Saga of the Garbage Continues- July 30, 2008 Grand Marais- As of the time of the Cook County Board of Commissioners special meetingthis morning, Pederson Disposal has not yet met his obligation to the State,and was not re-issued his waste haulers license.The Board of Commissioners decided to take no further action at this time,and will take up the issue for discussion once again at their regularlyscheduled meeting on Tuesday, August 12th.Until then, it is our understanding that Pederson's Disposal will continueto collect garbage,...http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/07/saga-of-garbage-continues.html Gunflint Trail Garbage Crisis- July 25, 2008 Jim Johnson, County Commissioner- At Tuesday's commissioner's meeting we were presented with a Notice of License Revocation, dated June 24 2008, from the Minnesota Dep't of Revenue for an overdue tax liability for Ray Pederson (Pedersons Disposal). The letter stated that "Under Minnesota Law, you must revoke the license by July 24, 2008." It also states that "once the delinquency has been resolved, we will send you a clearance certificate". The letter referenced Minnesota Statutes...http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/07/gunflint-trail-garbage-crisis.html MCC Takes on the Banadad Ski Trail- July 16, 2008 MCC Girls apply "warpaint" (mud) to take on the BanadadOne Island Lake Portage-The Minnesota Conservation Corp, six youth and two group leaders, yesterday head-out by canoe from the One Island Portage along the Moose Trail. Their destination- Rush Lake from where the group will spend the next four days brushing and widening the remote interior section of the Banadad Ski Trail around Moose Kill Hill. Seagull Lake, resident and winter Boundary Country Trekking employee accompanied the group to...http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/07/mcc-takes-on-banadad-ski-trail.html Gunflint Canoe Races Wednesday- July 14, 2008 The Annual Gunflint Trail Canoe Race Event is set for Wednesday, July 16, sponsored by the Gunflint Lake Property Owners Association. The food concession opens at 4:00 p.m. and the races begin at 6:00. Races include; long distance, traditional, backward paddling, broken paddle and gunnel pumping.The races have become a major fundraising event of the summer on the Gunflint Trail and helps raise money to equip and train the volunteers in the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department.http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/07/gunflint-canoe-races-wednesday.html |