Doing my sustainable best
I’ve been on a pretty exciting and wild ride of sustainability this past year and a half as the coordinator of Iron Range Earth Fest, (held this year on April 17 in Mt. Iron) and project manager for the Virginia Sustainability Task Force. Full Story
Iron Range Earth Fest 2010
Dear Readers, The second annual Iron Range Earth Fest is coming soon! Last year, Hometown Focus was proud to be the exclusive print media sponsor for this event. We did six weeks of pre-event coverage featuring stories from community members across the Iron Range on topics that dealt with sustainability practices. Full Story
Consumption vs. communion
Words, like birds, migrate. Take the word consumption,
for example. For us twentieth and twenty-first century people, consumption refers, well, to consuming things, like meals and new shoes. Precisely here we run into one of those hidden metaphors of language. Consuming a meal is certainly not the same thing as consuming a new pair of shoes! Full Story
Dr. Passal prepares for farewell concert
After delivering 3,358 babies in Virginia, Dr. Carl Passal recently retired from his medical practice. Now, after 32 years, hundreds of concerts and thousands of rehearsals, the good doctor is retiring from the Mesabi Community Orchestra. Passal, principal cellist, was a co-founder, president and archivist for the orchestra for over three decades. Their upcoming concert will be a celebration in his honor. Full Story
Mesabi Orchestra to honor cellist Dr. Passal
The Mesabi Community Orchestra will present three concerts on the Palm Sunday weekend: Friday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Chisholm High School auditorium; Saturday, March 27, at 2:30 p.m. at the United in Christ Lutheran Church in Eveleth; and Sunday, March 28, at 2:30 p.m. at the Ely Memorial High School auditorium in Ely. Full Story
Make A Difference 2010
Iron Range students learn to lead
Whether it be learning ways to save the planet in your everyday life or getting useful tips to protect yourself against cyber bullying, the 2010 Make A Difference Conference had a variety of useful information to present to the area youth. Full Story
Blast from the Past
The 1943 Batman Serial
Batman was a 15 chapter serial released in 1943 by Columbia Pictures. The serial starred Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as Robin. J. Carrol Naish played the villain, an original character named Dr. Daka. The plot is based on Batman, a US government agent, attempting to defeat the Japanese agent Dr. Daka, at the height of World War II. It was directed by Lambert Hillyer. Full Story
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