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20 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 3, 2001
v Power outages and a three-pronged plan to curtail them highlighted the agenda of the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission last week. According to Grand Marais Director of Public Works Russell Good, there have been six power outages in the last six months caused by an undetermined problem with the underground line near the hospital. Good said he suspects the load on the line, which climbed to 198 amps, blew out the 140-amp fuse at the power line pole by the Birchwood Apartments. v Christmas came early this year for ISD 166 when the county commissioners forgave a hefty bill for administering the failed excess levy referendum for the district. The estimated cost was at least $9,000. County Auditor/Treasurer Braidy Powers said the county routinely administers all elections for units of government in Cook County and the school referendum was no different. However, the referendum was the only item on the November 6 ballot.
30 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 2, 1991
v Yet another rare bird has prompted birders to make the long trek to Grand Marais. It is the purple sandpiper, a shore bird that winters along the east coast and summers north of Hudson’s Bay. A rare visitor to the Great Lakes, it was last seen in Minnesota ten years ago. v A plan to upgrade two and three-quarters of County Road 7 to provide special space for walkers, joggers and bicycle riders as well as 12-foot lanes for vehicles was given overwhelming support at a public hearing last week. It would be the first county road in Cook County designed with such things in mind. County Engineer Mike Tardy said the proposal called for reconstruction of County Road 7 from the Gunflint Trail west two and three-quarter miles to Fall River (Rosebush Creek). Tardy also said some sections of the road were in bad shape and needed fixing.
60 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 30, 1961
On October 19, the Schroeder Town Hall Association held a turkey supper for members of the Schroeder community. Turkey with all the trimmings was served to about 80 people.
Although Poplar Lake is completely frozen over, it is still not safe for travel.
The Cook County High School Vikings opened their 17-game schedule with a decisive win over their arch-rival Esko last Wednesday night on the Esko floor. The smooth-working Vikings beat Esko 52-43 and will retain the red herring trophy.
90 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 5, 1931
v SMOKING! F.A. Andert writes: It is reported that smoking among our school pupils is increasing. There is far too much of it. Smoking is an enemy of good scholarship, it is an enemy of physical endurance, and it is an enemy of courage, ambition and backbone when applied to pupils of school age. For this reason, schools can not tolerate it. It defeats the very purpose for which schools exist. If all grown-ups will discontinue their own smokes while at the school, they would help this cause considerably. v RARE STAMPS – Some 25,000 different kinds of stamps have been issued by the various countries of the world. The rarest stamp of all is the one-cent 1856 issue of British Guiana, of which there is only one. This stamp is valued at several thousands of dollars and is part of a private stamp collection in Paris, France. v NEWS-ETTES (from the front page) Bert Jacobson of Hovland was a caller in town yesterday. He makes the trip a couple of times a year. Misses Gertrude Carter and Mona Bayle spent the weekend in Duluth. Arthur Nunstedt has given the Boy Scouts the bobsled he owned and now the troop is renting it out with Ludwig Luick acting as business manager. Joe Anderson has been home because of illness this week. Billy Corcoran, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran, had the misfortune of fracturing his leg when he jumped off the railing of the printing office front porch on Tuesday. John Clark, one of the north-woods residents, snow-shoed to town last Thursday from Gunflint Lake.
100 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 8, 1921
Ellis Smith is hauling fish from here to Duluth and will continue through the winter.
The Midway Service Station has installed a heater in its garage and is now prepared for cold weather.
Robert Zimmerman accompanied the Ertsgards on a motor trip to Duluth last week. It was the first time Robert ever visited a big town, and he said he experienced that funny feeling caused by the first ride in an elevator.
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