15-03-2025
From the Archives: March 15 in the Pioneer
Mar. 15—March 15, 2015 — Construction planned at the Lake Bemidji waterfront will temporarily displace some summertime festivals, including the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival, which will be moved to the Sanford Center parking lot. For other events, such as the Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival, construction will be temporarily halted.
March 15, 2000 — A Save the Wolf Rally, sponsored by the Indigenous Environmental Network and the Coalition to Protect Predators, was held to show opposition to a proposal for wolf hunting in the state. This comes at a time when the federal government wants to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list.
March 15, 1975 — Awana, a Bible study program available to youth in the Bemidji area, boasts hundreds of participants as the group grows. Of the 4,500 Awana clubs around the country, 20 are in the Bemidji area. Each Awana group is divided into four clubs — Pals and Pioneers for the boys, and Chums and Guards for the girls.
March 15, 1925 — A bond of $125,000 was authorized to clean up the debt of Bemidji Manufacturing Co., one of Bemidji's most important wood products industries. W.B. Foshay Co. of Minneapolis will market the bond, and the name of the company will change to the Bemidji Electric and Manufacturing Co.
