Looking Backward

The north

10 years ago

Feb. 9, 2000:New Day Campus Care, the day-care center at Jefferson Community College, will receive a $64,500 state grant to expand its facility.

25 years ago

Feb. 9, 1985:With the sweep of a small, light-emitting wand, Sackets Harbor Central School librarians bring the magic of computerized record-keeping to the small, 6,000-book collection. Librarian Carole L. Ashbridge said the wand and a microcomputer have replaced the long rows of alphabetized cards used for circulation records last year.

50 years ago

Feb. 9, 1960:The Fish and Wildlife Service has told Congress it wants $21,040 for the new fiscal year for the federal fish hatchery at Cape Vincent. The agency said the growing popularity of recreational fishing in the United States had placed increased fishing pressure on U.S. waters in recent years.

75 years ago

Feb. 9, 1935:Angered by what he terms the City Council's inactivity on the important city boulevard system question, Councilman John H. Newman announced he will bring the matter up at Monday night's session in the City Hall "for a showdown."

100 years ago

Feb. 9, 1910:In some city schools more than 25 percent of the pupils are absent on account of the measles and hard colds. The Lansing Street school seems to be in the worst condition regarding measles. In the second grade, of which there are 41 pupils, only 19 are in school today.

125 years ago

Feb. 9, 1885:The Watertown post office will begin the exchange of a through registered letter pouch on the 23rd.

The world

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 9,the 40th day of 2010. There are 325 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Feb. 9, 1960, Adolph Coors Co. chairman Adolph Coors III, 44, was shot to death during a botched kidnapping attempt while on his way to the family brewery in Golden, Colo. (Coors's body wasn't found for seven months; the man who killed him, Joseph Corbett Jr., served 19 years in prison. Corbett committed suicide in August 2009.)

Thought for Today:"What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance." — Havelock Ellis, English psychologist (1859-1939).