10 YEARS AGO
AUG. 4, 2006
Grand Marais city councilors last Wednesday gave their blessing to a planned two-hour water skipping demonstration in the Grand Marais harbor during Fisherman’s Picnic. The decision was made after the Coast Guard gave its approval, as long as safety precautions were followed. It was also noted that the snowmobilers put on a demonstration last year without incident.
The Cavity Lake Fire has burned nearly 32,000 acres in the BWCAW at a cost of $7,500,680, but is 80 percent contained as of press time. Rain that fell across the fire area earlier in the week aided in mop up operations as well as containment. A total of nearly 500 fire personnel are assigned to fighting the fire.
20 YEARS AGO
AUG. 5, 1996
A 33-year-old hiker from Ames, Iowa, was rescued July 30 after she fell into the deep and swiftly rushing Poplar River in Lutsen. The woman said she “literally somersaulted” into the river to avoid a large boulder that broke loose and came careening toward her. After climbing out of the river into knee-deep water and struggling to keep her footing, a rescue crew reached her and raised her in an evacuation chair about 70 feet to the road surface.
Fortunately, nothing but bruises and scrapes were found on a woman and six young passengers who were involved in an accident a half-mile east of the county line on Highway 61. Two vans full of Girl Scouts were on their way to Canada on July 27 when one of the vans left the highway, careened up an embankment and hit a tree. The driver said she swerved to avoid an animal. The van and a trailer it was towing were wrecked.
50 YEARS AGO
AUG. 4, 1966
Birds and flowers were featured in many exhibits of the Grand Marais flower show and were enjoyed by a total of 385 registered guests, some from out of state. The prize-winning birdhouses from the contest sponsored by the Colvill Garden Club were on display also.
A $40,000 service improvement project for the Gunflint Trail was announced this week by Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. The project involves burying 21 miles of cable in the road shoulder from Poplar Lake to the upper end of the Trail.
Walter Bent received his pilot’s license last week.
90 YEARS AGO
AUG. 5, 1926
Bud Linzy left yesterday on the bus for a trip to Duluth.
Last Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boostrom entertained in their new lodge at Clearwater Lake. The event celebrated the opening of the new lodge and also the opening of the new road. The spacious dining room served as a place to dance.
With the close of the official freight shipping season on the Great Lakes, officials of the Lake Carriers Association reported a large increase in shipping over 1924.
J.S. Creech has purchased a block of ground in Blackwell’s Addition, and will erect a residence thereon. The ground is now being broken. It is overlooking the village, Grand Marais harbor and Lake Superior, and is an ideal residence section. Other blocks are now for sale.
People from all over the county were in town this week attending court, serving as jurymen and as witnesses. The county board also had another session, finishing up semi-annual business, so it was a busy week all around.
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