Inspiration Station
No Rules: An Artist’s Journey The creative process is a journey for any artist, presenting many challenges and adventures. Sometimes an artist can put undo pressure on themselves as part of the process.
June 2023
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CLP receives safety award
On May 3rd, Cooperative Light & Power (CLP) was recognized for excellence in workplace safety and health during the 2023 Minnesota Safety and Health Conference. CLP is one of 210 employers to be honored through the awards program coordinated by the Minnesota Safety Council. 'Congratulations CLP for their hard work, attention, and dedication to safety,' said Paul Aasen, president of the Minnesota Safety Council. 'Keeping people safe and achieving award-winning performance is no accident. It takes everyone from the front line to executive leadership to help people work safe, drive safe, and live safe.'
Two Harbors Girls Team Wins the 7A Sections Meet
“Extraordinary” is the word that comes to mind for this year’s Two Harbors Track season, which began last season with the loss of longtime coach Dan Hebl for the distance runners, and continued this spring with a historically wet, snowy spring. Yet the combination of strong and deep natural talent, the coming together of a new team of coaches, and a heavy dose of grit, hard work, and camaraderie on the part of the athletes, has led to nothing less than a “perfect storm” situation for the Girls team which won both Sub-Sections and Sections meet, and a strong year for the boys as well. With three of the four girls relays (4 x 200, 4 x 400, 4 x 800) far outpacing anyone in Section 7A, their first serious relay competition will come on Thursday and Friday, June 8-9, at the State Track meet at the St. Michael/ Albertville high school. Other first or second place individual finishes, qualifying the runner for the state meet, include:
Take a Sunday drive, get your groceries on the Trail
The Clover Valley Farm Trail opened at the end of May, with a group of 11 small farms offering locally grown produce and made products at farm stands. For those of us consigned the cold, red clay ubiquitous to most of Lake County, the fertile lands of Clover Valley are akin to the mythical Shambhala.
Holiday Inn Hotel proposed in Two Harbors
At a Two Harbors Planning & Zoning commission meeting on Tuesday night a proposal was brought forth regarding a Holiday Inn hotel for the property previously occupied by the VFW, long since closed next to the curling club. Nick Christensen, the person proposing the project, brought the issue to Planning & Zoning requesting a variance on height restrictions. The proposal for the 93-room hotel that would include a swimming pool and parking is designed with four floors reaching 41-feet in height, plus a design parapet of several more feet over entrance. This would exceed the city’s 3-story restriction, and the Shoreland Overlay zoning agreement that has a 35-foot limit. The commission did vote unanimously to approve the variance request. Discussion prior to the vote indicated that since the structure would not block the view of Lake Superior from the road, and is in close proximity to commercial-type operations; gas station, hockey arena and hospital, that no residential view of the lake would be obstructed. Commission chair Tom Koehler did inquire from city planner Justin Otsea what might happen in the future if others request a similar height variance. Otsea stated during the meeting that granting a height variance in this case cannot set a precedent for others that may follow, and any decisions on future projects must be made on their own merit.
Curious Incident at Duluth Playhouse, a wonderful adaptation
A keenly intelligent and empathetic play review is offered by Lake County Press’ student intern from William Kelley High School, Marley Schumacher, who is not only a lover of the arts but an accomplished actor.
From a Pastor’s Heart
Does Jesus Care? That question has been asked by His disciples, immortalized in song, and resonates with many today. Why is there so much pain and suffering in our world if God is a loving God? Why do the innocent suffer? How do we answer these questions? Do we oversimplify? Or do we just close our eyes and ignore what is happening around us? Many who lived near the Nazi death camps did.