20 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 27, 2000
Lyle Anderson has coached football in Cook County since 1976. After 25 seasons with the Vikings, Anderson has decided to hang up the whistle and close the playbook on a career that saw incredible coaching successes in recent years: three state championships, eight section championships, and six conference championships.
The community members doing the strategic long-range planning for the school district are off to a good start, according to Superintendent Dale Tormondsen. He told school board members last week that a population study showed the school-age family population is in steep decline throughout rural Minnesota. “We are no different,” Tormondsen said, adding that there is a trend in Cook County toward more retired people moving in than families with school-age children. Since the school funding is based on how many students attend school, fewer students bodes ill for the financial health of any district.
60 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 24, 1960
In a very unofficial rocking chair survey it was noted that many more deer went down the highway this season than last. Some vehicles had as many as three and four deer tied on. One fact was very evident. Many hunters who were returning home without deer had Christmas trees.
Coach Lee Thomas of the Vikings gave a brief talk on his expectations for the season, before the Lions Club at the East Bay Tuesday night. He was generally optimistic, and seemingly impatient to get into action. The team this year will be decked in new warm-up jackets and knee socks.
100 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 24, 1920
The carcasses of five bull moose were seized by Game Warden Clark back of Chicago Bay last week. It is believed they were shot with the intention of selling them to hunters who did not like to return home empty-handed. Just what disposition will be made of them we do not know, but it is expected they will be hauled out of the woods and sold at public auction.
A company is being organized for the purpose of purchasing and operating an electric lighting plant in the village of Grand Marais. The stock in the company will all be sold locally. The articles of incorporation have been forwarded to the office of the Secretary of State.
The second annual dinner of the American Legion has been postponed until New Year’s Eve. Be ready for a large dance at the Happy Hour Hall after the dinner.
115 YEARS AGO
JULY 1, 1905
According to the Philadelphia Record: The French nation so closely guards her supremacy in the motor world that public school plans are being made so that every French boy will be familiar with the operation and principles involved in the construction of the automobile. Paris is the automobile capital of the world.
From the New York Sun: Tom and Jerry are sixteen year old horses owned by a Jersey City lawyer. Jerry has been blind for several years and Tom has become his mate’s guardian. Their barn stalls are side-by-side and they keep each other good company. The sorrels have been pensioned off and are living in ease and luxury on the farm as a reward for years of faithful service.
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