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Decorating Grand Marais for Christmas was a collaborative—and rather frantic—effort this year. Grand Marais Area Tourism Association Director Diane Brostrom helped gather interest in sprucing up downtown Grand Marais with new Christmas decorations. The city offered a $5,000 match, and Eric Humphrey of the Lake Superior Trading Post helped get another $7,000 from local businesses. Full Story
Council backs $700,000 library expansion plan
Grand Marais City Council has given its backing to a proposed library improvement project. Full Story
Tourism topics in Tofte
A rock cairn sign for Tofte and funding for the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum in the township were discussed—and supported—by the town board on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Full Story
Cyber Christmas secrets
I just finished packing for our family’s trip over Thanksgiving. We are very excited about the trip to see Chuck’s family in Indianapolis. We’ve made the trek to Indiana for Thanksgiving several times. It’s a perfect time of year to visit Indiana. We avoid our southern relatives in the hot and muggy spring and summer. Full Story
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? Family, health, food, friends, a job? Counting our blessings is good, but an attitude of thankfulness/ gratitude can propel us way deeper, providing us with a profound perspective to last long beyond Thanksgiving Day. Full Story
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA Meetings
Mondays:
Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meetings. Potluck at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:30).
Tuesdays:
Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Full Story
WEST END CALENDAR
Tofte Town Meeting
Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 4/18tfn
Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings
Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 3/22b-tfn Full Story
Four Vikings make All-Conference Team
The Great Polar Alliance Conference just released its allconference selections for the 2009 football season. Of the 32 member all-conference team, the Vikings had two first team selections in senior linebacker Kipp Sande and sophomore wideout Dylan Quaife. The Vikings also had two honorable mention selections in seniors Brock Hommerding and Jacob Rude. Full Story
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Hitting the ice! The Cook County Youth Hockey Association (CCYHA) held a Skate-A-Thon on Saturday, November 21. The energetic M1 and M2 level skaters raised pledges for each half hour they skated. The money raised will go to the hockey association to fund rink maintenance, tournament entry fees, and equipment costs. (L-R, front) Finn Furcht, Noah Furcht, Ella Sporn, Lucas Sheils. Full Story
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is that magical long weekend of the year where we spend time with friends and family to remember our blessings and give thanks for those in our lives. In our house that means a great combination of faith, family, food, and football! Full Story
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