Rising Star Adalyn Plummer makes waves at the AAU Junior Olympic Games

On July 27th, 8-yearold Adalyn Plummer of the Cook County Community YMCA, a branch of the Duluth Area Family YMCA, and a Northern Swim Team member, traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to showcase her talents at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 2023 Junior Olympic Games. Adalyn's participation in the event etched her name in history, as she became the youngest athlete from Cook County ever to compete in this event.

As I see it

IRA will help you save money on energy improvements to your home Here is more information about how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will help all Americans increase our energy efficiency and save on energy costs. Burning fossil fuels is very inefficient, over 50 percent of this energy is usually wasted as “lost” heat.

BEYOND REASON

I don’t know exactly why cramming the entire population of Minnesota (5.7 million) into one fairground over a one-week period is a good thing, but people seem to clamor for the thing. Like an old friend, they even give it a nickname: The Great Minnesota Get Together. Look, you can call the event “Fred” for all I care but its official name is The Minnesota State Fair.

Outdoors

with a-half years ago in the spring. That's how I know the 'half ' year or so.

Wondering ’61

We all want to be important to someone. Jim Manahan mattered to his clients, the legal profession, to Chilean people, and his family. Although not a perfect person, he was a good, talented, and interesting man. Why might we care about a Mankato attorney who died this year?

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Garden Club Meeting Garden Club Meeting 9/11 at 10 a.m. St.

North Shore Living

J is for June and also July both of those months really flew by. We breezed through August and thankful for sun.

Grand Portage State Park – Middle Falls hike

On September 13 the Happy Hikers will hike the Middle Falls Trail at Grand Portage State Park. The Middle Falls Trail is a rugged 4.5-mile round-trip hike. This challenging trail leads to a beautiful 20-foot waterfall. The trail passes over ridgetops, through heavily wooded forests and along the banks of the Pigeon River, with breathtaking views of the river gorge and Lake Superior. Allow three to four hours to fully appreciate the rugged beauty of this trail. We will have lunch after the hike back at the picnic area at the Visitor Center. Well-behaved dogs are welcome, on a leash.