10 YEARS AGO
AUG. 29, 2008
The Flute Reed Partnership has won the “Citizen Monitoring Program of the Year 2008” presented by Minnesota Waters. The award came with a check for $1,000. Minnesota Waters is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to protecting and improving the lakes and rivers of Minnesota. The Flute Reed watershed group has been monitoring the river for water quality for several years. Water samples are taken three times a month and tested in the field, and sent to a lab in Detroit Lakes for evaluation.
The Cook County commissioners spent a little over an hour Tuesday discussing the 2009 budget, and in the end decided more information would be helpful in determining the final numbers. As a result, Auditor Braidy Powers was asked to compile a draft version of the budget showing what would happen if county employees were given a 2.9 percent cost of living increase and step increases, where applicable.
20 YEARS AGO
AUG. 29, 1998
There has been some talk at recent city council meetings concerning the Postal Service’s interest in renting space in the now vacant city building that was once the city law enforcement center. According to the discussions, the Grand Marais Post Office would like to place more mailboxes in the building because the current post office is running out of space.
At a recent cable board meeting, a petition was presented, signed by 70 cable subscribers in the Grand Marais area who are fed up with the service. The complaints include the use of old, out-of-date equipment, bad reception, bad service and general customer dissatisfaction. But according to cable board member Holly Nelson, the complaints are nothing new. “We were complaining before we even had cable,” Nelson said.
50 YEARS AGO
AUG. 29, 1968
Formal dedication ceremonies for the local Evangelical Free Church will be held this Sunday at 3 p.m. Bringing the dedicatory sermon will be the Rev. Lester Nelson of Minneapolis, superintendent of the North Central District of the Evangelical Free Church of America. Other pastors and laymen will also participate in the service.
Bud Kratoska drove out of his road where it joins the Gunflint Trail and discovered his entrance sign was missing. For several hours of several days he searched the nearby woods but couldn’t find a trace of it. About a week later a call from Manitou revealed the sign had wandered down 61 and was found in their campground area. Bud picked up his gypsy-inclined sign on his next trip to Duluth.
90 YEARS AGO
AUG. 30, 1928
Dr. F.B. Hicks has purchased a new, up-to-date X-ray machine for his offices, which is a boon for both the doctor and patient. The rays penetrate wood and plaster paris as readily as they do ordinary flesh, so that a broken bone in a splint or cast may be easily examined to see if it has slipped out of place, its use aiding greatly the science of bone-setting.
Frank and Will Powell of Gunflint Lake were in town yesterday on their way to Vermilion Lake, where Frank has been learning to fly. A pilot will fly with him to Gunflint Lake today or tomorrow, where the plane will be kept for the balance of the summer. It is a hydroplane and will fly to Grand Marais in a short time, and will make occasional trips here. Persons wishing to see the plane may go to Gunflint Lake.
Frank Babineau was in from the Cascade River today. He has a beaver fur farm, and will protect it so that he will be able to stay in the business. He plans on making some improvements.
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