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Remember When for Sept. 28, 2017

10 years ago (2007)
•Most businesses have responded positively to the smoking ban that takes effect across Minnesota Monday.
Public Health Educator Paula Anderson said, “We believe the majority of people are going to embrace the new law, because it’s what Minnesotans wanted, it’s what local folks wanted.”
Some examples of local businesses willing to change are Papik Motors declaring its entire grounds smoke free and Luverne Lanes already starting its league season smoke free.
The Freedom to Breath Act essentially means no workplace that is open to more than one person can allow smoking.
 
25 years ago (1992)
•In an era of growing environmental restrictions and regulations, Rock County has taken a step to ease the pain.
The Board of Commissioners Tuesday agreed to a contract to ship the county’s garbage to a regional landfill in Lyon County beginning July 1, 1993. The contract runs for five years or until the first two cells of Lyon County’s landfill are full.
 
50 years ago (1967)
•The Lyon county attorney at Rock Rapids has filed a petition for preliminary hearing in Lyon County District Court to determine ownership of three head of cattle found on a farm near Inwood.
The animals were tentatively identified by Henry Spykerboer, Kanaranzi township farmer, from whom 42 head of feeder cattle were stolen from his feedlot five miles south of Luverne off U.S. 75 on September 11.
The Rock county sheriff’s office, the Lyon County sheriff’s office and state crime officials from both Minnesota and Iowa have been working on the case since the loss was reported two weeks ago.
 
75 years ago (1942)
•A county airplane spotting service , part of a statewide network, is being organized in Rock county at the present time by Hugo Moeller, Luverne, county director of the airplane spotting service, and Lt. S. E. Greene, inspector-instructor of the airplane spotting section of the Minnesota State Guard.
An observation post in each village and in each of the county’s 12 townships will be designated, and a chief observer and alternate have been chosen for each township. They will in turn organize a group of spotters who will work with them in reporting all planes seen or heard when and if this area is placed on the alert of military authority.
 
 
100 years ago (1917)
•Relief of the coal shortage, the farm labor shortage and the probable car shortage for potato shipments were matters that received serious consideration at a meeting of the Rock County Public Safety committee held Wednesday afternoon in this city.
Reports from various villages in the county showed that there is grave danger of a big shortage of coal unless something is done to relieve the situation. Some reports showed that less coal has been received up to the present date than ordinarily is received by July 1st. Arrangements were made by the committee for a detailed report of the coal situation in each locality, which report is to include the ordinary or expected source of supply, the amount needed to put coal supply on a normal basis and the probable total amount required for the winter. This report will be submitted to the newly appointed coal administrator for Minnesota and he will be urged to take the steps necessary to supply the shortage.

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