EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library.

30 years ago

MUNISING — This month, the Munising Post welcome’s their newest Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) instructor Troy Fellows. Beginning in January, Troy will start talking to fifth and sixth grade students in several area schools once a semester. The DARE curriculum will reach 107,106 students in Michigan this school year, and aims to develop confidence and self-assurance in children. Officers claim that this effort goes beyond telling kids to say no to drugs, it’s an interactive program with the intention of show kids how they can succeed in their everyday lives.DARE lesson plans are continuously updated and developed by educators who remain curious about kid’s opinions on smoking, alcohol, and drugs. Students are also asked to analyze various situations relating to stress, peer pressures, violence and conflict resolution. DARE has been taught in Michigan schools since 1987, and began nationally in Los Angeles in 1983.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — 1965 marks the 65th annual Audubon bird census where participants across all 50 states survey species types and numbers. A record number of species was counted in Marquette’s own Christmas bird census now in its 12th year. The 13 people who took part in the count observed 30 species, 4 of which had not been previously recorded, and 1,873 individual birds to top the previous record of 26 in 1958. Some of the unusual birds were the 127 robins, two common snipes, and 58 American goldfinches, all of which typically migrate south this time of year. The census area encompassed a circle with a diameter of 15 miles centered on Marquette’s city hall.