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Superiorland Yesterdays

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago CALUMET — The sight of a bear on the loose would be enough to send most people scurrying in the other direction. But a group of bold children last week turned the tables on a hungry young bruin that wandered into town near the Park Avenue Housing Complex. They chased the bear up a tree. “We’ve had many reports this summer about bears being in the village,” police officer Donna Beels said Wednesday. “It’s become a real problem.” Beels ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Lauri LaBumbard has been hired as district forester for the Marquette County Soil and Water Conservation District and Alger Soil Conservation District. LaBumbard’s duties include landowner assistant in forestry concerns, such as tree planting, timber, and wildlife management, windbreak design and establishment, firewood cutting, and forest erosion control. She worked for the districts from February 1990 to January 1991 under a Michigan Energy ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago SKANDIA — Following decades in an old general store, the Skandia Post Office has moved across the street. Operations have moved from the former Kellstrom General Store at 217 Kreiger Drive to the Skandia Township Recreation Center at 224 Kreiger Drive. Post-mistress Myrna McDowell and more space is needed for the office, which serves 688 customers on two rural routes. The first day of operation in the new office was Wednesday. Hours will remain the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Peninsula Waters Girl Scout Council held many summer events throughout the region. Hundreds of scouts participated in events such as Weekend in the Woods, held at Camp Powlow, near Gwinn; a three-day bus trip to the Chicago Science and Industry Museum, and then Great America; two weeks of horse camp near Manistique. A series of camps at Clear Lake, near Shingleton, included the first-ever Dad’n’Me Camporee, a weekend for girl scouts and their ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MACKINAC — What began as a routine research expedition may have turned into an rare historical find for University of Michigan researchers. The 80-foot research vessel Laurantain was cruising the Straits of Mackinac when its sonar showed a far different picture than Lake Huron sediment. “Suddenly, we started looking at images that looked like a ship,” said Norman Andresen, a research associate with the university Center for Great Lakes and ...

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 — The Ishpeming School District and the W.C. Peterson Auditorium Advisory Board will pay public recognition to Gordon Elson for his contribution to the auditorium. Elson, of Ishpeming, donated $3,500 to the W.C. Peterson Auditorium, making possible the purchase of a new spotlight. His gift represents the largest personal contribution to the facility since the restoration of the high school auditorium began in 1988. The gift also raises the ...