Mariner senior Kaleb Krech tries to block the scoring attempt by Two Harbors Lucas Pinnell during a recent game in Silver Bay. Photo courtesy of Brian Rauvola Silver Bay’s Nysjah Lillis eyes up the basket as Nighthawk defenders Else Bee (front) and Natalie Nelmark close in.
Jessie, Penny, Jamie and Savannah Juenemann with Bohdan, second from left, at Two Harbors Breakwall in 2010. Photo courtesy of Penny Juenemann .
April is National Poetry Month! Poetry is one of the most ancient and universal art forms, stretching back thousands of years among cultures in every corner of the world. Have you ever wanted to try your hand at poetry, as a unique way to express the things that delight, mystify, or matter to you? From April 1 through April 20, pick up a Take & Write Poetry workbook kit at the Silver Bay Public Library.
Let us know what is going on! Contact us to include your community events on our Community Calendar. Tai Ji Quan Moving for Better Balance classes for elders held via Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:15 am, March 31 through June 28.
Time. What an interesting concept in our pandemic days. My sense of time has been completely off since changing to Daylight Savings Time. Anyone that knows me well knows my sense of time can be spot on if needing to know the timing to a piece of music but there is another time that impacts my life, Crip time or Gimp time.
We really got a double whammy with the time change AND St. Urho’s in the same weekend.
Hang on, it’s almost campaign season again. And that means lots of those shiny mailers from Pete Stauber--replete with picture of him wearing a hard hat and safety glasses. Pete certainly seems to enjoy talking about how much he “loves” and “fights for” the working folks in his district. It seems that Pete spends almost as much time talking about his support for labor, as he does actively undermining its interests in Washington D.C. In fact, Pete has failed to support the most important piece of Labor legislation that has come before Congress in 40 years--the PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize) Act. This legislation would amend the National Labor Relations Act, for the purpose of expanding protections related to employees’ rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace. What of labor-loving Pete? He voted against it twice.
I have read the article published in the Duluth News Tribune where a group is looking to recall the Mayor of Two Harbors because two years ago, he endorsed someone for President. When does a person who is elected to public office lose their 1st Amendment rights? Maybe this group is confusing the mayor with personally endorsing someone by stating or implying he said the city is endorsing someone for office.
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Last week I confessed to traveling on a family vacation to Puerto Rico. “Confessed” is a word I use intentionally, aware of our heavy carbon footprint and the luxury of pleasure travel. Travel is carbon-intensive, no matter how you cut it, and more and more of us have woken up to this fact and curbed our travel appetites. But we will never completely turn off the tap for the thirst, and the importance, of travel. We all must weigh priorities and values for ourselves.