Almost 20 Years Ago HASTINGS STAR-GAZETTE January 11, 2001 Sports: (photo) Jake Johnson sets school (wrestling) record for career pins.

Adoption: (photo) ABE teacher adopts Russian

Avalanche: (photo by Randy Roberts for Star-Gazette) The snow became too heavy for the storefront awning at 5th Avenue Color Company Wednesday afternoon. No one was hurt as a result of the awning collapse. The building was closed at the time.

The classified of the week: “Willing to care for elderly. 20 years of experience. Dorothy, 437-****. Leave message. More on

Rectangle insert: “Love is a memory that never fades. (photo) Erin Riley Colins, Aug. 7, 1972-Jan. 15, 1995. Loved & Missed. (List of family and friends follows).

Weddings: Bridgit Schwieger to Todd Oakes Engagements: M. Jason Ohler to Alissa Archer, both of St. Paul; Heather Renee

Anniversaries: Al and Joan Lundberg of Hastings, married Jan. 4, 1951 at Augustana Lutheran Church in Arco, Minn.

Births: Jake Ryan Hall on Dec. 10, 2000 to Al and Stacy Hall of Napa, California. Grandparents local.

30 Years Ago HASTINGS STAR-GAZETTE January 3, 1991 Middle School recognizes perfect attendance. Story on page 9A.

Desert Shield son safe for now Hastings family hears of seaman’s struggle off sinking ferry in Persian Gulf.

(photo) “I was worried about you not knowing.” — Chris Gabbert, assuring his parents of his safety.

Truck crashes through ice (photo) The winter wonderland aspect of the season must have seemed very appealing to one local driver. Sometime on Christmas Eve, a pickup cracked the ice and went under. A towing company owner said he spent over 20 hours freeing the vehicle from the water. Page 3A.

80 Years Ago THE STILLWATER NEWS January 3, 1941 THE PASSING PARADE by H. O. Peterson Nineteen hundred and forty-one promises to be a year that will decide the destinies of many nations and affect the lives of more people than any year in the history of mankind. Not that the war will be over by the end of the year, but the beginning of the end should be in sight.

New Officials Take Office January 7 The newly elected officials of city, county and state will take office, January 7.

Only one change will be made in the city and county. Albert Taylor, former city councilman, will replace Edward W. Simonet, who resigned from that body. There will be no new faces in the court house as Reuben C. Peterson, clerk of court, and Edward Thelen, judge of probate, the only two county officers whose terms expired January 1, 1941, were re-elected without opposition. Rollin G. Johnson of Forest Lake and John F. Howard of Cottage Grove were re-elected to the House of Representatives and will be sworn into office when the legislature convenes next Tuesday.

County commissioners whose terms expired and who were re-elected in November were Ray A. Hoehne of Stillwater, third district commissioner, and Thomas Lynch, first district commissioner.

Richard P. “Dick” Gale will replace John G. Alexander as congressman from the third congressional district.

Back to the Passing Parade: The country is full of “fifth columnist and Trojan horses.” Of that there is no doubt. But there are also many sincere people who unintentionally play into the hands of subversive interests. Our problem is how to meet this condition in a fair and level-headed manner.

Parking Ban Still On Chief of Police F. B. Castle issued a warning Monday that strict enforcement of the two-hour parking limit law will continue.

He stated that enforcement of the parking ordinance had been relaxed during the recent snowstorm and Christmas shopping rush but that hereafter it must be rigidly observed. The parking ban will not be lifted this winter and police officers are under orders to tag cars parked over the time limit.

Alien Registration Here Totals 246 The total alien registration completed December 26 in Washington county was 246. The county was less than one and one-half percent of the total population of the county. The per capita average throughout the United States is slightly more than three percent.

Thursday, December 26, which was the final day to register under the federal alien registration law, 15 persons appeared at the post office to be registered. The majority of those registered here were of Scandinavian descent.

Monty Charlsen, in charge of alien registration and fingerprinting, made ten trips to private homes to register those unable by physical disability to come to the post office. He also registered aliens at the state prison.

THE HARPOON by I. J. Daly Kirk Bryan, Harvard prof. of geology, reports that the discovery of stone implements

show there was civilization in the United States 25,000 years ago. How did we happen to lose it?

A Chicago man who brought suit for divorce the other day charges his wife left him 24 years ago and says he is convinced she doesn’t intend to return. He’s as impatient as a Hollywood star, isn’t he?

Senator Taft made a trip through the government’s gold cave at Ft. Knox, Ky., and at the finish told his sightseeing companions, “It’s all folly.” And then in a speech that evening told his audience. “I don’t know the remedy.” The senator should be a bit careful about making such an admission. It could easily become a habit.

COUPLE SAVES TOO MANY PENNIES Willmar, Minn. Chagrined were a prospective bride and groom from the Willmar vicinity who made application for a marriage license from the clerk of court in their county on Saturday, December 14. They had agreed to get their license as soon as they had saved enough pennies to pay for it, but discovered upon counting the pennies which both had been saving since last summer they had 250, or 25 more than the required