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30 years ago MARQUETTE — After the passing of a new state school spending bill, time students spend on the school bus could count as instruction time. Mandatory hours of instruction have raised since 1994, and if schools fail to meet the requirements, they will face losing state aid. Some U.P. educators see the busing solution as an adequate consideration. Others are considering the U.P.’s geographically large districts, and the instructors feel that students would be cheated out of an education for simply living in a rural area that takes longer to ride to and from school. ...

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30 years ago SKANDIA — A class project in Skandia has turned into a yearly tradition known as the “Skandia School 5th Grade Free Press.” This student run press contains everything from interviewing and writing stories, selling and designing advertisements to local businesses, and payroll accounting that includes standard tax deductions. Carol Lamirand, teacher of the fifth grade class, began using newspapers in the classroom around three years ago as a tool to combat illiteracy. Students were motivated by this project in a number of ways: part of the $160 raised by the paper paid ...

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30 years ago PALMER — A $1,600 fine was doled out to the owners of the Empire Mine for safety violations after one of their truck drivers was critically injured. The Empire Mining Partnership will also be paying a $1,000 fine for failing to address the 170-ton trucks signs of instability, as well as $500 added to their bill as the seat belt in the truck was not properly installed. The driver, 56-year-old Wayne Varvil of Harvery, was preparing to dump rocks onto a pile when the truck, the size of a two-story house, flipped under the crumbling rock surface and slid 60 feet along the ...

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30 years ago K.I. SAWYER AIR FORCE BASE — The flying of a B-52H bomber marked the official disbanding ceremony of the remaining units at K.I. Sawyer Air Force on Thursday, signifying a return to civilian control. Col. Regner Rider reflects on the achievements of the base with hope for the future, and confidence that if the U.S. needs Sawyer again, there will be a call to action. Executive Director Thomas Rumora and retired U.S. Air Force chief master sergeant and executive director of the developing K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum and Air Park, Daniel Benstrom, both note that this is ...

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30 years ago IRON MOUNTAIN – The Upper Peninsula Travel and Recreation Association is once again issuing “passports” to people interested in traveling to the Upper Peninsula. It’s the sixth year for the passports, which come in the form of a booklet that lists six areas of discovery, or Heritage Pathways, in the Upper Peninsula. These include public lands and historic places, and pathways to the region’s iron, copper, lumbering, and maritime heritage. As tourists visit different sites listed in the passport, they can obtain validation stamps, which if they add up to 25 in a ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – The ice sheet at Northern Michigan University’s physical Education Instructional Facility may grow to Olympic proportions this fall an NMU official said today. The move would insure the continued presence of the medal winning short-track speed skating program at Northern’s U.S. Olympic Education Center, said university President William E. Vandament. Vandament said the expansion would not eliminate the need to upgrade or replace the city owned Lakeview Arena as the home of the NMU Hockey Wildcats. 60 years ago UPPER PENINSULA – Five fisherman in the ...