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Sivertones Playing at Sivertson Gallery
Sivertson Gallery invites you to kick off the Summer Season and Memorial Weekend with music and fun.
The Sivertones (Liz Sivertson and John Gruber) will be playing from 4-6pm on Friday, May 24th. Please join us for music and refreshments at Sivertson Gallery - 14 W. Wisconsin St., Grand Marais, MN 218-387-2491.

CONTACT: CJ
PHONE: 218-387-2491
DATE: 05/24/2013 11:23am
Everyone is welcome at the MOVE IT! Party, today 4-6pm, 4H Building!
Join your friends, neighbors, and competitors this afternoon for music, food, prizes, mardi gras masks and beads! Everyone is welcome and invited to attend!
4-6pm, 4H Log building at the Community Center
Celebrate Spring and Active Living in Cook County!
Thank you to our 2013 Sponsors: Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Cook County Public Health and Human Services, Safe Routes to School, Superior North Outdoor Center, Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply, North Shore Health Care Foundation, Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, ISD 166 & Great Expectations School,
Birch Grove Foundation
CONTACT: Kristin Wharton
PHONE: 387-2330
DATE: 05/23/2013 11:13am
service for Howard Houglum
A memorial service celebrating the life of Howard Houglum will be held at the Senior Center on Sunday, June 2nd at 2:00 p.m.
CONTACT: Kristine Bottorff, Office Manager
PHONE: 2183872113
DATE: 05/22/2013 02:02pm
Joe Paulik Band presents "The Seventh Arrow"
Friday, May 24th, 7:00 PM, at Betsy Bowen Studios "What's Upstairs".
The Joe Paulik Band will perform an entire album's-worth of mostly new material, that hasn't been performed publicly until now. "The Seventh Arrow" is Joe's 5th collection of original compositions. Most haven't been played by Joe at any of his solo gigs, because he has always felt they were more appropriate for a full band. So now you have a chance to experience this new material, as well as your favorites from Joe's and the band's repertoire, in a live concert setting.
General admission is $10, which is a heck of a lot less than you'd spend anywhere else that night! It's OK to bring your own refreshments, and Lola's Sweet Life Bakery will be offering wood-fired pizza!
Come out and be a part of what might turn out to be the first of a new way to experience live music in Grand Marais!
CONTACT: Joe Paulik Band
DATE: 05/21/2013 01:56pm
Open House!
Open House May 30, starts at 4pm!
New Lake Superior Vacation Rental! Come and meet the new owners of 5052 W Highway 61 in Lutsen! Snacks provided!
CONTACT: Jim and Becky Kondrad
PHONE: 218 370 9255
DATE: 05/21/2013 01:30pm
Did you miss the Greenhouse Sale at GES?
Don’t fret!
Great Expectations School still has lots left from last Saturday’s plant sale (including a few Sungold tomatoes...while they last).
Come check out the selection at our hoophouse (GES is located at 550 E 5th Street in Grand Marais).
Sales are on the honor system – just look for the box in the hoophouse.
All proceeds benefit Great Expectations School.

CONTACT: Jana Berka
DATE: 05/21/2013 01:07pm
Move It! Week 4 Events & PARTY!
Register online at www.sawtoothmountainclinic.org
and click on the Move It icon on the right side of the page!
Community Progress: 6,108.72 Miles, 77,888 Minutes
We are rocking and rolling on Highway 61!
Week 4: May 20-26th
Active Events for Weeks 4 & 5
Check out any of the BrownBag Lunch presentations you missed online at www.sawtoothmountainclinic.org, under the video archives!
May 20-24: Bike/Walk to Work Week! Free "Blender Bike" Smoothies for bike commuters all week at the Bike Shop! www.SuperiorNorthOutdoor.com or bike@boreal.org
May 22: Walk-to-School Wednesday in Grand Marais, leaves from the Courthouse Parking Lot at 7:20 am, continuing on to ISD 166 and GES! For more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509
May 23: BrownBag Lunch Series: Feng Shui for Active Living, Ainslie Kincross PhD
Noon-12:40pm, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic LowerLevel Classroom
Do your home and work environments support an active lifestyle? Find out how you can create more Qi for better energy.
May 23rd MOVE IT PARTY! 4H Building from 4-6pm. Everyone is invited!
A New Orleans-style party with Jazz music, tasty treats, marti gras beads, and non-alcoholic drinks on the "fender blender" blender bike! Come meet your Move It competitors and comrades! Door prizes will be chosen during the party. You do not have to be present to win!
May 26: Annual Bike To Bruch at Naniboujou Lodge, sponsored by Superior North Outdoor Center, pre-register at 218-387-2186 or bike@boreal.org
May 29: Walk-to-School Wednesday in Grand Marais, for more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509
May 30: BrownBag Lunch Series: Work Smart, Work WELL!, Kristin Wharton, RN
Noon-12:40pm, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic LowerLevel Classroom
Most adults spend at least half (or more!) of our waking hours at work. Learn what Cook County and regional businesses are doing to create "cultures of wellness" at work.
