Masters of ceremony Owen Klinker and Pat Ramsdell open the St. Urho’s festivities at the Four Seasons in Finland Friday night as Miss Helmi contestant Cinnamenenen Chapstick shows off her stuff. The fish fry was great! Photo courtesy of Forrest Johnson
As the parade began along Hwy 1 in Finland, the annual tug of war at the Baptism River bridge was held and the two hearty crews battled it out. Photo courtesy of Forrest Johnson .
I’m often asked about my work as a preschool teacher. I hear things like, “I don’t know how you do it,” and “You must require a lot of wine.” First, wine is out of the question on school nights because one has to be in tiptop shape to make it as a teacher! To be honest, managing a group of preschoolers is not as stressful as it sounds.
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.
Recent snowshoe hikes on the Wolf Ridge ELC trails have revealed the movement of a very interesting species that has been scarce in our snowpack for almost two years. Staff and resident naturalists have reported tracks anywhere from seven to ten inches in length and three to four inches in width, noting several unique patterns among them. Resident wildlife trackers were baffled with the lack of movement on their infrared trail cameras, yet the quantity of tracks on the trail to Wolf Lake and Skyview Ropes Course started to tell the story.
March- out like a lion or a lamb we never can tell, can we? Either way we are inching our way to Spring! Snowmobilers are frequenting the pumps and motoring around getting their last few trips in on the trails. Syrupers are out checking taps, tapping taps, maybe boiling sap, or whatever they do to make the sugary goodness that ends up on our pancakes.
Radical Love. Many of us have grown up hearing a version of these words, “Just be good and keep the Ten Commandments and everything will be alright.” The trouble is, that is an impossible task. If we could do that, we would not need a Savior and Jesus’ death on the cross becomes an unnecessary cruelty.
VA Health – Community Care The VA Mission Act replaced the Veterans Choice Program (VCP) with Community Care (CC). A previous article, Emergency Care, describes just one of the services provided under the Community Care program.
Ripped from the Headlines! Excerpts from the front pages of the Lake County News Chronicle from 1922, 1947, and 1972. Submitted by the Lake County Historical Society.
A follow-up to last month’s article about acupuncture, this is a perspective from patients who sought treatment. Richmond Scharf had chronic back condition related to nerves and discs and says he had “tried every treatment in the book, and plateaued” in his recovery, but not to a comfortable place.