By John RittenhouseThe Luverne tennis team recorded a pair of convincing wins on different courts.The Cardinals recorded a five-point victory over MACCRAY in Clara City Thursday to wrap up the Southwest Conference title. Luverne strolled to a seven-point home win over Yellow Medicine East Tuesday.Luverne, 9-4 overall, hosts Fairmont today and Martin County West Tuesday. The Cards play at the YME Tournament Saturday.Luverne 7, YME 0Luverne swept the Sting without dropping a set to the visitors during Tuesday’s home match."I was really pleased that we were ready to play this match," said Cardinal coach Greg Antoine. "Everybody stepped up and played well."Dusty Antoine (6-0 and 6-1 over James Thostensoen), David Nelson (6-0 and 6-0 over Eric Lynner), Derek Boeve (6-0 and 6-1 over Mike Gill) and Zach Sanderson (6-2 and 7-5 over Colin Bennett) prevailed at singles.Brandon Deragisch and Nick Heronimus nailed down 6-1 and 6-4 wins over Justin Thomas and Eric Dubbelde at No. 1 doubles. Weston Sawtelle and Erik Stegemann posted a pair of 7-5 victories over Lee Cherveny and Clark Christian at No. 2. Matt Kreuch and Jamie Vickery secured a pair of 6-4 wins over Jon Barber and Barry Jacobson at No. 3.Luverne 6,MACCRAY 1The Cardinals capped a 4-0 Southwest Conference campaign with a five-point win over MACCRAY in Clara City Thursday.Luverne swept the hosts in doubles and went 3-1 in singles to end a perfect conference schedule."Our hard work this week on hitting the ball harder is paying off," said LHS coach Antoine. "We were able to win some points by hitting the ball by our opponents."Deragisch and Heronimus (7-5 and 6-2 over Travis Wubben and Matt Skogland), Sawtelle and Stegemann (6-0 and 6-2 over Nate Satre and Alex Sweep) and Kreuch and Austin Lee (6-1 and 6-0 over Macolay Lambert and Gavin Balderas) won in straight sets at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles respectively.Luverne’s Nelson posted a pair of 6-4 wins over Mike Ammermann at No. 2 singles, Boeve disposed of Nate Choyapaporpinn by 6-2 and 6-0 scores at No. 3, and Sanderson bested Mitch Kremin by 6-4 and 7-5 scores at No. 3.MACCRAY’s Zach Rieger beat Dusty Antoine in a three-set match (6-3, 2-6, 6-1) at first singles.

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys earned their first trip to the Minnesota State Class A True Team Track and Field Championships Monday at Cardinal Field.Hosting the Section 3A event on a cool and windy day, Luverne compiled 380 points to win the section title for the first time in the history of the boys’ program.Luverne will compete in the state meet at the National Sports Center in Blaine May 21st."We’re very excited," said Cardinal coach Craig Nelson, who guided three LHS girls teams to the state meet in the late 1980s and early 1900s."The key was our balance. We had good scores in every event. We had some outstanding performances under very windy conditions. The boys showed real determination and heart by competing well under those conditions. They knew what was at stake."Luverne outscored second place Southwest Christian, a team that beat LHS at the same meet last year, 380-355. The rest of the seven-team field finished well behind LHS and SWC.The Cards won seven event titles during the meet, and Mike Kunstle and Tony Willers led LHS by winning two individual events each. Kunstle, who placed second in the long jump with a distance of 19-8, won the 100- and 200-meter dashes with respective 11.03 and 23.3 times. Willers took top honors in the shot put and discus with respective 42-11 and 125.8 tosses.Jake Hendricks and Ben Uphoff also claimed individual titles for LHS. Hendricks, who placed second in the 200 in 23.3, won the 400-meter dash in 52.15. Uphoff cleared the 300-meter hurdles in 43.59 to place first.Luverne also won the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 3:32.62. Tom Ward, Scott Goebel, Nick Otten and Hendricks formed the team.The Cards received second-place efforts from