10 YEARS AGO
MAY 9, 2009
Gunflint Tavern owner Jeff Gecas reported on April 29 that the tavern’s chef had discovered a break-in in progress at 9:27 p.m. A few steaks were taken. The chef said he was disposing of a box at the rear of the Fireweed Building when he saw two juveniles exiting the walk-in freezer. They apparently entered the freezer from inside the building, slipping past a posted “Employees Only” door. Police are still seeking the identities of the culprits.
By a 4-1 vote, Grand Marais city councilors approved the annexation of about 50 parcels in the Blackwell Addition into the city during their April 29 meeting. Unlike the public hearing held a month earlier, there were no residents of the affected section of Creechville in attendance to comment on or witness the vote. Residents who were opposed to being annexed into the city commented mainly against the requirement to hook up to the public sewer lines, and an expected increase in taxes.
20 YEARS AGO
MAY 10, 1999
The voice on the tape sounded like that of a young kid trying to fake laryngitis in order to get out of going to school. And, that was conceivably the intent of the caller. But the words “bomb” and “tomorrow” were thought to be heard on the message left on five voice mail boxes at the Sawtooth Elementary School Thursday. On what Superintendent Dale Tormondsen described as “the most beautiful day of the year,” 48 staff members came to school on Saturday to enter the building and look for anything suspicious. The call turned out to be a prank, but officials said they had to take it seriously.
There was a fire on Britton Peak Friday, near Tofte and the Superior Hiking Trail. The Forest Service Beaver airplane was able to do water pick-ups from Lake Superior, so a load of water could be dumped on the fire every few minutes. The incident attracted an audience of about 30 or 40 people who wanted to watch the show.
50 YEARS AGO
MAY 8, 1969
The trailing arbutus are in bud and the hepaticas are now in bloom at the Wild Flower Sanctuary near the A.B. Walker home on the Gunflint Trail. The daffodils are a bright spot of yellow in the West End Garden Club flower bed at the North Shore Hospital.
There were three break-ins in Tofte and Schroeder over the weekend. The Tofte Supermarket has been entered three times this winter.
The Grand Marais girls’ track team won the Region 7 area track meet on May 3 at Superior. Rosemary Netland took individual honors with 22 points. Susan Sloan placed second with 20 points, and Kathy Sjoberg placed fifth with 14 points.
90 YEARS AGO
MAY 9, 1929
A local youth was killed and two other persons were injured when a westbound Ford car and the eastbound Duluth-Grand Marais bus met in a head-on collision at Larsmount, Minnesota. According to witnesses, the Ford occupied the wrong side of the highway.
Twenty-six well known residents of Grand Marais have just been elected to membership in the Naniboujou Club, a unique and exclusive summer development on the north shore of Lake Superior. Announcement of the election of local members was made by Otto Swanstrom of Duluth, president of the Naniboujou Club and head of the Minnesota Automobile Association.
P.E. Alm is having the woodwork on the outside of his store painted. Emil Johnson is doing the work.
LeSages have an interesting item in the want ad column for you. Read it and act accordingly.
Within 24 hours of the time last week’s paper appeared with the following ad in its columns six people called at this office to recover the pen. The ad read as follows: FOUND—Fountain pen. Owner must identify same and pay for ad at Herald office.
The Girl Scouts of Schroeder will give a Penny Carnival at the Schroeder Town Hall next Saturday night at 8 p.m.
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