On Sunday, April 27th for the fourth year in a row, 32 teams will gather in the Birch Terrace Dining room to compete for the coveted Bob Pratt Cribbage Trophy! The day is filled with fun pop-up prizes and the final three teams win cold hard cash.
Vera Jane Finn, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on March 25, 2025, in Silver Bay, Minnesota, with family and the caring, supportive staff of Carefree Living by her side. Pastor Calvin from Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
Beth L. Olson, 77, Hovland, MN died at Edgewood Vista Memory Care in Virginia, MN on Friday, March 28, 2025 after an 11 year struggle with Alzheimer's Disease.
Terence (Terry) Michael Quinn of Grand Marais, Minnesota passed peacefully into the arms of his Heavenly Father on Thursday January 23rd, 2025 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN after a long battle with cancer.
Nona May (Bockovich) Smith, 99, of Grand Marais, Minnesota, passed away peacefully at the North Shore Care Center on April 1, 2025.
If you attend my weekly yoga classes at the Cook County Community YMCA (Fridays at 11am and Saturdays at 8am), you may have noticed that I do not use any music during our practice. This is not because I am opposed to music with yoga. At home I almost always turn up the tunes for my flow! Rather, I have found the lack of music to be a way in which we can focus more deeply on the body and the breath.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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