November 2023

BEYOND REASON

Olympic hopeful The Olympic Games are, in theory, a nice and good thing. What’s better than the many nations of the world coming together under the banner of the five Olympic Rings (one for each continent) for a little friendly competition? Yes, we come from different places and have different cultures but we’re all just people who want to run fast and jump high.

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Cider Braised Pot Roast

3-pound Black Angus Choice Chuck Roast kosher salt and pepper 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons Specially Selected Extra Virgin Olive Oil 3 sweet onions, thinly sliced 3 garlic cloves, minced ½ cup Nature’s Nectar Apple Cider 1 butternut squash, peeled and cubed (about 2 cups)

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Down Memory Lane

20 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 31, 2003 v The new power plant for Grand Marais came one step closer to completion last week when the first two diesel generators were installed at the new site at the west end of town. The large brightly painted diesel engines with generators connected to them were slowly lowered to their spots on the foundation of what will soon be a six-megawatt power plant to serve the city in emergencies.

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Community at the Heart of North House Timber Framing Project

Since 1998, hundreds of timber framing students have passed through the doors of North House Folk School. To this day, timber framing continues to be a core part of North House’s programming and some of its most popular classes. Earlier this fall, over 50 of these students returned to campus for North House’s biggest timber framing project yet: building the new Welcome Center that will replace the little Yellow House. Using traditional timber framing techniques, it was a project that bridged the past and the future by celebrating the roots of the folk school and the community at the heart of it.

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Moral guidestone needed

Israel issues an impossible evacuation order for a civilian population and then proceeds to bomb the evacuation zone they designated and the evacuation routes they specified...I just don't understand. I've always considered the now passed Desmond Tutu as a moral guidestone, and it really seems as though his kind of moral fortitude in the face of terrible realities is required. It is ever so easy to respond in kind and with violence, the result is nightmares and death.

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