Remember When April 21, 2016

10 years ago (2006)
•Sioux Valley Luverne Medical Center recently received Honorable Mention in the New Construction category for the 2006 Vista Team Award.
More than 140 nationwide healthcare design and construction projects were entered in this national competition.
Of those, three were awarded first place in the categories of New Construction, Renovation and Infrastructure. Five projects, including the Sioux Valley Luverne Medical Center, were named Honorable Mention.
 
25 years ago (1991)
•In the era of epic movies like “Dances with Wolves,” Blue Mound Area Theatre would like to take you back in time 75 years, before the days of color, even before the days of sound.
Karl Eiler, master organ builder and concert organist, will perform on the Palace Theatre’s recently restored concert organ.
 
50 years ago (1966)
•Rock countians will turn their clocks ahead one hour next Saturday night, because daylight savings begins Sunday, April 24.
The change of time to “fast time” begins seven weeks earlier than usual because of the passage last week of a national law, putting daylight time in effect in all of the 50 states, starting next year. However, those states which now have state laws governing daylight time must now observe the same beginning and ending dates. Minnesota’s law covered the period from the last Sunday in May through Labor Day. Most other states ran from the last Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. Now, all states will observe the period from the last Sunday in April through October.
 
75 years ago (1941)
•The intersection of Main street and Kniss avenue, which is also the intersection of Trunk Highways Nos. 16 and 75, is soon to be adorned with a “flash beacon” hung in the center of the intersection at a height of 14 feet, according to word received by the City Council from the Minnesota Highway department. The highway department will provide the beacon, and the city will install and maintain it.
The purpose of the beacon is to promote greater safety at this busy corner by giving motorists on No. 75 more adequate warning of the street than is provided by the stop signs at the sides of the street.
 
100 years ago (1916)
•A change in the management of the Manitou hotel took place Wednesday, when V.C. Linnell disposed of the furnishings and lease of this popular place to A.W. Lyon, of Portland, Oregon. The new proprietor took possession yesterday morning.
Mr. Lyon has had much experience in the management of hotels, having been engaged in this business for a number of years at Portland, up to a short time ago. He also has a large circle of acquaintances throughout this section, for his boyhood home is at Worthington.