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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 — The Marquette City Commission established an 11-person advisory committee to oversee activities and projects at Presque Isle Park. The park currently falls under the jurisdiction of the city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. “Presque Isle Park is our largest tourist attraction in the city and it certainly warrants a special committee,” Barb Kelly, chairwoman of the Marquette Beautification and Restoration Committee, told the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago ISHPEMING — After several months of intensive preparation, the task force charged with attaining state certification of the Bell Memorial Hospital Diabetes Education Program has met with success. The Bell program recently learned it met all the necessary criteria for certification from the Michigan Department of Public Health Center for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention. Task force members are: Bell Chief Pharmacist Poppy Hatinger; ...

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 — A local agricultural group wants to set up a farmer’s market at the county-owned DeFant Building parking lot next summer. The Marquette-Alger Farmers Market, an informal group of about 15 gardeners and farmers from the two-county area, will ask the Marquette County Board for permission tonight. The group hopes to increase its business by moving into the city from Harvey where the market has been for the past two years. The county ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago ISHPEMING —Ishpeming council No. 1541 of the Knights of Columbus hosted a spelling bee on October 16 for students from western Marquette County, with four named winners from Grades 4-6 - Melanie Tonge and James Minard of National Mine Middle School; Mindy Chilman of Birchview School in Ishpeming; and Natalie Richards of Republic-Michigamme School. Two National Mine students competed in grades 7-9 - Debbie Lowes and Amber Tonge. These students challenged ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago CHAMPION — Eighth graders Shannon Arsenault and Amanda Hereford worked as office aides during some of their lunch hours at the Champion School. Middle school students have the opportunity to work as teacher assistants, library assistants and office aides, along with tutoring elementary school students in a volunteer work program at the school. The program demonstrates student commitment and responsibility, school officials said. The volunteers ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago BIG BAY— It didn’t take the Drury family of Big Bay long to harvest some venison during the 1993 firearm deer season. Charlie Drury scored on a trophy buck just 9 minutes after sunrise on opening day of the season. AT 8 a.m., he brought down a magnificent 200-pound, 10-pointer. He shot the whitetail from about 60 yards with a .30-06-caliber rifle. The cooperative deer ran more than 100 feet toward Charlie’s nearby truck before collapsing. ...