FEBRUARY 10 20 years ago (1993) (Photo) Brainerd's Jaime Mueller leaves the starting line on her way to winning the Section 8 girls' cross country ski championship at Camp Ripley.

FEBRUARY 8 20 years ago (1993) Filing dates have been set for the May 18 school board election. Seats currently held by Jan Moran and Jon Haapajoki will be up for re-election.

FEBRUARY 7 20 years ago (1993) A new program in Crow Wing County will ensure that children get their day in court. Children are often auxiliary participants.

FEBRUARY 6 20 years ago (1993) Anyone who knows basketball knows Little Falls doesn't give up without a fight.

FEBRUARY 5 20 years ago (1993) Gov. Arne Carlson and Attorney General Skip Humphrey have teamed to take steps to protect child victims in Crow Wing County.

FEBRUARY 4 20 years ago (1993) Forrest Kobs grew up outdoors on his family's acreage near Pine Lake in Aitkin County. The natural world was his living room.

FEBRUARY 3 20 years ago (1993) Bresnan Communications will add eight channels and an optional service, slightly raising cable rates. Full service subscribers will pay $22.50 monthly for 35 channels, up from $19.50 for 27 channels.

FEBRUARY 1 20 years ago (1993) Brainerd-Baxter residents love to gamble. That's according to a study by two social anthropologists. Similar studies were done in Willmar and Virginia.

JANUARY 31 20 years ago (1993) Today, Jim Langer is wholesale manager of Radco Industries topper division in Brainerd. Twenty years ago he and the Miami Dolphins were preparing to play the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.

JANUARY 30 20 years ago (1993) At least a dozen employees of Trus Joist MacMillan in Deerwood have experienced asthma-like symptoms associated with MDI, a bonding agent used in the plants wood products.