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Community Calendar




Events at Drury Lane Books

Saturday, June 11, 5 p.m.: Writer’s Salon with author Linda Legarde Grover reading from her book, The Road Back to Sweetgrass. Also on Saturday, June 11, 11 a.m., Muffin Man Story Hour with stories for young children.

Cook County ATV Club – Kick Off Ride

Join us for the Summer Kick Off Ride and Party! ATVers meet at the old airfield in Grand Marais (by the former Landing restaurant) at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 11. Or join us at Trail Center starting at noon to check out our party tent. Renew your membership, enter drawings, and try to break the “unbreakable” piñata. Lunch on your own at Trail Center, Hungry Jack, Windigo, or Dancing Bear Café. Come celebrate summer with us!

Local Food Market

Every Thursday starting June 9 from 4 – 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot at the Cook County Community Center in Grand Marais. Anyone welcome to sell locally grown (Cook County ) food/plants/baked goods/jams & jellies/maple syrup. All products must be produced in our county. Cash only—rain or shine. Contact Kristin at 218-387-2330 or Diane at 218-387- 3015 for more information.

Cook County Ruby’s Pantry

Ruby’s Pantry is a food distribution program held 5 – 6:30 p.m., every second Tuesday: June 14, July 12, August, September 13, October 11. Parking at Sawtooth Elementary. $20 (cash only) per share. Buy more shares as you want. No financial qualifications. Bring a laundry basket and cooler to bring home frozen items. Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church. Volunteers always needed. $20 gift certificates have been donated to help those short on cash – just ask cashier. Donations always welcome!

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.

The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and Cook County Department of Public Health & Human Services will be offering Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar screenings on June 7, Chicago Bay Marketplace in Hovland, 8-9 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: 6:30 p.m., open meeting & discussion
at Lutsen Lodging conference room in the
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 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.



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