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EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE - Carpeting at the Marquette County Youth Home should be replaced at a cost of $5,362, the Marquette County Board’s Committee of the Whole recommended last week. Through a unanimous vote, the committee recommended awarding a bid to Sherwin Williams of Marquette for removal of old and installation of new carpeting at the home on County Road 553 in Marquette. The juvenile detention center’s living, recreation, conference and dining rooms, boys’ ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — First of America Bank and Marquette Harborfest Inc. will sponsor free hot air balloon rides at Harborfest ‘93 in Marquette July 23-25. The First of America hot air balloon will be available for rides from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 23 and 24. The free rides will be first come, first served. The 70-foot balloon will be tethered at the Ellwood A. Mattson Lower Harbor Park both days. Rides will depend on weather conditions. 60 years ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee City Council has accepted a downstate company’s $33,600 bid for maintenance work at the city’s water tower on Pioneer Avenue. PTM Painting of Woodhaven submitted the lowest of four bids that were as high $56,000. Maintenance will include interior and exterior repainting, lettering, installation of a fall prevention device, valve removal, and non-hazardous waste disposal. No startup date has been scheduled, but work is to ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE - Northern Michigan University has received a state grant for specialized police training in the Upper Peninsula. The U.P. Law Enforcement Development Center will use the $82,530 grant from the Michigan Office of Criminal Justice to provide training formerly available only downstate. Programs include basic radar operation, firearms and legal updates, specialized accident investigation, evidence processing, precision driving and high-risk felony traffic ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE - The 1993 Mothers March campaign opened this week with the mailing of Mothers March Pass-The-Envelope kits to selected residents in the community. During the last 40 years, volunteers have made personal appeals to their neighbors and friends to help babies get a healthy start in life. The “Mothers March” is a national event that raises funds for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. 90 years ago NEWBERRY - The saw mill of the Newberry ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago WASHINGTON — Northern Michigan University will receive $500,000 in federal funding to buy computer hardware and software for a system that links computer technology with community planning, according to U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee. The system includes many different types of data that are combined into a special map that will answer a series of questions about a community. The equipment is considered a major teaching and research tool for NMU ...