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Remember When Nov. 11, 2022

10 years ago (2012)
•Discovery Time Preschool teacher Angie Janiszeski is working on bringing a “Nature Explore Outdoor Preschool Classroom” to Luverne.
The nature classroom would essentially be an area designated for preschool students to get outdoor exercise and study natural environments.
When asked why this project is important to her, Janiszeski sighed and contemplated the many reasons.
“We’ve always struggled with having a place to work on large-motor skills, and kids need that time to let steam go,” she said, explaining that the preschoolers need to work around elementary schedules for the gym, boost-up room and playground.
“We wanted a space to call ours—the elementary equipment is actually too big for some of our 3-year-olds— but what we do will be for elementary-age kids, too.”
 
25 years ago (1997)
•Discussion during an Oct. 23 hearing to extend the state building code into a buffer zone around the city of Luverne also raised questions about “covenants” around Blue Mounds State Park.
According to rural resident Carol Maxwell, property owners within a mile of Blue Mounds State Park north of Luverne can’t build or remodel homes because of park covenants.
According to Tom Sawtelle, assistant manager of the park, Blue Mounds State Park has no covenants. He checked with the State Department of Parks and Recreation to find out once the subject was raised at the public hearing.
Land use around the park is governed by the county, he said.
 
50 years ago (1972)
•If you have a project that people believe in, you can get things done, Magnolia area folks will tell you. And they’ll prove it by showing you the new community center which is now going up on the vacant lot just south of the steak house on Main street.
A couple of things have bothered Magnolia people for some time. One was that the youngsters of the village and those from the surrounding community who attend school in Magnolia had no place to gather—after school, and particularly after home football and basketball games. Another concern was that for some time now, there hasn’t been a place in town where a person could sit down and buy a cup of coffee during the daytime. A third concern has been the fact that Magnolia hasn’t had a grocery store for a couple of years, and there was no place in town to go to buy such staple food items as milk and bread.
About a month ago, the Magnolia Booster Club, made up of Magnolia business men and area farmers decided to try to do something to chance the situation. If enough people were interested, they decided, it would be possible to raise enough money through donations to build a building that could provide restaurant facilities, a place where farmers and others could get together in the winter months for a game of pinochle, and where bread and milk could be made available particularly to the older people who don’t drive their cars any more.
 
75 years ago (1947)
•Luverne petroleum distributors this week joined in issuing a warning to all users of gasoline that it is strictly illegal to fill any container with gasoline unless the container is painted red.
The law prohibits the filling of any glass container, with a capacity of more than eight fluid ounces (one-half pint) with gasoline. …
Another provision of the law is that nothing other than gasoline may be sold in a red container.
 
100 years ago (1922)
•A new grocery establishment to be known as the “Serve Yourself” grocery store, will be opened to the public tomorrow by Otto Orloske, in the new Soutar store building on Freeman Avenue. All kinds of groceries, free and dried fruits and flour will be handled.
This is the first establishment of a “Serve Yourself” grocery in this city, and there is every reason to believe that it will be a success. The entire stock of goods will be on display and within easy access of shoppers. The customers themselves select the supplies they want, without awaiting their turn to be served. Only one clerk or cashier will be employed, who will receive the payments and make change and act as general informant.

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