The Vikings received strong pitching from Hunter Gomez, and the bats came to life against the McGregor Mercs in a game played at home on Monday, May 6. The Vikings beat the Mercs 14-4, ending the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Vikings scored seven runs in that inning and looked to continue scoring when the game was called.
Just like baseball and softball some of the scheduled track meets have been cancelled due to inclement weather. One meets that came off as scheduled however was the April 30th track meet at Two Harbors. Below are the top ten Viking finishers for the boys’ and girls’ track teams.
The Cook County girls' fast-pitch softball team made short work of the visiting McGregor Mercs softball team, handing their guests a 19-1 loss on Monday, May 6. It was a game of collective effort and unity for the Vikings.
The spring Junior Pickleball Camp for Grades 3-5 will begin Monday, May 13th. The camp was pushed back a week in hopes of having better weather.
The CCHS boys' varsity baseball team traveled to Cromwell on Thursday, May 2. They faced a hot pitcher who allowed two hits and one run over six innings, and the Vikings fell 8-1.
The community is invited to the memorial service for Roger A. MacDonald, M.D. on Saturday, May 18 at 11:00 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Roger was a family physician from 1948 to 1980s including 22 years in Cook County. When he retired from clinical practice, he moved to White Bear Lake and became associate director of Rural Physicians Associate Program, (RPAP) until the 1990’s. He returned to Grand Marais after retiring from teaching and embarked on a new career of writing. He chronicled three memoirs called the “Country Doc” stories which became published works.
Laura Ann Quaife Turnquist, age 53, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, in Bloomington, MN. She was born in Grand Marais, MN, to Stephen and Carole (Noyes) Quaife. She was a 1988 graduate of Cook County High School. Laura is survived by her parents; her brother, Thomas (Michelle) Quaife; son Andrew Turnquist; daughter Carlee (Ivan) Meyer; grandchildren, Beck and Beau Turnquist and Joslyn Meyer. She was preceded in death by her son, Alex Turnquist and her brother, Robert Quaife. Laura will be placed next to Alex at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Grand Marais, Minnesota. A graveside service will be held.
Delores Jean Saethre, age 92 of Grand Marais passed away on May 1, 2024, at North Shore Health Care Center. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, on July 1, 1931, to Ethel and Morse Rhea, Delores was the youngest of five sisters. Her childhood was spent at various Coast Guard stations around Lakes Michigan and Superior. Delores attended schools in multiple locations across Wisconsin and Michigan, including Two Rivers, Sheboygan, Neenah Menasha, Appleton, Green Bay, Holland, Munising, Marquette, Duluth, and Grand Marais. She once worked at the Split Rock Lighthouse Gift Shop while her father managed the lighthouse for the Coast Guard. During her senior year of high school, while employed at Joynes Department Store, Delores met Lyle Saethre. The couple married on December 30, 1946, and after an adventurous attempt to relocate to Alaska, which led them to Flagstaff, Arizona, due to a severe storm, they returned to Grand Marais. There, they settled on Maple Hill, raised six children, and shared 60 years of marriage.
Gordon (Gordy) T. Adams, age 94, of Hovland, Minnesota, died peacefully at North Shore Hospital, Grand Marais, on May 2, 2024. Formerly of Glenwood City, WI; Coon Rapids; Minneapolis; and Hanover. Gordon was the only child of Erhardt and Jeanette Roy Adams. He spent his early boyhood in Hanover, MN, and then moved to Minneapolis at age 9. He attended Ascension Catholic School in North Minneapolis through Grade 8, followed by Cretin-Durham Hall and Minneapolis North.
Paulette Marie Anholm (nee Holm), age 75, formerly of Grand Marais, MN, died on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at the Avera Morningside Heights Care Center in Marshall, MN, following a valiant 3+ year battle with glioblastoma.