Community Calendar

Ellie the Elephant at Grand Marais Library
Friday, April 12, 3:30 p.m. An adaptation of the fable
of the elephant and the blind men by Sarah Ruth
Diener. All are welcome.

Grand Marais Area Garden Club
The Garden Club will be holding its first meeting
of the year on Monday, April 8, at 10:00 a.m.
at the Senior Center. Diane Booth will make a
presentation, followed by the main speaker, Mike
Lynch, the invasive species coordinator for Cook
County. Visitors and new members are always
welcome.

Upcoming Courses & Events
at North House Folk School
Northern Sustainability Symposium, May 2-5,
featuring author Dmitry Orlov. Northern Landscapes
Festival, May 30-June 2, featuring photographer
Paul Sundberg. Courses: Blacksmithing: The Basics &
Beyond, May 17-19. Cooking with the Seasons: Spring
Breakfast & Brunch, May 18-19. Foraging for Spring
Wild Edibles, May 10-11. Contact North House at
218-387-9762 or visit www.northhouse.org.

Cook County Higher Education
Career training and college courses at the North
Shore Campus, 300 W. 3rd St., Grand Marais.
Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 387-3411 or at
www.northshorecampus.org.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers
An educational series to provide you with the tools
you need to take care of yourself. Six Thursday
sessions, 5 – 7:30 p.m., beginning April 11, lower
level classroom of the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic.
A donation of $25 for The Caregiver Helpbook,
suggested, but not required. For more information
or registration, call (218) 387-3788 or mail to:
carepartners@boreal.org. Class size limited and
pre-registration by April 8 is required.

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.

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, May 7, 2013 at the Grand
Marais Pool 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.

Weekly Drop-In Support Groups
Mondays: Living with Depression and Anxiety
Wednesdays: Women in Transitions.
Sherri Moe, MS, Psychotherapist. Individual,
Marriage and Family Therapist. Evenings at 7
p.m. Minimal fee $5/week, sliding fee available.
Arrowhead Plaza, 101 W. Hwy 61, Suite 170, Grand
Marais—private entrance, rear side of building.

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, Harbor House Grille 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.

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Cook County Co-Dependents
Anonymous Meeting
Mondays: 5:30 p.m. First Congregational Church in
Grand Marais.

Overeaters Anonymous
Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Moondance Coffee Shop
Conference Room in Lutsen.

Tofte Town Meeting
Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at
the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road.

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.

Schroeder Town Meetings
Held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
at Schroeder Town Hall, 124 Cramer Rd., Schroeder.