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10 YEARS AGO

May 13, 1998 — The Alaska Division of Family and Youth Services has suspended the license of Busy Bee Day Care while the agency investigates an incident in which an unattended toddler was left locked inside the center. “We went ahead and suspended the license because of the nature of the incident that occurred and the seriousness of that in addition to the complaint history of the facility,” said DFYS licensing supervisor Lizbeth Taylor. Also, the Fairbanks Police Department has passed a report on the Thursday episode to the district attorney’s office for possible criminal charges.

25 YEARS AGO

May 13, 1983 — A South University Avenue apartment and commercial development, said to be the largest local construction project since the North Pole refinery, received the green light from the Borough Assembly, which approved zoning changes Thursday night. Seventeen of 20 speakers at the regular assembly meeting backed developer Dennis Wise’s plans for a 550-unit apartment and hotel complex at University and 19th avenues. Wise needed a change from restricted residential zoning. The assembly voted 11-0 for the zoning change and a comprehensive plan amendment which will allow construction of five apartment buildings, two hotel buildings, commercial and office buildings and paved parking.

50 YEARS AGO

May 13, 1958 — An industry which both literally and figuratively has been helping to build a permanent Fairbanks started its eighth year of operations this week. The Alaska Concrete Products Co. plant, located two and one-half miles south of town, near the Richardson Highway, is one of two plants operated by that company. The first, in Anchorage, got into business in 1948. The Fairbanks plant was built in 1951 and started production by midsummer of that year. This year, the busy plant is employing nine persons and looking forward to four and one-half months of operation.

75 YEARS AGO

May 13, 1933 — Eight seniors will don caps and gowns next Monday morning and receive their degrees at the Agricultural College and School of Mines. To them, this marks the culmination of a goal toward which they have been working for several years. The afternoon of commencement day will find most of them in field clothes or business suits hard at work. Thomas Ek will receive the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He is registered from Anchorage. During his four years of residence at the college, he has become well known to the residents of Fairbanks through his active participation in basketball, wrestling and ice hockey.