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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 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 ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago CRYSTAL FALLS — Wendy Stanek of Crystal Falls is among 10 national winners to receive $10,000 each for successful efforts to improve American’s justice system. The Foundation for Improvement of Justice Inc. of Atlanta, Ga. Said that Stanek’s work led to the arrests of more than 20 people in the Iron County area. Stanek, a mother of six who was convinced that her son’s death in a 1988 wreck involved illegal drugs, voluntarily went undercover ...

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 — David Arnold, a seventh grader at Graveraet Middle School, was cited at the Midwest Talent Search Award ceremonies at Northwestern University in Chicago. Arnold, the son of Constance and Donald Arnold of Lakewood Lane, Marquette, received the third place medal for gifted seventh graders in the American College Testing Service Mathematics exam. His combined score was at the 97th percentile. This was the second medal in a row for Arnold, ...

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 — Ishpeming eyesores will be torn down if the city can get its hands on them. The Ishpeming City Council Wednesday voted to start getting rid of some blight by buying a two-story, wood frame apartment house at 413 South Third Street. The price is $50. It will cost the city about $5,000 to tear down the building, which has a cracked foundation. The city hopes to sell the narrow lot for $1,800. The dilapidated building, owned by Belmont ...

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 — Students in the Marquette public schools will be using about $140,000 worth of new computer equipment in the fall. The Marquette School Board approved the purchase of 40 Macintosh LC computers, 10 printers, and software Tuesday. The computers will be divided among the middle and elementary schools. The purchase is the second phase of the three-year technology plan the board adopted in 1990. Money for the computers came from the $11.95 ...