What was printed on this day 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
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Pioneer Staff Report | 6:05 am, May 1, 2021 ×
10 years ago
May 1, 2011 Gloria Joy has been honored with the 2011 Bemidji “Inspire by Example” Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award for over 15 years of volunteering for the Bemidji Community Soup Kitchen, quite often averaging 30 volunteer hours a week. Joy began volunteering with the soup kitchen in 1996 when it provided one meal a week and one freezer to use for storage.
25 years ago
May 1, 1996 North Country Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and North Country Health Services Foundation, purchased 20 new furniture suites. The foundation s Help us Make Our Beds campaign raised $50,000 in donations. Eight of the old beds will go to Honduras through the Bemidji Rotary Club. The remaining furnishings will go to a children s hospital in Mongolia.
SASKATOON In all his years living in Cochin on Jackfish lake, Mayor Harvey Walker says he has never seen anything close to what is happening this winter. Large pieces of ice are jamming into the shoreline, causing damage to buildings, docks, fences, and the shoreline itself. Walker said that due to erosion the ice did not anchor itself to the bottom of the lake near the shore as it does usually. When the temperature fluctuated the ice was free to move around. Damage so far has been extensive. Walker fears that it could cost millions of dollars. “It’s not insurable, you cant insure for coverage for this kind of damage. People who have cottages, a couple along here, I think they’re at terrible risk of losing them.”