Auditions for Fall Show, “Night at the Theatre: a showcase of Scenes, Stories, and Monologues.” We will be holding our auditions for our fall production this coming Sunday, October 9th, at 7 pm at the Vermilion Fine Arts Theater. Please come prepared with your favorite monologue or story to tell! We are looking for people of all backgrounds.
After 20 years of planning and collaborative effort, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) is excited to launch its new Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education with the first cohort of future teachers taking their first classes in January. FDLTCC is the first two-year educational institute in Minnesota to earn approval to offer a baccalaureate degree. For more information on the Elementary Education program, visit https://fdltcc.edu/degrees-certificates/ degree-programs/elementary-education/. The new B.S. Degree will lead to a Minnesota Teacher Kindergarten to 6th Grade license. According to Dr. Kim Spoor, Dean of Education, “We are so excited to offer this unique program at FDLTCC, as currently, only 1% of licensed teachers in Minnesota are American Indian, and our program will help fill this gap.” Spoor adds that it is important for people to know that this program will serve both Native and Non-native student educators who are interested in knowing how to best serve all K-6 students in various classroom settings. Besides being the first ever four-year degree program offered at FDLTCC, “…no other teacher education program in Minnesota offers a program that meets state requirements while also intertwining our Indigenous ways of knowing and cultural values” shared Spoor. A feast recognizing those that have worked toward getting the 4-year degree program to FDLTCC will take place in the commons of the Cloquet campus on October 28th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Activities will include an opening pipe ceremony, the drum, and followed by a feast.
This year many are in the middle of a bumper crop of apples. Though we have apple trees on our property, they are young and only just beginning to produce. For years I have been blessed to pick at relatives, friends, and those who know and share my love for the staple flavor of fall harvest in Minnesota. This year there is no shortage of apples to be picked.
God sidled over to Tony Xzcerlippy of Tony’s Underwater Limousine Service to ask if he and Foggy wanted a fresh pot of coffee as the thousands of Lake County residents and a few stray Duluthians started to break camp. Nobody made a pot of coffee as good as God. “I’m not much of a cook but I can sure rustle up a pot of cowboy coffee,” he once told Albert Einstein. Einstein wasn’t much of a cook either it had turned out, but he was a magician at making wine in his basement. Whenever they had a visit, God would brew up the morning coffee over a fire in the backyard of Einstein’s Princeton, New Jersey home and Einstein would supply the wine for their long evening chats. The sun was just lighting the tops of the trees outside the garage in Bruno that had become the command center for the Great March for Community Newspapers. The owner, a man named Otto Anvil, was a welcoming sort, always willing to lend a hand and get weary travelers on the right foot. He had acted as local ambassador when the great crowd began to settle in those many months ago, and he made it clear that everyone was welcome. Otto did have to make a few amends to the throng for the few grumps that inevitably grumbled about people sleeping in hallways or not taking their boots off when they came in out of the cold.
October 10 is World Mental Health Day, a time to raise awareness of mental health around the world and support those experiencing mental health and substance use challenges. Given the state of suicide, how can we, as behavioral health professionals, concerned family members, and friends help prevent suicide? The first step is to revisit the basics: Remove the stigma by treating suicide as a public health crisis Successful public health efforts incorporate public advocacy and learning.
arrived! The Minnesota Gopher football team suffered its first loss of the season, losing to Purdue 20-10 on Homecoming day in Minneapolis. Playing without star running back Mohammed Ibrahim due to injury, the team had to alter their game attack, and the Boilermakers game planned for a different look from the Gophs and prevailed.
GRAND MARAIS, MN, September 30, 2022 — North Shore Health (NSH) is thrilled to announce that they have launched their new and improved website. The previous website had become outdated and lacked some of the informative content that NSH administration wanted to convey. The new website is a complete redesign and features far more helpful information for our patients, residents, visitors and partners. “In addition to improved depth of information, the new website is brighter, better branded, more visually compelling and easier to read and navigate,” said Todd Ford, Public Information Coordinator. “I enjoyed collaborating with the team that brought this priority project to completion.” NSH quietly released a “soft launch” two weeks prior to their public announcement, allowing the opportunity to fine-tune details that may have been overlooked in the development process. “We now have vastly improved control of the new site, which enables our internal web admin team to make changes and updates,” said Hilja Iverson, LSW-Social Services Department Manager.
Heritage Lands The small farm lay along an out-of-the-way gravel road in an undulating terrain of oak woods, pastures, marshes, meandering streams, and rows of corn. When we drove up to the old farmhouse seeking permission to hunt, we were greeted by an elderly couple who no-doubt remembered the time when horse-driven transportation was transitioning to automobiles in the years before the Great War.
Upcoming Veterans Events A slight deviation from my usual format, I would like to highlight some local happenings related to an upcoming holiday. No, I am not referring to Halloween, if it is an actual “holiday”, but instead Veterans Day.
The city of Two Harbors has launched its new access to viewing live streams of city meetings this week. According to Jose Leon, public access coordinator for the city, the system with a new server will allow anyone with an internet connection to watch city meetings while they are happening.