Historical Reflections
10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 22, 2014 v Persistence, perseverance, and patience have been rewarded. After several years of dogged planning, it looks like housing for seniors may finally be built in Tofte.
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What does the Cook County Capital Improvement Plan stipulate?
Questions to the county board. Will the PLAN focus on REPAIRS to the town halls as a priority? I mean actual repairs and not remodel items such as doors, ceiling, wall, and floor finishes which are unnecessary.
Moving on
An Ode to Knees I’d like to focus on knees today, as they appear to be a limiting factor for me as well as many of my friends. I must admit, we’re no spring chickens, but we’re active and like to think of ourselves as young.
Is There a Doctor in the House?
In the days when physicians still made house calls, medicine was practiced with little technology and lots of heart. The life of a country doctor was a hard one, with long, lonely hours, little pay and late night drives through swirling snowstorms. Those were the days when physicians were forced to practice medicine with what was on hand, to pull miracles out of their black bags, and tap into the deep reservoirs of the quiet voice within that guided them through the forest of trees filled with the unthinkable. These country doctors were angels in the night creating something out of nothing and saving their patients’ lives in the process.
BEYOND REASON
A Leap of Faith For those without nuanced understanding of the difference between the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar, I envy you. For the rest you, this column is your cross to bear.
Former Lutsen Lodge owners thank the public for their concerns about the loss of their former business
We have struggled to put together a few words about the loss of the Lodge. There have already been so many beautiful words written about the place that Lutsen Resort, and the Lodge in particular, has had in the Minnesota community. Bryan Hansel and Carol DeSain have written elegant and poetic celebrations of the Resort that far overshadow our abilities.
Wildlife Matters
It is quite common for the male of a species to be larger and heavier than the female. This also holds true for the entire deer family. Part of my examinations of deer, bear and moose carcasses involved recording both whole and field dressed weights of many of them. Vehicle impact, or other factors, sometimes prevented being able to obtain weights, especially whole weights.
What would Roger do?
As a thirty-year resident of Grand Marais, and someone who has benefited greatly from the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic over those years, I, like many Cook County residents am deeply concerned about recent events stemming from the North Shore Health Association leadership, and their punitive approach to the staff and overall health care system.
CCCCH: NSH Board Blows It
Most of us do not have time to read everything that comes to our attention. That includes insufficient time to read all the communications from and about North Shore Health's (NSH') recent paroxysms.
COUNTY CONNECTIONS
The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is a five-year roadmap for improving community health in Cook County and is being developed with community input in the coming months. The CHIP builds off the Community Health Assessment (CHA), which was developed for 20232027 last year, with input from a group of over 35 community members.