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The Cloquet American Legion Post 262 recently changed commanders. Glenn Wirtanen stepped down as commander of the post. He was the post commander for the last ten years, and the vice commander for two years before that. He was presented with a Commander Award plaque last night at our monthly meeting. He is replaced by Steven Birkemeyer, who has served as a post commander at another post in the past....
There are two new staff members in the Carlton County Extension Office in Carlton, and both of them grew up here and are looking forward to helping local kids and adults with everything from farming questions to 4-H projects. Agricultural educator Mercedes Moffett grew up on a beef cattle farm west of Moose Lake. She graduated from Moose Lake High School in 2015 and then went on to college. She found that she was not ready to be away from home yet. “I lasted one semester,” she said. “I came...
Next week is International Pollinator Week. AJ Miller, owner of Drone Grown Photography, captured this photo of his 4-year-old daughter in the family’s backyard in Cloquet. “We participated in “no-mow May,” and I thought it would be fun to take some photos in a sea of dandelions,” Miller said. “My daughter, Livia, jumped right in. I powered up my drone and took to the skies.” That’s when he captured this unique photo of Livia and entitled it, “Dandelioness.” She was awestruck by the ph...
Rich Brummer said he "got hooked" on the Minnesota Fishing Challenge when he was a charter captain on Lake Superior and participated in the second year of the fishing tournament. The next year he suckered Stuart Nelson into joining him and the two became an unstoppable fundraising team. "We haven't looked back," Nelson said. "Each team is asked to make some money, and that's what we do. But we've taken it to another level." Minnesota Fishing Challenge is now the largest fundraising fishing...
Nominations are open for the 2022 Outstanding Senior Citizen awards. An award is given to both a man and a woman age 70 or older. Nomination forms are available online at www.co.carlton.mn.us and detail what the person has done for others in your organization or community after reaching age of 60. Feel free to discuss the application with the nominee and collect needed volunteer activity information. Send the information to the Barnum Area Senior Citizens, 3794 Main St., Barnum MN 55707, by July 15. If you have any questions, contact Gary...
Is beauty a religious value? The ancient Greek philosopher Plato spoke of the good, the true, and the beautiful as a kind of philosophical “trinity.” If a thing was good, he said, it was also necessarily true and beautiful. If it was true, it had to be beautiful and good as well. And if something was beautiful, you could be sure it was also good and true. These three qualities were mutually implicated in one another; you couldn’t have one without the others. So, in the ancient classical world...
The Carlton County Historical Society wants to know more about the photo above. It is from Carlton, and the children are listed as Nancy Kavanaugh, Allen Soukkala, Perry Coughlin, Karen Curtis, Kathy Bergstrom, and Alvin Boyant. That is all that is known. If you can help add some details, email [email protected] with “History” in the subject line. And if you have a mystery photo begging for details, send it along....
Do you recognize this family? Stephen McClellan found this photo in the basement of the former Finnish church at 103 10th St. in Cloquet, now the Alano Club. There are six names written on the back of the photo along with “Dad,” but there are eight kids in the photo. The names and ages are John, 6; Galen, 2; Ron, 12; Marla, 4; Norma, 1, and Lola, no age written. That’s a good head start. If you have any information, send it along with “History” in the subject line to news@Pine...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is happy to welcome Kelly McCalla as the new Vice President of Academic Affairs as of May 23, 2022. “I am so excited to be at FDLTCC,” shared McCalla, “The work that everyone here is doing to support the students and the unique communities we serve is really special. Plus, as someone who grew up not too far from here, it very much feels like coming home.” Kelly McCalla grew up in central Minnesota and attended Central Lakes College before transferring to...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College celebrated the Associate Degree Nursing Program Graduating Class of 2022 during a Pinning Ceremony on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The wonderful ceremony featured speeches from Kasey Enerson, the FDLTCC Nursing Club President, and Elsa Ring, a member of the FDLTCC Nursing Faculty. Andrea Simek, Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences provided the opening address; FDLTCC President, Stephanie Hammitt, offered a President's Welcome; Chelsea Salzer, from the FDLTCC...
An important mission of Rotary International is to promote literacy. In April the Cloquet Rotary Club distributed 337 dictionary/reference books to third-graders from Churchill, Washington, Winterquist elementary schools in Cloquet, South Terrace in Carlton, and the school in Wrenshall. In addition, 324 kindergarten students from the same schools each received a personal storybook with the characters and the settings selected by each student and woven into a story. The kindergarteners are proudl...
The second-grade classes at Carlton's South Terrace Elementary hosted a "Wax Museum" on May 19. Students chose a famous person they wanted to research, learned how to take notes and then used research to answer five questions about their person. They used their notes to write a speech in the first person, memorized it, and worked on presentation skills. Pictured above are students in Wendy Greer's class. "Students and parents came up with awesome costumes and presented their speeches to our gues...
