Luverne’s circus will soon be hereAre you planning to attend Luverne’s circus?Tickets are now on sale for the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus, which will be here on Monday, June 30.There will be two shows for the circus, one at 5p.m. and the other at 7:30 p.m.The 1 1/2 hour performance features a variety of aerial acts, clowns, animals, and other circus features.A free feature of the circus will be at 9 a.m. Monday morning with the tent raising. At 10 a.m. there will be a free endangered species show.Tickets for the circus are now on sale at Glen’s Food Center, M&M, Minnwest Bank, First F&M Bank and First National Bank.Hills Poker Run and Car ShowIf you have a classic car you want to show off, Hills is the place for you this Saturday.The annual Hills Car Show will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hills City Park, with dash plaques awarded to the first 50 entries.The 15 classes include six truck and nine car divisions.Following the car show, the annual poker run will be held.Registration for the poker run will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot of Lewis Drug in Brandon, S.D. Stops on the poker run will include Rauk’s in Beaver Creek, Papik Motors and Sears in Luverne, Double Play in Lester, Iowa, and ending back on Main Street in Hills.Money raised from the events will go to local charities.Contact Mark at 962-3256 or Gary at 962-3749 for more information.Historical Society to hold barn dance fund-raiserThe Rock County Historical Society will have a fund-raiser with a barn dance at the barn they are raising the money for.The Century Farm Barn, currently located at the Rock County fairgrounds, was originally on the Maurice Fitzer farm, southwest of Luverne.The barn was recently moved to the Rock County fairgrounds to serve as a Historical Farm Museum, according to Betty Mann, President of the Rock County Historical Society.The barn dance will be on Saturday, June 14, with a 6:30 p.m. supper of hot dogs, barbeques, baked beans, chips and drinks, and the dance will be from 7 to 11 p.m.The Society has been in contact with a square dancing club from Sioux Falls, who might also perform at the event.Although there will be some picnic tables available, you are encouraged to bring your own lawn chairs.Immediately following the barn dance, the building will be cleaned out and converted to a historical farm museum.Guthrie tops list of state bonding billsAlthough the state is struggling though some difficult financial times, it did manage to pass a $231 million bonding bill before the special session ended last week.Here is a list of the top 10 biggest projects in the new bonding bill.Guthrie Theatre:$25 millionTranslational medical research center, U of M:$24.7 millionWastewater infrastructure, North Shore: $15 millionMnSCU land acquisition: $10 million:St. Cloud State Univ. centennial: $10 millionSouthwest State Univ. library: $9.2 millionU of M, Morris, social science renovation: $8.6 millionMinnesota State Univ., Mankato, athletic center: $8.4 millionU of M Jones Hall renovation: $48 millionRural business development infrastructure: $7.5 millionPublisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com
