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Under new ownership, Lake View expects few health care changes | Lake County News Chronicle | Two Harbors, Minnesota

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Blackwoods was a good choice

Thursday evening, my wife and I decided to eat at Blackwoods. We love the pasta there, even though the price seems a little on the high side. After looking at the menu for a while, I found myself gravitating more toward eating some real meat. I ordered a 10 oz. ribeye steak, medium rare. I was really pleased with it. The steak was not thick, but it was done perfectly and the BBQ sauce was really good. Price was $15.95 (I think) which felt like a bargain, especially considering that most of the pasta dishes are $13.95.

The TripAdvisor website has some Blackwood’s reviews  too. 

FirstSolutions Plans Local Layoffs

FirstSolutions announced several months ago that FirstPlan of Minnesota would cease operations at the end of 2009. The company’s headquarters in Canal Park began reducing staff a year or more ago and the trend continues there. (more…)

How much is too much?

The Lake County News Chronicle, or some person or persons associated with it or supportive of it, have reportedly sent a few complaining emails to TwoHarborsNews.com over the last few days. I haven’t verified this information, but it sounds familiar. 1/9/2010: Update/Clarification: The information in the first sentence came from a post on the Two Harbors News facebook page stating that they had received “nasty emails from ‘family members’ of the Chronicle.” Per Mike Creger (LCNC Editor), no one from the Chronicle sent any emails. Mike acknowledges that they have had some issues with that site, (more…)

Stocking Fish

 

The DNR has announced that they will be reducing operations at the French River Hatchery. hatchery. source I’m not much of a fisherman, so I don’t usually pay much attention to this, but I was surprised at the number of Kamloops that are stocked in Lake Superior each year.  Approximately 92,500.  That sounds like alot.  It started me thinking about the ethics and value of stocking fish like this.   (more…)

Two Harbors H1N1 News

H1N1 vaccine is now available for everyone.

After all the hoopla, near panic and frustration around the country, H1N1 vaccine is finally available in sufficient quantity.

Lake County Public Health has clinics scheduled as follows:

Two Harbors:

• Monday, January 4th from 10:00am through 2:00pm, Human Services building
• Wednesday, January 6th from 3:00pm to 6:00pm, Human Services building
• Monday, January 25th from 2:00pm to 6:00pm, Human Services building

Silver Bay:

• Monday, January 11th from 10:00am to 2:00pm, Edison Blvd Service Center
• Wednesday, January 13th from 3:00pm to 7:00pm, Edison Blvd Service Center

Isabella:

• Tuesday, January 19th from 2:00pm to 6:00pm, Community Center

H1 N1 vaccinations are free and available to all residents on a first-come, first-served basis.

Only in Two Harbors & Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Well, maybe not only in Two Harbors, but sometimes I like to think so . . . . . .

This afternoon, my wife and I were out and about running a few errands. One of our stops was SuperOne.  As we headed for the front door, I saw our Chief of Police, Chris Donald standing at the Salvation Army collection bucket ringing the bell.  As we were starting down the first aisle, I was commenting to my wife about how nice it is to live in a town where the Chief is a guy who gives back to the community like that.  After we gathered a few groceries and  checked out, we headed out the same door and made a little deposit into the bucket.  As we walked out we were still hearing, “Thank you very much. Have a great Christmas!”  I smiled all the way home.

“I am a fortunate man and nothing will take the fullness of this moment away and in this season of giving and rebirth I wish you the same gifts and hope that your deepest dreams, formed in your most sincere solitude, will find the time and space to become forever true.”  Patrick J. Eller, Wolf Words

Reminiscence

Most folks know that TwoHarborsForum.com started out as little local bulletin board site quite a while back.  It’s still a little local site, but the audience has grown and changed over the years.  Just this evening I was reminiscing and reading some forum conversations from back in 2001.  Wow, what a time capsule.  There’s humor, sadness, local history, “deep” conversations, sports commentary, all sorts of stuff.  Reading back over it, I’m amazed by all (well at least some) of it.  It’s also an amazing slice of more current local history.  Where else could you get a good glimpse into the thoughts surrounding things like the controversies that went with the new high school and other fun stuff like that?  I posted a few more thoughts on the bulletin board, and here’s a link to that post.  My fingers are running out of words now, so I guess it must be time to stop.