Locals win the lottery

Feb. 14, 1963 – Glenwood’s vocal music instructor, Harold Skilbred, and its band director, George Opheim, returned from the District No. 22 music contests with high praise for local musicians. Of the 12 entries picked to enter regional competition, five were from Glenwood. They included Pam Fischer, Barbara Kuhns, Jackie Hanson, Ruth Gilbertson and the clarinet choir made up of Andrea Anderson, Kuhns, Patty Bogie, Jane Hoplin, Kathy Forbes, Priscilla Hoium, Janet Femrite and Wendy Schaub.

Allan Buchanan had resigned as an associate of Norvell Callaghan in his law practice. 

The controversial oleo margarine tax got a thorough going over during the annual meeting of the county’s township officers. Both State Sen. Cliff Lofvegren and State Rep. J.H. Peterson went on record as opposing removing the tax from colored margarine. 

Feb. 15, 1973 – Documents were sealed into the cornerstone of the new Glenwood Municipal Building which was then placed into the building’s structure. Pictured in the Tribune as they participated in this ceremony were city commissioners Don Bishop  and Bob O’Fallon, Mayor Oliver Hoplin, city planning commission member Pete Meyer, and Don Miller, city clerk. 

The possibility of a cooperative arrangement between the school district of Glenwood and Starbuck to design cooperative classes was being considered. Meeting to discuss the matter were school board members from the two communities, the superintendents and some representatives of the faculties. 

The Glenwood Jaycees voted to add $2,500 to the fund which was being established to recruit doctors to the area. The fund would arrange for a scholarship for a senior medical student at the University of Minnesota. The Jaycees also donated funds for a two-way radio which would enable the ambulance crew to operate more efficiently. 

Feb. 17, 1983 – Local residents were pinching themselves to see if the weather the area was experiencing was real. A thermometer on a local bank was pictured in the Tribune as reading 46 degrees. The mercury officially hit 47 that day. 

Funeral services were held for longtime Glenwood banker and civic leader E.A. Walter, who died at the age of 93. He was an active banker at Glenwood State Bank from 1917 to 1971, when he sold his majority share to Ralph Cheeseman, Dennis Martinson and Howard Williams. He had served as president of the bank continuously from 1947 until his retirement. He had also been a charter member of the Glenwood Lions Club, a Boy Scout supporter, a member of the Masonic Lodge and Shrine, the Glenwood  Chamber of Commerce and the Minnewaska Golf Club, as well as other local organizations. 

Feb. 15, 1993 – Glenwood-Lowry, Starbuck and Villard and the joint powers district were to become one school district on July 1, since voters had approved the consolidation of the districts. One of the first changes residents would notice was that, come the May school board election, only 11 positions would be on the ballots. The board currently had 19 members. 

Glenwood-Lowry school board members got a glimpse of what Central school in Glenwood could become if it were turned into a community center for public or private use. Architect Jeri Zuber made the presentation to the board after he had been hired to make such a presentation. The architect’s view of a proposed atrium was pictured in the Tribune. 

Area residents were to have an opportunity to look at what Glenwood could look like through the eyes of David Zach, a futurist. He was to make three presentations in Glenwood. Among the reasons cited by Dairyland and American Business Forms for providing financial sponsorship were: to introduce people to futuristic thinking, to provide hope for those now in despair, to start a new way to think about old buildings and small towns, to do something positive in changing attitudes and to see futuristic ideas and how they interrelate with situations which affect people in Pope County.

Feb. 17, 2003 – After months of discussion, the Glenwood City Commissions decided to accept proposals from private parties to lease the Lakeside Ballroom. 

“I think it’s appropriate to give people an opportunity to make their pitch,” said Mayor John Stone. “We’ll take a look and see what is best for the city overall, not just for its finances but because of whatever the winning person might bring to Glenwood.”

Feb. 18, 2013 – Its been a snowy, wind-blown winter – perfectly illustrated by the photo that was in the Tribune taken at Glenwood City Beach on the day of the Scout Fishing Derby. With more than a foot of snow depth and piles of the stuff plowed from roadways and parking lots, summer sometimes seems a long way off. But that “Off Duty” sign will change to “On Duty” In just a few short months as fish houses, cars and heavy boots are replaced with sunscreen, boats and bathing suits. 

The Glenwood City Commission voiced support for the proposed downtown street reconstruction plan and last Tuesday voted to allocate $6,000 toward the second phase design for the project. The $6,000, however, is contingent on Pope County also allocating $6,000 to the project.

Congratulations to Alice Bolden, Carol Braaten, Janet Caldwell and Carolyn Mcardle of Glenwood, Kimberly Olson of Lowry and Kay Wernsing of Villard. They won $10,000 by playing the Minnesota State Lottery’s Powerball game and claimed their prize on Feb. 5. The winning ticket was purchased at Gas Mart of Glenwood.