Looking Back

10 YEARS AGO
Friends and relatives are invited to help celebrate Irene Hallin’s 80th birthday tomorrow, 3 to 7 p.m., Hampton Court Community Room.

25 YEARS AGO
There will be an open house tomorrow in honor of the 25th wedding anniversary of Shirley and Phil Arnold, 2 to 6 p.m., dance at 8 p.m., at the Elks Hall.
Ray Maki, 62, missed less than a week of work during his 35-year career with Boise Cascade. The millwright recently retired from his leadman position at the Sidings Plant.

40 YEARS AGO

10 YEARS AGO
Dennis Frarck has retired from Boise Cascade after 29 years’ service. Frarck was a stores person in the Material Resources Department when he retired.

25 YEARS AGO
Ancy Morse, an International Falls native, recently was appointed the first female district court judge outside the Twin Cities.
Howard and Janet Schake were honored at an informal open house recently at the home of Vern and Clara Blake in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary.

40 YEARS AGO

10 YEARS AGO
Born to Michael and Denise Hedtke today was a son Nicholas Calahan Koll Hedtke, weighing 7 pounds, 11.4 ounces and measuring 21 1/4 inches.
Members of the Creative Writing Club formed by Rainy River Community College instructor Doug Blumhardt include Brenda VanGuse, Liane Lehtinen, Roberta Larsen, Rosemond Kucera, Georger Falkler, Brandon Biggs and Karen Rigdon.

25 YEARS AGO
Members of the Bronco boys’ varsity cross-country team are Tony Turenne, Mike Turenne, Sam Barker, Eric Aili, Chad Hemstad, Hans Schumacher and Darwin Krantz.

10 YEARS AGO
Kate M. Olson, senior at Falls High School, was named Sci/Math Student of the Month.
Jessica Christensen, Falls High School junior, has been named Hardee’s Student of the Week.

25 YEARS AGO
Ivan and Connie Bontrager announce the arrival of Sonyetta Ruth, 10 pounds, 5 1/2 ounces, 22 1/2 inches long today at Falls Memorial Hospital.
Thomas N. Laurion has been selected a counselor for Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., for the 1983-84 school year.

40 YEARS AGO

10 YEARS AGO
Bronco senior co-captain Laura Kuldanek is among the volleyball statistical leaders in the north. Kuldanek is fourth in kills per game with 3.2 per contestant.
Bronco linebacker Steve Jakala is the 10th leading gridder among all northern Minnesota players in sacks, according to statistics provided to the Duluth News Tribune. Thus far this season, Jakala has three sacks and is tied with five other players with that number. Also defensively, Broncos’ Jakala and Zach Conat are among the leaders in tackles in the north.

25 YEARS AGO

10 YEARS AGO
Born to Amy and Gordon Savela today was a son, Stewart James, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces and measuring 22 1/2 inches.
Falls native and former Bronco athlete Derek Bilben was named the Most Valuable Player of the Indiana State Classic college baseball tournament Sept. 21.

25 YEARS AGO
Ted William Olds, a University of Minnesota medical student, has been assigned to work with Drs. Marc Gorden and Doug Johnson in International Falls through the University’s Rural Physician Associates Program.

10 YEARS AGO
At the end of October, Jennie Christopherson will bring her guitar and songs to India where she will join missionaries on a six-week crusade.
Lori Walz, a 1974 graduate of Falls High School and 1976 graduate of Rainy River Community College, was recently appointed interim director for the Community in Schools (CSI) program in Winona.

25 YEARS AGO
Jim Hartje, 33, was recently promoted to the position of supervisor in Boise Cascade’s Paper Division finishing-shipping area.

10 YEARS AGO
Falls native Mike “Lefty” Curran will be inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Oct. 22. Curran “has been regarded as one of the greatest American goalies of all time.”
Michael Shermoen has recently achieved certification through an agent assessment conducted by Rural Cellular Corp. Certification is one of the highest achievements in learning excellence and quality control in the wireless industry.

25 YEARS AGO

10 YEARS AGO
Falls High School seniors Katie Gjertson and Matthew Stegmeir were recently selected as September’s Students of the Month.
Senior Homecoming king and queen are Jamie Short and Darcy Alleman.

25 YEARS AGO
Red Owl’s annual fall round-up — Fresh ground beef, 98 cents a pound; T-bone steak, $2.98 a pound; sirloin steak, $2.68 a pound; stew meat, $1.98 per pound; primal cut steak or roast, 98 cents a pound — cut free to your satisfaction.

10 YEARS AGO
New teachers Deana Lorenson, Deb Ciminski, Marty Prekker, Greg Erickson, Harold Schumacher and Nancy Biondich were served a European style breakfast prepared by Falls High School cooks.
Wayne Foss has been chosen Employee of the Quarter at the Occupational Development Center (ODC). Foss has been employed by the ODC since August 1996 as a custodian at Koochiching County’s Forestland Annex.

25 YEARS AGO