November 2022

Northern Nights, Starry Skies premieres on PBS North

A documentary exploring the dark skies of northeastern Minnesota and the Anishinabe connection to those skies will make its broadcast premiere on Saturday, November 26 on PBS North. Co-produced by WDSE WRPT - PBS in Duluth and Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education, the film spotlights the accomplished night photography of Grand Portager Travis Novitsky, and Carl Gawboy, Bois Forte, educator, artist and researcher of Ojibwe star stories.

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Letters to the editor

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Katya’s Corner

Halloween and its safety cautions got me thinking. Parents were advised to avoid homes of strangers and stay close to home. While this suggestion is probably wise in certain neighborhoods under certain circumstances, it reminded me of a time when I was a parent of young children, when I felt myself going very counter to mainstream culture. “Stranger danger” was all the rage, and no good parent ignored warnings that to grow up safely in North America a child needed to be well versed in the possibility that they could get offered candy from a car window and then swept away forever, or touched in private places by their day care provider or babysitter.

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2022 Two Harbors Boys Soccer

This season was my first season as head coach of the Two Harbors boys’ soccer program. I had previously been an assistant coach with the girl’s program since the 2019 fall season. This season is a bit difficult to sum up in a few words or phrases. It’s easy to look at our record and think that maybe it’s just another season where the boys’ program isn’t very good, and they are not competitive. My message from to the boys from day one was to block out any outside noise and focus on the things that we can control. I thought we did a good job doing that. I would sum up our season as a step in the right direction.

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The Amazing Journey of the Agates football team

This season has been one amazing journey! After losing 16 seniors last season many people didn’t give us much of a chance this year. Our kids put in a lot of work in the off-season between getting into the weight room and playing multiple sports. We were able to bring 4 schools together and form them into a “FAMILY”. I credit the administrators from each school, parents and community members, coaches, and most importantly—the players—for making this a great cooperative.

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Swim coach reflections post sectionals

This year out of the 12 girls we have on the team, we have one sophomore and six seniors! This means that our team is filled with strong senior leadership. At the beginning of the season I was nervous about what would happen when these seniors graduate next year but at the Junior High championships (for 7-8th graders, of which we have 5) our younger girls showed just how much they are going to step up. They showed their strength and leadership they have learned this season. I am now confident that they will do an incredible job next year.

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