Week 4 Question in the Comment Box:
Let's share our creative ways to make active transportation work in Cook County! For example, some folks drive to town, then park and walk. Others drive one way, and bike home. What are you doing that works?
Move It contacts:
Kristin Wharton, kristin@sawtoothmountainclinic.org, 387-2330
Technical Support: Sandy Schute, support@boreal.org, 387-9471
Thank you to the 2013 Move It in May Sponsors:
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Cook County Public Health and Human Services, Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP), Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, Superior North Outdoor Center, Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply, North Shore Healthcare Foundation, Birch Grove Foundation
CONTACT: Kristin Wharton
PHONE: 387-2330
DATE: 05/20/2013 11:16am
Business Networking Luncheon: Social Media
Business Networking Luncheon: Social Media
Social media -- Facebook, Twitter and all their cousins -- offer huge potential for marketing your business. But managing them well isn't always easy, and ignoring them can be downright dangerous. That's because just about all businesses are on social media whether they choose to be or not through TripAdvisor, Yelp and other types of consumer-driven review sites. It's important that businesses manage their presence on those sites to ensure a positive effect on their balance sheets.
Hear two experienced, successful social media marketers -- Sally Nankivell of the Cook County Visitors Bureau and Mike Prom of Voyageur Canoe Outfitters -- explain their approach and provide tips that can mean the difference between success and frustration. Nankivell and Prom will offer their accumulated social media wisdom at May's Cook County Higher Ed Business Networking Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, in the Birch Terrace dining room, 601 Highway 61 in Grand Marais. Cost is $15.
To register for this luncheon, guaranteed to make you a better social media marketer, please email jboyd@northshorecampus.org or call 218-387-3411.
CONTACT: Cook County Higher Education
PHONE: 218-387-3411
DATE: 05/20/2013 11:02am
Caregiver Support Group
The monthly caregiver's support group meets at noon this Tuesday, May 21, at the Congregational Church (Fireside Room) in Grand Marais. Treats and beverages provided. Come and share your wisdom and benefit from that of others on this rewarding/demanding journey. Call Vicki at 387-1913 for more information.
CONTACT: Vicki Biggs-Anderson
DATE: 05/20/2013 07:49am
ISD 166 2nd Annual Communications Meeting
ISD166 2nd Annual Communication Meeting
May 28th 5:30- 7:30 pm in the Arrowhead Center for the Arts
Please see attachment
CONTACT: Beth Schwarz
PHONE: 218-387-2271
DATE: 05/15/2013 02:49pm
Talking about the weather....Guest Lecture May 23, 2013
Everyone has been talking about the weather, so how appropriate that our first Guest Lecture of the year should be about weather! Carol Christenson will present “What will the Summer Bring for Weather?” on Thursday, May 23, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. I hope you can attend – this will be a fun and interesting presentation!
Carol Christenson is a Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Duluth, MN. Carol's position at the NWS is the outreach (or PR) person at the NWS. As such she is responsible for communicating with National Weather Service customers to ensure their needs are being met. She also directs the office’s preparedness program to ensure timely information is communicated well. She conducts public safety and other outreach events to ensure that people react correctly to NWS warnings. As she loves talking about the weather, a favorite part of her job is speaking with and to people of all ages.
Carol received a B.S. in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has been with the NWS for 29 years and has worked at various weather offices in the Midwest. As an amateur radio operator Carol volunteers annually for Grandma's Marathon. She lives in Hermantown with her husband, who is retired from the National Weather Service, two daughters, two dogs, and three cats.
The Guest Lecture series of Cook County Higher Education is offered to the community free, although donations are appreciated. The series is sponsored by the Grand Marais State Bank, Drury Lane Books, George F. Maruska Ltd., the Lake Superior Trading Post, Como Oil & Propane, Sawbill Outfitters, and WTIP radio. Refreshments are donated by Beth’s Fudge and Gifts and Johnson’s Foods. The lectures are held at Cook County Higher Education’s North Shore campus, located at 300 West 3rd Street in Grand Marais. For more information call 387-3411.
CONTACT: Cook County Higher Education
PHONE: 218-387-3411
DATE: 05/14/2013 02:52pm
Move It In May; Week 3 Events!
Register online at www.sawtoothmountainclinic.org
and click on the Move It icon on the right side of the page!
Community Progress: 3794.06 Miles, 45992 Minutes
We made it to New Orleans, and are back in Wisconsin already!
