THE TIME MACHINE
From past files of The Star News 10 Years Ago December 19, 2013 Heyerdahl to retire, Gilman looks at administrative future
The Gilman School Board will decide the future direction of its administrative team at its January meeting as it plans for the retirement of current district administrator Mark Heyerdahl at the end of the school year. The board will look at the fiscal and educational affects of different administrative options.
Since Heyerdahl was hired, the district has been led by a part-time district administrator and one principal for all grade levels. Because Heyerdahl had already retired as a full-time administrator, the district was only responsible for a salary based on the percentage of time for which he is contracted. Heyerdahl is currently on a 50 percent schedule, which equates to a $60,000 budget impact.
25 Years Ago
December 23, 1998 Hwy 13 from Stetsonville to Abby to get a new surface next summer
Hwy 13 between Abbotsford and Stetsonville will be resurfaced next summer. According to the state Department of Transportation (DOT), a $1.4 million contract has been signed with B.R. Amon & Sons, Inc. of Elkhorn to resurface an 8.3 mile segment between Hwy 29 in Abbotsford and CTH A in Stetsonville. The project had originally been scheduled for 2000, but will now be done in 1999.
50 Years Ago December 20, 1973 Las Vegas Trip To Be Awarded Here Saturday
Medford Area Chamber of Commerce members, having awarded 60 turkeys and three $100 gift certificates already this month, will cap the pre-holiday season shopping promotion Saturday with the awarding of an expense paid trip for two to Las Vegas.
Registration slips signed this week will be added to all registration slips dropped in boxes provided by participating merchants and the winner of the winter vacation trip will be drawn.
75 Years Ago December 23, 1948 REA Considers Line Extension at Mondeaux
Members of the board of directors of the Taylor county Electric Co-op discussed the possibilities of extending service lines to the south end of the Mondeaux flowage area, and also approved recommendation of an amendment to the by-laws at a regular meeting held at the office in Medford Monday.
Mr. Steenhoven stated following the meeting that the directors had discussed at length the possibility of extending the line to service cottages on the south end of the Mondeaux area, and that there were 19 cottages ready for electric service. The directors did not make a decision, but ordered a survey.
100 Years Ago December 20, 1923 Progress Made At The Canning Factory
Good progress has been made at the plant of the Canning Co. The factory building is complete, ready for the machinery which will come in January; the brick warehouse is ready for the roof; and the final orders for seed peas will be placed soon after January 1st. The contracts for pea acreage are being signed up so that all seed peas will be ordered early in January.
December 24, 1898 125 Years Ago
The State Board of Control has taken a conservative position in its duty of controlling counties in erecting county insane hospitals. Under the law the board is given supervising authority over counties in this particular, and without the consent of the board no county can establish such an institution. So many applications have been made to the board by counties for permission to establish such hospitals that the board has felt it necessary not only to take some action to retain unnecessary building by the counties but has formulated its policy for several years to come.
For the above reason the board thinks it would not be good policy to authorize the erection of any additional county asylum, unless it is well understood that but few inmates can probably be assigned to it for the next three years, except those chargeable to the county in which the asylum is located.