Matt Rosin (42-5 in the shot) and the 400- and 800-meter relays. Jordan Siebenahler, Ward, Ryan Wynia and Ryan Jacobsma ran the 400 in 47.43. Wynia, Uphoff, Scott Goebel and Siebenahler turned in a 1:38.98 in the 800.The Luverne girls and the Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton teams also competed at the meet.Luverne finished fourth and H-BC-E-E fifth in the girls ‘standings. The H-BC-E-E boys placed fourth.Lexi Heitkamp locked up the lone meet title for the LHS girls by winning the 1,600-meter run in 5:25.99.The Cardinals received seconds from Victoria Arends (53.26 in the 300-meter hurdles), Kayla Raddle (12:48.09 in the 3,200-meter run) and 400-meter relay team. Morgan Bosshart, Stephanie Hendricks, Brittany Mulder and Nicole Willers ran the 400 in 55.94.The H-BC-E-E boys won one meet title and placed second in three events.Tyler Bush produced the win by running 1,600 meters in 4:50.13. He finished second in the 800-meter run in 2:04.62.Cody Scholten placed second in the high jump by clearing 6-3, and the 3,200-meter relay team consisting of Kale Wiertzema, Tyler Paulsen, Brent Kramer and Derek Haak finished second in 9:21.37.The H-BC-E-E girls placed first in one event and second in three events during the meet.The 3,200-meter relay team of Mya Mann, Amanda DeBoer, Rayna Sandoval and Cassi Tilstra recorded the winning time of 10:42.91.Tilstra finished second in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.82, and ran a leg with the second-place finishing 1,600-meter relay. Mann, Amanda Tilstra, Jocelyn Bucher and Cassi Tilstra turned in a 4:18,04 in the 1,600.H-BC-E-E’s 800-meter relay consisting of Amanda Connors, Ashley Bucher, Rosie Lewis and Kelly Mulder placed second in 1:56.37.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of the individual efforts turned in by the LHS and H-BC-E-E athletes during the meet.Boys standings: Luverne 380, SWC 355, Murray County Central 278, H-BC-E-E 242, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 218, Windom 185, Southwest United 123.Girls standings: Cedar Mountain 384.5, Windom 319, T-M-B 273, Luverne 268, H-BC-E-E 221.5, SWU 193.5, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 139.5.Luverne boysThird place: Ward, 800, 2:07.63; Thomas Pinkal, 3,200, 10:37.94; Chris Ashby, 300 hurdles, 16.83; 3,200 relay (Ward, Ruston Aaker, Steve Schneiderman and Jon May), 9:23.24; Wynia, pole vault, 11-0; Rosin, discus, 112-6.Fourth place: Pinkal, 1,600, 4:52.92; Schneiderman, 3,200, 11:04.38; Ashby, 110 hurdles, 16.83;Michael Nelson, pole vault, 10-6.Fifth place: Otten, 1,600, 4:55.06; Uphoff, 110 hurdles, 17.37.Sixth place: Goebel, 800, 2:10.9.Eighth place: Aaker, 400, 55.86; Ward, high jump, 5-4; Hendricks, long jump, 17-8 3/4.10th place: Ashby, 100, 12.14.11th place: Aaker, high jump, 5-2.Luverne girlsThird place: Heitkamp, 800, 2:34.26; ErinHoiland, long jump, 15-3 3/4.Fourth place: 800 relay (Hoiland, Bosshart, Mulder and Willers), 1:59.34; 1,600 relay (Arends, Abby Elbers, Hendricks and Maggie Kuhlman) 4:28.96.Fifth place: Heitkamp, 400, 1:05.34; Heitkamp, high jump, 4-10.Sixth place: Katie Schniederman, 1,600, 5:49.32; Schneiderman, 3,200, 13:38.57; Kuhlman, 100 hurdles, 17.56; Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 53.26; Natalie Willers, discus, 95-9; 3,200 relay (Hendricks, Schneiderman, Tara Muck, Kelsey Dooyema), 11:28.53.Seventh place: Hoiland, 100, 13.37; Mulder, 200, 28.92; Dooyema, 800, 2:43.65; Kuhlman, triple jump, 30-8Nt.Willers, shot, 29-5 1/2.Eighth place: Jenny Broomfield, pole vault, 7-0; Elbers, long jump, 14-6 1/2; Amy Herman, triple jump, 29-10.Ninth place: Elbers, 100, 13.76; Hoiland, 200, 29.47.10th place: Kuhlman, high jump, 4-4; Mulder, pole vault, 6-6.11th place: Ariella Bucher, shot, 26-1.12th place: LaRae Kor, discus, 74-8.13th place: Herman, 400, 1:13.87.