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20 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 26, 2001
Cook County’s own Andy Cochrane finished sixth in the individual round of the regional MATHCOUNTS competition in Duluth this month. Cochrane achieved this in a field of 72 students. The competition took place February 15 at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. The team of “mathletes” from Cook County Middle School was comprised of Andy Cochrane, his sister Maddy, Laramie Carlson and Alex Hegg, all in the seventh grade.
Arrowhead Electric Cooperative in Lutsen was awarded a loan guarantee for $5,024 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service. The loan will be used to finance the construction of 99 miles of new distribution lines and make other system improvements. This will enable the cooperative to serve 400 new consumers.
30 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 25, 1991
Jim Ringquist of Grand Marais was a winner in the “Fifty Years of Jeep” commemorative poster contest. Celebrating 50 years as an American institution, Jeep asked professional artists, designers and illustrators to participate in a contest to produce a full-color poster evoking the spirit of Jeep.
The Chicago Bay school is getting a facelift. The inside is being completely renovated into a single-family dwelling unit. The outside of the historic landmark will remain basically the same with the exception of the windows on the east side. While taking out the old windows, Archie Kirk found a board with August 17, 1925 inscribed on it. Another find was a 12-inch wooden ruler with the initials “C.E.” carved in it. Anyone remember doing this?
One does not have to go to Hawaii to acquire a tan. Here in this north country the reflection of the sun on our unsullied snow can sneak up and bequeath one with a “hurtin’” sunburn or, if caution is not used, even snow blindness. A local couple out with their dogs on a hiking and fishing trip to Meditation Lake acquired sunburns each day. Now, they even glow in the dark!
60 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 23, 1961
Basketball fans will be happy to learn that a game has been arranged between the Cobblestone team and the Canadian All-Stars. Basketball in Canada has increased tremendously in popularity the past few years, and the brand of basketball played has improved a great deal. This game is expected to be a good one.
In trying to avoid deer on a slippery road near Tofte last week, Harry Sloan Sr. had the misfortune of tipping his truck over in the ditch. It was his first major accident in over 30 years of driving. He was taken to the hospital, but escaped serious injury.
100 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 24, 1921
Sunday morning residents of Chicago Bay notified the local customs officer that two large gasoline boats could be seen passing there. They were a considerable distance from shore and headed in a southwesterly direction. Year 2021 Note: Gasoline boats often served as Rum Runners during the early 1920s. They hauled whiskey, rum, and other liquor which was illegal during the Prohibition years.
Herbert Driver of the Soo is visiting friends in the village this week. He was mate of the U.S.S. Cook which was stationed in Grand Marais last summer. He now has an honorable discharge after five years in the service, and it is rumored that he is about to embark on the sea of matrimony.
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