Thursday News Gathering

Tomorrow is the annual Leech Lake Tribal College golf tournament fundraiser, held at Long Bow Golf Club in Walker. Proceeds for the event will go toward our library capital campaign. Chi-Miigwech to our sponsors, donors, participants, coordinators, and volunteers who make this event possible and such a benefit to our campus and community. For more information about the LLTC golf class and about giving opportunities, please contact our advancement director Kyle Erickson by phone at 218-335-4286 or by email at kyle.erickson@lltc.edu. (That means the library will be closed all day and no blog entry tomorrow, but we'll be back on Monday!)

Holy Cow! Press, based out of Duluth, Minnesota, will be publishing a new book featuring portraits of Lac Courte Oreilles elders painted by Sarah Balbin: http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2012/06/27/books-holy-cow-press-celebrates-35-years-literary-publishing-duluth

A Guelph Mercury editorial talks about Canada Day and the hope for unity of all people -- First Nations and non-Indigenous -- in Canada: http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion/columns/article/750766--canada-day-should-be-a-day-of-unity-not-division

More on newly-elected Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy:

• "Congrats to New Ontario Regional Chief" (SooToday) http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/details.asp?c=44190
• "Madahbee Congratulates Beardy" (CNW) http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1000297/madahbee-congratulates-beardy
• "Ontario Regional Chief Beardy - His Way Is Quiet, But Solid Steady and Forward" (NetNewsLedger) http://netnewsledger.com/2012/06/27/ontario-regional-chief-beardy-his-way-quiet-solid-steady-forward/

A Wawatay News piece celebrates coaches and their impact on the lives of young people: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/6/28/celebrating-coaches_23035