NOVEMBER 20 20 years ago (1992) Sometimes deer hunting requires more than luck. More than one frustrated hunter entered St. Francis Church dressed in blaze orange for Saturday night mass with head bowed in prayer.

NOVEMBER 15 20 years ago (1992) The Brainerd Area United Way has topped its 1992 goal by nearly a thousand dollars. Meeting the goal for the 17th straight year, United Way reports donations of $236,000 so far.

NOVEMBER 14 20 years ago (1992) Ski Gull workers are dreaming of a white Thanksgiving. The board has planned on a Dec. 5 opening but needs a real snow base before cranking up the snow-making machine.

NOVEMBER 13 20 years ago (1992) To rob or not to rob was the question. In the end a 45-year-old Onamia man decided not to. Armed with a pistol, he entered the Triangle 1-Stop on Oak Street and said it was a robbery.

NOVEMBER 9 20 years ago (1992) Defeat may have been hard to accept, but the Warrior volleyball team should feel consolation accepting the runner-up trophy in South Sub-Section 8AA.

NOVEMBER 8 20 years ago (1992) On paper it was supposed to be a lopsided mismatch. Unbeaten Cambridge, ranked 2nd in the state Class AA poll, was an overwhelming favorite.

NOVEMBER 6 20 years ago (1992) The deer population has exploded. The number of antlerless permits has skyrocketed. A possible record number of deer hunters are expected to harvest yet another record number of whitetail deer.

NOVEMBER 5 20 years ago (1992) Seven years after the disappearance of Charlotte Lysdale, authorities dug up the yard of a Pine River day care center after receiving an anonymous tip that her body was buried there.

NOVEMBER 4 20 years ago (1992) Crow Wing County Auditor Roy Luukkonen politely danced around the issue of why the voting results were not tabulated until 10:30 a.m. this morning.

NOVEMBER 2 20 years ago (1992) Trailing by 20 points at halftime, Brainerd pulled off a miraculous comeback in the Section 7AA foot ball semifinal.