THE TIME MACHINE

From past files of The Star News

10 YEARS AGO

May 30, 2013

Plans for a major city park pool expansion and renovation project moved forward at Tuesday’s Medford City Council committee of the whole meeting.

The proposed project will nearly double the surface area of the pool with the addition of a large zero-entry and play area. Other proposed additions include a slide and a water climbing wall. If all goes according to plan, work would begin on the pool this fall and be completed in time for the pool to open in summer 2014.

The big issues facing aldermen for the project Tuesday, were if they wanted to proceed despite being disappointed by the bid numbers and if so, how would the project be financed.

For the first part, alderman Mike Bub, noted the goal all along was to keep the project to under $750,000. However, the base bids for each of the companies were higher than that amount, before any of the additions were included. The total amount for the low-bid from Neumann Pools of Beaver Dam was $789,840.

25 YEARS AGO

June 3, 1998

The School District of Rib Lake will move ahead in planning to build a new elementary school. That was the unanimous decision of the school board after holding a special meeting last week to consider various options.

Preliminary estimates for the new elementary school, including a new district office area, are at about $5.7 million. It should be noted that this is a rough estimate based on the generalized plans and average costs in past elementary school building projects done by the architect.

50 YEARS AGO

May 31, 1973

Attired in the traditional graduation garb, 225 Medford senior high school students will receive their diplomas tonight, Thursday, during commencement exercises. The program will be staged on the athletic field, weather permitting. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be shifted to Raider Hall.

Medford’s top scholars are valedictorian Nancy Peterson and co-salutatorians Suann Sackmann and Carol Stahl.

75 YEARS AGO

June 3, 1948

The sawmill operation that was started in 1881 is scheduled to be completed today, Thursday, June 3, when the sawmill at Rib Lake will cut up its final log. The last train of logs was brought in from the Rib Lake Lumber company’s woods last Friday. Since the cutting of the last pine on Feb. 5, the company has had a small crew of men loading the logs that had been decked in the woods.

100 YEARS AGO

May 31, 1923

A false alarm of burglary at the Famers State Bank caused a lot of excitement at Stetsonville yesterday morning at one o’clock.

The automatic burglar alarm started ringing at that hour and a volunteer force was quickly on the job to thwart the supposed bank robbers. While the outside of the building was being patrolled, a dog which was confined inside, created enough commotion to convince the volunteer posse that burglars were within.

125 YEARS AGO

June 4, 1898

Mr. J. Cover, Court reporter, who has just returned from a trip to the Jump River country, spoke as follows: I have just returned from a trip of 15 miles from a railroad, in what is called the Jump River country. I went out with a friend to look at some property, and our route took us south from Ingraham, a station on the Soo. That country will in time make a good farming country. The situation now, however, is one of considerable hardship for the settlers.