April 22, 2004
News from the Past |
75 Years Ago
April 25, 1929
The Prescott Walton League has secured the exclusive right to the use of a large spring and pond on the farm of Jack Grady on the Trimbelle River where they will operate a rearing pond for trout.
The members have already begun work on the pond and have cleaned it out and will dam it so as to make a real honest to goodness home for young trout. Trout will be secured from both the state and federal hatcheries and placed in the pond until they are about six inches long and then released in the Trimbelle River.
H. Canfield, superintendent of the Federal hatchery at LaCrosse, will come here and supervise the work on the pond and do all he can to assist the boys in their work.
They expect to rear about 100,000 trout in the pond this season. Last year they released 65,000.
50 Years Ago
April 22, 1954
Pfc. Marlin D. Blodgett, son Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blodgett, Ellsworth, is serving with the 28th Infantry Division's 112th Regiment in Heilbronn, Germany.
He is an assistant squad leader in Company L, which was recently named honor company of the regiment's 3rd Battalion after two weeks of training exercise in the field.
Blodgett entered the Army in December 1952 and arrived overseas last July.
25 Years Ago
April 19, 1979
A state-wide crackdown on drunk drivers initiated in 1977 has resulted in the Prescott police department being sent two breathalyzers units - one a hand-held unit used for preliminary tests at the location of the suspected violation and the other a stationary unit at the police station.
The breathalyzers are used to implement the new portions of the Wisconsin laws focusing on implied consent. Under the old laws, a person "may" take the breathalyzer test after a citation was written. Under the new laws passed in 1977, the suspect must take a breathalyzer test.
10 Years Ago
April 21, 1994
As a result of new equipment installation in Eau Claire by Ameritech, Pierce County's planned 911 service will be delayed for approximately three months.
Ameritech is installing a replacement tandem switch. The switch is a series of components that will relay 911 calls from this area to a computer database in Indianapolis that, in turn, returns the 911 information here.
The county had expected 911 service to be operational in July but now expects the service to begin no earlier than October.
While it would be possible to stay on the original schedule, Pierce County's data would have to be reloaded when the new tandem switch was placed into operation this summer, creating double work that the phone company would rather avoid.
The delay of Pierce County 911 service at this time is viewed by county officials as the wisest course of action.
It will also mean a delay in the starting date of additional jailer/dispatchers that had been hired for the July start up. In addition, the installation of Pierce Country's equipment for the service will also be put off until the phone system is ready to fully accept the service.
County officials feel that performing all the needed work at the same time would be the best course of action.
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