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20 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 18, 2002
v EDA BOARD CHALLENGES RMC In late October 2001, seven Superior National Golf Course employees were cut from the payroll. RMC, the management organization for the golf course, made the cuts for two reasons: budget constraints due to a slow golf season and the hiring of a new manager. Recently, a new inexperienced mechanic was also hired. The EDA Board members wanted to know why the former experienced mechanic wasn’t rehired. EDA Board member Jan Hall said, “I’m asking because it effects the EDA. When you hire someone that’s inexperienced, I’d like to know why.” Scott Harrison, speaking on behalf of the RMC, said, “Do you think we would make a decision that would deliberately not be in the best interest of the golf course?’ “Yes,” answered Jan Hall. v LOCAL RESTAURANT ACTIVITY: 1) EAST BAY – Enjoy Far East Bay Night with a traditional Oriental menu every Monday evening. Mexican Night is on Friday. Live Jazz in the Viking Room is provided by Don Bauer and John Koscielak. Breezy on the Porch is open every day serving sandwiches, soup, and espresso! 2) CHEZ JUDE: Fine Foods and Celebrations – Offering personal chef services, culinary consulting, and workshops. From Haute to Hoedown. Chef Judi Barsness and Chef Ron Berg 3) BLUEFIN BAY AND BREAKERS BAR & GRILL – Friday features Stuffed Walleye $16.95 | Saturday is Prime Rib and Shrimp $17.95
45 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 17, 1977
v GUNFLINT MAIL RUN Through rain, wind, and snow, the mail was delivered at the first annual Gunflint Trail Mail Run. Crossing the finish line first, after 70 grueling miles with a time of seven hours and 24 minutes, was Tim White of Taylor Falls, Minnesota. Local mushers, Arleigh Jorgenson and John Patten, placed second and fifth respectively. v FISHING DERBY WINNER Bob Brazell of Grand Marais landed himself a 24 lb. 4 oz. lake trout and first place in the Grand Marais Lion’s First Annual Winter Carnival Fishing Contest. Brazell caught the fish in Greenwood Lake. He used a piece of herring for bait and the line was down about 15-20 feet when the fish took the bait. The ice on Greenwood Lake was 42 inches thick, so it was tough getting the fish out of the hole. v BOCKOVICH WINS REGIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT Cook County High School sophomore Mike Bockovich won the Region Five (NE Minnesota) Golden Gloves Junior Welter Weight Championship at Hibbing last weekend. The 16-year-old Grand Marais student, boxing in the 140-pound class, defeated Kyle Christianson, 25, of Hibbing, and Dave Fudally, 22, of Duluth. Both wins were unanimous decisions. This is only the second year Bockovich has been fighting. The youth won high praise for his efforts against the older boxers. Mike has been training under his brother Dale.
60 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 15, 1962
v It was a group of six local men who loaded a couple of snowmobiles on two trailers this past week. With the temperatures hovering in the “nether” regions, they went to Tuscarora Lake to fish. To assure transportation they drove the snowmobiles onto the trailer and left them idling while they were transported up the Trail. Despite the colder than 40 below zero temperatures, the trip was a success with a dozen trout caught.
65 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 14, 1957
v CHAMBER PUTS BIG WHITE PINE TREE ON DISPLAY Bill Tormondsen was pictured leaning on one of the big logs he cut from one of the few remaining virgin white pines in Cook County. The tree was felled north of Tofte. The butt end of the tree measured five feet two inches. A nine-foot log was purchased by the Chamber of Commerce to be used in Grand Marais as a tourist attraction. v ARTIST GEORGE MORRISON HAS NEW YORK EXHIBIT Artist George Morrison has had another one-man art show at the Grand Central Moderns in New York City.
100 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 23, 1922
v CORN STALKS HELP PREVENT SNOW DRIFTS ON COUNTRY ROADS Practical demonstrations have proven that rows of corn stalks left standing near highways help prevent the wind-blown snow from blocking the road. State Highway Commissioner Charles M. Babcock recommends that farmers of the state adopt this practice. The result will be lower costs in highway snow removal. This winter, make note of places where snow collects and covers the roads. Then next growing season plant 8 to 10 rows of corn on the north and west sides of those areas, about 50 to 100 feet from the road. v SCHOOL NOTES FROM EDITOR ADOLPH A. TOFTEY: The Zoology class is now busy studying the herring. | Lake Superior at last affords an opportunity for more sport. The ice skating this year is better than it has been for a long time. Even the last snowfall did not spoil the fun.
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