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COOK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FROM CLASS OF 1990 JUNE 4, 1990
20 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 14, 2002
v The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa was about to host the largest eight-dog race they have ever offered on January 19, only to be challenged by the temperate weather conditions plaguing the upper Midwest. With deep regret, the race committee cancelled the race due to unseasonable weather conditions. Seventy-four dog teams had signed up for the January event. v County planning commissioners unanimously approved the Tait Lake Pines preliminary plat last Wednesday night. This action paves the way for the Lutsen Development Corporation’s cluster development of 31 homes on 319 acres adjacent to Tait Lake. The decision disappointed and angered a large number of residents with homes on the lake.
Joyce Barrott of the Grand Marais Area Tourism Association (GMATA) reported to the city council that Thunder Bay Tourism had pulled out of the Grand Marais Information Center — a $21,000 per year revenue loss for the center’s budget.
30 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 13, 1992
v Advertising for bids for four projects was approved by the park board in a meeting held to adopt the 1992 budget and capital improvements program. The go-ahead was given to two projects in the campground and two at the swimming pool. In the campground, the projects are for repair of shower stalls, tile floors and other work in the bath houses, and for an office reservation computer. At the pool, new tile will be placed in the entryway and the drainage fixed in the women’s shower room. Fuel tanks will also be changed in the basement.
Preliminary plans for a schedule to replace Warren Rolek, who is leaving the Cook County School system to become superintendent of the St. Anthony-New Brighton School District in Hennepin County, were approved by the board of education. The board accepted the resignation of Rolek, who had been superintendent here more than 11 years. He is currently dividing his time between the two districts.
60 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 11, 1962
v A “controlled area” just north of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior is being used by the U.S. Naval Air Station in Minneapolis as a training area in anti-submarine warfare. Vessel operators who must enter the practice area are requested to clear the area as expeditiously as possible. The practice will run through June 30.
90 YEARS AGO JANUARY 14, 1932
v The fire demon again raged in the village of Grand Marais on Monday evening when fire broke out at the office and garage used by the Gopher Truck Lines Company.
Eight reindeer arrived in town this week on a truck. The reindeer were being taken to the stock quarter of the Dimond Reindeer Ranch at Clearwater Lake. The animals passed through town Tuesday afternoon and are being taken to winter feeding grounds following the annual Christmas celebration tour by the Dimond Reindeer Ranch Company.
115 YEARS AGO
JUNE 27, 1907
v Excerpts from The Grand Marais News, A Republican Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Cook County
Father Vaughan, a noted British Divine, had this response when he was criticized for saying that there is cat and dog worship among silly women who treat their pets like children when the women should be focusing on real children instead of animals: You pampered votaries of pleasure say that there is no sin except that of being dull. Men and women have written to me saying that society today is no worse than it was in the time of Charles II or the Georges. I do not think it is so bad, but surely it argues poorly for the morals of society when it makes a boast of being associated with such ulcerous periods of history.
v DON’T PUSH THE HORSE WAGON!
The horse can draw the load without help, if you reduce friction to almost nothing by applying Mica Axle Grease to the wagon wheels. Product of The Standard Oil Co. Incorporated
v BACKSTROM & JOHNSON, Grand Marais, Minn. Pool, Wines, Liquors, and Cigars A quiet and respectable rendezvous for gentlemen
NEW WHEAT LANDS AVAILABLE IN THE CANADIAN WEST
160 Acre Farms in Western Canada FREE to every settler. The Country Has No Superior. Coal, wood, and water in abundance; churches and schools convenient; markets easy of access; taxes low; climate the best in the northern temperate zone; law and order prevail. Contact the Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada.
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