Gearing up for Summer The Silver Bay Public Library has a full and engaging calendar for the month of June! This year’s summer reading program, called “Read Beyond the Beaten Path,” begins June 13 and runs for eight weeks until August 5. We have a variety of activity books and incentive prizes tailored for different age categories from ages 0-18.
In November 2021, a referendum passed in the Lake Superior School District that allocated a $44.1 million levy over the next twenty years. These monies are to be invested in the three school buildings–William Kelley School in Silver Bay, the Minnehaha Elementary in Two Harbors and the Two Harbors High School. As soon as this referendum passed, the planning began for this multi-year upgrade. To understand it fully, let’s back up a bit. Before the election in November, the School District hired ICS, a Project Management Group, to guide them through the project from start to finish. ICS helps the district know what questions to ask, what decisions to make, and how to accomplish its goals.
The Public Safety committee for the city of Two Harbors met on May 19 to review some aspects of safety planning for the pending Festival of Sail event to be held there in August. Rick Hogenson, Two Harbors Chief of Police was in attendance along with Ken Anderson, THPD officer.
Amy Kloster has been awarded the Arrowhead Eagles 2022 Aviation Scholarship. The scholarship is offered annually by the Arrowhead Eagles Aviation Organization based out of Grand Marais/ Cook County Airport. The 501(c)(3) organization works to enhance aviation opportunities and support the Grand Marais airport (KCKC). Kloster’s application was selected by the Eagles Board of Directors and the scholarship certificate was awarded at their Annual Meeting on May 14, 2022.
“My sheep hear my voice.” John 10:27a Parenthood is life changing. I remember feeling like a parent when I was a young child living on a farm in northwestern Minnesota.
VA Burial Benefits - Veterans Cemeteries The VA’s National Cemetery Administration maintains 155 national cemeteries. There happens to be one in Minnesota, Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Ditch the Dish My dog Copper loves food. If it’s in a dish, she pretty much inhales it.
Excerpts from the front pages of the Lake County News Chronicle from 1922, 1947, and 1972. Submitted by the Lake County Historical Society.
Trading our frostbite in for sunburn and bug bites! Spring is here folks! (By the time you read this there will hopefully be no snow, and little to no ice on the lakes). This year’s Spring season looks/ed a bit like this; snowbank on one side of the yard and grass on the other. It’s safe to say we are/were in the transition period where we have all seasons going on in our yards at once. It’s the norm for us in Finland to be outside this time of year with shorts and a tank, yet we have a winter cap and gloves on digging around in flower gardens or tidying up the yard. (Who am I kidding this can be normal attire all year round!) Who among us does this? Shoveling snow from a snowbank to (spread it around), so it melts faster. How about the endless temporary ditch digging we all do across our driveways, or from the back yard to the front so it runs down the actual ditch. Maybe not everyone in Finland has a ditch…hmm, can’t be… we all have a ditch, right?
Accessible parking for the win! I recently made my second trip ever to Costco. My first time there I was impressed by the accessible parking but since it was winter I could not see all the detail and their commitment to going “above and beyond” the ADA Code.