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10 YEARS AGO

Sept. 22, 1998 — The North Pole City Council on Monday night approved a letter asking former North Pole City Clerk Jana Stovarsky to reimburse the city nearly $23,000.

The letter will be sent to Assistant District Attorney Jay Hodges, who is handling a criminal case against Stovarsky.

Documentation accompanying the letter details more than 100 purchases Stovarsky allegedly made to city accounts between November 1996 and October 1997. Purchases include building supplies, children’s videos, travel expenses and household products.

The documents lists about $6,600 in city funds Stovrsky has already reimbursed the city, and another $8,300 in unreimbursed purchases.

25 YEARS AGO

Sept. 22, 1983 — It looks as if some people are shooting moose and other game in the Fairbanks area just for the fun of it — then leaving them to rot.

During the past two weeks, 15 moose, nine caribou, two bears and one beaver have been shot and left to waste.

Fish and Wildlife services say the problem is much worse than last year but are at a loss to explain why.

50 YEARS AGO

Sept. 22, 1958 — A University of Minnesota scientific team, which has been doing research into aurora and cosmic rays here for six weeks, sent its last of eight balloons aloft today.

J.R. Winckler, head of the project, related to studies during the International Geophysical Year, said the helium-inflated balloon was to rise to 120,000 feet in about two and a half hours.

A parachute slung to the bottom of the polyethyline plastic balloon was to be cut loose at 5 p.m. and return numerous instruments to the ground and to the scientists who are conducting the research.

75 YEARS AGO

Sept. 22, 1933 — Completion of a field study of the region north of and adjacent to the Willow Creek gold lode district is announce by Col. O.F. Ohlson, general manager of the railroad.

The expedition, financed by the railroad from funds appropriated in 1931 for the investigation of the mineral resources of the railroad belt was carried out in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey.

100 YEARS AGO

Sept. 22, 1908 — Warrents were served against J. Beebe and Ed Williams yesterday, and if the story of complaining witnesses are reliable, there has been carried on a reign of terrorism and intimidation on lower Engineer Creek for some time past in an attempt to scare people from what is believed to be valuable mining ground.

The complaining witness is Nick Ciretovitch. He claims that Sunday morning while he was working on his claim, Williams came along and clubbed him with a stick three feet long and threatened to kill him.