10 YEARS AGO
With the return of All-American guard Pam VanBergen and co-captain Shari Donath in leadership roles, coach LeRoy “Dieter” Humbert is optimistic the Rainy River Community College women’s basketball team can post a successful season.
Arts High School junior literary arts student Katie Casanova of Ranier, along with 16 other classmates from across Minnesota, will participate in a public reading Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley.

25 YEARS AGO
Todd Chowan, a junior at Hamline University and a 1982 graduate of Fall High School, will tour England in January as a tenor in the Hamline a Cappella Choir.
Army Pvt. David Myra, son of Martin O. and Dorothy Myra of 811 Fifth Ave., has completed the Lance missile crewman course under the One Station Unit.

40 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. George Schlieff, residents of Newport, Rainy Lake, have decided to move into town where their home may be more accessible to the schools, the elementary and the junior college, where Mr. Schlieff is hockey coach and physical education instructor.
Russell Hanover, Border City pharmacist and owner of International Walgreen Drug Store, was elected worshipful master of Koochiching Lodge A.F. & A.M. 270 at a meeting in Masonic Temple.
Bob Blanchard, South International Falls, underwent surgery to his right hip Tuesday at Virginia Municipal Hospital.
A sweet surprise in scent from City Drug — Ambush by Dana — fresh, flowery, ultra-feminine ... Ambush is a blend of the demure with the daring.

50 YEARS AGO
A daughter was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Glowack Jr., 7 pounds, 7 1/2 ounces, Cynthia Dee.
A son was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Krats, 1113 Ninth St., 8 pounds, 5 1/2 ounces.
Mrs. Clarence Kockelman, Island View Route, received an announcement Saturday afternoon that she was chosen as a candidate in the Lady of the Shoe Queen for a Day TV program in Los Angeles, Calif.
A daughter was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Thompson, 5 pounds, 8 1/2 ounces, Barbara Ann.

60 YEARS AGO
A son was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Servis, 508 Ninth St., in Falls Memorial Hospital. Weight, 6 pounds, 8 1/4 ounces.
A son was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Judkins, 510 10th St., 6 pounds, 7 ounces.
A son was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Timmer, 7 pounds.
Four members of a Falls family, clad in only their nightclothes, escaped unharmed early this morning from their burning apartment. They are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Turenne and children, Jean, 17, and Albert, 12. The apartment is located at the rear of Turenne’s icehouse at Second Avenue and Sixth Street.

Compiled by International Falls Public Library