5 years ago

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021

While most people were getting ready for work on Monday morning, Molly Costin and Julia Snyder were already well on their way to running 26.2 miles through the heart of Boston, Mass. Costin and Snyder were just two of the approximately 30,000 people who competed in the Boston Marathon this year. Costin and Snyder qualified for the Boston Marathon through a charity exemption. Costin joked that she doubted she would have actually qualify for the Boston Marathon based on time, but was looking forward to the opportunity to compete and represent the Krystle Campbell Foundation during the Boston Marathon.

When James Braun answered the call from his country to serve,  the Baymler  family put their backspins and karate chops on hold. New York Mills resident Maureen Baymler, her daughter Reegan and her significant other, Braun, all joined a martial arts class of Taekwondo together. 

The Bluffton Fire Department hosted a community picnic during fire prevention week on Friday night. The night included an opportunity to navigate through a smoke filled building, meet some of the firefighters, see their equipment and a free supper was provided by the Bluffton Hometown Days. The night came to a conclusion with a fireworks show. 

35 years ago

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 1991

NYM mauls Menahga 62-0. Friday night saw the New York Mills Eagles claim their second straight Park Region Conference crown as the 1991 team completed their conference schedule with a perfect 5-0 mark. The game started out slow for the Eagles as their defense played tremendous, but Menahga’s defense also responded to the call with some aggressive defense that limited the Eagles to 103 yards in the first half. The second half saw the Eagles come out with intensity and fire as their 15-0 halftime lead soon turned into a 50-0 third quarter lead that all but wrapped up the contest for the Eagles on their home field. The Eagle explosion in the third quarter  was triggered by an aggressive defense that scored on an interception return and a fumble return and a fumble return and a fumble return to the 3 yard line resulting in a touchdown two plays later. The offense then went to work scoring the final two touchdowns as the Eagles completed their scoring for the night. Scoring for the Eagles were Terry Frost with three touchdown’s, Mitch Becker and Eric Pajari with two touchdown’s each and Steve Tougas and Brandon Bernu with a touchdown each. Coaches Comments: The second half was excellent as we got a chance to work on some things we have been trying in practice for use in the playoffs. Keep up the good work and attitude, playoffs are less than seven days away. Coach Radniecki

New York Mills’ residents can now bring leaves and other yard-related materials to the city’s recently opened compost site. According to City Services Manager Richard Carlund, the go-ahead for the site came from the state this past week. The city-operated facility is located just outside of town, on the property near the village barn and city sewage treatment lagoons.  In conjunction with the compost area being available to the public, the city has scheduled several “Leaf-Pick-Up

Days” to help residents take advantage of the site. The first leaf and yard waste collection days will be this coming weekend, Friday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 19, starting at 2 p.m. The Meyer Garbage Service Truck will be making its curb side rounds. Residents are asked to put their grass or leaves in a bag or box (preferably bags) and leave them on the curb, either untied or open. Once emptied, the boxes and bags will e returned to be used again.

VA offers toll-free service for the hearing-impaired. The Department of Veterans Affairs has set up a national toll-free telephone accessible by a telecommunications device to assist deaf and hearing impaired veterans and their families. Veterans with this special equipment known as TDD, can call 1-800-829-4833 for information on VA benefits and programs. Based at the Chicago VA regional Office, the service is available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Calls received after normal  business hours and on weekends and holidays will be returned the following business day. Nearly 230,000 veterans  receive VA disability compensation for hearing loss. Throughout the United States, approximately 21 million people suffer from a degree of hearing loss. Of that number 350,000 are deaf.

50 years ago

Thursday, Oct. 14, 1976

The New York Mills school’s busses were given their semi-annual safety check by the Minnesota Highway Patrol on Oct. 1 and came away with a clean bill of health. In fact, the 16 buses and three other vehicles owned and operated by the school received as near a perfect score as possible as not one point was registered against any of the equipment although a couple of suggestions were made. The patrol check 48 critical areas on the vehicles, any one of which may possibly side line a bus for repairs. However, through the efforts of the bus drivers and Bill Makinen, district serviceman, everything was near perfect. According to Supt. Harold Wood, the inspection was one of the “best ever” all around and as one of the inspectors remarked, “one of the best in the state.” The district’s bus fleet travels some 750 miles each day during the school year plus making extra-curricular trips each week.

Paavola’s win trip to Japan. Waino and MaryAnn Paavola received word a short  time ago that they are winners in Yamaha’s summer sales contest. Sportsport led this district in Yamaha sales this past summer and is being honored as one of 45 Yamaha dealers in the nation to receive a trip to Japan. While in Japan, the Paavolas and other dealers will tour Yamaha’s plants in Tokyo as well as see the sights of the country. In earning the award, Sportsport exceeded their sales quota by 433 percent in the contest which ended August 31. 

History class builds TEE PEE. The eighth grade Minnesota Studies class received a first-hand view on how the American plains Indian set up his home and lived. Darrell Nicholson, a historian on Indian culture set up the lodge or tee-pee for Mr. Johnson’s class on  the school lawn Tuesday. As the class participated in setting up the tee-pee, Nicholson explained the methods and customs of the Indians in regards to the lodge. The class is currently studying Indians in Minnesota. 

75 years ago

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1951

On Tuesday at 3 p.m. the University of Minnesota community service program department, will present E.L. McCall and his trained animal show at the New York Mills School. This is one in a series of programs that the local school has contracted to have this department of the University show in the school. E.L. McCall has a very outstanding trained animal show. He presents “Spangle,” the world’s most versatile trained pony with a thrilling repertoire of tricks, talking, posing and pick-outs. He also  presents an unusual dog act, using five white Siberian Samoyed’s and one Siberian Husky. These are Arctic dogs, with a very interesting history, which Mr. McCall will recount. They are trained to do most unusual feats. In addition, the audience will be  shown how they are hitched and driven. 

Young people in the New York Mills area are invited to “do their tricks and get their treats” at the City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 31. On that evening the New York Mills Lions Club will sponsor its first Annual Halloween Party. The Halloween Party will start at 7 p.m. at the school house were all your people will congregate  for the formation of a costume dance which will make its way to the City Hall. At the City Hall there will be a party in the dining room for all children from pre-school age thru the sixth grade. In the upstairs auditorium of the city hall there will be a  Halloween dance for the teenagers that will continue through 11 p.m.