The Dalles Chronicle, June 9, 2002 Compiled by Elroy King 20 Years Ago, June 9, 1982 Margaret Kuehl of Canby (Oregon) and Keith Wagenblast of Bend (Oregon) won overall grand championship showmanship awards in FFA (Future Farmers of America) and 4-H competition during the Oregon Wheat League Junior Livestock Show in Tygh Valley (Oregon) Tuesday. They and other exhibitors were scheduled to sell their animals today during two sessions at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Jodi Nofziger and Tim Haley were named the outstanding female and male athletes for the 1981-82 school year at Judson Baptist College (The Dalles). The award is based on athletic and academic achievements as well as spiritual qualities and general student involvement. Judson Baptist athletic award winners were announced by athletic director Keith Aldy. 40 Years Ago, June 9, 1962 Several acres of the campgrounds at Lost Lake near Mt. Hood are covered with trees blown down by winter storms in repetition of damage incurred in 1961. Hood River District Ranger Cranson Fosberg said he discovered the damage during his walk into the lake over the snow in early May. Stream water outlook for Wasco and Hood River counties remain near average according to W.T. Frost, snow survey supervisor for Oregon. A cool, wet May produced only average stream flow but primed the soils to near capacity. Snows that fell periodically during May have melted except at higher elevations. The minimum price support for 1962 - crop wheat in Wasco County will be $2.07 Les Fredrickson of the ASC County Committee announced this week. This compares with the county support rate at $1.98 for the 1961 wheat crop. Information of price support rates for wheat stored in terminals is also available at the ASC county office. 60 Years Ago, June 9, 1942 Re-election of Max Kaseberger, assistant manager of the local branch of the United States National Bank of Portland, as chairman of the Wasco County Chapter of the American Red Cross for the year of 1942 was effected last night at the annual membership meeting of the organization, held in the courthouse. Other officers elected at Monday's meeting included: Eugene Courtney, vice-chairman; Glenn Corey, treasurer; Miss Ruby Thompson, executive secretary; and Joe D. Thomison, recording secretary. 80 Years Ago, June 9, 1922 Jack McCarthy, of Grant county (Oregon), entrant no. 2, won the pony express race from The Dalles to Canyon City (Oregon) and the purse of $750 in gold dust offered as first prize when he galloped across the line in Canyon City at 11:32 this morning. His running time was 19 hours and 17 minutes. Bert Price of Canyon City, who left The Dalles 15 minutes later than McCarthy, finished the race on the winners heels arriving at 12:28.05 o'clock. Price won second money of $250. The fourteenth annual commencement exercises of The Dalles High school will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Fourty five students of the class of 1922 will receive their diplomas. J.S. Landers, president of the normal school at Monmouth (Oregon), will give the commencement address. Mr. Landers was formerly superintendent of the city schools in The Dalles and his reputation as an educator is state wide. 100 Years Ago, June 9, 1902 The Antelope (Oregon) school closed for the summer vacation Thursday. During the term just closed there has been a long step toward progress in every branch of the school. The attendance has been increased and the seeds of instruction which heretofore have been sown have developed into knowledge. The efficient corps of teachers, Misses May Sechler, Louise Goodnow and Josie Sprink have accomplished a wonderful work in our school during the scholastic year just closed the results of which the various pupils will carry through life - Antelope Herald. Permission to reprint Look Back: A Glimpse through the Chronicle's Files given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser.