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WTIP invites students to information event
Staff Reports | November 26, 2011
WTIP Community Radio is inviting all students in 9th through 12th grades who might be interested in taking part in its Youth Radio Project to come to the station on Saturday, December 3 at 6 p.m. for pizza and information about the opportunities available. Everyone who attends the event will learn more about all the opportunities available, behind the scenes... READ MORE >

Vegetable variety meeting is Dec. 8
Staff Reports | November 26, 2011
How does your garden grow? What vegetable varieties have worked best for you on the North Shore? Attend a meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8 at the Cook County Community Center to review the recommended vegetable variety list. If you have some great varieties you have grown over the past several years and think other gardeners would be... READ MORE >

6th annual Santa’s Workshop set for Dec. 3
Staff Reports | November 26, 2011
The Girl Scouts of Cook County, Northern Light Service Unit, are once again sponsoring Santa’s Workshop. The event will be held Dec. 3 at the First Congregational Church in Grand Marais from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. This is a place for kids to shop for family gifts, and keep those gifts secret. Girl Scout elves take the shoppers around... READ MORE >

Hunters: Don’t throw away unused either-sex deer permit
Staff Reports | November 26, 2011
Hunters who did not tag a deer or use the either-sex permit during the firearms season may still have a chance to put some venison in the freezer, according to Lou Cornicelli, wildlife research manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “A change this year allows an unused eithersex permit from the firearms season to remain valid for... READ MORE >

DNR warns parents of ice danger to children
Staff Reports | November 26, 2011
In light of a near tragedy in Anoka County this weekend, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding parents to caution their children to stay off ponds, streams and other water bodies that now have a thin coating of ice. Sunday afternoon, Nov. 21, an 8-year-old Oak Grove boy fell through a thin coating of ice on a... READ MORE >

Take in Higher Ed open house to relax and restore
Staff Reports | November 19, 2011
Cook County Higher Education is hosting an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 3. Higher Ed Director Paula Sundet Wolf explains that the date was selected because there are so many other exciting things to do in the community that day. The local fiber guild has a show and sale at the Grand Marais Art Colony from 9... READ MORE >

WTIP looking for Youth Radio Project participants
Staff Reports | November 19, 2011
WTIP North Shore Community Radio invites all students in 9th through 12th grades to take part in its Youth Radio Project. Interested in media? Technology? Music? Entertainment? This is the place for you! Students work behind the scenes or on-air with writing, producing audio features and commentaries, engineering programs, hosting music and news programs, doing interviews, creating videos, and managing... READ MORE >

Interested in youth hockey?
Staff Reports | November 19, 2011
Cook County Youth Recreational Hockey is gearing up for another season. If you have a child between ages of 8 -15 and want to learn more about participating in this year’s youth recreational hockey program, you are invited to a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m. If you can’t make the meeting or would like more information, contact... READ MORE >

Creativity grants awarded
Staff Reports | November 19, 2011
The Frank DiMaio Fund for Creativity and Experimentation was developed by Lyle Gerard in honor of a fallen fellow soldier from World War II and contributed to by Joan Drury. This fund is to allow Cook County teachers the opportunity to write a small grant between $100 and $1,000 to support a new or creative idea for use in the... READ MORE >

Imaginative inventors at Sawtooth Elementar y
Staff Reports | November 19, 2011
The fifth graders in Julie Viren’s and Jana Larson’s classes at Sawtooth Mountain Elementary have been discovering their powers of imagination and are taking part in the processes of engineering and invention. Students have been problem solving, developing curiosity and patience, enhancing math and science skills, and developing public speaking skills. All part of a student inventor’s project. Several students... READ MORE >
