1983: Noel Falkofske wins MTG's Scene Stealer award
By Wally Smetana
Editor Emeritus
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:01 AM CDT
Sunday,
Sept. 30, 2007
Proppant Specialists, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation, submits another application to the Dunn County zoning administrator’s office for a special exception permit to operate a silica sand mine on the Darold Lausted property near Hoffman Hills. The town boards of Tainter and Red Cedar have both gone on record saying they are opposed to the proposed sand mine...
Dunn County residents will have access to health care specialists, patient educators and other services through Marshfield Clinic, which has increased its services to the Menomonie area. Among those providing services are Dr. Gary Gasser, a neurosurgeon, and Dr. Farzad Kamrani, a cardiologist...
Son, Dylan James Pitzer, born Sept. 16 to Sara and Lucas Pitzer of Colfax... David Williams accepts offer by Chancellor Charles W. Soren-sen to become UW-Stout’s vice chancellor for University Ad-vancement and Marketing. He will be one of three vice chancellors reporting directly to Sorensen and will be in charge of the university’s alumni and foundation offices, as well as overseeing its marketing efforts. From May 1981 to April 1990, Williams served as director of Development and Alumni Services at Stout. From UW-Stout, Williams worked at Ripon College for 13 years. He has served as vice president for University Advancement at Minnesota State University, Mankato, since August 2003...
Coach Joe LaBuda’s Men-omonie High football team has a 4-0 Big Rivers Conference record after defeating Hudson, 45 to 6, in Hudson. MHS quarterback Jared Sawle had a career night, completing 17 of 26 passes for 246 yards and four touchdowns. In Dunn-St. Croix loop play, Colfax defeated Boyceville, 41 to 14...
Founded Sept. 13, 1977, the Menomonie Optimist Club is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Each year, the club invests about $12,000 on community and youth projects. Some projects are the tower at Hoffman Hills State Park, the Phelan Skate Park, and the River Heights playground...
Evelyn M. Wold, age 92, of Menomonie, who was employed from 1969 to 1977 in the Food Service Department at the Dunn County Hospital, died Sept. 28 at the American Lutheran Home in Menomonie...
Menomonie High’s volleyball team defeats Rice Lake in three games, 26-24, 25-21, and 25-18, to record its first Big Rivers Conference win of the season... City of Menom-onie grants building permit worth an estimated $7 million to Bill’s Distributing for a 128,057 square foot warehouse and office building at 300 Packer Drive. The firm also received a $530,000 permit for a 13,224 square foot truck wash and storage building... Western Wisconsin Energy, headquartered in Wheeler, completes its first year in the ethanol production industry... Seventh annual Menomonie High marching band competition is Oct. 4 at Williams Stadium on the UW-Stout campus. The competition features eight of the finest marching bands from Wisconsin, including Menomonie and Chippewa Falls.
Wednesday,
Sept. 28, 1983
Grand opening festivities will be held from Sept. 29 through Oct. 4 at The Jock Shop & Screenprinters, 305 Main St. Rick Pauly purchased the business, which was called Athlete’s Bag & Screenprinters, from Roy Ostenso. A native of Men-omonie, Pauly is a graduate of UW-Stout and is em-ployed by the Donaldson Company in Baldwin. Dan Haug, a graduate of Lakeland College in Sheboygan, is manager of the store, and Lisa Schulte is sales representative... Noel Falkofske is winner of this year’s Scene Stealer award presented by the Menomonie Theater Guild. He was recognized for his many contributions to the MTG during the last 20 years... Temperature range here during the Sept. 21-27 period was 36 to 85 degrees...
Daughters born to Timothy and Georgina Sims, Menomonie, Sept. 19; Greg and Janet Slind, Colfax, Sept. 20; Frederick and Jory Weber, Menomonie, Sept. 20... Tomorrow is Berniece Klatt’s last day at the Menomonie Farmers Credit Union. During her 20-year association with the firm, she served as receptionist, teller, typist and most recently, loan secretary. During the 20 years, the firm’s assets grew from $4 million to $44 million and from a staff of six to some 30 employees...
Army National Guard Pvt. Robbie A. Bignell, Route 1, Knapp, completes one station unit training (OSUT) at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga... Menomonie High’s girls’ volleyball team opens Big Rivers Conference play by dropping two of three games to La Crosse Logan...
