10 YEARS AGO
MAY 9, 2008
The Gunflint Green Up may well go down in Cook County history as one of the most extraordinary community events ever. Not only did more than 450 people happily spend hours last Saturday planting 50,000 trees in soggy snow and charred ground burned by the Ham Lake fire a year ago, they also celebrated life, renewal and a community which extended far beyond the borders of the county.
A planned project to dredge the Grand Marais harbor this summer will generate lots of truck traffic – 2,500 loads, to be exact. It is estimated about 25,000 cubic yards of material will be removed from the harbor. That’s enough to cover a five-acre site three feet deep.
20 YEARS AGO
MAY 11, 1998
The Colvill Volunteer Fire Department asked for and received a 25-year non-interest loan for $82,970 from the county at the April 28 meeting of the board of commissioners. The money will be used to put a triple-bay fire hall on a slab and wire it for electricity. The loan will be repaid out of tax money collected from the special taxing district created by the county last year.
After high hopes this winter that the county resorts could attract enough air traffic for a charter air service, airport administrator Karen Blackburn regretfully told the county commissioners last week that the idea was on hold for a year. Blackburn said a year is needed to get the full participation of all the resorts, adding that the Gunflint Trail Association has been the group most willing to sell charter tickets as part of a package.
50 YEARS AGO
MAY 9, 1968
The North Shore Hotel at Tofte has been sold after 42 years of operation and ownership by Mr. and Mrs. Ray G. Krueger. The new owner is the North Shore Investment Co., a newly formed company. The property is now being readied for the summer’s business.
Last Wednesday several Lutsen ladies turned out for a church cleaning bee and really hopped to it to make a good showing. It’s the only annual cleaning so there was plenty to do!
Principal Leonard Sobanja and Mrs. Walter Mianowski will appear on the Educational Channel 8 TV tonight to discuss “Cook County High School Computer Program.”
90 YEARS AGO
MAY 10, 1928
Hjalmer Petersen of the Oli Skratthult company, received word that his house in Hovland burned Friday night.
Charles Tanner came up from St. Cloud Tuesday and Eddie Eliasen will return with him and take part in a canoe race on the Mississippi.
Carl Eliasen is now driving the mail bus for Harry Hayes, who is confined to his home on account of illness.
Sunday afternoon Emil Strom accompanied by Gus Gilbertson and Ole Knutsen ran over the embankment at Two Island River. Strom and Gilbertson were injured but Knutsen escaped uninjured. The state truck pulled the car in. The car turned over twice but was not badly damaged.
Andrew Fredreckson of Two Harbors has just won a nationwide Vanilla Sales Contest conducted by the J.R. Watkins Company among its dealers. The prize is a gold charm in the form of a vanilla bottle and has engraved on it the words “Prize Winner.”
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