LSS meals at Generations
Monday, May 16: Sloppy Joe on a bun, potato salad, fruit, pudding.
Tuesday, May 17: Chicken salad with a croissant, coleslaw, tropical fruit, cookie.
Activities: 12:30 p.m. Pinochle; Bunco.
Wednesday, May 18: Country-fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, bread, dessert.
Half-Price Day sponsored by Christian Reformed Church.
Thursday, May 19: Baked chicken, baked potato with sour cream, Italian vegetable blend, bread, dessert.
1 p.m. Lutheran Social Services frozen meal distribution.
Friday, May 20: Taco salad with salsa, sour cream, beans and tomatoes, pears, cake.
Half-Price Day sponsored by American Reformed Church.
LSS Dining offers well-balanced and affordable meals in a community atmosphere.
Call Lynette Hoiland at 283-9846 to arrange to pick up a dinner or for home-delivered meals.
Gift certificates are available at the meal site or online at www.lssmn.org/nutrition.

Area students graduate from U of M Moorhead

Minnesota State University Moorhead will award degrees to more than 800 students at the Spring 2022 commencement Friday, May 13, in the Nemzek Fieldhouse.
The following area students will graduate: Elijah Haugom, Bachelor of Science in geosciences, Luverne; McKenzie Helgeson, SPEC educational leadership, Beaver Creek; Bailey Swan, magna cum laude, Bachelor of Science, speech/language/hearing, Hills; Wyatt Vansteenberg, Bachelor of Science, business administration, Luverne.
 
Pap, Moser receive scholarships
Two area students were recipients of Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America scholarships in the amount of  $1,500.
They are Morgan Pap of Luverne and Samantha Moser of Beaver Creek.
Scholarship recipients were chosen based on their academic achievement, essay writing and involvement in agricultural and community organizations.
 
MSU Mankato commencement
Commencement ceremonies at Minnesota State University Mankato took place on May 6 and 7 for Spring 2022 graduates including four Luverne High School graduates.
They are Jesse Kontz, Bachelor of Science degree in law enforcement; Janae Kopp, Bachelor of Science in nursing, summa cum laude; Joci Oye, Bachelor of Science in marketing; and Kaitlyn Roberts, Bachelor of Science in alcohol and drug studies, magna cum laude.
 
Honors Program grads at U of N Lincoln
The University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will graduate a record 246 seniors during spring commencement exercises May 14 at Memorial Stadium.
To graduate from the Honors Program, students must maintain at least a 3.5 grade-point average, complete a culminating senior project or research thesis, and fulfill other curricular requirements.
May Honors Program graduates from Luverne are Samantha Pierce and Emma Verbrugge, both in the College of Arts and Sciences.

10 years ago (2012)
•Ian Sandager, Hills, completed his final seminar with the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership program this spring after traveling to Morocco with 29 classmates from across the state.
Sandager, who farms west of Hills, is involved with Class VI of MARL. MARL’s mission is “to develop the skills of state agriculture and rural leaders to enhance their effectiveness and impact in local, state, national and international areas.”
Sandager said the trip to Morocco was an educational experience.
 
25 years ago (1997)
•Luverne High School is getting out of the business of providing Internet access to local users.
In an agreement the board approved Thursday night, the district’s 52 local Internet customers will be taken over by Prairie Lakes Internet, a regional access provider that has recently installed a T-1 line in Luverne.
In return for the Luverne customers, Prairie Lakes has agreed to provide Internet service to the district at no cost.
 
50 years ago (1972)
•The Luverne High School Class of 1972 will have six co-valedictorians and three co-salutatorians, school officials announced this week.
Seniors receiving valedictorian honors include Jane Boone, Rebecca Boone, Vickie DeGroot, James Golla, Dennis Olson and Wendy Wildung. Co-salutatorians for the Class of ’72 are Joel Christensen, Gloria Oien and Merlin Wynia.
 
75 years ago (1947)
•Eighteen Luverne high school seniors have been selected as members of the National Honor Society. There are 71 graduating seniors in this year’s class.
Included are: Gordon Backer, Marilyn Brooks, William Fay, Betty Mae Goettsch, Imogene Lemke, Shirley Lohuis, Sara Ann McRobert, Mabe Moreaux, Velma Ralfs, Kathleen Rolph, Doris Schoon, Gail Shelby, Jean Soutar, Earl Strassburg, Carol Thorson, Walter Tofteland, Homer Vos, and Shirley Wiese.
Selections are based on scholarship, service, leadership and character, according to Harvey G. Eitreim, senior high principal.
 