Week 3: May 13-18th
Active Events in Cook County
May 15: Cook County Bike Safety Rodeo, 3-5pm at the Cook County Community Center, for more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509. Permission Slips are required to participate. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
May 15: Walk-to-School Wednesday in Grand Marais, The Walking School Bus leaves from the Courthouse Parking Lot at 7:20am. Everyone is welcome. The route goes to ISD 166 and GES schools. For more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509
May 16: BrownBag Lunch Series: Bike Basics for Babes! with Natalie Gille of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, Noon-12:45pm, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic LowerLevel Classroom
Bring your bike and helmet along to learn bike basics and discuss some of the unique barriers that women overcome to start riding bicycle. "Need to Know" - bike basics I'll cover during this class: Practice bike handling skills to better control your bike, Wear a helmet fitted correctly, Perform ABC Quick Check on your bike before each ride, Ride on the right and obey all traffic control devices, Ride predictably; be visible at all times, Scan for traffic; signal lane changes and turns, Drink before you are thirsty; eat before you are hungry.
May 17: Advanced Bike Safety Rodeo, 3-5pm, meet at the Community Center. All riders must have completed the Wednesday, May 15 Course. For more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
GET READY FOR NATIONAL BIKE/WALK to WORK & SCHOOL WEEK!
May 20-24: Bike/Walk to Work Week! Free "Blender Bike" Smoothies for bike commuters all week at the Bike Shop! www.SuperiorNorthOutdoor.com or bike@boreal.org
May 22: Walk-to-School Wednesday in Grand Marais, for more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509
May 23: BrownBag Lunch Series: Feng Shui for Active Living, Ainslie Kincross PhD
Noon-12:40pm, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic LowerLevel Classroom
Do your home and work environments support an active lifestyle? Find out how you can create more Qi for better energy.
May 23 Move It in May PARTY! 4-6pm, 4H Log Building
Everyone is welcome! Jazz music, Marti Gras beads, Food, Non-Alcoholic Drinks mixed on the Blender Bike! Come Celebrate Moving It in May!
May 26: Annual Bike To Bruch at Naniboujou Lodge, sponsored by Superior North Outdoor Center, pre-register at 218-387-2186 or bike@boreal.org
Week 3 Question on the Comment Box:
What would make it easier for you to walk or bike in Grand Marais?
Printable Tracking Form (for school groups, etc.)
http://sawtoothmountainclinic.org/events/images/ckeditor/2013_MIIM_Tracking_Form.pdf
Move It contacts:
Kristin Wharton, kristin@sawtoothmountainclinic.org, 387-2330
Technical Support: Sandy Schute, support@boreal.org, 387-9471
Thank you to the 2013 Move It in May Sponsors:
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Cook County Public Health and Human Services, Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP), Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, Superior North Outdoor Center, Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply, North Shore Healthcare Foundation, Birch Grove Foundation
CONTACT: Kristin Wharton, RN
PHONE: 387-2330
DATE: 05/13/2013 09:11am
QuickBooks Usergroup
All users of QuickBooks are invited to an informal "user group" in which members help each other solve issues. The group will meet at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, at Cook County Higher Ed. Cost is $5. Karl Hansen, group leader, advises that the top issue on the agenda this time will be whether to continue meeting. Few people have turned up the past few meetings. So if you are interested in keeping this group going, even if you can only come occasionally, Wednesday's meeting is a must.
CONTACT: Cook County Higher Education
PHONE: 218-387-3411
DATE: 05/07/2013 10:33am
Move It in May: Week 2
Register online at www.sawtoothmountainclinic.org
and click on the Move It icon on the right side of the page!
Community Progress: 867 miles and 12,297 minutes of activity!
We are approaching St. Louis, Missouri!
Week 2: May 6-12th
Active Events in Cook County
May 8: Walk-to-School Wednesday in Grand Marais, for more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509
May 9: BrownBag Lunch Series: Walking Speed: The 6th Vital Sign, Margo Furcht, PT
Noon-12:40pm, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic LowerLevel Classroom
Find out how walking speed predicts future health status, balance confidence, and functional abilities and have your walking speed measured and interpreted by a physical therapist. (If you miss it, all bownbag lunch presentations will be recorded and available on the Clinic's website.)
Plan Ahead for Week 3...
May 15: Cook County Bike Safety Rodeo, Community Center, for more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
May 15: Walk-to-School Wednesday in Grand Marais, for more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509
May 16: BrownBag Lunch Series: Bike Basics for Babes! with Natalie Gille of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, Noon-12:45pm, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic LowerLevel Classroom
Bring your bike and helmet along to learn bike basics and discuss some of the unique barriers that women overcome to start riding bicycle. "Need to Know" - bike basics I'll cover during this class: Practice bike handling skills to better control your bike, Wear a helmet fitted correctly, Perform ABC Quick Check on your bike before each ride, Ride on the right and obey all traffic control devices, Ride predictably; be visible at all times, Scan for traffic; signal lane changes and turns, Drink before you are thirsty; eat before you are hungry.