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Scholten, 100, 11.52; Jan Sommerling, 200, 23.31; Sommerling, 400, 54.47;Scholten, long jump, 19-0; 1,600 relay (Wiertzema, Darrin Weikamp, John Sandbulte and Bush), 3:42.44.Fifth place: Bush, high jump, 5-6.Sixth place: Scholten, 200, 23.78; Paulsen, 3,200, 11:08.53; Roger DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 18.16; 400 relay (DeBoer, Casey Van Midden Dorp, Jon Klaassen and Scholten), 49.31.Seventh place: Dustin Verhey, 3,200, 11:09.Eighth place: Sandbulte, 300 hurdles, 47.5.Ninth place: Klaassen, 100, 12.08; Weikamp, 400, 56.24; Haak, 1,600, 2:25.59; Cody Schilling, long jump, 16-6 3/4; Klaassen, shot, 31-0.10th place: Sandbulte, 110 hurdles, 19.17.11th place: Klaassen, discus, 84-9.12th place: Kramer, 800, 2:25.59; DeBoer, 300 hurdles, 53.37.14th place: Adam Voss, discus, 77-2; Voss, shot, 29-0.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Lewis, discus, 99-10.Fourth place: Sandoval, 3,200, 13:23; 400 relay (Connors, A.Bucher, Mulder and Kari Roozenboom), 56.3.Fifth place: Mann, 800, 2:34.92; Amanda DeBoer, 3,200, 13:30.09.Sixth place: C.Tilstra, high jump, 4-8.Seventh place: A.Tilstra, 1,600, 6:13.84.Eighth place: A.Bucher, 800, 2:47.46; J.Bucher, 1,600, 6:17.79.Ninth place: Roozenboom, 100 hurdles, 18.27; Lewis, 400, 1:09..24; J.Bucher, 300 hurdles, 56.22; Mulder, shot, 28-9 1/2; Mulder, discus, 91-11.10th place: Lewis, shot, 27-6.11th place: Connors, 200, 29.76; A.Tilstra, 300 hurdles, 58.23; A.Bucher, long jump, 13-7 3/4; Roozenboom, triple jump, 28-10 1/2.12th place: Ashley Hoyme, 100, 14.69; Hoyme, 100 hurdles, 20.95; Connors, long jump, 13-3 3/4.13th place: Hoyme, 200, 31.27; Brittany Helgeson, high jump, 4-0.14th place: Helgeson, 100, 15..13; J.Bucher, triple jump, 21-1 1/2.

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams tested their skills at the Section 3A Track and Field Championships in Luverne Tuesday.The Patriot boys scored 242 points and placed fourth in a six-team field. With 221.5 points, the H-BC-E-E girls placed fifth out of seven teams.The H-BC-E-E boys won one meet title and placed second in three events.Tyler Bush produced the win by running 1,600 meters in 4:50.13. He finished second in the 800-meter run in 2:04.62.Cody Scholten placed second in the high jump by clearing 6-3, and the 3,200-meter relay team consisting of Kale Wiertzema, Tyler Paulsen, Brent Kramer and Derek Haak finished second in 9:21.37.The H-BC-E-E girls placed first in one event and second in three events during the meet.The 3,200-meter relay team of Mya Mann, Amanda DeBoer, Rayna Sandoval and Cassi Tilstra recorded the winning time of 10:42.91.Tilstra finished second in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.82, and ran a leg with the second-place finishing 1,600-meter relay. Mann, Amanda Tilstra, Jocelyn Bucher and Cassi Tilstra turned in a 4:18,04 in the 1,600.H-BC-E-E’s 800-meter relay consisting of Amanda Connors, Ashley Bucher, Rosie Lewis and Kelly Mulder placed second in 1:56.37.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of the individual efforts turned in by the H-BC-E-E athletes during the meet.Boys standings: Luverne 380, SWC 355, Murray County Central 278, H-BC-E-E 242, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 218, Windom 185, Southwest United 123.Girls standings: Cedar Mountain 384.5, Windom 319, T-M-B 273, Luverne 268, H-BC-E-E 221.5, SWU 193.5, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 139.5.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Scholten, 100, 11.52; Jan Sommerling, 200, 23.31; Sommerling, 400, 54.47;Scholten, long jump, 19-0; 1,600 relay (Wiertzema, Darrin Weikamp, John Sandbulte and Bush), 3:42.44.Fifth place: Bush, high jump, 5-6.Sixth place: Scholten, 200, 23.78; Paulsen, 3,200, 11:08.53; Roger DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 18.16; 400 relay (DeBoer, Casey Van Midden Dorp, Jon Klaassen and Scholten), 49.31.Seventh place: Dustin Verhey, 3,200, 11:09.Eighth place: Sandbulte, 300 hurdles, 47.5.Ninth place: Klaassen, 100, 12.08; Weikamp, 400, 56.24; Haak, 1,600, 2:25.59; Cody Schilling, long jump, 16-6 3/4; Klaassen, shot, 31-0.10th place: Sandbulte, 110 hurdles, 19.17.11th place: Klaassen, discus, 84-9.12th place: Kramer, 800, 2:25.59; DeBoer, 300 hurdles, 53.37.14th place: Adam Voss, discus, 77-2; Voss, shot, 29-0.