DECEMBER 30 20 years ago (1992) Bruce Backberg is thankful to be alive after surviving several minutes of terror when a gunman shot up a Bemidji bar where he was playing as drummer for the Lonesome Road Band.

DECEMBER 28 20 years ago (1992) Margit Rinke made Warrior history late in the third period against Thief River Falls when she became Brainerd's all-time leading basketball scorer.

DECEMBER 27 20 years ago (1992) Mary and Nathan Tuomi have more to celebrate Friday than the coming of the new year. They will be celebrating the birth of their daughter, Emmy Lee, who was Crow Wing County's New Year's Baby of 1992.

20 years ago (1992) The Brainerd Fire Department was called to numerous fires over the Christmas holiday, forcing fire fighters to battle not only fires but frigid weather.

DECEMBER 25 20 years ago (1992) Indianapolis Colts punter Rohn Stark, a native of Pine River, has been selected to the AFC Pro Bowl squad for the fourth time. Stark is second in the AFC with a 45.3-yard punting average.

DECEMBER 24 20 years ago (1992) On Christmas Eve there's still hope for people who'd like to put presents under a tree but can't afford a tree. Mike Gebhard at the East Brainerd Mall is giving free trees to people who don't have the money to buy one.

DECEMBER 23 20 years ago (1992) Brainerd Community College basketball players Matt Pecarich and Andrae Bellfield were chosen to the all-tournament team in last week's Northern Conference Classic at Vermillion.

DECEMBER 21 20 years ago (1992) (Photo) A wise man, played by Warren Stoltman, gives a present to Mary and Joseph at the Living Nativity scene in front of the Zion Lutheran Church in Brainerd. Motorists on N.

DECEMBER 18 20 years ago (1992) (Photo) A total of 350 gifts will be donated to the Salvation Army this Christmas from the Potlatch Mill's Sharing Tree program, 275 from employees and 75 from the corporation.

DECEMBER 16 20 years ago (1992) Fred Casey, in his fifth term as a member of the Brainerd School Board, officially resigned to become a judge in January, a position to which he was recently elected.