First and Third Thursday Community Conversation

- 1st and 3rd Thursday 6-7pm
Community Healing is First Thursday topic for February
-Late last year Cook County was shaken by shootings at the courthouse, followed by a subsequent death. In 2007 the huge Ham Lake fire traumatized much of the North Shore, followed by a suicide.
WTIP’s Third Thursday features world traveler Rick Anderson
-He’s a world traveler who’s sailed on the biggest ships, sipped strong coffee in small Turkish street cafes, floated the Amazon, roamed the Holy Land, stood on the Great Wall of China&hell
Resolutions: This month’s First Thursday Community Conversation on WTIP
-It’s traditional to make resolutions for the New Year. It’s also a tradition to quickly break them.
WTIP’s Dec. Third Thursday broadcast features Clinic CEO Rita Plourde
-Sawtooth Mountain Clinic is a not-for-profit Community Health Center that has called Grand Marais home since 1979. For most of that time one woman has been at the helm.
Delisting the wolf population is topic on WTIP’s First Thursday
-Wolves are about to be taken off the federal endangered species list and will be managed by state and tribal authorities.
Dave and Amy Freeman on WTIP’s Third Thursday
-On Earth Day, April 22, 2010, two educator-adventurers from Cook County began an 11,000 mile expedition, traveling across North America by kayak, canoe, and dogsled.
WTIP’s November First Thursday tackles taxes
-Rural communities across Minnesota are struggling to keep property taxes low and public services steady. Local Government Aid for cities and County Program Aids have been consistently cut for years.
Buddy Skinner featured on WTIP’s Third Thursday broadcast
-He knows thousands of songs, he can tell you the plots of hundreds of television shows and it’s been said that an event in Grand Marais is just not an official event if he isn’t there.
Declining moose population is topic on First Thursday Oct. 6
-The moose population in Northeastern Minnesota is in trouble. Researchers are not sure why.
Violence Prevention Center Director Jodi Yuhasey on WTIP’s Third Thursday
-October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.