COUNTY CONNECTIONS
2024 On the Road Again: Calcium Chloride Use in Cook County Dust was a hot topic last summer. Last July, I wrote a County Connections article to explain the symptoms of drought on gravel roads and treatment options available.
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Historical Reflections
10 YEARS AGO JUNE 7, 2014 v Rod Dockan and Carah Thomas will present their country music favorites to celebrate the first day of summer on Saturday, June 21 at 3 p.m. at the Care Center.
BEYOND REASON
June bug In a suburban garden, past the young carrots and cabbages and beans, ROB PEREZ sees JOSEPHINE, a June Bug, nestled amongst the rhubarb leaves, and approaches. ROB PEREZ: Josephine? JUNE: My friends call me Joe.
No one is above the law
Where does one begin, again, with the 76th year of occupation and apartheid and genocide as marked by international experts and court orders to halt collective punishment and forced displacement. Where does one begin with western governments applying double standards and intimidation of ICC justices with open threats- seems rogue state esque to me. No one is above the law, that must be the truth, otherwise it is all private law that can be bought and sold and that means no one is safe.
Golfing the Permafrost Announcement
: Neither St. Luke’s, nor the North Shore Health (“NSH”) Board, nor its Administrator have done the right thing for Cook County and moved her on.
Outdoors
Unbearable thoughts about bearing arms around black bears Should an author-naturalist some day come to write a Natural History of the Woodsman, she may well note that there are two general subsets of woodsman, or woodsperson. One being the type that feels the need to carry a sidearm in the active parts of spring, summer and autumn because of black bears.
Moving on
The verdant green of spring fills me with hope. We may only have five months of leaves in Cook County, but they’re stunning. As I drive down the hill into town, I’m awed at the glowing light greens contrasted with the deep green of the pines. It’s a rare day when I don’t revel in the view as I approach Lake Superior (though I’m often pushing the clock to arrive at a class, a meeting, or a thrift store work shift on time).
BEYOND REASON
The High School Musical I generally like to pick on someone my own size. Or bigger.
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO JUNE 7, 2014 v There was a goodbye cake and coffee for Francis “Poot” Drouillard at the regular monthly Grand Portage director’s meeting on May 29. Poot is retiring and was gifted with a nice pair of moccasins , a card and a delicious cake.
Historical Reflections
Jim Eliasen, left, and Barney Peet, two Viking athletes who attended the Awards Day Dinner recently are talking to Gene Kotlarek, Olympic skier, about his experiences in the Olympics. Kotlarek was the main speaker at the dinner.—Photo by Humphrey.