Farm losses in the millions

July 5, 1962 – Installation services for the Rev. Duane Berg, the new pastor at Farwell Lutheran Church and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lowry, were held. Berg was a 1962 graduate of Luther Theological Seminary and had been ordained at Mt. Horeb, Wis., near his home.

Pictured in the Tribune having observed the 20th anniversary of their graduation from Glenwood High School were Lynn Krook, Manfred Branby, Donald Benson, Robert Moreau, LeRoy Wittwer, Bill Churchill, Don Kelly, Wendell Peterson, Jim Bogie, Harvey Nelson, Fred Sellgren, Cliff Grindy, Helen Reese, Eunice Cross Court, Evelyn Goerdt Stepan, Ethelle Gehlhar Fiala, Beatrice Tweit Nyhammer, Elizabeth Bogie, Doris Peterson Swanson, Lillian Thomsen Harvey, Alma Jean Clark Connell, Leona Kvitek Tvrdik, Evelyn Ostrander Anderson, Frances Krrok Johnson, Leanora Stone Bentrud, Inez Swenson Jergenson and Nancy Whittemore Earl.

The Movie, Spartacus, was showing at the local theater.

July 6, 1972 – Linda Flom, Liz Tauber and Mary Schliesman were packing for a three-week Girl Scout Wyoming trek. Annette Gasser and Leone Howe had served as troop leaders for the year.

Farm losses in a six-county area of West Central Minnesota were estimated to be around $23 million due to excessive spring moisture. Pope, Douglas, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin counties were determined to have had enough rain to create a hardship. The Pope County loss was estimated to be nearly $3 million.

The Pope County Chorus and Orchestra was readying itself and a production of The Lowland Sea. Among the participants were Dick Sivertson, Debbie Whittemore, Bill Zubke, Tom Larson, Nancy Harvey, Kathy Myrom, Karen Larson, Joan Wolf, Sandy Bergman and Lee Paulson.

July 8, 1982 – Representatives of the city of Glenwood and Glenwood Township “fine tuned” plans for the construction of a sewage treatment facility in the township.

Orin Flom, retired mail carrier, received a gold membership card from the Postal Carriers’ Union. Gil Voerding presented the card to Flom, who had carried mail for 42 years through the Glenwood office and had belonged to the union for 50 years.

Ethel Christenson, of Glenwood, was one of 37 adults who received their high school equivalency (GED) certificates at ceremonies at the technical school in Granite Falls. Christenson was also one of the six in the group over the age of 60.

Five county 4-Hers won state fair trips during the annual Demonstration Day. They were JoAnn Opdahl, of the Wayside Club; Chris Morris, Kathy Morris and Patrick Morris, of the Pleasant Hill Troopers; and Caroylyn Bryce, of the Lakeview Club. 

July 6, 1992 – Fifty Pope County employees voted on July 1 whether or not they should strike. The results had not yet been made public. As members of the Public and Law Enforcement Teamster Local No. 320, the union employees had been working without contract since Jan. 1.

What was supposed to be the routine removal of old oil tanks at E.N. Nordgaard and Central High School in Glenwood took a bad turn when the Central tank proved to be leaking. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency was notified and the emergency removal of the tank was scheduled for the next day.

While visiting Dairyland Computers and Consulting Company two Russian men, with Russian-to-English dictionaries in their hands, said they were very impressed with America. There were no computer companies in their country which were similar in size to Dairyland. Very few families had their own personal computer, they were too expensive.

Walt Greene announced that he would be closing Greene’s Shoes in downtown Glenwood. Greene said he hated “to do this because I know it is not a good thing for other businesspeople downtown, but I have another job opportunity I feel is better in the long run.” Greene had owned and operated Greene’s Shoes for 23 years.

July 8, 2002 – The Pope County Board of Commissioners began work on the 2003 operating budget and it was immediately clear that the count coffers are not likely to stretch as far as they had in recent years. Commissioners had already instructed county departments and the organizations receiving annual appropriations from the county to reflect a zero-percent increase in their operating budgets for 2003.

Work started on four new homes in the GDC Park Addition housing development. Two of the homes were being built by West Central Communities Action and two were to be built by the Glenwood Development Corporation. The homes are geared to first-time home buyers, which is defined as a person who has not owned a home for at least two years.

According to the community cash flow survey, most residents in Pope County use restaurants and buy their groceries within the county. “About 60 percent of food and beverage spending is done within the county,” said Dr. Jon Anderson, associate professor of statistics at the University of Minnesota, Morris, “About 30 percent of respondents spend over 80 percent of their food and beverage spending in the county.”

July 9, 2012 – The county reopened the issue that was put aside in 2006: possibly making the offices of auditor/treasurer and recorder appointive rather than elective. The reaction to the idea, internally, had been positive, but opposition from citizens is why the idea was tabled in the past. County Coordinator Jim Thoreen said the matter should be taken straight to voters in the November election with a question on the ballot.

There would be a scary addition rolling into the Waterama Grande Day Parade. Pope County Fright Nights, a fundraising event for Glenwood & Beyond, was adding its macabre flair to the popular parade. 

Judge Jon Stafsholt was presented with the Glenwood Rotary’s Lifetime Achievement Award at a special program during the Rotary meeting.