May 2024
BEYOND REASON
Rob Perez I knew when I had children there would be much asked of me. The children would want my time.
Wondering 61
On that day the City and its Park & Recreation Board will be celebrating the completion of Overlook Landing, located between North House and the Rec Park. You can see the handsome, open-air structure as you drive by on Highway 61. The design has an open roof, benches to sit, and artwork in the walls inspired by George Morrison, home-grown artist.
Wellness
North Shore Foraging Spring has sprung and our April showers will soon bring May flowers! This not only means more colors and smells for our senses to take in while in the woods, but also opportunities to forage wild foods and medicine. Before I highlight a few of the spring delicacies to fill your basket, I want to give a reminder about sustainable harvesting.
Outdoors
In search of wild ramps So many things can possess the boy blessed (or cursed) with an imagination, provided with (gratefully) great books on great shelves (including the old Encyclopaedia Britannica and Webster's dictionary), with libraries both public and scholastic, with gardens to work and watch, and fields and woods and ponds to wander around. The boy conjures up thoughts of the next habitat over - of hollows and back channels of great rivers, the homes to raccoon and mallards and swamp bucks.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Hovland Town Hall Meeting The public is invited to meet with Cook County Assessor Bob Thompson at the Hovland Town Hall on Wednesday, May 18. Cook County Commissioner Deb White will host the meeting which will begin at 5 p.m.
Looking for a Home
Apogee is a really cool 1 year old kitty now that she has learned people can be trusted. Foster Mom has been able to hold her and love on her for 3 months now. She's playful, independent, very curious and helpful. Did I mention beautiful? Like all our kitties, she's spayed, microchipped and up to date on her vaccines. She is INDOOR ONLY, just like all the other AAR cats. She has always been with other cats/kittens and would do best being with other/another cat. Adoption fee is $100 + tax. For more information on how to meet Apogee or how to adopt, call Dale at 218-877-7050.
Minnesota Dept. of Human Services includes tobacco for SUD treatment
The Minnesota Department of Human Services Behavioral Health Division (BHD) is including tobacco as a primary substance of use thereby allowing tobacco use disorder to be indicated as the primary diagnosis for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment when providing tobacco and nicotine cessation education or counseling.
DNR urges people to leave deer fawns alone
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources asks that people avoid disturbing or touching deer fawns, which are born around this time of year. Most fawns are born in mid-May to mid-June, and fawns do not attempt to evade predators during their first few weeks of life.