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Lewis, discus, 99-10.Fourth place: Sandoval, 3,200, 13:23; 400 relay (Connors, A.Bucher, Mulder and Kari Roozenboom), 56.3.Fifth place: Mann, 800, 2:34.92; Amanda DeBoer, 3,200, 13:30.09.Sixth place: C.Tilstra, high jump, 4-8.Seventh place: A.Tilstra, 1,600, 6:13.84.Eighth place: A.Bucher, 800, 2:47.46; J.Bucher, 1,600, 6:17.79.Ninth place: Roozenboom, 100 hurdles, 18.27; Lewis, 400, 1:09..24; J.Bucher, 300 hurdles, 56.22; Mulder, shot, 28-9 1/2; Mulder, discus, 91-11.10th place: Lewis, shot, 27-6.11th place: Connors, 200, 29.76; A.Tilstra, 300 hurdles, 58.23; A.Bucher, long jump, 13-7 3/4; Roozenboom, triple jump, 28-10 1/2.12th place: Ashley Hoyme, 100, 14.69; Hoyme, 100 hurdles, 20.95; Connors, long jump, 13-3 3/4.13th place: Hoyme, 200, 31.27; Brittany Helgeson, high jump, 4-0.14th place: Helgeson, 100, 15..13; J.Bucher, triple jump, 21-1 1/2.

By John RittenhouseKerri Fransman and the Luverne softball team went 2-2 during a pair of Southwest Conference double-headers.The Cardinals lost 7-3 and 11-0 games to Jackson County Central in Jackson Thursday.Luverne snapped a six-game losing streak by posting 10-7 and 16-4 home wins over Windom Tuesday.Fransman, the starting second baseman for LHS, slapped two hits in four trips to the plate during Tuesday’s twin bill against Windom.She tripled and scored one run during a three-run victory in the opener.Fransman went 1-2, scored three runs and drove in two counters in the finale. She singled home a run in the second inning and received an RBI for a fielder’s choice in the fourth.Fransman recorded one hit in four trips to the plate during Thursday’s double-header in Jackson.The H-BC athlete singled in three plate appearances during Game 1. She was 0-1 in the second game.The 5-6 Cardinals play two games in Pipestone today before competing at the Fairmont Tournament Saturday.

By John RittenhouseA Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton relay team turned in a memorable performance during the Dakota Relays staged at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls Saturday.At a meet where finishing in the Top 10 is a major accomplishment, the boys 1,600-meter relay team representing H-BC-E-E turned in a memorable performance by winning the event with a time of 3:30.1 in Class B competition.Competing in what Patriot coach Tom Goehle said was the slow heat, the H-BC-E-E team consisting of Kale Wiertzema, Jan Sommerling, Darrin Weikamp and Tyler Bush nipped a squad representing Elk Point Jefferson (3:30.8) in the heat race. When Sioux Falls Christian, the pre-event favorite to win the event, won the second heat race with a time of 3:31.7, the Patriot boys were able to celebrate their meet title."It doesn’t happen every year," said Goehle, when summing up H-BC-E-E’s championship effort."It’s much like competing at the state meet because you’re going against the best athletes from all around the area. It was very windy throughout the meet, and to run the time we did was pretty awesome."H-BC-E-E placed a strong third in the girls’ 1,600-meter relay with a time of 4:16.63. Mya Mann, Amanda Tilstra, Ashley Bucher and Cassi Tilstra formed the squad.Cassi Tilstra ran in the Girls Special Event on Friday, placing second with a career-best time of 1:00.28 in the 400-meter dash.Tilstra also ran with the medley relay, which placed sixth with a time of 4:48.32. Rosie Lewis, Kelly Mulder and Mann are the other members of the team.The H-BC-E-E boys placed seventh and eighth in the 400-meter and medley relays with respective 45.65 and 3:45.48 efforts. Sommerling, Wiertzema, Cody Scholten and Bush formed both teams.Scholten cleared 6-1 to place 10th in the high jump.

