Although the Lake County Press knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are lawabiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The Lake County Press shares these stories as a reminder to all to be safe and to follow the rules!
I can remember the first few NHL Stanley Cup tournaments I saw as a young kid. I already was pretty crazy about the game itself. Like many kids I spent a lot of time at the neighborhood rink as a youth. We lived and breathed the game we loved. And to have a team to cheer for while it chased the most fabled trophy in the history of the world was over the top. When the Minnesota NorthStars first came to the Twin Cities if there was a weeknight playoff game that would be televised. But you would have to wait for the weekend to see any out-of-market Cup games. And on occasion back in those days you might have listened to some games on the radio. Not all games were televised. That was ok by me since I loved radio anyway.
Avian Friends and Neighbors The robin showed up two weeks ago when there was no bare ground amid the 30-inch snowpack, and the nights were still dropping into the single digits. I wondered why it was here and if it would soon be dead.
Editor’s note: (This piece should’ve run April 9—please excuse the chronological disorder—yes the reluctant editor and Hell Yes! landed the plane and the story will continue next week) Yes, the Great March for Community Newspapers still awaits the parachute jump signal from the very reluctant editor and Tony Xzcerlippy of Tony’s Underwater Limousine Service (Lake County Press--editions 2-5). And yes, in recalling an earlier skydiving incident in which the reluctant editor was stuck flying an old plane that he didn’t know how to fly, it gave him pause to think of a story in which God Takes a Vacation from humanity and its lack of humanity for each other (Lake County Press—editions 6-8).
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It has been a blustery April this spring season. Still cold and mixed with snow. Mud roads and shoveling! The trees whip their branches in the wind with impatience, so I think. Let loose this winter grip! I have been reading my journals (which I have written for decades) to add to my “ice out” dates for the river. March 15 to April 19 is an approximate window in the last 21 years. It looks close as I write on April 19 (Update, river open April 24!).
Happy May! The ice was pulling away from the shore at Lax Lake this past week, so exciting! I think we have all earned our stripes and deserve some warm weather, boating, camping, cabining, hiking, swimming, deck sitting, fly swatting, all the things! Whose rhubarb is finally visible and peeking out from the cold ground? Where are my bird watchers at? I have never seen so many black birds in my feeders as I have this past week. I can’t believe I am saying it, but I am ready for “yard weeds” as my grandpa used to say.
God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
VA Burial Benefits - Allowance As Memorial Day nears, I begin to reflect on the first two years as County Veterans Service Officer and how quickly the time has passed. The position has lived up to the hype, “the greatest job ever”, as nearly every CVSO will tell you.
Excerpts from the front pages of the Lake County News Chronicle from 1922, 1947, and 1972. Submitted by the Lake County Historical Society.