From a Pastor’s Heart
Good Problems A story is told about a golfer who was about to hit his first tee shot of the day. He swung hard, but completely missed the ball.
January 2023
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Boys Basketball Report
Monday January 2nd: Two Harbors 86 Floodwood 41 Trent Gomez led the Agates with 29 points, Ethan Bopp added 15 & Isaiah Hietala totaled 13 points as the Agates beat a depleted Floodwood team on the road.
Youth nordic ski club starts its 3rd year
A few years ago Megan Brown-Holmes moved to the Two Harbors area with her family and soon discovered that there was no program for elementary students to learn to ski together. A native of the Iron Range and the SkiSparks program there, and an avid skier, Brown-Holmes went about filling this gap in a short time. In a year she generated community support as well as founding and equipping the North Shore Nordic Ski Sparks Club. Winter 2021 the club opened its doors for the first time. By 2022 it was operating at capacity, with 40 kids ages 4-14 participating. They meet on Sunday afternoons, weather-permitting, in January and February. Brown-Holmes’s enthusiasm for the program is catching. “I’ve been really happy with the level of interest here,” she says, “People definitely came out of the woodwork to help.” Skis are available for rental, making it more accessible to kids who do not come from skiing families.
Newly elected state legislators visit Two Harbors
Members of the Two Harbors city council and staff met with then state House Representativeelect Natalie Zeleznikar, R-Duluth, and state Senator-elect Grant Hauschild, DFLHermantown, in a special meeting on December 29 to advocate for the city’s legislative priorities.
Enterprise Center leadership changes
Since 1996 Mike Valentine has provided leadership at the Enterprise Center in Two Harbors, often with little fanfare while creating a nurturing business environment for entrepreneurs and startups to become established and grow. Last week Valentine officially retired at age 82, and says that the low-key nature of the Enterprise Center, located on the Fairgrounds Road in Two Harbors, let new and growing businesses decide for themselves what announcements they wanted to make. A private nonprofit corporation built and formed in 1996, Valentine says the mission behind the Enterprise Center was to provide a safe place for businesses to grow. Building on county donated land with funding support from the Two Harbors Development Fund,IronRangeResources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB), Co-op Light and Power, and Great River Energy, the Enterprise Center started as a light industrial building, and moved in more refined directions over the years.
Liana Jean Sikkink
Liana Jean Sikkink, 77, of Two Harbors, died Thursday, December 8, 2022 at St. Therese at Odilia Hospice in Shoreview, MN.
Jane Lois (Benson) Anderson
Jane Lois (Benson) Anderson, age 98, a longtime Two Harbors resident, died on Friday, December 30, 2022 at Barross Cottage, and now is with her Lord and Savior. Jane was born on October 31, 1924 at the hospital in Two Harbors to Peter Severn and Jennie Olae (Johnson) Benson.