10 Years Ago · Jan. 8, 2001 • Hunters and their families who have been feasting on venison steak already had a hunch, but the official word from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is that the 2000 firearms deer harvest was among the top five on record. Hunters harvested 193,079 deer statewide, an increase of 27,913 deer (17 percent) compared with 1999. The harvest in the Northeast Region was up 42 percent, to 31,748. • The temperatures during this past December were a good example of the saying “Be careful what you ask for, you might get it.” For the last couple of years folks have been moaning about the lack of a real winter. Too mild, too warm, and on and on. This last month fixed that! There were only three days in the entire month that stayed above zero for the entire 24 hours. From Dec. 9 through Dec. 12, the temperature was below zero for the entire period. The low for the month was 24 below on Christmas Eve. There were six days that went down to 20 below or colder. 20 Years Ago · Jan. 7, 1991 • The whereabouts of a 16-year-old Stearns County boy who was last seen driving a 1980 blue Dodge pickup truck found abandoned on the Bally Creek Road Dec. 9 remain a mystery. The St. Martin boy has been missing from home since Nov. 19. The truck, which was stolen, was found stuck in the mud off the Bally Creek Road. The hood was slightly open, the keys were in the ignition, the driver’s door was open and the passenger door was locked. The truck started and ran. • The Grand Marais park board has formed subcommittees for the park, pool, golf course and marina operations, and will begin work on a fiveyear plan when it meets on Tuesday. “We’ll see if we can get some things moving and ironed out,” said chair Sid Backlund Jr. “I don’t think you’re going to see any miracles in the park operation this year, but next year you should start seeing it turn around.” 50 Years Ago · Jan. 5, 1961 • The new homecoming queen of CCHS will be crowned at a festive coronation ceremony Friday evening in the high school gymnasium, between the early game and the regular homecoming game. Last year’s homecoming queen, Bobbi Zimmerman, will come from Hamline University to place the crown on the new queen, the name to be disclosed that evening. • The chief of the Conservation Department’s forest nursery program, Ray Clement, estimates that 1960 will go down as a “very good year” for Minnesota’s Christmas tree industry. He estimates that approximately six million Christmas trees were cut in Minnesota this year with about five million of those being shipped out of state. • The Cook County Civic Council for the fourth consecutive year will be attending the International Travel Show in Chicago. The show will be held at the Navy Pier Jan. 14-22. Bud and Charlet Kratoska will be the attendants at the booth and are looking forward to a very busy nine days. 75 Years Ago · Jan. 9, 1936 • Lawrence Major, trapper and fur trader on Saganaga Lake, is spending the next three months in a Port Arthur jail for trying to prevent Canadian police from entering his cabin to assist his family, which was suffering from malnutrition. • Who says ads aren’t read? Henry Brockway advertised for a lost dog. The day after the paper came out, a female dog came to his place looking for a home, and the following day gave birth to six puppies. • The store and lunch counter at Beaver Bay was burned to the ground Monday morning. The fire started in the oil room and it is believed to have been caused by a carelessly dropped cigarette or match. The building, including all fixtures and stock, was totally destroyed. The only belongings saved were a washing machine and radio.
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