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Christel Connor, former longtime resident of Wrenshall, passed away peacefully Feb. 18, 2020, while residing in Stockton, California. Christel was born May 5, 1922, in Krames, Germany and was married to Junior Connor of Wrenshall, whom she met while he served with the U.S. Army in Germany after World War II. They were married on June 29, 1948, in Assmannhausen, Germany, where Christel worked as an administrative clerk for the U.S. occupational forces. Christel would tell us kids that had Junior...
After graduating from high school last May, Cloquet's Aidan Ripp hit "Pause" on academics to pursue his dream of becoming a top competitor in the world of Nordic combined. He gave himself a year, spending part of the summer and early fall jumping and skiing on plastic in Europe and places such as Utah and Colorado. Since the snow arrived, he's been across the States practicing and competing in his chosen sport. It paid off. Earlier this month, USA Nordic named Ripp as a member of the 2020...
Patricia (Wedl) Bailey passed away peacefully Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. The second of three children, Pat was born May 5, 1930, to Lee and Peg Wedl in Coleraine. She was united in marriage to Bob Bailey on June 30, 1950. They raised their family in Remer. Upon retirement, Pat and Bob moved to St. George, Utah, and she returned to Cloquet in 2008 to be closer to family. Pat was a kind and loving person who always put others above herself. She enjoyed being wi...
At a fiercely competitive Minnesota State Nordic ski meet Friday, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys Nordic team skied their way to eighth place out of 18 teams ... with each team member skiing his hardest for team and self. While only the top four finishers for each team contribute to the team score, the other three skiers ski to displace competing skiers so they don't earn as many points. As he has all season, Cloquet junior Benjamin Bauer led the team individually, taking 23rd place following...
For the first time in almost three decades, the Lumberjacks boys Nordic ski team is headed to State. With almost perfect conditions - the snow just right, and temperatures in the low 20s - four Lumberjacks skiers finished in the top 15 at Thursday's Section 7 meet at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. Benjamin Bauer finished in third place, while Josh Sanders took ninth, AJ Maijala 12th and Cale Prosen finished in 14th place. The combined scores of CEC's top four skiers added up to 366 points, good enough...
Cloquet citizen Tim Krohn was on hand again Tuesday to accept another donation for the extension of the Pine Valley mountain bike trail. The donor this time was Minnesota Power. Chris Rousseau, Carlton grad and Minnesota Power manager of renewable operations, was there with a giant check for $2,500 for the trail. Cloquet Public Works director Caleb Peterson explained to the council that the original budget for the trail extension was $125,000. Krohn and other Pine Valley volunteers first...
The Carlton County Republican Party invited a self-described refugee resettlement expert to conduct a meeting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, according to organizer Bill Dian of Wrenshall. Dian said Ron Branstner, who has homes in Palm Springs, California and Eden Valley, Minnesota will conduct the meeting to inform Carlton County Republican members and the general public of his research on the refugee issue in America. “I’ve been studying this...
Word began to filter out early Monday morning that the godfather of Cloquet hockey, former boys hockey coach Bill Kennedy, had passed away Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Mahtowa. The tough-as-nails Kennedy coached the Lumberjacks from 1967 to 1987 after taking over for Don Bourdeau. Kennedy was instrumental in putting the program on the map. He was also a favorite teacher to thousands of students who met up with him in his classroom during his four decades of teaching. Bruce Plante, who...
Girls Hockey • CEC vs Thief River Falls at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 • CEC plays TBD at home in first round of section tournament Boys Hockey • CEC at Holy Family Catholic at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 • CEC vs Duluth East at Heritage Arena at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3 Boys Basketball • Cloquet vs Proctor at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 • Cloquet vs Duluth Denfeld at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 • Cloquet vs. Hibbing at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 • Carlton vs McGregor at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 • Carlton at Barnum at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3 • Wrenshal...
With little fanfare, Cloquet's new water treatment plant came online in December and so far things are going swimmingly. Residents should notice little change in tap water because the plant is filtering a mineral that hasn't been present in recent years, after the city quit using one of its five wells. Now that well - which previously provided 30 percent of the city's water - is back in action, but with no added manganese because of the city's new $6.6 million facility. Manganese occurs...
It's a new year and once again you've resolved to get healthy. And you're certainly not alone. According to the website Body Blueprint, the No. 1 New Year's resolution is to lose weight. Every year millions of people make such resolutions, followed by a grab-bag of others, from quitting smoking, to drinking less alcohol, to exercising more, to cutting out sugar. Unfortunately, Body Blueprint also notes that a staggering 80 percent of all these well-intentioned aspirations are broken by the...
Not too long after he could walk, at age 2, Cale Prosen began skiing. He started with the Cloquet Ski Club, under the tutelage of coaches Ken Ripp and Pat Marciniak, along with parent volunteers. "I remember playing a lot of games and having fun," Prosen said. "It was always fun being on the trails. Now a sophomore at Cloquet High School and on the varsity Nordic ski team, Prosen said his love for skiing has not faded. "It's a fun sport," Prosen said. "And having a positive team culture...
It was all in good fun as a friendly game of hockey ebbed and flowed at the Pinehurst Park hockey rink Sunday night. Everyone just kind of showed up, said Travis Berg, who was only watching Sunday due to a concussion from playing high school hockey. The informal pickup game included several past and present Lumberjacks hockey players. The boys soccer team was also well represented. It was, after all, a pickup game - just like Minnesotans have always played for generations with sticks, pucks,...
