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Cook County Community Center Arena Rummage Sale

Saturday, Sept. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon. Reserve your space that includes 2 tables for $15. Call Diane at 218-387-3015.

Events at Drury Lane Books

Saturday, August 29, 5 p.m.: Full Moon Reading featuring Kate Fitzgerald outside on the lakeshore. Saturday, September 5, 5 p.m.: Writer’s Salon with Lake Superior Poets: Jim Pearlman (editor), Deborah Cooper (editor), Mara Hart (editor), Pamela Mittlefehldt (editor) reading from their newest anthology Amethyst and Agate : Poems of Lake Superior.

Cook County Ruby’s Pantry

Sept. 8 – Cook County Ruby’s Pantry 4:30-6:30 p.m. Every second Tuesday of the month. (Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec. 8). Elementary school parking. $20 cash only per share – as many shares as you want, no financial qualifications. Bring a laundry basket and a cooler to bring home frozen items. Two lines for less waiting. Volunteers needed and can get shares too. Contact lbspaulding@boreal.org to volunteer or with questions. Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church, North Shore Credit Union and Coldwell Banker.

I.S.D. 166 School Board Work Session

The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will hold a work session on Thursday, September 3, 2015 from 2:00 – 7:00 pm to discuss strategic planning and administrative structure, Jane Mianowski Conference Center, 101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN.

I.S.D. 166 Regular School Board Meeting

The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a regular meeting Thursday, September 3, 2015, 7:00 p.m., Jane Mianowski Conference Center, 101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN. 8/29b

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 September 1 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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