Those little numbers on the bathroom scale can affect the way we feel about our bodies, ourselves, and our lives. Why do they seem so powerful? What would happen if we shifted the way we approached food, eating, exercise…everything? “Why Weight” is a 12-week program that will move you beyond impossible diets and grueling exercise. It’s a combination of: .... READ MORE >
The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. are participating with the Cook County Salvation Army Service Unit to provide warm winter clothing to anyone who needs it this Christmas. Hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, jackets, coats, and winter boots, in new or very good condition, may be dropped off at either the Sawtooth Clinic or the Arrowhead Electric Co-op... READ MORE >
Sign-up has begun for HORT 1003 Master Gardener Core Course / Horticulture for the Home Garden. This is a series of University of Minnesota classes beginning in January 2011 on horticultural and environmental topics such as soils, plant pathology, entomology, herbaceous ornamentals, fruits and vegetables, trees and others. Course content is researchbased, taught by university experts and geared toward use... READ MORE >
All Cook County Middle School students are invited to a free youth leadership workshop focusing on interacting with people different than yourself. The workshop will be held at 4 p.m. Dec. 17 at the community center in Grand Marais. There will be free pizza and a formal dance from 7 to 9:30 p.m. (Dance is $2 for those who attend... READ MORE >
WTIP North Shore Community Radio is pleased to provide live broadcasts of several Cook County Vikings basketball games this season. WTIP volunteers Norman Moe and Dick Dorr will provide play-byplay coverage of seven doubleheader Cook County Vikings’ boys’ and girls’ basketball games, spread throughout the basketball season. “It’s important to WTIP to provide this service,” says WTIP’s Executive Director Deb... READ MORE >
The residents at North Shore Care Center are getting into the spirit of the season with holiday crafts, decorating, and more baking. Ethel Johnson will make homemade lefse on December 8 and Friday Bake Days will be busier than usual as residents prepare for the annual Christmas Eve party with families, Santa, and Mrs. Claus. Spirits will be lifted with... READ MORE >
Both feeder watchers and walking/ driving birders are needed for the 2010 Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Thecount will be held Saturday, Dec. 18 for the Grand Marais count, which consists of a 7.5-mile radius circle from a point three miles south of the middle of Devil Track Lake. The count circle covers Highway 61 to Lindskog Road and north,... READ MORE >
You can receive great discounts all year round with local businesses who support youth programs by offering anyone purchasing a $15 KIDS PLUS saver card a discount at their store. It’s a great gift for a parent, spouse or grandparent. Due to the generosity of these businesses, it more than pays for itself during the year. You may purchase cards... READ MORE >
Caleb White, youth worker at the Evangelical Free Church and Jamie Ryan, youth worker for Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais, took 20 high school students to the Twin Cities in August. One of their mission projects was to work at the packing site of Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). These youths came back to Grand Marais excited and began... READ MORE >
People planning to ride on any state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail in Minnesota this winter are required to purchase Minnesota Snowmobile State Trail stickers for their snowmobiles. State legislators passed the new sticker law during the 2005 legislative session. Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Mary Manning reminds North Shore riders that the requirement for a trail sticker includes the... READ MORE >
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