Lake Superior School District rivals Silver Bay and Two Harbors met at Odegaard Park in Two Harbors on Tuesday and the Mariners came away with a 15-2 win over the Agates. Dani Thompson pitched the complete five inning game for the Mariners.
Amy Kloster has been awarded the Arrowhead Eagles 2022 Aviation Scholarship. The scholarship is offered annually by the Arrowhead Eagles Aviation Organization based out of Grand Marais/ Cook County Airport. The 501(c)(3) organization works to enhance aviation opportunities and support the Grand Marais airport (KCKC). Kloster’s application was selected by the Eagles Board of Directors and the scholarship certificate was awarded at their Annual Meeting on May 14, 2022.
Is it finally almost summer?! Spring has always been a means to an end for me, the end being summer. As a preschool teacher, however, spring is a pretty happy time.
When it comes to shell companies, cryptocurrency, LLCs, Mr. O, real estate partnerships, income sources, and conflicts of interest, Mayor Chris Swanson is all about privacy. Yet, he is obsessed with obtaining the identity of each Resign or Recall petition signer. It’s almost as though he wants to intimidate us and delay a recall election.
Sea Change Expeditions, our climate-focused sailing program, teaches students to keep Lake Superior clean, cold, and clear. One activity that always inspires me is writing letters to decision-makers. Often, decision-makers need input from us to put a particular decision on the front burner. With their permission, I have quoted some of the letters from 5th and 6th graders who live in Lake County.
Hear, hear to North Shore high school students Jocelyn Carr, Elizabeth Radke, Naomi Tracy-Hogg and Olya Wright. They recently came before the Lake County Board to discuss the effects of climate change on northern Minnesota and the world, encouraging the commissioners to pass a resolution acknowledging the emergency and take immediate action.
Agate Lamar Gordon, pictured here at right with her special award as winner of the 1600-meter race at the Matt Kero Memorial Track Invitational hosted by Duluth Denfeld High School on May 13. The meet, first held in 2012, is in honor of Matt Kero, a Denfeld graduate and former athlete who passed away after graduating high school. Since 2017 the Kero family has been awarding the winners special medals to winners of the 1600-meter run, dubbing it “Matt’s Mile”. Gordon’s win this year marked the third time Agate’s have winners of “Matt’s Mile”, with Sydney Haugan winning in 2017, and Isaac Swanson in 2019.
The Two Harbors boys and girls track and field team took part in a True Team meet in Pillager last Tuesday. In the meet, the Two Harbors girls finished 4th with 285 points while the boys finished 8th with 175 points. Coach Ryan McIntyre explained below just what a true team event is.
Silver Bay earned a couple baseball wins this past week as they head closer to the Section 7A playoffs. Last Thursday’s game against Barnum was moved to Moose Lake because the Bomber field was underwater after the inches of rain that fell over the area the night before.
Even though the Two Harbors Agates baseball squad gave up three runs in the fourth inning, they still defeated Cook County Vikings 12-3 in the first game of a doubleheader last Friday in Two Harbors. In the first inning, the Agates got their offense started when Viking Jacob Dorr’s wild pitch allowed one run to score for Two Harbors.