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20 YEARS AGO
APRIL 8, 2002
v On March 14, Governor Jesse Ventura signed a bill into law that will allow the Cook County Board of Commissioners to transfer land, specifically the Mineral Center Cemetery, to the Grand Portage Tribal Band. Small in size but historic in nature, the cemetery has been taken care of by the Band for some time. v The wild lake trout population in the northernmost portion of Minnesota’s Lake Superior waters (Zone 3) has met criteria for recovery, prompting the DNR to announce that the last stocking of hatchery fish in that zone will occur this spring. The 2002 quota of 86,400 yearling lake trout will be stocked but beginning next year production of lake trout will rely on natural spawning. Zone 3 runs from the Cascade River to the Canadian border. v Conservationists announced last week the filing of an appeal to a U.S. Forest Service decision that would triple motorboat permits from 2,376 to 6,892 on the Farm, Moose and Saganaga lake chains in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The appeal faults the Forest Service for violating the legislation that created the BWCAW and setting motorboat use quotas at higher levels without justification.
30 YEARS AGO
APRIL 6, 1992
v A near capacity crowd filled the high school cafeteria with music, laughter, and dancing last Saturday. The Arrowtippers Square Dance Club hosted dancers from Thunder Bay and the occasion featured both afternoon and evening dances. Dancers from Cook County and Thunder Bay have been visiting each other’s clubs informally over the past four years, most notably at the Thunder Bay Square Dance Festival held each July, and the Arrowtippers’ annual June festival. v Bill Wehseler of Tofte and the North Shore Market reports that a customer came into the store and said that he had seen a bear standing on Highway 61 at about the Onion River. How is that for spring?
60 YEARS AGO
APRIL 5, 1962
v It was announced at the breakfast for Governor Elmer Andersen yesterday morning that a record made by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby will publicize the state of Minnesota. The governor said the record was made by these popular entertainers at no cost to the state and that the record will sell for a small sum. Andersen was joined by other state officials on a tour of the North Shore. v Plans to formulate Little League Baseball for Cook County were discussed at a meeting of its officers Monday at the high school. Due to the extreme distances involved, player selection as required by the National Little League Association, and the difficulties of regular scheduled transportation for the players to and from games, it was decided to abandon plans to join the National Little League Association and form an organization more in keeping with the particular needs of Cook County. The officers decided to name the organization “Cook County Baseball Inc.” v Cheerleaders elected for next year at the high school are LaVerne Linnell, Sue Peterson, Sharon Muehlberg, Janet Rude, Kathy Gilbertson and Kitty Gordon. They are chosen by 9th through 12th grade student council members and four teachers and school staff members.
65 YEARS AGO
APRIL 4, 1957
v BATTLE AGAINST SEA LAMPREY LOOKS MORE HOPEFUL Stanley Sivertson reported from the last meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory Committee. By the fall of this year, a poison effecting the Lamprey in its larvae stage will be field tested by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. By the end of 1958, it was expected that most Canadian and US Streams known to have Lamprey spawning runs would have Lamprey control measures in them. Stanley Sivertson asked about possibly stocking Sebago Salmon in Lake Superior. The response was doubtful and it was suggested that the Sebago Salmon was really German Brown Trout that had taken to Lake Superior waters.
100 YEARS AGO
APRIL 6, 1922
v The village fire engine has been removed from the Motor Inn to the Village Hall. v People of the village are requested to notify Ed Toftey, president of the Grand Marais Light & Power Company, when street-lights are out of commission. v Simon Backlund is repapering and painting the interior of his cottage. Victor Johnson is the artistic decorator. v Halvo Strom of Tofte made a business trip to Grand Marais Tuesday. Incidentally he came in and renewed his subscription.
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