Team from Menomonie High wins judging championship at feeder pig show held at Dunn County Rec Park. Team members are Todd Anderson, Jeff Pickerign and Dave Styer... USDA choice sirloin steak is $2.68 a pound at Dick’s Red Owl; 16-ounce box of premium Nabisco saltines is 69 cents; package of eight homemade pumpkin donuts is 99 cents; eight-piece bucket of crispy chicken is $4.49; Bartlett pears are 39 cents a pound... Menomonie High’s girls’ cross country team wins team championship at Eau Claire Memorial Invitational while Menomonie’s Mike Huffman captures the boys’ individual crown. Carol Hoffman paced the Menom-onie girls and was followed by Corinna See and Jodi Kothlow...
UW-Stout’s football team grabs an early 3 to 0 lead but is blanked the remainder of the game and drops 28 to 3 decision to UW-Whitewater... Deborah Heidaragha named manger of Maurice’s, a women’s fashion store in the Thunderbird Mall... Staff of Alma’s Beauty Salon in Menomonie attends seminar in Stevens Point that featured new trends in hair fashion design for fall and winter, 1983... The Gunderson brothers, Kyle and Trevor, combine for 236 yards rushing to lead the Colfax Vikings to a 14 to 0 win over Spring Valley in Dunn-St. Croix Conference football play. Paced by its radar defense, Boyceville High trims St. Croix Central, 15 to 9. Glenwood City edged Elk Mound, 8 to 6, and leads the loop with a 4-0 record.
Wednesday,
Sept. 24, 1958
Ninety-four heifers will arrive Friday afternoon in Colfax for distribution to tornado struck farmers who lost cattle last June 4. These heifers are the gifts of Lake to Lake Dairy Cooperative, which has as its general manager, Truman Torgerson, a former Dunn County resident... Menomonie public school authorities and several business men that have property heated by Stout receive notices that this service will be discontinued in about two years. Presently, Stout’s plant provides heat to Menomonie High School, the high school gymnasium, Central grades, Lynwood Hall on Wilson Avenue, and the Arcade and First National Bank buildings on Main Street. New buildings on campus will consume all heat generated by the plant...
A $50,000 increase in the surplus account of the First National Bank in Menom-onie approved by the bank’s board of directors. This contribution brings the total surplus account to $200,000. This is the first increase since 1955 when the surplus account was raised to $150,000... John R. Spielman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spielman of Men-omonie, graduates from recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill... Mr. and Mrs. Axel Bark, Menomonie, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bark, Baldwin, attend a convention of the Wisconsin Bakers Association in Milwaukee... Daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Overturf, Elmwood, Sept. 17; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schneider, Menomonie, Sept. 20...
Regis, taking advantage of every opportunity, rolls to 31 to 0 win over Menom-onie High at Nelson Field. It was a frustrating night for coach Keith McDonald’s Menomonie High squad. The Maroons had the ball for 58 rushing and passing plays that netted 259 yards but they couldn’t score. The loss proved extremely costly for Menomonie as quarterback Ron Larson broke his shoulder on the second play of the second quarter and is lost for the season. Whitey Kruetzer directed the team the remainder of the game... Elaine Holden and Norbert Styer, both of Route 1, Menomonie, were married Sept. 13 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Men-omonie by the Rev. Charles Blecha...
Lawrence J. Jones, owner of the Menomonie Pharmacy and president of the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association, honored for his “outstanding service and contributions to pharmacy in Wisconsin” at state convention in Wausau... Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wagner announce the engagement of their daughter, Nancy, to Richard Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Anderson. All are from Route 5, Menomonie... Stout State opens its Wisconsin State College Conference football schedule Saturday night at Eau Claire... Pan-ready fresh fryers are 29 cents a pound at A&P Food Store; two 17-ounce cans of Del Monte fruit cocktail are 49 cents; two-pound package of Tokay grapes is 29 cents; pound box of Jane Parker potato chips is 59 cents.
Thursday,
Sept. 28, 1933
Menomonie’s newest retail store, The Style Shop, will be opened in a few days by Mrs. I. W. Nesser and Mrs. Emil Sneen in the Snively building, 604 Main St. The interior of the building has been completely redecorated and rearranged to conveniently accommodate the new and carefully selected stock of ladies’ ready-to-wear, lingerie and hosiery. Mrs. Sneen has perfected the art of converting Japanese fibre into beautiful bouquets, corsages and dress ornaments, representing roses, violets, sweetpeas, and other flowers. These will be on display and for sale at The Style Shop... Mojeska Shearer elected president of the Junior Roll of the American Legion Auxiliary Saturday at the organizational meeting in the Legion rooms...
