EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — Armed with a $100,000 Kellogg Foundation grant, the fledgling Voices for Youth Program expects to do more than simply count the 300 homeless teenagers in Marquette County. “This is seed money, which will enable us to fully develop this program ad really get started here,” said Nancy Gauchey, director of the project. “It allows us the window to generate other funds so we can add additional staff positions,” she added. Gauchey said the program will increase community awareness of homelessness and link homeless youths with resources to meet their immediate housing and subsistence needs. The grant will enable the organization to coordinate homeless services among a network of local agencies and community groups.

60 years ago

LANSING — Pulpwood production in Michigan is expected to reach a new high this year, conservation department foresters report. Production last year topped 1.2 million cords, about 10 percent above the previous year. The some $400 million annual industry provides full time jobs for more than 60,000 workers. Production was up more than 13 percent in the Upper Peninsula last year and about seven percent in the northern Lower Peninsula. Expansion of existing operations and the addition of new industries in the Lower Peninsula are expected to keep the pulpwood boom going.