The Agates handily beat Pine City last Friday, October 7, down in Pine City. 1st quarter scoring included a touchdown by Two Harbors after a 24-yard run by Kyler Pitkanen and an 8-yard touchdown run by Tate Nelson. In the 2nd quarter Deacon Bark ran 9 yards and Zack Libal ran 6 yards for third and fourth touchdowns.
Interior design pays homage to the Northland and its Native American culture Essentia Health is making every effort to ensure patients feel safe and comfortable in the replacement St. Mary’s Medical Center. From building design and efficiencies to the latest and best medical technologies, right down to how the building is furnished. Essentia is incorporating elements of Ojibwe culture, the Northland and area landmarks to create a hospital that connects with patients from the area and gives everyone a taste of the region. After rigorous planning, a different theme was assigned to each patientcare floor, which serve as landmarks to help navigate the hospital. “We really wanted to highlight Duluth and the local region,” said Laura Pfenninger, project manager for Essentia. “We hope by bringing this area’s unique landscape inside Essentia it will make our patients feel at home and provide a soothing atmosphere during their stay.”
The Lake County Press and KTwH-Two Harbors Community radio are hosting a forum featuring candidates for the two contested city council seats up for election this November. The forum will take place on Tuesday October 18 at 7:00 pm in the city council chambers, with questions for candidates gathered from voters. Miles Woodruff and Uriah Hefter will answer questions about their bid for the Ward 1 council seat, and Katelyn Cobbs and Mike Kassell will respond to questions related to their contest for the councilor-at-large candidacy. Watch or listen to a live stream of the forum on both the public access cable channel 13 and KTWH radio. Recording of the video will be available for viewing on the city’s online public access. A recording of the audio will be available to listen to at the radio station’s website. Watch at Two Harbors Public Access online at: https://reflect-two-harbors.cablecast. tv/CablecastPublicSite/?channel=1 Listen at KTwH Community Radio: 99.5 FM on your dial, or online at https://ktwh.org.
“Woman-owned” is one of the first descriptions Katelyn Goutermont proudly uses to describe Silver Bay. The owner and operator of the brand-new Timber Coffee shop, Goutermont says opening the coffee shop this week is her brainchild and dreamcome- true. With a signed lease way back in 2020 for a building space in the NorShor Agency building, Goutermont was ready to dig in with renovations. However, organizing contractors and dealing with supply chain interruptions slowed her roll. “Every contractor decision was up to me, and we self-performed as much of the labor as we could,” says Goutermont, who is grateful to her father-in-law and her dad for doing custom work that makes the shop special. The Grand Opening will be on Saturday, October 15 between 8:15 am and 2:00 pm, kicked off with a ribbon-cutting just prior. Festivities will include a Town Scavenger Hunt with participants entered into a drawing, and other fun activities that will be detailed on Facebook and Instagram.
Starlight, Flame and Frost. The radiant heat from the campfire in the old field felt good as the surrounding air quickly cooled, and frost sparkled on the moonlit grass.
All HOCKEY, all of the time! By the time this edition of the World Wide Lake County Press hits the streets and the interwebs, the Minnesota WILD will have already locked horns with the NY Rangers in St. Paul for their regular season home opener.
The marchers are set to break camp and resume the Great March for Community Newspapers. In the meantime: Words to live by at Camp Shack: Regulate your intake so the outcome isn’t disastrous.
Apple Crisp It’s apple time and my good friend, Maxene, gave me a big bag of apples from her tree that are perfect for baking. Crisp topping: - 1 ¼ cups flour - 1 ¼ cups quick oatmeal - 1 ½ cups brown sugar - ¾ cup melted butter or margarine - ½ tsp cinnamon (can add ½ tsp nutmeg) - Can add chopped walnuts or pecans (½ cup) Mix together in large bowl & set aside.
Three discussions will have been held by press time to discuss the direction of academic standards at Lake Superior School District (LSSD). At last Monday night’s session which took place at Two Harbors High School, new curriculum director Dan Johnson shared slides outlining the performance of the school district on standardized tests and over the past four years, as compared with state averages. Participating citizens and parents had the opportunity to ask questions. In reading, there was a clear drop in performance amongst 3rd graders during distance learning related to Covid-19. Statistics show that students who aren’t reading proficiently by 3rd grade appear more likely to drop further behind as they go through the higher grades. With a free-and-reduced lunch population nearing 40% this year, there is a distinct reading gap between the non-supported lunch group and the free-and-reduced lunch group. Less than 50% of 10th graders in the district are reading at grade level, according to the tests. “Effort” was cited as a significant barrier, some of the students reportedly took less than half the time allotted to take the test, and many students did not take the test. School administrators Superintendent Jay Belcastro and High School Principal Julie Benson stated that they felt this level was unacceptable and the recent meetings were called to begin to address the issue. In math, LSSD students scored lower percentages than the state average, with only a third of non-subsidized lunch students proficient by 11th grade, and much lower percentages than that for special education and reduced lunch students. The limitations of the testing system were and possible variables of teaching, distance learning due to Covid-19 were discussed. Graduation rates looked better, with the school district rates varying between 94% and 87%, compared with the state graduation rate of 83%. This number reflects the percentage of students that enroll in school senior year and also g
Third Friday Dinners started as a soup supper outreach project about ten years ago when the Lake Superior School District changed to four day school weeks. It was thought that a Friday evening meal of cost-effective soup could replace the school lunch missed that day and help folks make it through the weekend. After a year, the menu focused less on soup.