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10 YEARS AGO

Aug. 1, 1998 — Sausage, fresh produce and ice cream cones.

Delta Junction’s agricultural community set its best table Thursday as lawmakers and other state government officials toured businesses ranging from a carrot farm to a slaughterhouse.

Farm tours were held regularly during the 1980s before being discontinued. But the tradition revived in 1997 as Delta Junction’s farmers sought a way to spread awareness of their industry and build political muscle.

25 YEARS AGO

Aug. 1, 1983 — For the 22nd consecutive year, Natives of the Arctic will square off in friendly competition at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, beginning Thursday in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Gymnasium.

The three days of competition are expected to draw 300 to 400 Indians and Eskimos from Canada and from such places in Alaska as Barrow, Arctic Village, Point Hope, Wainwright, Fort Yukon, Kotzebue, Nome and Minto.

50 YEARS AGO

Aug. 1, 1958 — The Fairbanks Civic League, a recently formed organization aimed at bettering “race relations in Fairbanks,” today continued picketing begun yesterday of Thrifty’s Supermarket on Cushman Street to protest a charge that the market allegedly practices racial discrimination in hiring policies.

The pickets, both Negro and white, appeared yesterday afternoon at the parking lot of the market owned by city councilman Joe Franich and managed by Darwin Wood.

75 YEARS AGO

Aug. 1, 1933 — Inquiries have been received concerning the following persons supposed to be in Alaska, according to advices from the Governor’s office in Juneau:

• Harrison E. Fullerton, or Harry: Last heard from in 1911 in Seattle. At that time he was leaving for Alaska.

• Karl Gulerandeen: Last heard from in 1929 when his address was General Delivery, Juneau. Gulerandeen is Norwegian.