Cook High School and Virginia High School Youth In Action students have begun working with area contractors on the construction of the Cook Youth Recreation Facility/Community Center. This is a community based project with many volunteers.

Currently, the cement slab has been poured and IRYA youth will be removing the form boards from around the new slab on Thursday, September 30, 2010 from 8am to 2pm.

Local contractors will be working with area youth and volunteers to build the walls within the week.
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Generation W is a 501c3 non-profit corporation that is completely run by youth. First published in 2002, it has grown into the largest youth-run newspaper in Minnesota. With a following of over 65,000 readers, it is one of the Iron Range's most circulated publications. Generation W is distributed 5 times yearly in the Mesabi Daily News, the Hibbing Daily Tribune, the Chisholm Tribune, the Cook Timberjay, the Ely Timberjay, and the Tower Timberjay, as well as having copies available at 22 Northern Minnesota high schools and 10 Midwestern colleges and universities. Generation W is often used as curricula in high school communications and social studies classes.
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