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EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago NATIONAL MINE — Although they didn’t win the National History Day competition in College Park, Md. This week, a busload of tired National Mine School students arrived home this morning happy with their efforts. Principal Maxine Honkala, who accompanied the students on the trip, said, “We are quite happy with what we got and the trip was a real learning experience for all of us.” The students earned a final round appearance, and while they didn’t win, ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ISHPEMING — Ishpeming High School sustained severe flood damage when a water pipe broke over the weekend and roof drains flooded during Tuesday’s storm. “It’s been a bad week for water damage here,” said Superintendent Stephen Pierson, who discovered the flooding Sunday. “The water was over your shoes on the second floor,” he said. He traced the water to a broken water pipe feeding a second-floor water fountain. “The flooding essentially destroyed the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MANISTIQUE — Manistique Papers Inc. and Edison Sault Electric Co. still want to seal contaminated sediment at the bottom of the Manistique River instead of remove it. The two companies, which have been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as “potentially responsible parties” for the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in the river and Manistique Harbor, today again recommended installation of a permanent cap over the sediment. ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years MARQUETTE — Soccer fans across the country have high hopes that this summer’s World Cup matches in the U.S. will boost the popularity of the sport nationwide. And local soccer players are picking this summer to get adults out on the field and kicking. The Marquette Area Soccer Association is organizing co-ed pickup soccer games through September for adults of all skill levels. This is the first regularly scheduled soccer opportunity for adults in the area, ...

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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 — For the first time, Marquette teachers and the district’s school board have settled a labor contract before summer vacation. The Marquette Area Education Association and the board reached tentative agreement Thursday. Details aren’t being released until both sides ratify the contract. Last year, teachers struck for 11 school days before settling. The difference this year was a clearer financial forecast and improved union-administration ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years SANDS — A judge has given the green flag to stock car racing in Sands Township nearly a decade after the last auto race at Thunder Valley. Stock cars will begin Sunday afternoon racing in mid-July on the quarter mile oval at the Thunder Valley Raceway off Old County Road 553, said owner and racer Walter Racine of Sands Township. Ruling on a zoning dispute between Racine and the township, Marquette County Circuit Judge Edward Quinnell said the track was never ...