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Cornell could need to build a new $3 million waste treatment plant, after the current 40-year-old plant has exceeded effluent ammonia levels twice last year, and once last year. While there are some expensive options the city could take to get the levels dropped, there’s no guarantee that the DNR won’t require a new plant in the near future.
20 Years Ago – 2005 A group from Cadott, known as the Whiffle Ball gang, loves whiffle ball so much, they play it every Monday during the summer, and have, for the past 20 years, in the alley next to Front Street. The players take the game very seriously, keeping track of what happens during each match and have awards at the end of the season, for Most Hits on a Tree, Best Dive Award, etc.
30 Years Ago – 1995 Fine-feathered friends now abide at the Cornell Area Care Center, with the installation of a new aviary, purchased from memorial funds, given by the families of Florella Wagner and William Hakes. Located in the TV room, there are 12 finches, canaries and doves.
40 Years Ago – 1985 An apparent pipe bomb mutilates a mailbox, at the Williams Pipe Line Co. tank farm, on County Hwy. X, west of Cadott. No one was injured, which is fortunate, as the debris was blown 300 feet from the site.
50 Years Ago – 1975 Denny Gingras is named as the Cornell Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter of the Year, after he was nominated by fire chief Donald Saxe.
60 Years Ago – 1965 Donald Duncan, Jim Falls, opens Don’s Radio and TV Service, in the former Cadott Locker Plant quarters on Main Street. He and his family will continue to live in their residence in Jim Falls.
100 Years Ago – 1925 Known as the Baby Welfare Special, a state car is at the Presbyterian Church yard, where all children will be examined for a physical defect. The appointments, made with Mrs. W. H. Thomas, are free.
