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First it rained, then it snowed in Grand Marais Sunday, January 24, 2010, after a weekend of thawing temperatures. Full Story
Communication with outside world lost–almost
What would happen if Cook County were suddenly cut off from communication with the rest of the world? What if no one could make a long distance phone call, send or receive email, or even get his or her cell phone to work? About mid-morning Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the county found out. Full Story
Discouraging debt discussion continues for EDA
A meeting to discuss the fiscal troubles of the Cook County – Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) was held on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. No immediate solution to the EDA’s financial woes was found and another meeting was planned to bring EDA stakeholders together to decide the future of the organization. Full Story
Motoring on the moguls
Chuck and I went for our first snowmobile ride of the year on Friday, January 22. With the weather forecast predicting rain, we wanted to get at least one ride in before rain came and melted away what little snow we had. Fortunately that was not the case—the rain fell, but it was followed by snow. Full Story
Can true security be found?
Psychologist Abraham Maslow reminds us that there is a hierarchy of human needs. Our most basic needs are those of the body, such as food, water or shelter, and the need to feel safe and secure. 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
CC HS cross-country shines at Snowflake
On Friday, January 22, the Cook County High School ski team traveled to the Duluth East Invite which was held at the Snowflake Ski Center in Duluth. Ninth grader, Kieran Scannell set the tone for the day with an impressive 6th place finish in the skate race which had 79 varsity participants. Full Story
Vikings upset Cromwell at home Fall to Floodwood on the road
The Cook County boys’ basketball team split their two games last week with an upset win at home against Cromwell and a loss on the road to Floodwood. The Vikings were to play a third game last week versus Ely on Saturday, but due to poor weather conditions, the game wasn’t played. Cook County is now 4-6 on the season. Full Story
High school athletics are supposed to be competitive
I find it interesting that the world we live in is naturally competitive, yet more and more adults want to reward young people for just participating. Whatever happened to rewarding children and young adults for hard work and doing a job well? Our society’s youth are slowing falling victim to the material success of the generations that preceded them. Full Story
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