10 years ago (2010)
•Karen Roberts has been a nurse for more than 40 years. And with the professional precision of a registered nurse, she counts her nursing career years as in the high 30s.
“They made you quit when you had children back then,” she said.
On Wednesday, Oct. 13, Roberts was honored by Sanford Health network with the prestigious DAISY Award.
It recognizes “her excellent interpersonal skills and her ability to establish special connections with the patients and families she cares for.”
The non-profit DAISY Foundation was established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at the age of 33 in 1999 from an autoimmune disease.
The care Barnes and his family received from nurses inspired the family to establish the award to thank nurses for making a difference in the lives of patients and their families.
“Karen exhibits the values and attributes that are highly valued by Sanford nurses, including teamwork, collaboration, leadership, and enthusiasm,” said Bonnie Barnes of the DAISY Foundation.
25 years ago (1995)
•If school activities and colder weather don’t keep young people off the streets of Luverne, a new, tougher city ordinance will.
City council members voted unanimously Monday to approve a new city ordinance that will tighten restrictions on curfew and loitering in town.
The ordinance, which becomes effective Thursday, Nov. 2, prohibits loitering of any kind anywhere in the city by anyone at anytime. Until now, there has been no ordinance on loitering in Luverne.
It also imposes an earlier curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds. The current curfew ordinance requires them to be off the streets by 1 a.m. The new ordinance requires them to be in by midnight.
Curfew for those younger than 16 remains the same: 10 p.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. on weekends.
50 years ago (1970)
•Minnesota duck hunters had a very successful opener according to a weekend bag check by game managers of the Conservation Department’s game and fish division.
The average bag on Saturday was 1.9 birds, equaling the success of the good opening in 1969.
The opener this year, as well as in 1969, brought the highest opening day successes since bag checks started in 1961. On Sunday the average bag was one duck per hunter, about the same as last year. As usual some marshes produced good results and others very little.
On Saturday, game managers checked 3,436 hunters in all parts of the state. On Sunday 1,545 hunters were checked. Hunting pressure was noticeably up from last year.
75 years ago (1945)
•Tomorrow, Friday, October 26, will be “V-8 Day” in Luverne.
Fred Herman, of the Herman Motor Company, announced that the new 1946 Ford, with many advancements would be on display in the Herman Motor Company display rooms tomorrow, and that the public is invited to come in and see the first new post war car in Luverne.
“It’s the smartest Ford ever built,” Mr. Herman declared this week, “and it has more new developments than most prewar yearly models. It will give greater economy, longer life and finer performance.
“A Ford owner now has his choice of a 100 horsepower V-8 engine, or a 90 horsepower 6-cylinder engine.
“The new car engine come equipped with big hydraulic brakes for quick quiet stops, and a full cushioned ride is provided by the addition of new spring and chock absorbing features.”
100 years ago (1920)
•Seven cents per bushel was decided upon as fair remuneration for picking corn this fall, at a joint meeting of corn growers and pickers, held Saturday evening at the Luverne Commercial clubrooms.
Over a hundred interested persons were present at the meeting and a considerable percentage of them took part in the discussions to a greater or less extent.
On account of the cost of husking gloves, clothes, etc., the pickers in presenting their side of the case urged that the price set be high enough to insure them a good wage in keeping with the wages being paid in town.
On the other hand the corn growers called attention to the fact that corn picking is not worth anywhere near as much as it was last year because the price of corn is much lower.
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