10 years ago ... January 15, 2014 -- The Loyal City Council signed a contract with Marawood Construction on Jan. 2 to tear down the dilapidated portion of the Loyal Post Office building. The city was to pay Marawood Construction $35,600 to complete the demolition work after more than a year of the city trying to get the property owner to make repairs to the building. After the work was complete, the city was to look into ways to recoup the cost of having to complete the demolition work themselves. -- A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Jan. 11 to commemorate the grand opening of the new Family Dollar at 512 S. Main St. in Greenwood. The store had been open since Dec. 12. -- The Greenwood Food Pantry received a large donation of food from the Greenwood Elementary School. The K-6 grade students had held a school-wide food drive in December to collect food items for the pantry. 25 years ago ... January 20, 1999 -- Clark and Sawyer counties were close to signing a contract that would rent out 25 jail beds in Clark County to inmates from Sawyer County. The new Clark County Jail was set to open March 1, with a jail capacity of 126 inmates. The Clark County Sheriff ’s Department was expecting for 75 inmates to be in the jail in its first year of operation, leaving room for extra inmates to be brought in from other counties. The contract, if approved, would have Sawyer County paying Clark County between $55-60 per inmate per day to house its inmates, bringing in nearly $1,400 per day. -- The Greenwood School Board was considering adding a cross country program to its fall athletic offerings next year. The board was to withhold a final decision until after it determined how much interest there was in the sport. The last time Greenwood had a cross country program was several years ago, when it had been co-oped with Owen- Withee. 45 years ago ... January 17, 1979 -- Members of the 1979 Loyal Winter Carnival Court were Queen Tami Davel, Ray Weyer, Melody Ford, Jess Zvolena, Sandy Cole and Mike Lindner. -- Bruce LaBarge of Loyal won first place at the District 7 Oratorical Contest held in La Crosse. He was to compete at the regional speaking contest in La Crosse Feb. 4. -- Roger and Bill Bauer of Spencer were awarded the Jaycee Merit Award for their work in helping the Jaycees in Spencer. -- The Greenwood Lions Club presented the Greenwood Public Library with a movie projector valued at $622. 60 years ago ... January 16, 1964 -- Karl W. Paape of Greenwood took his oath of office as Clark County judge on Jan. 6. He had been appointed by Governor Reynolds to succeed Lowell D. Schoengarth who had resigned to become circuit judge. The appointment of Paape was to be effective until a candidate was elected in April to serve a complete term as judge. -- The accuracy of an article that had been published in the December Reader’s Digest on the Rural Electrification Administration and consumer-owned electric systems was being challenged by electric cooperative officials in Wisconsin. The article, which had been written with a critical view of co-ops, was said by the officials to be “filled with distortions of fact and misinformation.” “Remember When” items are taken from past issues of the Tribune Record Gleaner from 1968 to present, from the Greenwood Gleaner from 1957 to 1964 and from the Loyal Tribune prior to 1968. 10 years ago ... January 15, 2014 -- The Loyal City Council signed a contract with Marawood Construction on Jan. 2 to tear down the dilapidated portion of the Loyal Post Office building. The city was to pay Marawood Construction $35,600 to complete the demolition work after more than a year of the city trying to get the property owner to make repairs to the building. After the work was complete, the city was to look into ways to recoup the cost of having to complete the demolition work themselves. -- A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Jan. 11 to commemorate the grand opening of the new Family Dollar at 512 S. Main St. in Greenwood. The store had been open since Dec. 12. -- The Greenwood Food Pantry received a large donation of food from the Greenwood Elementary School. The K-6 grade students had held a school-wide food drive in December to collect food items for the pantry. 25 years ago ... January 20, 1999 -- Clark and Sawyer counties were close to signing a contract that would rent out 25 jail beds in Clark County to inmates from Sawyer County. The new Clark County Jail was set to open March 1, with a jail capacity of 126 inmates. The Clark County Sheriff ’s Department was expecting for 75 inmates to be in the jail in its first year of operation, leaving room for extra inmates to be brought in from other counties. The contract, if approved, would have Sawyer County paying Clark County between $55-60 per inmate per day to house its inmates, bringing in nearly $1,400 per day. -- The Greenwood School Board was considering adding a cross country program to its fall athletic offerings next year. The board was to withhold a final decision until after it determined how much interest there was in the sport. The last time Greenwood had a cross country program was several years ago, when it had been co-oped with Owen- Withee. 45 years ago ... January 17, 1979 -- Members of the 1979 Loyal Winter Carnival Court were Queen Tami Davel, Ray Weyer, Melody Ford, Jess Zvolena, Sandy Cole and Mike Lindner. -- Bruce LaBarge of Loyal won first place at the District 7 Oratorical Contest held in La Crosse. He was to compete at the regional speaking contest in La Crosse Feb. 4. -- Roger and Bill Bauer of Spencer were awarded the Jaycee Merit Award for their work in helping the Jaycees in Spencer. -- The Greenwood Lions Club presented the Greenwood Public Library with a movie projector valued at $622. 60 years ago ... January 16, 1964 -- Karl W. Paape of Greenwood took his oath of office as Clark County judge on Jan. 6. He had been appointed by Governor Reynolds to succeed Lowell D. Schoengarth who had resigned to become circuit judge. The appointment of Paape was to be effective until a candidate was elected in April to serve a complete term as judge. -- The accuracy of an article that had been published in the December Reader’s Digest on the Rural Electrification Administration and consumer-owned electric systems was being challenged by electric cooperative officials in Wisconsin. The article, which had been written with a critical view of co-ops, was said by the officials to be “filled with distortions of fact and misinformation.” “Remember When” items are taken from past issues of the Tribune Record Gleaner from 1968 to present, from the Greenwood Gleaner from 1957 to 1964 and from the Loyal Tribune prior to 1968.
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