Jerry Reisch feedlot variance hearingPursuant to the Rock County Zoning Ordinance, Notice is hereby given by the Rock County Planning Commission that a public hearing will be held at the Rock County Family Service Center located at 2 Roundwind Road in Luverne, MN at 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. The purpose of the hearing is to rule on the application for a variance submitted by Jerry Reisch to erect a 40’ x 104’ structure with an indoor cattle working facility within an A-1 area as a non-conforming use. The feedlot is located in the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 25 of Mound Township, T103N, R45W, Rock County, MN. Rock County Zoning AdministratorEric Hartman(5-12, 5-19)

REQUEST FOR BIDSLUVERNE PUBLIC SCHOOLSLuverne School District is requesting bids for the 2005 reroofing of the Luverne High School, Luverne, Minnesota. Bids will be received by Independent School District No. 2184 until 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 26, 2005, at the office of the Superintendent of Schools, Luverne, Minnesota. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud at the above time and place. Bids received after 2:00 p.m. will be returned unopened. Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked on the lower left-hand corner "Sealed Bid Enclosed" with the name and address of the bidder and the date and hour of the opening and addressed to: Superintendent of Schools Independent School District No. 2184 709 North Kniss Luverne, MN 56156Each bidder must accompany his bid with a Cashier’s Check, Bid Bond or Certified Check equal to 5 percent of the amount of the bid payable to the Owner as a guarantee of prompt execution of the contract in accordance with the Proposal and Contract Documents and that he will furnish bond acceptable to the Owner covering performance of the Contract. Copies of the plans are on file in the District Office. Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty days after the scheduled closing time for receiving bids. The Independent School District No. 2184, Luverne, Minnesota, reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities in bids. Colleen DeutschClerk(5-12, 5-19)

NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTSMinnesota Rule 7020.2000, subp. 4NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LIVESTOCK FEEDLOT PERMITNotice is hereby given per Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 215, that Dean & Jennifer Tofteland, have made application to the County of Rock, for a permit to construct an expansion of an existing feedlot with a capacity of 500 animal units or more. The proposed feedlot will be located in the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 33 in Denver Township, Rock County, Minnesota. The proposed facility consists of an 101’ x 192’ total confinement barn to house 2400 head of swine between 55 and 300 pounds. Using 0.3 animal units per head, total animal units are 720. The building shall have an 101’ x 192’ x 8’ poured reinforced concrete pit for manure storage. Existing permitted animals on the site consist of 200 cow calf pairs housed in a 100’ x 170’ open lot without runoff controls. Using 1.2 animal units per pair, animal units are 240. The total animal unit capacity will be 960. This publication shall constitute as notice to each resident and each owner of real property within 5,000 feet of the perimeter of the proposed feedlot as required by Minnesota State Law. (5-12)

DOCUMENT 00100ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS2005 Tee Hangar FacilitiesLuverne Municipal AirportLuverne, MinnesotaS.P. No. – 6701-41Notice is hereby given that sealed Bids will be received by the Luverne Municipal Airport Commission until 11:00 a.m., local time, Thursday, June 9, 2005, at the Luverne City Hall, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for the furnishing of all labor and material for the construction of 2005 Tee Hangar Facility. Major components of the Work include excavation, aggregate base, pavement construction of a 7,200 square foot pre-engineered steel, 4-unit "Nested Tee" hangar building, including footings, auto-latching bi-fold doors and operators, electrical work, and other miscellaneous and related work. Also a 6,400 square foot pre-engineered steel, 5-unit "Nested Tee" hangar building, including footings, bi-fold doors and operators, electrical work, and other miscellaneous and related work is also included in the Bidding Documents. Bids shall be on the form provided for that purpose and according to the Bidding Requirements prepared by Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., dated May 2005.The Bidding Documents may be seen at the following locations:Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc, 401 East 8th St., Ste 309, Sioux Falls, SD 57103Luverne City Hall, 203 East Main St., PO Box 659, Luverne, MN 56156Plains Builders Exchange, 220 North Kiwanis Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104Southwest Builders Exchange, 425 W. Main, Marshall, MN 56258Minneapolis Builders Exchange, 1123 Glenwood Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55405Sioux City Construction League, 1414 Jackson St., Sioux City, IA 51102Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Sioux Falls office of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. at the above address in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders upon payment of $40/Set. Checks should be made out to Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. No refunds will be provided. Bid security in the amount of 5 percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders. Bids shall be directed to the Airport Manager, securely sealed and endorsed upon the outside wrapper, "BID FOR 2005 TEE HANGAR FACILITIES, LUVERNE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT."The Municipal Airport Commission reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and to award the Contract in the best interests of the Commission. Mr. Greg La FondAirport ManagerLuverne Municipal Airport(5-12)