It’s been three months since the Peterson’s zip code changed to 56156. Officially it was both 56283 and 56156 until the couple of weeks ago. It’s been 16 years between moves and I forgot or really hadn’t noticed how big a role numbers play in our everyday lives. In addition to the change in zip codes our old 509 East 2nd address is now 203 Pine Drive, The 627 phone prefix is now 449. Not to mention the change in office phone numbers, the fax number, the office address and new PO box number. The cell phone numbers will be changed soon as well.While some things change, others seem to stay the course. When I was a kid growing up in Heron Lake our family lived two doors down from the local funeral home. In the early 1970s our family moved to Brewster, and our new house was just down the road from the local cemetery. When I moved my own family to Redwood Falls in the late 80’s we moved in right next store to the local funeral home. Now I that we have settled in Luverne, our new house is just down the road from the cemetery.It’s not just the similarity in living quarters that make this move feel like déja vu. Shortly after I started at the Redwood Falls newspaper there was a change in both the school superintendent and city administrators positions. Rick Ellingworth filled the superintendent position and Jeff Weldon took the job as city administrator. Today both are well-respected in their professions and have enjoyed long careers in Redwood. So, all things being equal, and if history continues to repeat itself, the future is looking good for the City of Luverne and Luverne School District.There are lot of similarities between Luverne and Redwood Falls. Both hover around the 5,000-population mark. The Cardinal is the mascot for the both schools, as is red and white for the school colors. Both school district had a failed referendum last fall and both will try again this fall. As I did in Redwood, I’ll encourage you to support the referendum here. You might think I’m throwing my support for the local school referendum somewhat blindly. But one of the reasons I supported the Redwood Falls referendum and will do so here is because it is an opportunity to pay back the folks over the past years who supported referendums that benefited my kids educational opportunities. Now my kids are graduated from Redwood Falls and have moved on but as far as the referendum issue goes a Cardinal is Cardinal.