10 years ago (2011)
•A pair of Luverne High School girls extended their track seasons during Thursday’s Section 3A Track and Field Championships in Redwood Falls.
The top two finishers in individual events at the section level earn automatic invitations to participate in the state meet. Luverne senior Katlyn Sawtelle and junior Paige Nath met that criteria.
Sawtelle won a section title in one event and placed second in another.
Nath also placed second individually for an LHS team that compiled 58 points to place third as a squad in a 26-team field.
Sawtelle’s final appearance at the section meet featured her winning the pole vault crown (10-1) and placing second in the 100-meter hurdles (16.63)
Nath finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.46.
Both girls advance to the Minnesota State Class A Track and Field Championships set for Friday and Saturday at Hamline University in St. Paul.
25 years ago (1996)
•The city of Luverne received word Tuesday from Gov. Arne Carlson’s office that it has been awarded a $324,064 Small Cities Development grant.
Luverne received the money in the second round of awards from the state. The city applied for the funds in October to rehabilitate 25 owner-occupied homes.
The homes affected are in the area generally south of Main Street and bounded by Davidson on the west and Blue Mound Avenue on the east. To the south, residential properties along Mead Court to Highway 75 are also included.
An additional $99,000 from public and private sources will be used for the rehabilitation of these homes.
50 years ago (1971)
•Dave Lorenzen, former Luverne basketball star and Minnesota all-state choice in 1967, has been invited by the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to attend their rookie camp after he graduates this month from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
He has also been approached by the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association, and he hopes to have the opportunity to attend their tryout camp if things don’t work out in Chicago, he said.
Lorenzen, 6’7”, and weighing 220 pounds, is majoring in physical education. As a freshman at the University at Duluth, he was the leading scorer and named the most valuable freshman. He played on UMD’s varsity squad his sophomore, junior and senior years, and was selected captain for his senior year. As a junior, he was the team’s leading scorer, but injuries during the past season prevented his having as good a year as he had hoped to have.
In high school, he played under Dave Hutchins, now coach at Bemidji state. That year, Luverne had a 24-2 record and won the consolation title at the state tournament.
75 years ago (1946)
•Announcement was made this week of the sale of the Connell Drug Store to Curtis M. Laudon, Slayton. The transaction will take effect June 15, 44 years to the day since Mr. Connell came here to take a “temporary job” as a drug clerk.
The new firm name of the drug store will be the Laudon Drug Store. The store will be closed from June 17 until July 1 in order to permit the new owner to re-arrange the stock and do as much remodeling as is possible at the present time. Extensive alterations are planned later when materials become more available. A long term lease has been taken on the drug store location.
100 years ago (1921)
•Beaver Creek will this year observe the Fourth of July with an old-fashioned celebration, in which all the people of Rock county are invited to join.
The decision to celebrate was reached at a meeting of the people of Beaver Creek held Monday evening, and a committee composed of Chas. Harris, chairman; J. H. Hall, Jas. Vopat, R. A. Perry and W. A. Davis was appointed at that time to take charge of the general arrangements for the celebration. This committee has since named several sub-committees to take charge of the different phases of the arrangements, and it is expected that all plans will be well underway within a few days.
The program will include numerous street sports and contests, a picnic dinner, open-air band concerts, two ball games, and dancing and motion picture shows both in the afternoon and evening.
It is expected to have the day’s activities start at 10 o’clock in the morning and to provide entertainment for both the young and the old for every minute from that time until late at night.
While the matter has not been definitely settled, it is expected that the forenoon program will provide for an address by an entertaining speaker.
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