Harkening Back
News from Clarissa's Past
25 Years Ago
December 29, 1999
Pictured, Mark Anderson took a spin down Main Street in Clarissa testing out the new fallen snow in a horse drawn sled.
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It’s known as the “millennium bug” or “Year 2000 problem” or simply by the abbreviation Y2K. The situation stems from the use of a common shortcut: the two digit year (99 instead of 1999). Computers and other automated equipment which we depend on in our daily lives may not function properly when they encounter “00” in reference to the year 2000. If the press releases are correct from the utilities, communication providers, banks, governmental units and others with computer sensitive equipment, then midnight on Friday, December 31 should come and go with no apparent shutdowns.
50 Years Ago
January 2, 1974
Police Chief Dennis Poller informed The Independent that the pop machine at the H&R Speed Wash has had pop missing from it several times as well as cases of pop from the backroom. This past month the change was taken out of the coin box on the pop machine.
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Bruce Nelson, Republican, will fill the seat vacated by Mel Miller in the State Legislative District 12A as he came out the winner in the special general election held on Monday, December 23.