10 years ago (2009)
•Lieutenant Com-mander James Bond has a life story that’s interesting on many levels.
Not only does his name match the famous Holly-wood character, he himself is an intelligence officer for a U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing.
What separates him from the big screen character, though, is that Bond completes real-life Naval missions. …
Most recently, he served nine months in Afghanistan … as part of the U.S. Army, even though he’s a Naval officer.
Earlier this month, Bond returned from Afghanistan to family members in Luverne.
Bond is the son-in-law of the Rev. Terry and Martha Morse. Terry is the (retired) pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne.
Bond and his wife, Alyssa, have two children, Evelyn “Evvie,” 5, and Alexander “Alex”, almost 3.
As quickly as he said “hello,” he had to bid them farewell … for now.
This weekend, Bond traveled from Luverne to his home station in Virginia Beach, Va. to resume Naval duties until January, when he will pursue a Master’s degree at The Naval War College in Newport, Rhone Island.
25 years ago (1994)
•Speeders, beware. A speed bump will be replaced in the alley serving the block bounded by Kniss, Main, Lincoln and Estey streets.
Luverne City Council on Monday that drivers using the alley in their block need more than signs to make them slow down.
Karen Radisewitz, representing the neighbor-hood, said that without speed bumps, the 5 mph speed limit signs are ineffective. “Five miles per hour is walking speed. About 5 percent of the vehicles go that speed,” she said.
50 years ago (1969)
•One hundred and forty seven sheep, valued at approximately $4,500, were stolen last weekend from the August Hamann farm in Martin Township. The farm is located 2 3/4 miles southeast of Hills on the Iowa-Minnesota line in Minnesota.
The sheep were stolen by someone who knew my yard and knew what they were doing,” Hamann told The Star Herald Tuesday evening. “After the animals were loaded the thieves took a broom and covered their tracks. It’s about 10 rods from the loading chute to the traveled part of the yard. However, Hamann said they left enough evidence in the sorting yard to prove that the sheep were stolen.”
The animals were stolen sometime between Friday noon and Monday morning. “We wormed and marked all of the lambs with orange chalk Friday morning. I returned to Luverne about noon and didn’t come back to the farm until Monday morning because I have enough feed and water to last the weekend.”
“When I first drove into the yard Monday morning I noticed most of lambs were gone. This is when I reported the thievery to the sheriff.”
75 years ago (1944)
•A new gymnasium in the local school, which for a long time has been the expressed desire of Luverne sports fans, is being considered as a postwar project.
This fact was revealed in the third annual report of Supt. M. C. Munson, which was recently submitted to the school board and accepted by them. No definite steps have been taken, but under the list of future plans for the school, included in Supt. Munson’s 53-page bound report, it appears as the No. 1 plan for the 1948-49 school year. Whether or not circumstances will permit going ahead with plans at that time remains to be seen.
100 years ago (1919)
•The history of Rock county’s participation in the world war, which has been in course of compilation for several months under the direction of E. R. Trebon, president of the Leader Publishing Co., of Pipestone, will be off the presses within a few days, and ready for distribution within a few weeks.
A corps of solicitors will start work next Monday canvassing the county for the sale of the histories, and will endeavor to see everyone during the next few weeks.
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