LOCAL BAND PLAYS FOOT-STOMPIN ROOTS MUSIC
A local band creating quite a bit of buzz as of late, Matt Ray and Those Damn Horses, are slated to release their debut album Then and Now
in early December. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with the group’s front man Matt Ray for an informal chat about music, and the group’s upcoming CD release. C. Full Story
Tower is home to the world’s most efficient wood furnace
Tests confirm it: Kuuma furnaces are the best
TOWER - Decades of effort to design the world’s cleanest and most efficient wood furnace have paid off for Tower-based Lamppa Manufacturing. Full Story
REVIEW: Henrik Isben’s “A Doll’s House”
VIRGINIA - Although Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” is not a tragedy in the classical Greek sense, the play provides the cathartic pleasure of genuine emotional heights and depths. Local audiences will have an opportunity to see and experience “A Doll’s House” at Mesabi Range College during performances December 2-5. Full Story
The Day After Tomorrow
Our planet’s environmental condition has hit rock bottom. Global warming, which scientists generally accept as a reality, is a large cause of this predicament. The average surface temperature of the world has risen nearly 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. If circumstances do not change, that average could increase by as much as another 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit by 2110. Full Story
Business Bits
Change is inevitable in business and in life. Make innovation and change a part of your company’s culture. Teach your employees to embrace change and make it part of their responsibility to manage. Full Story
WE WON’T GO UNTIL WE GET SOME!
Figgy Pudding
You may ask yourself, as I did...What the heck is “figgy pudding” and why do we want some and why won’t we go until we get some, as sung in the ever-so popular, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” Full Story
GLUTEN-FREE RECIPES FOR THE HOLIDAYS (or anytime)!
Editor’s note: Today Julie Asbach, HTF’s
Healthy for Life columnist, shares a
gluten-free recipe for Figgy Pudding
and she also scored more gluten-free
recipes from friend Jean Bryers-Young
of Virginia. It seems every day I hear of
one more person who is on a gluten-free
diet. Full Story
ROASTED GARLIC DELIGHTS
by Dana
Editor’s note: This week it’s all about garlic!
Roasted garlic, in particular. If you don’t
like garlic, you might as well stop reading
now! Contributor Dana Bozich of Virginia,
MN, shares her favorite recipes featuring this
healthful plant. Enjoy! - Jean
BASIC ROASTED GARLIC Full Story
CASH plays Eveleth, 1958
Several months ago, I received a clipping in the mail from a very kind lady, Mary Ann Vukich. The clipping was a short article from 1959 about Johnny Cash getting pulled over near Cook for speeding. I thought, “Wow, Johnny Cash got pulled over in Cook— that’s worth putting in the history section.” I called Mary Ann to see if she had any more information on Cash, and it turned out that there was a great little story to be told: One year earlier, in 1958, months before moving from Sun to Columbia records, Johnny Cash had played the Eveleth High School Auditorium. Into this land of iron miners, hockey players and immigrants strode the budding Man In Black. Full Story
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