15 Years Ago
Orofino Wrestlers placing in the Clearwater Classic Wrestling Tournament held in Lewiston last week were Matt Anderson 2ND, Casey Waggener, Gaelen Anderson 3rd, Tom Davis 6th and Dusty Powers 4th
Video Flicks will celebrate its eighth anniversary this month. Marion Thompson has been with Video Flicks through three different managers.
Orofino High School Boys Basketball team members with Jeff Wright as coach are Danny Rayner, Donovan Victorine, Rocky Barlow, Jed Jensen, Ron Slicter, Kevin Brown, Jim Lewis, Jeromy Maki, Kelly Teed, Wayne Griffin, Todd Kinard, and Tom Rayner. Buck Garritson is the assistant coach.
Hope Medley was outstanding defensive volleyball player for 1992. Heather Laws was most valuable and inspirational and Cassie Compton was outstanding offensive player.
25 Years Ago
Dworshak National Fish Hatchery is in its second big week of its spring spawning and egg taking program with slightly more than one million steelhead eggs already taken and more than 1300 spawners processed.
Members of the 1983 Timberline High School Basketball Team are Fabian McFeron, Craig Bowner, Tyson Watts, David Cornett, Mike Cook, Tom Clark, Greg Jared, Marty Schlader, Greg Anderson, Dan Kuchler, Chris Brown, and Jamie Ward, Their coach is Buck Garritson.
First in the fifth annual Bald Mountain High School Cup Racer were Orofino Skiers Rory Wilson, Rick Latham, Fred Stackpole, Tom Irby and Gary Dub.
35 Years Ago
Mrs. Bruce McLaughlin has been chosen Lady of the Year by Beta Sigma Phi and was presented a silver dish marking the honor.
Orofino Catholic Church has announced plans to build a 48 by 40 two story multiple use class room structure at the corner of Brown and C Street.
Four Orofino students have been named to the Dean’s List at Boise State College. Leon R. Bowles, sophomore in pre-dental had highest honors with 4.00. Mike Bessent, junior accounting major and Patricia Chase a senior in elementary education, both had high honors with 3.75 thru 3.99. Clark Owsley, junior general business major had honors in the 3.50 thru 3.74 category.
45 Years Ago
VFW Kindergarten will begin its second three month series March 13. The classes will be from 9-11:30 a.m. five days a week with Mrs. Bruce McLaughlin as teacher.
Pierce always boasts a fighting basketball team. Here is the 1963 team of the Foresters, Tim Bonner, Larry Swanson, Harry Stenzel, Lonnie Williams, Burt Fox, Donnie Marsh, Terry Bonner, Don Welch, Don Ladd, and Skip Whitenett.
Weippe Gorillas earned a state championship in class AA two seasons ago and were district champions last year. Now playing class A ball, the team has earned a berth in the state tournament. Team members are Dave Allgood, Alvin Smolinksi, Ron Bonner, Jess Johnstun Len Spreiter, Boyd Diebel, Mike Daniels, Alan Jacobsen, Fred Durham, and Howard Judd,
55 Years Ago
Pure filtered water from the terrific spring turbidity on the turbulent Clearwater will soon be a reality for the City of Orofino. A new $125,000 filtration plant is now being completed by Commercial Builders.
Audrey Ross was notified this week that she is the winner of a $100 Union Pacific Scholarship for outstanding 4-H work.
Clearwater County will send four men for induction and eight for physicals. To be inducted are Donald Profitt, Jack Williams, Jack Gilmer and Mitch Blackburn.
65 Years Ago
When the new point rationing system on processed fruits and vegetables goes into effect soon, each member of the family is entitled to have five cans on hand as a back-log without having to pay any rationing points.
Released from shoe rationing current stock, are ski shoes, rubber-soled shoes with fabric uppers, locker sandals, bathing slippers and five categories of play shoes. Stores are asked to limit one pair to a customer.