MAY
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Bowstring Chapel Pie & Ice Cream Social and Lunch 4:30-7 p.m. Homemade pie, ice cream, bake sale, craft sale, sloppy joes and hot dogs.
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| 28
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Memorial Day
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| 28
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Blackduck High School Memorial Day Band Concert, 9:30 a.m.
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| 29
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Women of the Woods meet at 10 a.m. at Sand Lake Community Center. Call Pat Sievertson at 659-2157. Note change of day this month.
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| 30
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Northome First Responder Open House, 7 p.m. Northome Senior Center. How to respond to common medical emergencies, how to become a
licensed medical medical responder, free blood pressure, blood oxygen and sugar testing. Dessert & door prizes.
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JUNE
1
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Reception for “You Never Were Alone,” paintings by Adam Swanson at the Edge Gallery, Bigfork, 5-7 p.m. Exhibit runs
May 31 through June 30. The Edge Gallery is open Thurs.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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| 2
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Bigfork Valley Pharmacy hosts a Drug Take-Back Event in partnership with the Itasca County Sheriff’s Department, 9 a.m.-noon.
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| 3
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Storytelling at Marcell Town Hall, 6:30 p.m. Subject: “Bring a treasured old item and tell a story about it.” Coffee and treats will be served.
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| 4
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ISD 318 School Board meeting, Bigfork School, 7 p.m. Public forum, 6:30 p.m.
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| 5
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Mizpah City Council meets in Mizpah Community Center, 7 p.m.
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| 6
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Kid’s Fishing Day at Edge of the Wilderness Discovery Center, 8:30 a.m.-noon.
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| 8=10
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Take a Kid Fishing Weekend, Minnesotans 16 and over don’t need a license if they are fishing with a youth 15 and younger
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| 9
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North Itasca Electric Annual Meeting at Bigfork School; breakfast 8 a.m., meeting 10 a.m.
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| 9
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Wilderness Days in Bigfork. Vendors, entertainment, games, displays, parade.
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| 11
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Women of the Woods meet at 10 a.m. at Sand Lake Community Center. Call Pat Sievertson at 659-2157.
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| 11
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Deer River ISD 317 School Board, Media Center, 6 p.m. Public forum 5:45 p.m.
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| 11
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Blackduck ISD 32 School Board meets, Media Center, 7 p.m.
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| 11
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VFW meets in Bigfork second Monday at 7 p.m.
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| 12
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Stop and Stitch at Marcell Family Center, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Bring $1, sack lunch and a project to work on. Come and go as you please.
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| 13
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“The Club I Never Wanted to Join” breast cancer support group meets at Grand Rapids Area Library 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. More info:
Lynn Ettl, 832-3612 or lynn_ettl@msn.com
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| 13
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ISD 363 South Koochiching-Rainy River School Board Meeting, 7 p.m. Northome ITV studio.
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| 13
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Bigfork Lions Club meets second Wednesday, 6 p.m. at Golf on the Edge.
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| 15-17
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Northwoods Saddle Club, Inc. hosts a weekend horse show at Itasca County Fairgrounds, Grand Rapids. Fri.
Jackpot Barrels, Sat-Sun WSCA Pleasure and Games shows. Spectators welcome. northwoodssaddleclubinc.com or facebook.
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| 15
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Lake Country Seniors at Marcell Town Hall, noon. Please bring a dish to share. Speaker will be member, Pharmacist Paul Andersen.
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| 16
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Fun Day in Northome: turtle races, sidewalk sales, crazy costumes, bed races, city-wide rummage sales.
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| 18
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ISD 318 School Board meeting, Admin Board Room, GR, 7 p.m. Public forum, 6:30 p.m.
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| 18
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North Country Gardeners meet at Marcell Family Center, 6:30 p.m.
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| 21-24
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EdgeWild players present “The Resistible Rise of Auturo UI” at the Edge Center, Bigfork. June 21, 22, 23 at 7 p.m. and June 24 at 2 p.m.
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| 22
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North Woods Quilters, 9-11:30 am. Lessons: “Old Quilts, cleaning and repairing” by Barb Ryan and “Scissors, threads, pins & needles”
by Debbie Poenix. Lots of Show and Tell. Pot luck lunch served 11:30 a.m., bring a dish to share or bag lunch, smile and a coffee cup.
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| 23
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9th annual Bigfork Valley Community foundation Golf Tournament, Golf on the Edge.
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| 25
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Women of the Woods meet at 10 a.m. at Sand Lake Community Center. Call Pat Sievertson at 659-2157
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| 27-28
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Basketball Camp at Marcell Family Center for 8-15 year olds. Call (218) 832-3444 for more information.
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| 29
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Pie and ice cream special at the Bowstring Chapel. Also Sloppy Joes, hot dogs, bake sale and crafts. 4:30-7 p.m. Free will offering.
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