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.

Please join MN Sea Grant for Part I of a three part Climate Change Speaker Series, Thursday, May 23rd from 7:30-8:30 pm.  We'll be sharing a presentation and discussion about Climate Change Impacts on Northern Forest Ecosystems. 

This event is being hosted at the Harbor House Grill, 411 Hwy 61-right on the lake! http://www.harborhousegrille.com/. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. 

All are welcome!

Our speaker for this event is Stephen Handler, a Climate Change Specialist with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and the Forest Service Northern Research Station.  Stephen helps coordinate the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework, a collaborative effort that is designed to help forest managers, researchers, and landowners incorporate climate change considerations into forest management. 

For additional information, please see http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/news/2013/05/23 or contact Hilarie Sorensen with MN Sea Grant.

Phone: (218) 726-7677
Email: soren360@d.umn.edu

ISD166 2nd Annual Communication Meeting

May 28th 5:30- 7:30 pm in the Arrowhead Center for the Arts

Please see attachment

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.

Register online at www.sawtoothmountainclinic.org
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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.

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.