Community Calendar

Smokey Bear’s Birthday!
Help celebrate Smokey Bear’s 70th birthday with
cake, crafts, and a watercolor exhibit! Join us
between 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
August 9 at the Gunflint Ranger District Office
located at 2020 W. Highway 61, Grand Marais.

Upcoming events at North House
Unplugged XIII with Mountain Stage Radio, Sept.
11-14; Family Weekend, Oct. 16-19. Upcoming
Courses: 6 two-hour Unplugged mini courses
Sept. 12 and 13 (see the website for info); Working
Mornings with Chris Smither: Guitar & Songwriting
Workshop – Sept. 11; Exploring the Sonics of the
Electric Guitar with Michael Lipton – Sept. 13;
Fretboard Clarity: A Logical Approach to Harmony
and Melody for Guitar with Ryan Kennedy – Sept. 13.
Visit www.NorthHouse.org for more information.

Events at Drury Lane Books
Saturday, August 9: 11 a.m.- The Muffin Man, stories
for young children; 5 p.m., Full Moon Reading with
Rachael Hanel reading and discussing We’ll Be the
Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger’s
Daughter.

Care Partners’ Caregivers Group
August 13, (every 2nd Wednesday), from 11 a.m. –
12:30 p.m., Fireside Room, Congregational Church.
Volunteers Vicki Biggs and Tyler Howell are the
facilitators. Contact Care Partners at 387-3788,
carepartners@boreal.org or Vicki Biggs at 387-1913,
vbiggs@boreal.org for more information.

ISD 166 School Board Meeting
The School Board will meet on August 7, 2014,
5:00 p.m., Jane Mianowski Conference Center,
101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN.

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. 218-387-3411 or
at www.northshorecampus.org.

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, August 5 at YMCA 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.

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 to 11 a.m. First come, first served. The cost is
$10. Bring your own soap, towel, and bucket to soak
your feet.

Weekly Drop-In Support Groups
Wednesdays 10 a.m.: Living with depression and
anxiety. Suggested donation $2. Sherri Moe, MS,
Psychotherapist. Sliding fee available. Arrowhead
Plaza, 101 W. Hwy 61, Suite 170, Grand Marais—
private entrance, rear side of building.

Cook County AA Meetings
Mondays: NA meeting, 6 p.m., Community Building
in Grand Portage. Open Meeting, 7 p.m., Grand Marais
Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts
and coffee at 6:30 p.m. and speaker at 7 p.m.)
Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting,
6 p.m., First Congregational Church in Grand Marais.
Wednesdays: 6-7 p.m. at First Congregational
Church Fire Side Room; 7 p.m. at Windigo Lodge,
Villa 2; 7 p.m., open meeting & discussion.
Moondance Coffee building, Lutsen.
Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, First
Congregational Church in Grand Marais; Big Book
Study Group, 7 p.m., Senior Center in Grand Marais;
7:30 p.m. in room 232, Grand Portage Lodge in
Grand Portage.
Fridays: Big Book Study Group, open meeting, 7 a.m.,
First Congregational Church, Grand Marais; As Bill
Sees It discussion group, Open Meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
First Congregational Church in Grand Marais.
Saturdays: Open Meeting, 7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran
Church in Hovland.
Sundays: Lutsen Big Book Study Group, 6:30 p.m.,
Lutsen Town Hall.

Cook County Al-Anon Meetings
Mondays: 7 p.m., First Congregational Church in
Grand Marais. Wednesday: 7 p.m., Lutsen Town Hall.

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

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

Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings
Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at
the Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail.

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