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Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner

All are invited to the Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the 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.

Holiday Hours at Oddz & Endz

Oddz & Endz will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. Enjoy your family and friends. See you Monday and Thursday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Remember to shop locally.

Cook County Ruby’s Pantry

Cook County Ruby’s Pantry is a surplus food distribution program. New time 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Every second Tuesday of the month (Dec. 8). Elementary school parking. $20 cash only per share – buy more 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, start up costs contributed by North Shore Credit Union. A big thank you to Coldwell Banker for your help too!

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 December 1, 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.

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. 121 1st Ave. West (Maruska Professional Building), Grand Marais.

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.).

Tuesday: AA Big Book Meeting at 6 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

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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