May 17: Advanced Bike Safety Rodeo, Community Center, for more info contact Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator Jerry Hiniker, srts@boreal.org or 612-581-4509. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Printable Tracking Form (for school groups, etc.)
http://sawtoothmountainclinic.org/events/images/ckeditor/2013_MIIM_Tracking_Form.pdf
Move It contacts: Kristin Wharton, kristin@sawtoothmountainclinic.org, 387-2330
Technical Support: Sandy Schute, support@boreal.org, 387-9471
Thank you to the 2013 Move It in May Sponsors:
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Cook County Public Health and Human Services, Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP), Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, Superior North Outdoor Center, Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply, North Shore Healthcare Foundation, Birch Grove Foundation
CONTACT: Kristin Wharton, RN
PHONE: 387-2330
DATE: 05/06/2013 04:58pm
Rummage Sale-Day 2
got some new stuff...come on up!!!
247 South Shore Drive
11:00 Today!!!
5/5/13
CONTACT: Proof
PHONE: 370-0205
DATE: 05/05/2013 09:29am
Sports Banquet
Cook County Athletes and Parents:
REMINDER:
Sports Banquet tomorrow Sunday May 5, 2013, at 5:00 PM at St. John's Catholic Church, Grand Marais.
It's a pot-luck. Please bring a main dish or salad to share.
HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!!!!
CONTACT: Booster Club
DATE: 05/04/2013 12:19pm
Rummge Sale
Rummage Sale this Saturday, May 4th. 11:00 AM
Proof''s House - 247 South Shore Drive
CONTACT: Proof
DATE: 05/02/2013 02:53pm
Cook County Computing
Anyone interested in having a computer club here in Cook County? I thought a group could meet regularly and discuss "book of the month"-style a computer topic. Lately, I've been looking into what's called "Big Data." There is an O'Reilly book (I've got a SafariBooks subscription) called "Machine Learning for Hackers," which talks about "data mining," i.e., getting useful information and statistics out of big data sets. The language used in the book is R, which is good with statistical calculations. One of the issues discussed in the book is graph data/theory, which has to do with things like Facebook, LinkedIn, Geo-location, etc. data. Let me know if you'd like to get together and explore this topic -- or any other computer topic. BTW, the first chapter of "Machine Learning..." has you analyzing UFO sightings data. ;-P
CONTACT: Olwe Bottorff
PHONE: 387-3363
DATE: 05/02/2013 12:01pm
Golf Leagues, Men's & Women's
Golf Leagues for Superior National are starting up soon.
Men's League two-man, match play, Monday nights, 6:00pm shotgun start - Registration ends May 27th.
Women's "Fun" League, fun golf & games, Tuesday nights, 6:00pm shotgun start - Registration ends May 28th.
Men's warm up play starts May 20th. Women's warm up May 21st.
Men's league starts June 3rd.
Women's league starts June 4th.
Call 663-7195 or e-mail snl@boreal.org for information on leagues and to register.
CONTACT: Superior National
PHONE: 663-7195
DATE: 05/01/2013 02:29pm
Cook County Higher Education Construction Zone
Cook County Higher Education Construction Zone
Cook County Higher Education will be undergoing some exciting changes at the North Shore Campus over the next 3 months. We are renovating certain areas of the building, adding new rooms, changing out bathrooms, etc. Construction will be starting this Friday, April 5. Please be aware that the building will be noisy for the next month...and plan accordingly. We will be hosting an open house once the renovation is complete…likely this fall.
We will still have events, trainings, workshops, guest lectures, and business luncheons happing during the renovation.
Please give us a if you have any questions call 218-387-3411 or email highered@northshorecampus.org.
CONTACT: Cook County Higher Education
PHONE: 218-387-3411
DATE: 04/29/2013 12:16pm
ServSafe Food Manger Training and Renewal Course
Cook County Higher Education will offer the ServSafe food manager training on Tuesday, May 7, at its North Shore Campus, 300 West Third Street in Grand Marais. The full certification course runs from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and costs $175, which includes the textbook. The renewal course runs from 8 a.m. to noon the same day and costs $75.
This training is designed to fulfill requirements for Minnesota state and local health departments. The seminars train, test and certify you in the National Restaurant Association's ServSafe program for safe food service.
Space in this class is limited, so please register early. In addition, we need to send students the textbook so they may go over the material before the class convenes. To register, please email jboyd@northshorecampus.org or call 218-387-3411. We will send you a registration form, which you must return, with payment, as quickly as possible to secure a seat in the class and receive your textbook.

CONTACT: Cook County Higher Education
PHONE: 218-387-3411
DATE: 04/25/2013 11:09am

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