With officers of the four classes elected and the staff of The Stoutonia named, organization at the Stout Institute has been completed for the year and the college looks forward to a most successful year, both in the classrooms and shops and in extra activities. Everis Nelson of Hurley is president of the Stout Student Association. The editorial board of The Stoutonia is headed by Paul Doyle, city, who is editor-in-chief. Roy Larson, city, is editor. Beginning Friday, The Stoutonia will present weekly to its readers a complete pictorial review of events that occur in the college world. Class presidents are Jack Milnes, city, freshmen; John Feirer, sophomores; Charles Peterson, juniors; and John Hockle, city, seniors...
One of the hardest fighting opponents that has filled the opening engagement with the Menomonie High School football team in years will be seen in action at the fair grounds here Saturday afternoon when up-and-coming Colfax battles the Maroons. Colfax goes into this opening campaign after five weeks of steady drills and the experience gained in two games. Two weeks ago the Norwegians lost to Eau Claire, 13 to 0, and last week held River Falls to a scoreless tie... Jumbo sized basket of Michigan Concord grapes is 38 cents at Red Owl Food Store; three-pound package of fresh ground hamburger is 25 cents; two large packages of Post Toasties are 19 cents; two packages of Lucky Strike cigarettes are 23 cents...
Temperature range here during the week of Sept. 17-23 was 32 to 81 degrees. Rainfall totaled 0.64 inch... The Dorelle Shop, under the management of Miss Esther Roerig, opens Saturday at 308 Main St., next door to the Candy Shoppe. It is a one price store, carrying a complete stock of newly and carefully selected fall hats with a special assortment of youthful large head sizes and matron hats... Rev. Samuel Evans, rector of Grace church, will celebrate on Monday the 20th anniversary of his ordination... Tucking away a 6 to 0 victory in their opening grid encounter against Winona, Minn., Teachers here Saturday, members of the Stout squad will go to Winona Saturday to fill an engagement with the St. Mary’s College eleven.
Thursday,
Sept. 24,1908
Next Friday night, Sept. 25, the people of Menomonie will be given an opportunity to meet those who have come among them for work in the various schools of the city. Senator J. H. Stout has arranged for a reception to be given at that time at the gymnasium from 8 to 10. An invitation is extended to the general public to be present to meet the teachers of the public and parochial schools, the teachers and pupils of the Dunn County Agricultural School, the pupils and teachers of the Dunn County Normal School, and the pupils and teachers of the Stout Institute. This is a chance for the citizens of our beautiful little city to extend a cordial welcome to the strangers among us...
The last and the best band concert of the season will be given by the Ludington Guard Band at Riverside Park Sunday afternoon from three to five. The evenings have become so cool that evening concerts are no longer possible so the band has decided to give the public one more and have it an afternoon affair. Their program for Sunday will be by far the best of the season and there could be no better way of spending the afternoon than at Riverside Park... The spinal trouble which has been so prevalent during the past summer was the subject of discussion at the regular meeting of the Dunn-Pepin Medical Society held at the Royal last night...
For several weeks the Woodmen of the county have been planning for their big county picnic. With one voice they have asked that they might have a favorable day for it. Tuesday night light showers through the county brought relief from the intense heat and dust, and Wednesday dawned an ideal day, the finest in weeks. The members of the various camps of Woodmen and Royal Neighbors assembled at Woodmen Hall and proceeded in procession from there up Broadway to Crescent Street, thence east to Main, thence west on Main, and thence to Riverside Park. At a business meeting the cordial invitation of Eau Galle to hold the next county picnic at that place was accepted. About 800 people attended the picnic here...
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Palmer, of the town of Weston, celebrated the passing of the 50th milestone in their married life at their home last Friday and gathered with them to help make the day pleasant were their children and grandchildren and a large number of their neighbors and friends... Work in drawing, maps, composition, penmanship and letter writing will be emphasized at the Downing Fair and Festival on Oct. 7-8... The Republican ticket for the general election includes D. C. Coolidge, member of assembly; Hans M. Halvorson, county clerk; O. P. Stenerson, county treasurer; Milton F. Swant, sheriff; Frank Hintzman, coroner; Ole N. Oleson, clerk of court; J. W. Macauley, district attorney; Henry C. Inenfeldt, register of deeds; W. A. Harding, surveyor. |
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