10 Years Ago
Aug. 6, 2004
Dennis Peterson notified his colleagues last Wednesday that he intends to step down from his Grand Marais City Council position sometime before the end of the year. Peterson will be halfway through his four-year term at the end of this year. The councilor said he regrets the decision, but he is moving back to the Twin Cities area and said it isn’t practical to continue driving back and forth as he has for the past 10 years.
Grand Marais will host the first Minnesota Log Rolling & Sped Birling Tournament this weekend during Fisherman’s Picnic. “Ever since 1997 it’s been my dream to bring this event to Grand Marais because of the historical connection with logging in this area,” said Jenny Atkinson, who teaches third grade in Stillwater and lives with her husband at Clearwater Lake in the summer.
20 Years Ago
Aug. 8, 1994
At the regular meeting of the Grand Marais City Council July 27, Mayor Andrea Peterson made an earnest plea to bicycle riders for courteous and safe riding, especially in the downtown area. She cited several incidents in which young bicyclists nearly hit people on foot, and councilors recited similar instances and joined the mayor in urging police department action to prevent injuries to pedestrians.
Meeting with Cook County leaders at the high school library in Grand Marais, state Sen. Doug Johnson listened to an overview presentation of plans for the Arrowhead Center for the Arts and a preliminary needs analysis for the Sawtooth Elementary School and Cook County High School. Johnson said it is a viable project under the taconite tax funding, and the arts emphasis gives it an advantage. The space study declares a need for 165,500 square feet. The two schools combined now have 89,111 square feet, leaving a need for 76,389 square feet of new construction.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 6, 1964
The body of a Milwaukee priest, 42, was recovered from the waters of Lake Superior Tuesday. He had been scuba diving in search of a sunken vessel, which lay in water up to 135 feet deep, a quarter of a mile east of Split Rock Lighthouse.
Picking blueberries is getting to be quite a novelty nowadays, but years ago it became a family job and in no time we’d have a hundred quarts of both blueberries and wild raspberries canned. Remember those dishes of berries and cream? Um-m-m-m delicious!
Sorry Dept. – A typographical error on Mrs. Helen Hubman’s card of thanks last week resulted in “thoughtful” instead of “thankful” and changed the meaning of the sentence. Our apologies to Mrs. Hubman. – Editor.
90 Years Ago
Aug. 7, 1924
Carl Holt, builder for Mr. Gallagher at Gunflint, is in town for a short stay. He is suffering from a lame back and is recuperating.
There is a crew of 17 men loading pulpwood on the boat in the harbor to be shipped to Erie, Pa. They all have accommodations at Mrs. Douglas’s.
Last week two bear got after the sheep belonging to James Kinney and killed six. One bear carried away a 200-pound live hog which he dropped when Mrs. Kinney chased him. The pig came home the next morning. They now have a night watchman to protect the domestic animals, which is evidence enough to show that the bear is entitled to no protection by the game department.
A new crew of surveyors will be in the county within the month to start work on the new Hat Point survey, between Grand Portage and Pigeon River. This will be made with the intention of having the main highway go through Grand Portage around the mountain to the high falls on the Pigeon.
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