30 years ago

MARQUETTE – The Marquette Area Chamber of Commerce lent a hand at the ribbon cutting to officially open the new Comfort Inn Suites in Marquette. Joining the occasion were Kellie Barry-Angeli of the Marquette Chamber, Mark Aho of First National Bank, Ann Franz of the Ishpeming-Negaunee Chamber of Commerce, Wally Ninneman of First of America Bank, Marquette Township Supervisor George LaBlonde, Jamie Schwemin, Dr. Dick Peura of Marquette Ambassadors, Marquette Chamber President Karen Kimar-Johnson, Marquette Country Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Greg Hokans, Property Manager Rick Peterson, Terry Jutila of First of America Bank, Comfort Suites Project Foreman Greg Dezso, and Marquette Chamber board member Mike Portale. Comfort Suites owners, Frank and Linda Stabile, displayed the Comfort Suites’ first dollar of profit for all to see.

60 years ago

NEGAUNEE – Negaunee Centennial patrons were treated to some old-fashioned, hard-hitting softball in an exhibition tournament for the Centennial plaque. Uno Kivela came out of retirement to spin a three-hitter against Local 4950 in the first game, then Tony Miljour came through in the title game against the Ishpeming ace, Werner Maki, striking out 12 Tracy batters in a 4-2 win. Township could get to Ron Maki for only five hits in the first game but that was all they needed to win the game 6-3. Leo Prusi’s double led to the first run for Township, a single by Tony Miljour, a walk and an error made it 2-0 in the second. Local 4950 took a 3-2 lead in the third on a pair of Township errors, a double by Johnson and a single by Zeke Ranta. A four-run fourth was too much for the union gang. Three walks, singles by Ron Wiig and Miljour, plus a double by Rich Mattson paved the way for the semifinal win. Miljour was in top form in the championship game as he held Tracey Local to two hits, one a long home run blast by Neil Connors which cleared the right-field fence. An error and a triple by Chuck Collins produced two more runs for Township in the fourth and a single for Miljour in the fifth, produced the final run for the winners.