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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1951
Turkey causes lights out for villages A farmer’s turkey plunged this area into a total blackout last Thursday evening, from 7:08 to 7:45, when the turkey flew into a substation of the Northern States Power Co. This was the longest period of interrupted electrical service a number of years.
This area receives its electrical power over a three-way circuit, thus ensuring continual service, even in stormy weather.
Last Thursday, black rain clouds were in the west and north when a farmer near the Colby substation was chasing his flock of turkeys home. One flew over the substation fence and landed on an oil switch, causing a ground, and total darkness for Spencer, Unity, Riplinger, Colby, Dorchester, Stetsonville, Milan and Abbotsford, and the rural areas receiving power from this station.
The telephone exchange, which can operate from batteries in such an emergency, was swamped with calls, and it took a little while to locate the root of the electric trouble, which was easily remedied by merely closing the switch. The only damage was an electrocuted turkey.
Athens doctor loses eye Dr. Gregory Bachhuber, 38, Athens physician, lost his left eye in an accident Mondy, which occurred when he attempted to brace a metal bow used by hunters.
As Dr. Bachhuber tried to lift the loop into the knock of the bow, the string slipped and the tip of the bow struck him in the eye. The accident took place in a local sporting goods store.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1981
Colby board won’t fiddle with bus routes in Unity You can’t please all of the people all of the time. The Colby School Board conceded the truth in that variation of an old saying this week when it decided to change school bus route scheduling in the Unity area. The issue involved on of the five bus routes revolving around the village. This particular route describes its daily pattern generally east of Unity, and the issue arose when a parent asked it could be reversed or revised, since her children do not get home after 4:30 p.m.
Some board members said they felt the board always had a policy of “first on in the morning, first off at night.” But that simply isn’t practical, said some school officials, including Steven Subera, who does the bus scheduling. Routes cannot be laid out in perfect circles.
Four parents whose children ride the route in question attended the meeting Monday, and all four said they were satisfied with the present schedule. They said slight variations in the route wouldn’t bother them, but they would argue against drastic revisions.
Subera said he felt the routes near Unity were laid out about as efficiently as they could be. He noted there are fives buses in the area this year, as opposed to four last year, but that cutting out overlapping had resulted in about the same miles traveled this year.
“I suggest we continue to before; you’re never going to satisfy everyone,” said board president Calvin Schulz.
