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Remember When March 18, 2021

10 years ago (2011)
•Even after moving into a bitter cold, snow-filled winter, prior Georgia residents Pastor Billy Skaggs and his wife, Cindy, have a fire in their hearts for their new church home in Luverne.
“It’s the people here,” Skaggs said about being senior pastor of Living Rock.
“There are incredible families God has placed in our church.
Living Rock is a nondenominational congregation that meets at 10:30 a.m. Sundays in the former Furniture House building on East Main Street.
“God has really placed a passion in our hearts to love and minister to families in the area,” he said.
The couple also has family in the area, which influenced their decision to move from sunny Georgia to seasonal Minnesota. His daughter, Ashley, and her husband, Jared, live in Sioux Falls with their three girls.
 
25 years ago (1996)
•Rock County Corn and Soybean Board members were introduced to yet another new product made from corn at a recent board meeting.
Board president Gene “Pucky” Sandager said the most recent corn by-product is a product that can replace liquid fire-starting material.
Sandager said, “It’s a paste that you squeeze onto wood. It doesn’t run all over. You can carry it in a backpack if you’re hiking, and it doesn’t leave an after-taste if you’re grilling.
The fire starter is just one of hundreds of products that are made from corn and corn by-products. Sandager said ethanol continues to be the No. 1 alternative use of corn, but lots of other products are being developed. They include deicing material for airplanes, windshield washer fluid, biodegradable plastic and water-absorbent materials which are used in diapers among other things.
 
50 years ago (1971)
•Luverne’s High School cagers brought home the District 8 crown Saturday night after a fight-to-finish 69-65 victory over arch-rival Pipestone. Since 1924, Luverne has captured 23 district championships, and has won berths in the regional competition in six out of the last eight years. On Tuesday, Luverne advanced to the Region II finals with a 64-53 win over District 7 Champion, Windom. Friday night’s regional championship is slated for 7:30 p.m. in the Worthington High School Gymnasium against the winner of Wednesday’s regional contest between Frost of District 5 and St. James, District 6.
 
75 years ago (1946)
•Competing against five schools in the district speech contest held here Saturday, Luverne high school contestants won five first places, and four second places in the seven different divisions to take the biggest share of the honors.
Jean Ellen Canfield, participating in the original oratory division with her oration, “See Here, Mr. Striker”, won a superior rating; Howard Binford, giving “The Phantom Delegate” rated superior in oratorical declamation; Jack Butler rated an excellent in the discussion division on the topic “Our Future Relations with Soviet Russia” to tie with Adeline Sauter; Fulda; Eldon Michaelson rated an excellent in extemporaneous speaking discussing “Federation of Malayan States”; Alyce Anderson was given a superior rating on her interpretative reading selection, “Elizabeth and Essex.” All of these placed first in their divisions and they are now eligible to compete in the regional contest at Windom, March 25.
 
100 years ago (1921)
•School will re-open in the Central school building next Monday morning, as usual, in at least six of the eight rooms, Supt. H. C. Bell announced Tuesday afternoon.
Careful examination of the building has disclosed that the fire in no way weakened the floor supports of any of the rooms, the main damage being confined to non-essential dividing walls, and consequently it is deemed entirely safe for any of the rooms to be occupied.
A fire which originated in the southwest part of the basement of the Central school building, and for a time threatened the destruction of the structure, was discovered at about 7 o’clock Tuesday, and while not a great deal of damage was done to the building, it was sufficient with the disarrangement of the heating system to make it impractical to attempt to hold school there during the remainder of this week.

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