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
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.
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
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Lake County Public Health Nurses have been busy in the schools vaccinating students. Lake View Clinic (with support from Public Health) held two H1N1 vaccination clinics for the public, but still with a limited vaccine target group.
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There will be a public H1N1 vaccination clinic on Tuesday, November 24th at Lake View Clinic in Two Harbors. H1N1 vaccine is free of charge. Hours are 11:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
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Tom Koehler sent this nice panoramic picture of the old high school before it met the demolition machinery. If you click the pic it will open in a new window.
Thanks Tom!
Todd Ronning just sent me some very nice pics. The story that came with them is that in the winter of 1976, somebody decided that year-round shipping might be a good idea. The Edna G. and the Coast Guard ship Mackinac were working to get the Roger Blough into the harbor. These pics were originally slides done by Howard Udenberg.
Thanks Todd and Howard!
There will be a public H1N1 vaccination clinic on Tuesday, November 17th at Lake View Clinic in Two Harbors. H1N1 vaccine is free of charge. Hours are 11:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. H1N1 vaccine will be administered to people in the high risk groups listed below. Vaccinations will be on a 1st come, 1st served basis. Supply is limited.
As more vaccine becomes available, the risk groups
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H1N1 continues to be a hot topic. Vaccine supplies are increasing around the country. The CDC and Minnesota Department of Health continue to focus the available vaccine supply on the highest risk subset of the general risk groups.
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Minnesota FluLine 1-866-259-4655
If you have questions about your flu symptoms and treatment options, you can call this toll-free nurse triage line. This service was created by and is operated by the Minnesota Department of Health and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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