10 Years Ago ·
Dec. 11, 2000
• LTV Steel Mining Company workers
in Schroeder were called to a meeting last
Wednesday and told the company would
cease operations Feb. 24, 2001 — five
months earlier than planned.
According to company officials, the mine
can no longer provide LTV Steel with
taconite pellets of competitive quality and
cost.
Between 70 and 80 people are employed at
Taconite Harbor.
• With a unanimous vote during its
regular meeting Dec. 6, the Grand Marais
Public Utilities Commission lowered
the city’s rates on electricity. The total
savings to residents and businesses in the
city, according to Public Works Director
Russell Good, should be about $200,000 in
the next year.
“I believe we are in a position right now
where we can give everyone a Christmas
present and lower the electric rates,” Good
told the board. “Right now, we have more
income than we need.”
20 Years Ago ·
Dec. 10, 1990
• A Moose Valley home was destroyed
by fire Dec. 3 at about 9 a.m.
Pagers weren’t activated because a
dispatcher dialed the wrong number.
Firefighters were notified by telephone,
and were on the scene within 15 to 20
minutes. By that time, the second floor
was gone and the whole house was
engulfed in flame. By 9:40 it was gone.
• TheVikings’ girls basketball teams,
just starting their first year and already
troubled with injuries, got off to a tough
start last week as they bowed to Silver Bay
68-15.
Consider this: Silver Bay started three
juniors, a senior and a sophomore. Cook
County started four freshmen and an
eighth-grader.
50 Years Ago ·
Dec. 8, 1960
• ThisSaturday marks 20 years since
Santa first attended the local Christmas
movie party. The annual treat for the
youngsters has been sponsored by the
Shore Theatre management; the schools
each year see to it that out-of-town boys
and girls have transportation.
Santa will make an appearance at 2:20 p.m.
• County Engineer Donald Nelson
assured the Christmas Decorating
Committee that a Christmas tree would
be secured for the village triangle soon,
and Iver Lindell, manager of the Public
Utilities, said the light strings of 60 bulbs
are in readiness for hanging when the tree
is put up.
Volunteers are still needed to help put up
the lights.
• ThorCarlson lost his fishhouse with
everything in it in the recent storm. He
was able to save his boat.
75 Years Ago ·
Dec. 12, 1935
• F.C. Preine, Matt Johnson and
Ed Toftey were appointed as a water
commission at the last meeting of the
village council with absolute control of
the local water system. This commission
will set rates, decide upon methods of
collection, and problems of maintenance
as they arise.
As far as possible, the commission will
be free from politics. Its members, once
appointed, cannot be removed by council,
neither can the commission be dissolved
except by a special election on the matter.
• About 12 mothers gathered at
the Congregational Church basement
Wednesday afternoon and formed a baby
clinic. The next meeting of the group will
be held at the home of Mrs. M.W. Griffith
on the second Wednesday in January.
• Jean Anderson had the misfortune to
sprain her ankle while playing basketball
and has been “laid up” for the past week.
Leave a Reply