10 years ago …
October 29, 2014 – Construction progress was continuing on a new Clark Electric facility on land west of the Black River in Greenwood. The 44,500-square foot facility cost $4.7 million to build and was expected to be completed and ready for use by late June 2015. Before the new facility, Clark Electric had been headquartered at a building on Main Street since 1949. After the new facility was completed, Clark Electric planned to sell all three of the buildings it used to house its various operations, including its headquarters on Main Street.
– Nadia King of Spencer had qualified for the WIAA state cross country invitational to be held in Wisconsin Rapids on Oct. 25.
– The Spencer Lions Club had donated $1,000 to the Spencer FFA to help start a foodfor-all garden at the Spencer High School.
November 3, 1999 – The Greenwood City Council was to hold an open house style meeting on Nov. 10 from 3-7 p.m. to allow the public to get a firsthand view of the city’s current facilities to help the public understand the need for a new complex. The residents of Greenwood were to vote on whether or not to build a new city hall in a referendum in April. – Caroline Weil, Tyler Weil and Lisa Weil of Greenwood recently competed in the North American Dog Agility Council Dog Agility Championships on Oct. 1-3 in Duluth, Minn. Caroline placed fifth with her 6-year-old border collie “Rusty,” Tyler placed second with his 3-year-old sheltie “Abby,” and Lisa took sixth with her 2-yearold border collie “Checkers.”
– The Spencer Kids Group and Lutheran Brotherhood received approval from the Spencer Board of Education to sponsor the Search Institute’s “Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors” survey at the district. The survey was to determine the level of each of the 40 developmental assets present in young people in grades 6-12. The results from the survey would allow the district to be better aware of their development in the following eight categories: support, empowerment, boundaries and expectations, constructive use of time, commitment to learning, positive values, social competencies and positive identity.
October 31, 1979 – A bill to regulate deer shining in the state had recently been introduced and made the subject of a hearing before the Natural Resources Committee of the State Senate. State Senator Tom Harnisch of Neillsville was the author of the bill, which sought to reduce shining hours for anyone regardless of whether or not they were in possession of a gun. Shining would be prohibited after 10 p.m. and before 7 a.m. from Sept 15 to Dec. 31.
– This school year marked the first year where all schools in the state were required to use computers for their financial records. The Loyal School District recently announced that they had completed the change-over to a computer system to manage their financial records.
A 22-ounce bottle of Dove dishwashing liquid was 79 cents.
October 29, 1964 – Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Loyal was to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a brief rededication service on Nov. 1. At the time, the church had 880 baptized members and a Sunday School enrollment of 188 pupils.
– Bananas were 9 cents per pound.
“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.
