge for this
traditional meal. Call the church at 387-2113 for information
about home-delivered and take-out meals and rides to the
dinner. (61) 11/10 11/17
A World on Thin Ice—
from Greenland to the North Pole to Denali
Experience the adventure of polar travel and how
climate change is affecting the globe firsthand with a
dynamic multi-media presentation from explorer Lonnie
Dupre. Lonnie will talk about his expeditions around
Greenland, to the North Pole across 600 miles of shifting sea
ice and a solo winter climb of Denali aka Mount McKinley,
North America’s highest peak. Join Lonnie as he shares life
on the trail with special emphasis placed on global warming,
setting and achieving goals, teamwork and overcoming
obstacles. Join Dupre at: Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply
in Grand Marais on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m.; UMD
Planetarium in Duluth on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.; North
House Folk School in Grand Marais on Friday, Nov. 16 at 2
p.m.; Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis on Saturday,
Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. (95) 11/10b
Tofte Town Meeting
Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the
Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/12tfn
Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings
Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the
Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 4/17tfn
Schroeder Town Meetings
Held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, 124 Cramer Road,
Schroeder.



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