A new warden was installed Tuesday at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Moose Lake. Brian Collins began his duties earlier this spring. “Correctional facilities are aptly named — they exist to facilitate transformational change within the people we serve,” Collins said. “Because 95 percent of incarcerated people are eventually released from prison, we have an obligation to ensure people return to the community as productive, contributing members.” Collins began his state career in 2006 w...
Chief Master Sgt. Kelvin McCuskey retired as the 148th Medical Group superintendent, 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, after 40 years of service. McCuskey, a Wrenshall High School graduate, enlisted in 1982 as a refrigeration repairman assigned to the 148th Civil Engineering Squadron. He went on to hold numerous positions across the Wing to include heating systems technician, personnel specialist, First Sergeant, command post technician and emergency management superintendent....
What's the secret to getting into Harvard? Finding and following your passion, said Cloquet High School senior Harmony Fisher. Which, in her case, is birds. It is a "random" fascination she owes to her little brother. "It's kind of random, but Oliver was super interested in birds and he got me hooked," she said. "Now he's not so interested, but I'd like to get a Ph.D. in ornithology." Of course, it also helps to have a 4.0 grade point average, an ACT score of 35, a wide variety of activities...
It has been good to be here. For almost 10 years, Cloquet, Esko and Carlton and the surrounding lands have been home for me and my wife, Sandy. We have lived here and worked here, played here and prayed here, served here and learned love here. As I plan my retirement for later this year, and look back on ministry and mission I have shared here in this place, it is my hope that in that time I was able to help folks in these parts love each other and God just a little bit more, just a little bit...
Luckily for the Cloquet community, Darlene Carter has a propensity to get bored. Or "lonely, I guess," she said this month as she was honored for 45 years of volunteer service at Community Memorial Hospital, which this year will mark 64 years in existence. "She has given half of her life to the hospital - remarkable," said Rick Breuer, the CEO and administrator at the hospital. "She's a one-of-a-kind saint." "You have to stop sometime," she said with a slight chuckle after her final day. "It's...
Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea shares both her music and her musical journey with Churchill Elementary School fourth-grade students Tuesday. Lea visited Churchill on Tuesday and Washington Elementary in Cloquet on Thursday as part of YourClassical MPR's Class Notes program. Class Notes artists are professional musicians who visit elementary and middle schools not only to perform but to also discuss music, composers and instruments. Read all about it in next week's Pine Knot News...
Carlton resident Galyna Tuttle didn't cry when she told the story of the young boy who bled to death in her native country of Ukraine, because she's all cried out after hearing and reading and talking about the horrors of war. Tuttle doesn't live there anymore; she moved to the United States with her husband, Andrew, 16 years ago. She's still shocked that there is even war in her country, and that shock has been multiplied many times by what has happened since Russia invaded. It's a world away...
For those wondering how Carmen Purcell has fared in her mission to aid or rescue a Ukrainian teenager she considers a member of the family, things are moving in the right direction. When the Pine Knot News last wrote about Carmen and Craig Purcell and their fears for Sonia, a 14-year-old they hosted here in Minnesota when she was 9, Sonia and her parents were living in a town occupied by Russians, but not under direct attack. That was March 4, eight days after the war began. (See "Family has dee...
A total of 19 Cloquet students, along with research mentors Dr. Cynthia Welsh and William Bauer, attended the Minnesota State Science & Engineering Fair earlier this month. The event was held online and, once again, Cloquet students were awarded plenty of hardware. Four Cloquet students won the top awards at the fair, what the host, Minnesota Academy of Science, calls the Grand Awards that recognize excellence in scientific research. Silver Grand medals went to the top 10 percent of the...
Happy Easter. Why does the Resurrection actually matter? As Christians, we take it for granted that Jesus of Nazareth was killed and rose from the dead and will not die again. But we may not actually connect the dots and truly appreciate why it matters to us today. Why does that historical event, one which can be verified as any other true historical event, matter in the year of our Lord, 2022? The resurrection of Jesus proves that God does care about the brokenness of our world — and He makes i...
Carlton's Abrianna Schmidt sings the national anthem Saturday night with the Cloquet Combined Honor Guard in attendance for the Minnesota Wilderness game and its Military Appreciation Weekend ceremonies....
Azur Coleman recently received the annual CARE award at Community Memorial Hospital for going above and beyond what is expected both at work and in community involvement. Coleman is director of cardiac rehabilitation at CMH. Recipients of the award are nominated by co-workers and nominees are selected by a committee of individuals from the organization and community....
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council announced that Anne Dugan of Wrenshall is one of three winners of the annual Arrowhead Arts Award. Recipients are nominated for their remarkable contributions to the arts in the region. Dugan won the Maddie Simons Arts Advocate Award, which recognizes an arts administrator, arts educator, volunteer for a nonprofit arts organization, or artist whose involvement in a project or program has substantially contributed to the arts in the region. The award comes...
