The City of Crookston is seeking individuals willing to serve as election judges at the 2016 General Election (November 8th). Election judges are reimbursed for their time. For questions or to obtain an application form, please contact Angie Menge or Angel Weasner at 218-281-4503.
At 209 meters below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth, and the second lowest lake in the world after the Dead Sea, a saltwater lake. It is not a real sea - it is called a sea because of tradition. The lake is also known on modern maps as Lake Galilee or Lake Tiberias, in the region of Galilee. In modern Hebrew, it is known as Yam Kinneret (info â¢ help) (×× ×× ×¨×ª), Sea of Kinnereth (Numbers 34:11; Joshua 13:27).
On May 15, 1948, Syria invaded the newborn State of Israel, capturing territory along the Sea of Galilee. Under the 1949 armistice agreement between Israel and Syria, Syria occupied the northeast shoreline of the Sea of Galilee.ea of Galilee water levels January 2004 â February 2012. View of the Sea of Galilee from space. Israel's National Water Carrier, built in 1964, transports water from the lake to the population centers of Israel, and is the source of much of the country's drinking water.