Ripped from the Headlines!
FEBRUARY 4, 2023 100 YEARS AGO: v Extensive alterations have been started in the bathing department at the YMCA. Several old tubs have been removed and in their place modern showers have been installed.
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“It’s not a Black world and it’s not a white world. It’s your world”
Russel Balenger, lifetime Minnesotan, Restorative Circle Keeper, and Interim St. Paul city council member, spoke to the Lake County Press about his life experiences and what they have taught him. We will be sharing his stories and wisdom in honor of Black History Month. “Storytelling is the best way to connect with people,” Russ says, “That’s how I got to know all the City Council members in St. Paul. I just ask them to tell me a story about themselves.”
Squared Away
Mental Health and Upcoming Events Despite the numerous benefits and services available to Veterans and their families, I still struggle to find topics for this weekly article. When something new enters my world as a CVSO, I pounce on the opportunity to share.
Legal Learning
Paid Family and Medical Leave Is Likely This Year There are three countries in the world that do not guarantee paid leave for new mothers. They are Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, and the United States.
Keith Aili wins the 2023 John Beargrease Marathon title
Keith Aili was a happy man at the finish of the 39th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. As he was being interviewed several hours later by the press, his wife and fellow musher Erin Aili stood near, a broad smile lighting up her face in the darkness.
Lake County officials and representatives were on hand last Wednesday as Governor Walz signed the bipartisan bill extending unemployment benefits for workers at Northshore Mining Co
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Correction:
In last week’s issue of the Lake County Press “Seagren’s consolidates uptown”, Kitty Mayo incorrectly stated that Scott Seagren’s paternal grandfather had owned the downtown True Value building. Not so. Scott’s maternal grandfather, Wally Haugan, built the original store that was opened as Gambles. Pardon the error, as Scott has entrepreneurs on both sides of his family, with Carl Seagren having owned Seagren’s Flowers and Seagren’s Funeral Home.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Let us know what is going on! Friday, February 3 “Morning News and Conversation” at TH Public Library from 10:00-11:00 a.m. One-Act Sections Competition at THHS, starting at 9:00 a.m.
Ol’ Doc Reminisces
Changes in Medicine, continued Now, how about a couple of things and the lighter side? Our patients, like almost everyone else in this world, see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear, and do what they want to do. A couple of examples: When I was practicing alone in a small farming community, one day a farmer stopped into my office and asked if I would make a house call to his farm to see if his very old mother had glaucoma.
Random Strangers
wind last Monday afternoon . I stopped at Castle Danger Brewery hoping to find a random stranger. Sure enough. I met Lacey Fisher who was super friendly and agreed wholeheartedly to be our Random Stranger this week.