EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MUNISING — Larry and Deanna Kouw didn’t rely on any fancy marketing studies before moving their downstate video store to Munising. “I love to hunt ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago ESCANABA — Eight Upper Peninsula businesses are taking advantage of a $300,000 state job training program starting this month at Bay de Noc Community College in Escanaba. The grant will provide specialized instruction to almost 1,000 workers from the firms with the aim of upgrading employee technical proficiency and developing management skills. Among the firms participating is Total Contracting Inc. of Lansing, an environmental engineering firm ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago HOUGHTON — A growing number of area business owners say they’re considering banning smoking - even at risk of offending their smoking customers. Kurt Helminen, owner of the Copper Kettle Restaurant in Calumet, said he has banned smoking for about 14 years. He finally lifted the ban last summer because of a fairly slow tourist season but said he got complaints from both sides anyway. “When I switched to nonsmoking, I antagonized a lot of people ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Marquette Township manager Tom Warstler resigned Tuesday, saying he’d gotten an offer he couldn’t refuse. “I wasn’t really looking for a change but this was an unsolicited opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” Warstler said. “I labored over the decision for a month.” Warstler declined to identify his new employer, but said the private sector Escanaba firm had made him a “substantially better” offer. Warstler makes $31,600 ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago SAWYER AIR FORCE BASE — An audience of 1,100 base and community people enjoyed a performance by Tops in Blue Jan. 26 in Ishpeming. “It was the best Tops In Blue I’ve ever seen,” said Master Sgt. J.T. Taylor, director of the community activities center and one of the coordinators of the event. “The auditorium was a technical producer’s dream-come-true. It’s built much like an opera house, making it great for sound and lighting.” Taylor ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago NEGAUNEE — Thanks to a new program that brings young and old together at the Negaunee Senior Center, teenagers such as Chelsea Herman are discovering that the unspoken fear of aging doesn’t have to be. “I couldn’t believe they were so old because they acted so young,” Herman said after talking to members of a senior citizen panel at the center. Herman and 17 other students participated in the Youth and Elders at Home (YEAH) program, which is ...
