Lakers volleyball team grabs Subsection 6A-2 title

Nov. 7, 1963 – Glenwood High School’s football field, once one of the most well known in the area, was abandoned. History had been made on the field in 1930 when the Glenwood Lakers met Morris for the first high school football under the lights! Glenwood had won the game 40-4. The equipment included 24 reflectors, equipped with 1500-watt lamps mounted on eight 50-foot poles. The field was declared to be “as light as day.” Now the field had been deeded to the city. Games would be played on the new field north of the high school. Pictured in the Tribune, from those early days were coach E.N. Nordgaard, Roy Vegoe, Howard Vegoe, Clarence Bucholz and Cliff Hansen. 

Nov. 8, 1973 – The temperature dropped for the first time during the season to lows of 10 and 11 degrees. No snow was yet in evidence, however. 

A bumper harvest was straining the capacities of storage facilities in the area. Makeshift corn cribs on the farms and long lines to add to the piles at county elevators were common. 

The Glenwood Lakers girls’ basketball team passed its first test in District No. 22 action when the girls defeated Brandon 60-18. Members of the team included Jackie Christman, Jayne Lock, Cindy Ostrander, Carol Olson, Louise Nyhammer, Denise Kremin, Janelle Ihnen, Karen Rostad, Barb Anderson, Laura Cooley, Brenda Anderson, Jamie Tweit and Julie Hanson. They were coached by Helen Lehar. 

Nov. 3, 1983 – Filing opened for two positions on the Glenwood City Commission for terms of four or five years though no one could say at the time of the filing. A special city charter change on the election day and year would also be under consideration. Proposed was the first Tuesday after the first Monday in December in even numbered years. The passage or defeat of this charter change would determine the number of years those elected to the position would serve. 

Bob Moe, Glenwood city grantsman, told the Glenwood City Commission that further development plans for Barsness Park were underway and included a mini softball diamond, a lowering of park speed limits and a potential revamping of the campground. 

Nov. 8, 1993 – Financing options for people wishing to buy their first homes may have been the most attractive in many years for homes located in Glenwood and Villard. The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency had allocated $500,000 for Glenwood and $250,000 for Villard under the Program. The money was allocated after the cities had expressed interest in the programs the previous spring. The program would allow people who hadn’t owned a home for three years to purchase an existing home with a value of up to $62,000 or a new home costing $72,000 and finance it with a 6.25 percent, 30-year fixed rate mortgage. 

The Minnewaska Lakers girls’ volleyball team grabbed the Subsection 6A-2 title at Minnewaska Area High School, but until then had given the fans an emotional roller coaster ride through a game that lasted over 2 1/2 hours, ending after 11:15 p.m., after seeing the girls lead, lose that lead and regain it again. Pictured in the Tribune were Minnewaska Lakers Donna Lyon, Susan Paukert, Misty Burns, Josie Hoffman, Heidi Mueller, Melissa Thom, Jenny Lindquist, Deanna McKigney, Tenille Ring, Dacia Ekstrand, Robin Himango, Missy Butler and Jessica Zavadil, along with assistant coaches Bobby Jo Johnson, Maureen Ricard and Linda Kingston and Head Coach Dave Moe. 

Ten Minnewaska Lakers swimmers were to compete in the Section 6A swim tournament at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Representing the Lakers were Beth DeGree, Abby Domier, Morgan Domier, Crystal Erickson, Jenny Forte, Nicole Johnson, Barbie Olson, Kate Nelson, Katie Shea and Robin Stoltz. 

Ann and Andy Preschool was sponsoring its annual fundraiser of selling tickets for Ann and Andy dolls. Students were pictured in the Tribune with the dolls made by Pat Moen. All proceeds were to go toward the school, which was celebrating its 20th anniversary. Kathy Ofstedal was the preschool teacher. 

Nov. 10, 2003 – Minnewaska Area School officials were already making preliminary plans to make radical cuts to programs and personnel because of the failed levy referendum. Specifics had yet to be determined, but Bob Vaadeland, school superintendent, said that the cuts would be deep.  

The City of Glenwood had agreed to borrow $300,000 to ensure that a new Lakeside Ballroom was built, if the cost of the construction did not exceed $1.8 million. 

Arctic air surged through Pope County bringing with it snow and cold temperatures. The below-zero temperatures made ice on area lakes and ponds and created frozen sculptures along shorelines. 

Nov. 4, 2013 – The Glenwood Rotary Club again provided a personal dictionary for each third-grader at Minnewaska Area Elementary School. Rotary has been providing the dictionaries  as a part of a literacy program for a number of years. 

West Central Initiative (WCI) is ranked seventh on the Minnesota Council on Foundations’ (MCF) newly released list of the state’s top 25 community and public foundations. The foundation is also ranked 42nd on MCF’s top 50 Minnesota grantmakers by assets. Last year, WCI ranked eighth and 41st respectively. 

At its Oct. 15 meeting the county board of commissioners voted 4-1 to proceed with a quiet title action intended to define right-of-way boundaries for County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 17. The action was brought to the board for consideration by Pope County Engineer Brian Noetzelman as a way to expedite documentation of the road’s right-of-way – something which is needed for the county to be able to use state-aid funds to fix CSAH 17.