Two Harbors’ ultra-competitive high school football team won six of nine games last season, while suffering its only losses against local elites Esko and Aitkin. The Agates fell to Aitkin 16-6 in a Section 7AAA semifinal, culminating in one of Two Harbors’ best start-to-finish efforts in many years.
Rep. Rob Ecklund (DFL – International Falls) was on hand at the recent celebration of 30 years for the Silver Bay Veterans Home. Here he is praising the leadership of the home and the resiliency of the community that has created and continued a solid foundation for veterans to live and receive care. “That’s how a small community can make a place like the Silver Bay Veterans Home such a treasure to our area, to take care of our warriors, and be such a critical part not only of the economy, but the social fabric of the community,” Ecklund told the Lake County Press.
The Edna G all spiffed up and ready for tours during Heritage Days. Photo courtesy of Becky Norlien .
Kona Miriam Lion-Heart Rafn the Poodle-Chihuahua mix is a combination princess and Tank-Man. She will gladly give you a hug or challenge a snowplow. She is a kind and loving creature with a fearless heart. The 17th of July will be her third anniversary with her family.
Local commentary is my norm, as any regular reader knows. However, sometimes events are highly relevant to us that go largely unnoticed in national media.
Some juvenile delinquent threw a railroad flare into the very edge of the schoolyard and yours truly saw that and I thought it was a bomb. A bomb! That was 1959 and we had the bomb and the Soviets had the bomb and I saw a guy throw a bomb into the schoolyard. I hollered bomb and there out the window was a fizzing flare that every kid thought was a bomb and pretty soon the teacher was thinking it was a bomb and then all hell broke loose as kids scrambled and my friend Dave ran into a closet door and got a goose bump the size of a golf ball on his forehead.
Readers Advisory Have you ever gone to the library and just didn’t know what to read or watch? If so, I’d love to tell you about something called Reader’s Advisory. This is a term librarians like to use but it means helping people find what they are looking for.
A WILD week to be sure! The NHL off-season is young, but it is already shaping up to look like it will be an intriguing one. Sometimes the off-season can be boring and quiet, even though the business of hockey never stops.
The grind of the salmon season continues, everyone scratches out every minute of sleep that can be secured. As set netters, we are ruled by the tides as the waters of the Bristol Bay rush in and out of the Bering Sea to river systems that harbor the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.
