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4 Day School Week – NOT?!
The State has rejected the proposal to move to a 4-day school week. There were some holes in the application that school administration is working to fill. The State has said they will fast-track a review of the updated application. If approved in time, the 4-day week could still happen, but I think each day that passes makes it more likely that we will see a 5-day week when school resumes in September. Thoughts anyone?
Levy No / 4 day week coming
The complete failure of the school levy proposal has resulted in an immediate decision by the School Board to institute a 4-day school week beginning in the Fall.
“It makes a pretty strong statement,” Superintendent Phil Minkkinen said. “We are going to look for ways to economize.” source
This has been a very contentious issue and the voters have spoken. Now we all have to live with the results. Best wishes and thanks to the School Board for your efforts.
School Levy Vote
There have been several Letters to the Editor on the upcoming school levy vote printed in the Lake County News Chronicle over the last several weeks. The school board has made efforts to get information out to voters as well. The official information from the school district can be found here.
There is more discussion about this on the Two Harbors Forum bulletin board.
When your ballot comes, please vote.
Downtown Two Harbors
The condition of downtown Two Harbors has been a topic of discussion for many years. Businesses have come and gone. The local economy has come and gone. Generations of us have mostly gone. Mel Sando, the newly annointed Executive Director of the Lake County Historical Society has been making some noise (in a positive way) about our community over the last couple of months. Mel wrote a nice guest editorial in the Lake County News Chronicle (4-15-2010). There is also a Two Harbors Planning Commission that we don’t hear alot about. It would sure be nice if the ideas about improving our community would gain a little traction.
We hear about Grand Marais as a comparison to Two Harbors. The two communities are different in the way they are oriented on their respective pieces of lake shore. Two Harbors won’t be Grand Marais. Something I do notice when I visit Grand Marais though . . . . . the whole downtown area seems clean, neat and inviting. We could use some of that in our own downtown.
Help Wanted – Like to Write?
Help Wanted!
Cheap help – the kind that works for free. TwoHarborsForum has been around for nearly 11 years now. The bulletin board has been the main drawing card for all of those years. But, things change. The bulletin board activity has slowed considerably over the last several months. I think there are multiple reasons for the slowdown. A relatively small pool of participants, occasional bad manners, and sometimes just running out of things to talk about. There are also more and more people using sites like Facebook to satisfy their urge for a little online communication between friends. Nothing wrong with that – personally, I love Facebook.
I think there is still a place for a site like this. Take a look at PerfectDuluthDay for an example of a blog site that is thriving. They do some interesting things there. I would like to see this little site become more active in a similar way. I’m going to be making some changes in the registration for the site, changes that will allow people besides me to post stories. Generally, stories will not appear until they are approved by a site administrator (me). Maybe eventually there will be a few writers that can help out with site moderation too.
Please post some comments with thoughts and ideas.
Thanks!
Hoarding a Horde of Cats
Herding cats gives us a funny mental picture. Hoarding cats – not so funny. Hoarding behavior can include animals as well as “stuff.” Having 34 cats in a house in town is well beyond anyone’s definition of reasonable. There is a line in the Duluth News Tribune article that sums it up pretty well.
“And I can’t even say he wasn’t well-meaning. He might have been. Sometimes it’s just good intentions gone sideways.” Carrie Lane, Duluth Police Department Animal Control Officer
Even though this guy had solicited and received some donations over the last few years, he surely was not doing this for the money. I find myself agreeing with Carrie Lane.
Plans reversed on Honking Tree | Lake County News Chronicle | Two Harbors, Minnesota
Plans reversed on Honking Tree | Lake County News Chronicle | Two Harbors, Minnesota
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Lake County is Unhealthy?
A study released today says Lake County, with a population of about 10,600, is the unhealthiest county in Minnesota. Link to full article in Duluth News Tribune
I appreciate that Paul Bergman picked up on the fact that Lake County ranks 16th in Health Factors. Dennis Henkel made some good observations about the data as well.
This study, like many, is good for a few headlines, but on closer inspection there is much to cause a person to reconsider the rather sensational headlines they generate.
Old Sleds
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.