First Fridays in Grand Marais
July 3rd, 4-8 p.m. Grand Marais retailers and art galleries invite you to help them celebrate summer and being the “Coolest Small Town in the USA.” Come for refreshments, drawings, special events.
Events at Drury Lane Books
Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m.: The Muffin Man reading stories for young children. Saturday, July 11, 11 a.m.: The Muffin Man reading stories for young children. Saturday, July 11, 5 p.m.: Writer’s Salon with author Mary Relindes Ellis reading from The Bohemian Flat.
Northland Wonders Flower Show
Northland Wonders is the theme for the flower show to be held July 17 at the community center in Grand Marais. The Grand Marais garden club will host the show on Friday from noon-5:00 p.m. Come for the silver tea and view the floral arrangements. Admission is free.
Upcoming Events & Courses at North House Folk School
Unplugged tickets on sale July 1 at 8 a.m.; Timber Frame Gathering, July 10-12. Upcoming Courses – Norse Ring Handle Door Hardware, July 8-10; Timber Frame: Build Your Own, Smaller Frames (Tiny Home, Sauna or Outbuilding), July 14-22; Kids Only: Slojd in the Wood Shop, July 25-26; Bows and Arrows: Crafting a Traditional Longbow and Arrow Making, July 27-29. Visit www.NorthHouse.org for more information.
Nominations for 2 Special Awards needed
Cook County 2015 Citizen Of The Year Award and Cook County 2015 Senior Citizen Of The Year Award. Your nomination for these TWO separate special awards should be an individual (or couple) who has made Cook County a better place to live. Please provide the following: nominee name (or couple), date of birth, marital status, number of children, number of years lived in the county, work history (retirement status-applicable), church affiliation, offices held and when, member of organizations, public offices held, current community involvement, statement of support by nominator, what is very special about this person or couple. Please add other items you believe to be important. DEADLINE: NOON WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015. Please respond by email to harry3mnaz@msn.com. Questions please call Rosemary Lamson at 218-370-8334.
Cook County Ruby’s Pantry
Will be open 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the high school. Next distributions will be 2nd Tuesdays — July 14, August 11 and September 8. Park in elementary lot or church parking lot. Cost is $20 (Cash only) per share and you may buy more than one share. Program is not income based so anyone can participate. Bring laundry baskets, coolers or boxes to carry food home. Contact Larry or Barb Spaulding for questions lbspaulding@boreal.org. Sponsored by Spirit Of The Wilderness and start up donation made by North Shore Credit Union and Coldwell Banker.
Schroeder Community Clean Up Day
Thurs., July 9, 9 a.m. – noon. Lunch provided for volunteers. Meet at the highway divider walls on the west side of the Cross River. Bring digging tools and wear gloves and long sleeves. For more information, call Gale at 663-0053.
Cook County ATV Club Tom Lake Ride & Shoot
Meet at Portage Brook gravel pit at 11 a.m., July 11. Bring a picnic lunch for on the trail. Return to the pit or join us for target practice at 4 p.m. Different areas will be set up for rifles, shotguns, pistols. Bring your firearms, lunch, beverages, chairs and enjoy the day!
I.S.D. 166 Operating Levy Task Force Meeting
There will be an operating levy task force meeting on Wed., July 8, 2015 at 6:00 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. Mon. – Thurs., 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. 218-387-3411or at www.northshorecampus.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.
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 July 7 at Cook County Community 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.
Weekly Drop-In Support Groups
Wednesdays 10 a.m.: WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP. 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: 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.).
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.
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.
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