10 Years Ago · March 19, 2001
The Cook County girls’ basketball team members were overjoyed after the March 9 game against the Cherry Tigers and a Section championship win. It sent the team to the state tourney, the first ever for either boys or girls basketball in Cook County history. Their season ended four days later, however, with a 74-53 loss to an explosive Eden Valley-Watkins team in the first round of the tourney.
At its regular meeting on March 14, the Grand Marais City Council took about 15 minutes to wipe out a deficit that took more than 20 years to accumulate. At the direction of city staff and the past recommendations of the city auditor, the council combined the three entities at the Grand Marais Recreation Park (the municipal pool, the marina, and the park) to create one park enterprise fund. The deficit at the pool, which stood at $689,541.92, was offset and wiped out by the black ink in the other two areas, and left a balance of $236,419 in the new fund.
20 Years Ago · March 18, 1991
The calendar may say spring is arriving this week, but the view out the kitchen window tells a different story. The snow is still knee-deep to a bull moose.
School Superintendent Warren Rolek presented recommendations for cuts that would trim $198,000 from the budget for the 1991-92 school year. Rolek had been directed by the school board to develop a budget that called for about $200,000 in reductions. The most substantial cuts came from the reduction of staff positions. Rolek recommends not filling vacancies left by two retiring teachers. He also recommended discontinuance of the librarian and secondary counselor. These cuts alone would save the district an estimated $148,000.
The Sawtooth Elementary PTA is alive and well in Cook County. The association has 20 active members, and meets once a month to address concerns by parents and educators.
50 Years Ago · March 16, 1961
Close to 3,000 people trundled into their cars and headed for the trout derby last Sunday at Greenwood Lake. The lake teemed with men, women and children having picnic lunches. Some drove the plowed road sightseeing, others set up their bars of “giggle juice.” Three or four cub planes took passengers on short sightseeing flights, snowmobiles buzzed over the high snow banks demonstrating their versatility while a few four-wheel drive Jeeps and carry-alls were tested in unplowed areas.
“It wouldn’t take much of a push to get the ball rolling,” say those who would like everyone in the community to come and enjoy a potluck supper at the Hovland Town Hall Saturday evening. “If we’d have a little more togetherness we could all work a bigger community.”
A.E. Hoover of Gunflint Lake made a trip to town last Friday, the first in two years.
90 Years Ago · March 17, 1921
Charles J. Johnson has purchased John Wood’s garage and moved it up to his house.
The county auditor is in receipt of an order issued by Gov. Preus revoking a former order relating to the protection of muskrats. The order protecting muskrats was issued by Gov. Burnquist on Nov. 11, 1920, and Gov. Preus having found that conditions do not require the further continuance of said order, has commanded that the same be revoked and set aside.
No more cutting ice for Toftey & Co. While in Minneapolis during the past week Ed Toftey purchased a refrigerator plant, which cools with a scientific process by the use of ammonia, the same principle that is employed in the manufacture of ice. The plant will be operated by the use of some kind of motor. Electric power will be used if the local company is able to furnish current. This will be the first plant of that kind on the North Shore.
Some of the high school girls are keeping diaries. Everything of interest that takes place in school is written down. These will probably be handed down to the next generation.
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