Twins settle broadcast issue Mediacom will also broadcast games Starting next Saturday, both Luverne cable companies will again broadcast Minnesota Twins games.The Twins had hoped to broadcast their games on their own Victory Sports Channel, but had not been able to convince any of the major cable companies in the metro area to agree to carry the channel.The major metro cable providers cited the much higher cost Victory wanted compared to what they had been paying Fox Sports Network (FSN) in previous years.Two weeks ago PrairieWave announced they had signed an agreement with Victory, as had many of the smaller outstate cable companies.Last week the Pohlad family, owners of the Minnesota Twins, announced an agreement to again broadcast their games over FSN and shut down the fledgling Victory Sports channel.With the Victory Channel going out of business, both Luverne cable companies, Mediacom and PrairieWave, will again broadcast the Twins season on FSN.For Mediacom subscribers FSN is on channel 26 and PrairieWave shows FSN on channel 67.Dollars for Scholars awardsmillionth dollarLuverne’s Dollars for Scholars program hit a new milestone this year when it went over the $1 million mark in scholarships awarded.Since the program’s inception, 895 Luverne High School students have been awarded $1,093,525.The program was started 21 years ago with the class of 1984 receiving the first scholarships.In past years, scholarships were awarded during Luverne High School’s annual awards night.To celebrate the milestone, scholarships were presented to this year’s recipients at a ceremony Friday evening at the Blue Mound Banquet Center with former recipients and donors invited to attend.Former scholarship recipients Bart Thielbar, class of ’86, and Erica Smith, class of ’99, were speakers at the event.This year the program awarded 74 LHS seniors more than $94,250 in scholarship money.The Luverne Dollars for Scholars program currently has 99 perpetual scholarships and has more than $2.4 million in endowment funds.Pawlenty signs bill for vets memorial Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has signed a bill allowing veterans organizations with gambling licenses to spend up to $1,500 per person in gambling profits to send two World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., for the dedication of the National World War II Memorial.According to a Web site dedicated to the memorial, the National World War II Memorial will be the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II. The memorial will honor all military veterans of the war, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation's call to arms. It will be located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. at the Rainbow Pool site at the east end of the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. This prominent location is commensurate with the historical importance and lasting significance of World War II to America and the world.The memorial has been open to the public since April 29, and the dedication ceremony will be May 29.The Second World War is the only 20th century event commemorated on the Mall’s central axis.Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com