People in the News: March 5

• Tiger Scouts

Six Tiger Scouts from first grade visited the News-Chronicle office Monday and quizzed staffers on their jobs. Pack 161 learned how newspapers are made today compared to years past and why a newspaper it important to a community. For more information on Cub Scouts, call Joe Whiting at 834-3255. Newsroom visitors were, back: Noah Westman, Andrew Baker, and Jacob Keech; front: Alex Flynn, Hayden Johnson, and Liem Cosmo.

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Six Tiger Scouts from first grade visited the News-Chronicle office Monday and quizzed staffers on their jobs. Pack 161 learned how newspapers are made today compared to years past and why a newspaper it important to a community.

For more information on Cub Scouts, call Joe Whiting at 834-3255. Newsroom visitors were, back: Noah Westman, Andrew Baker, and Jacob Keech; front: Alex Flynn, Hayden Johnson, and Liem Cosmo.

A sunny and mild day met hopefuls at the 48th annual VFW Post 6204 fishing contest on Lax Lake Feb. 20.

With a siren blast from the Lake County Search and Rescue team at 11 a.m., the fishing was on.

The first fish registered was a 16 pound, 3 ounce northern from Doug Lillback, easily the winning fish for the day.

The second-place fish was a 2 pound, 13 ounce northern caught by Jesse Roe.

Third place went to Ryan Byrnes and his 2 pound northern. Byrnes made the news just before the contest when he was grazed in the head with a stray bullet while fishing near Ely.

There was a tie for fourth place between Duane Robinson and Codie Finley with 1 pound, 11 ounce northerns.

Prizes were $100, $50, $30 and $20. Twenty fish were registered, way down from past years, reported Ed Maki Jr. from the VFW.

Entrants paid $2 for a raffle ticket, the first increase in 47 years. The money goes to a thankful VFW. It’s the biggest fund-raiser of the year for the post.

The William Kelley High School prom committee raised money as well by offering lunch on the ice.

Two Harbors dessert experts will be featured in an encore presentation of a Duluth television station’s cooking program. WDSE, PBS 8, will show “D is for Dessert” at 11:30 a.m. Sunday with Cheryl Leeper making Quick Black Forest Cake with Mock Whipped Cream Frosting and Betty Lessard showing her Lemon Angel cake. The show repeats at 12:30 p.m. March 13.