I paid a brief visit to the Winter Frolic festivities down on First Avenue today. The City crews hauled in a bunch of snow and the 600 block was closed to all except snowmobile and foot traffic. It was nice to see some of those old snowmobiles. Some of those brands have been gone for years. Sno-Jet, Rupp, Johnson Ski-Horse were a few of the oldies. Some of the other brands like Ski-doo, Polaris and Artic Cat are still around, but they sure look different now. I spotted the really nice Scorpion (photo) and was transported back in time. Our family had one of these, but the hood had been painted an odd metallic green color. Same type of sled though, no doubt about it.
Old Sleds
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Split Rock Lighthouse Preservation
Split Rock Lighthouse
There is a nice little blurb in the Duluth news today about preservation work done at Split Rock Lighthouse by Collaborative Design Group of Two Harbors. A Google search does not turn up a company by this name in Two Harbors. I did find a link to the work done by the Collaborative Design Group on Split Rock Lighthouse, but it leads to their Twin Cities location. I wonder if there is a Two Harbors branch that does not have a web presence? Maybe there’s more info in the Split Rock Lighthouse Weblog. Lee Radzak does an awesome job with it.
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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…)
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.
Lake County Historical Society
Rick Tokarczyk is departing and Mel Sando (congratulations Mel!) will be taking over as the Administrator of the Lake County Historical Society. This little bit of information came to me via a story in the Lake County News Chronicle.
Image courtesy of MN Historical Society
I’ve made a few trips through the museum in the last few years. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I can’t help but find myself looking for relatives in the old pictures. I’ve managed to find a few. So here’s the thing . . . . those of us that have lived in the area for most of our lives and who may have had family here for multiple generations . . . . . we all have history to share.
I know that in my own family, there is a tremendous amount of oral history that has been passed