Sometimes people ask me how I stay ahead of the news. Well, I have many trusted sources, but I’ve been reading one publication in particular for longer than all the others. The periodical both informs and entertains. Its prose is simple and clear, but not without style. Their news stories cut to the chase. There is a focus on the natural world. And their puzzles keep me razor sharp. That’s why I still read Highlights magazine.
This horde of grasshoppers dances wildly and freely in Finland because their nemesis St. Urho has flown the coop in 2022. It’s not known when the old saint will return. For more photos see page A6. Photo courtesy of Forrest Johnson
The Silver Bay Girls 12UB hockey team made the state hockey tournament last weekend by taking 2nd place in the north regional tournament held in Cloquet. The girls battled back in the double elimination tourney, The state tournament is March 18-20 in Virginia MN. Silver Bay plays on Friday 3/18 at 6:00 PM. Congrats girls! Submitted photo
North Shore Storm boys hockey coach Shawn Lundgren knew he had a fairly inexperienced squad this year but felt his club could be competitive. “We finished our season at 7-19 but the kids worked hard and we improved,” he said.
Sally Lou Ostman, 89, Two Harbors, passed peacefully on Friday, March 11, 2022, after a brief stay at Waterview Shores. Sally was born July 29, 1932, to Victor and Esther Wuorio.
Statements made by the Cooperative Light & Power (CLP) CEO in “Co-op Light & Power Urges Customers to Increase Participation”, Lake County Press on March 5, 2022, seem consistent with how a cooperative should operate, but there are stark contradictions between these statements and current policy and practice at CLP. We refer in particular to the adoption and enforcement of CLP Policy IV-36 titled “Board Meeting Member Attendance” August 25, 2021.
Dear Editor, I want to thank the writer who submitted a response to my comment on the timber sale adjacent to our property. I believe that public discourse is a truly important part of our society, and our ability to live alongside each other, with all of our commonalities and differences alike.
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Having just returned from a family vacation to Puerto Rico, I will verify that travel is 1. expensive 2. eye-opening 3. carbon intensive 4. fun, and 5. uncomfortable. Why, where, and how we travel seems to be how heavily we weigh each factor. In our family, travel is highly valued for its eye-opening and fun qualities. In fact, we traveled for two different years, living aboard our sailboat. It was a way to see other places that was relatively cheap and eye-opening, and destroyed fewer resources than living on land. Sometimes it was great fun–blowing conch shells from the deck on a sunset evening, hosting potlucks with families from all over the world in our cockpit, leaning over the bow to watch the dolphins playfully dive. Other times, it was distinctly un-fun and uncomfortable–vomiting on a hot night on the Atlantic Ocean, saying good-bye to dear friends as our paths diverged, sitting for weeks in humid Florida lagoons surrounded by condominiums. The upshot is that now we live on land, make a livelihood with our sailboat on Lake Superior, and vacation by train, car, and land. Heading to Puerto Rico was an opportunity to learn how Puerto Ricans are faring in today’s world.
I have concerns that we’re teaching our children that it’s okie-dokie to lie, fabricate, deceive, misinform or otherwise make stuff up in order to achieve our goals. It’s okay to do that in America apparently because of a little clause in the Constitution that guarantees Congress shall make no law “abridging the freedom of speech…”