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Cruise-in and auto show scheduled for Buffalo DaysThis year’s Buffalo Days will keep car enthusiasts busy both Friday and Saturday.
On Friday, June 2nd, there will be a collector car cruise-in on Luverne’s Main Street.Any type of collectible, plus street rods, classics, muscle cars, Corvettes, cycles and trucks are encouraged to participate.Larry Goebel, who has played for the cruise-in for several years, will be out of town for this year’s event, but his music will still be there with Bob Cook taking a turn at the controls.A poker walk has also been set up through Luverne Merchants with great prizes to be given away.The event will run from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. Food and refreshments will also be available.Saturday, June 3rd, the Buffalo Days Auto Show will be at the Luverne City Park.Car classes will include 1900-1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, and 1990 and newer.There will also be a separate category for Corvettes and Camaros.There will be three categories for pickups including 1900-1959, 1960-1979, and 1980 and newer.There will also be special awards for Best Engine Compartment, Best Paint and Best of Show.Registration will be at the City Park from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The show will run from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Awards will be presented at 3:30 p.m.Participants who would like to drive their collector vehicles in the Buffalo Days Parade on Saturday, June 3, should contact the Luverne Chamber of Commerce by May 31st at 507-283-4061. Parade time is 10 a.m., and cars participating in the parade will meet on Freeman Street at 9:30 a.m.Jim gets his degreeBack in 1970, the soon-to-become-famous photographer Jim Brandenburg, a Luverne native, wanted to get an early start on his photographic career and left the University of Minnesota Duluth with 12 credits short of a degree.Last Saturday, the former National Geographic photographer and noted wildlife photographer received his degree.The University of Minnesota Duluth awarded the artist an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at their 2006 commencement ceremonies.Congratulations, Jim!Over 25 years of filling sandboxesAn Optimist Club tradition, which was started more than 25 years ago, was continued on Monday.Seven Optimist Club members, along with the help of four Luverne hockey players, filled 18 sandboxes around Luverne.In the past, one dump truck was enough sand to satisfy the needs of the community, but for the second year in a row, the volunteers had to make a second trip to refill the truck with another half load of sand. Optimist member Keith Aanenson said the need for the additional sand is primarily due to the increasing size of the modern sandboxes.In past years the typical sandbox or plastic turtle would require one or two wheelbarrows of sand. According to Keith, some of the new mega-boxes can take six or seven wheelbarrows of sand to fill.The regular Optimist Club meeting followed the sandbox fill, so the Optimist State’s Lt. Governor was in town for the meeting and followed the volunteers around to observe the project.Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com