As noted in the most recent issue of the Lumberlog by Cloquet Community Education, the Cloquet parks commission voted earlier this year to close the hills at Pine Valley to tubing “due to safety considerations and an aging tow rope system.” Pine Valley will continue to be home base for Cloquet kids’ ski jumping and Nordic skiing, as well as the CEC Nordic ski team. If you love tubing, visit Mont du Lac Resort’s brand-new Outta Bounds tubing park, which includes four speed lanes, two children’s lanes, and two custom lanes that careen through t...
There's no place like home. Dorothy said it first, but the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys Nordic team proved it by placing five boys in the top 10 during the varsity race Thursday as the Lumberjacks hosted their only home meet of the season. The race start area at Pine Valley was a field of white awash in activity for hours Thursday, Dec. 19. More than 360 skiers in grades 7-12 warmed up, raced, cheered each other on and then enjoyed homemade goodies in the ski chalet at the woodland park. CEC head...
Ski jumpers and Nordic combined racers from Chicago, the Twin Cities, Coleraine and Ishpeming, Michigan made their way here Saturday to compete in the first Central Division competition of the season at Cloquet's Pine Valley. Out-of-town jumpers were astounded by the amount of snow in northern Minnesota. St. Paul's Joe Berens was the official Central Division coach on site Saturday, and called the conditions "wonderful." More than 2 feet of snow was certainly a good thing for jumping, as the...
One step at a time. That's the approach one consulting firm is recommending for repairs and renovations to the city's ice arenas, in particular The Barn. After spending close to $50,000 in October to replace the R-22 refrigerant that had leaked out of the aging pipes and ice plant at the more-than-40-year-old facility, determining options for fixing and replacing the cooling systems at both facilities has become a priority for the city. It's more complicated than systems simply getting old....
The first Nordic race of the season Tuesday came with a couple surprises for the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton team. 1.There's plenty of snow already. 2.The girl's fastest skier Tuesday was Halle Zuck, an Esko sophomore who was skiing junior varsity at the Snowflake Nordic Center in Duluth. Head coach Arne Maijala said he wasn't surprised to see Zuck turn in a fast time, but he didn't expect her to be THE top girls skier. Halle Zuck finished her JV race - a 4K race, just like the varsity - in 23:05.5,...
Skiers from near and far will be flying off the jumps at Pine Valley Recreational Area Saturday when the Cloquet Ski Club hosts its annual ski jumping and nordic combined invitational, weather permitting. This year, happily, there is plenty of snow and the 40-meter jump was recently redesigned with a vastly improved inrun. All are welcome to come watch local skiers and jumpers compete against other competitors who travel here for the Central Division competition. Follow the signs to Pine Valley...
Ironically, the Nordic ski lesson registration at Spirit Mountain had to be postponed Sunday. The new time to register and get fitted for equipment is 4:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11. Register online at www.duluthxc.com; click “programs” and then “other local programs.” The Nordic Spirit Youth Ski League offers cross country ski lessons at Spirit Mountain Nordic Center for kids 5-14 years old at an affordable price, with great volunteer teachers and ski equipment if needed. Ski lessons begin Sunday, Jan. 5 for six weeks. Have questions or want...
Curtis R. Wilson died on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. He was born Dec. 8, 1951, and raised in Cloquet by Roy Curtis and Jane B. (Fay) Wilson, who predeceased him, he is survived by the love of his life, Lisa Wilson, whom he married on May 25, 1991, and their daughter, Zoë Rose Wilson, and her fiancé, John A. “Alex” Reinman. Curt was a graduate of Cloquet High School and the University of Minnesota with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. He worked for various engineering firms...
Most people want to leave a legacy, to know that their lives mattered, to leave their mark on the world, a contribution of some sort to future generations. But many don’t consciously think about what they want their legacy to be or how to build it. They also don’t realize that they aren’t alone, that they can involve others in creating their legacy. Warren Tester has done that. Tester is being honored as Carlton County’s 2019 Outstanding Conservationist for his work on what he calls his “strategic” property in the Nemadji watershed....
The Nordic Spirit Youth Ski League offers cross country ski lessons at Spirit Mountain Nordic Center for kids ages 5-14 at an affordable price, with great volunteer teachers, and ski equipment if needed. Ski lessons begin Sunday, Jan. 5 for six weeks. Register early and come to the equipment fitting and registration session at Spirit Mountain Nordic Center 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1 Register online at www.duluthxc.com, click “programs” and then “other local programs.” Call 218-626-2532 or email [email protected]. Another good place for you...
Only one of three candidates for the Cloquet City Administrator job - Tim Peterson - made it to a second interview, held prior to the City Council work session Tuesday. Peterson, the current city administrator in Moose Lake and previously deputy clerk in Proctor, displayed a good understanding of both the issues and strengths of Cloquet, in a question and answer session with councilors that went both ways. Peterson asked councilors what they see as priority projects for the city. Answers ranged...
Winter is on its way. Around here, that also means Nordic ski and ski jumping season will be here soon as well — as soon as enough snow falls. Families who want to get involved in these winter sports are encouraged to join the Cloquet Ski Club, a non-profit, all volunteer group that operates out of Cloquet’s Pine Valley. This year’s registration is set for Nov. 19 and Nov. 21, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Pine Valley Ski Chalet, 1106 Olympic Drive (past the hockey shelters) in Cloquet. It’s $30 to join the club, which includes the cross country...