100 years ago (1922)
•Rock county motion picture fans are to have the pleasure of seeing and hearing Miss Helen Gibson, the noted film star, who will appear in person at the Palace theatre, on Wednesday, May 17, in connection with the showing of her picture, “The Wolverine.”
Miss Gibson won her greatest fame in “The Hazards of Helen,” but some of the many daring feats she performed during the filming of this picture nearly cost Miss Gibson her life. She is the first motion picture star to appear in person at a Luverne theatre.

As a thank you to the community, the senior class of Luverne High School spent Friday morning completing service projects as part of the school’s annual Senior Service Day. Students worked on various tasks around Luverne and ended with lunch at the Luverne City Park. Instead of a Senior Skip Day, students who volunteer to complete a service project had an excused afternoon from school.

Richard and Milt Abraham, both of Lake Crystal, were recently honored for 50 years of continued membership and service with the American Legion.
Both graduated from Luverne High School in 1950 and joined the Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict.
After their discharge, they joined American Legion Post 294 in Lake Crystal in January 1972.
Milt, age 90, and Richard, 88, received the service honor from the National Office of the American Legion.
Each served the Legion in district, state and national officer positions through their five decades of membership.

Helen Mae Solma, 92, Rushmore, died Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Sunset Cottage in Worthington.
A funeral service was Saturday, May 7, at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church south of Rushmore. Burial was in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Little Rock, Iowa.
Helen Feeken was born Jan. 18, 1930, to Elmer and Florence (Reiter) Feeken in Ransom Township, rural Nobles County. She attended Kunkel School District #21.
Helen married Harvey Solma on Jan. 19, 1955, at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church south of Rushmore. After their marriage the couple lived and farmed with Harvey’s parents south of Adrian. In 1957 they began farming south of Rushmore until 1972, when they moved back to the farm south of Adrian. Helen worked as a dietary aide at Country View Manor Nursing Home in Sibley, Iowa, for over 30 years.
She was a lifetime member of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church south of Rushmore. Helen enjoyed gardening and crocheting. Many crocheted projects were enjoyed by her family.
Helen is survived by her three sons, Harlan (Pam) Solma, Luverne, Harris (Carrie) Solma, Sleepy Eye, and Gary (Tammy) Solma, Adrian; three daughters, Linda (Orville) Chambers, Reading, Kathleen (Jerry) Altman, Adrian, and Lori (Kevin) Lens, Ellsworth; 12 grandchildren, Mary (Rex) Hennings, Kevin (Jen) Altman, Jessi (Jay) Graff, Matt (Alison) Solma, Liz (Chris) Mattis, Jonny (Sierra) Solma, Julia (Alex) Lux, Taylor (friend, Jackie Anderson) Solma, Ashley (Michael) Huisman, Emily Lens, Clara (friend, Alan Lawless) Solma and Kasey Solma; 23 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Tillie Feeken, Rushmore, and Grace Feltman, Rushmore; and a brother, Robert (JoRita) Feeken, Worthington.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harvey, on May 28, 1997; a daughter, Doreen Lynn in February of 1965; a brother, Ubbe Feeken; and a sister, Fern Jacobs.
     Arrangements were provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Worthington, dingmannandsons.com.
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Gerald Wallace, 80, Luverne, died Sunday, May 8, 2022, at the Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A private family service will be at a later date.
      Arrangements are provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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The Patriot girls’ sprint relays have had success in most of their meets all season, but none bigger than the one Saturday afternoon at Howard Wood Field where 100 teams from five different states compete in Sioux Falls.
After coming up just inches short in the 4-by-200 meter-relay Friday afternoon, the team of Abbie Harris, Brynn Rauk, Layla Deelstra and Brynn Bakken were not going to be denied the chance to stand up on the podium in front of the 1,000-plus fans at Howard Wood Field again.
Strong runs by the first three runners left the Patriots just barely in second place as the anchor runners got the hand-off. Bakken, just a seventh-grader at H-BC, finished the race in first place for the Patriots as she has all year long.
She pulled ahead of the Colman-Egan runner just before the finish line to send the team up to the podium to pose with their first-place trophy in front of their excited fans.
The Patriots ran a season best in the race with a time of 52.53. Their next goal is to go after the school 4-by-100-meter relay record of 51.62 set back in 2019, a team Deelstra was also a part of.
The girls’ 4-by-200 mentioned before came in second place on Friday afternoon with a time of 1:50.80, just 0.17 seconds before the first place team.
Bakken also ran the open 100-meter dash Friday afternoon, placing 13th out of more than 50 runners with a season best 12.72.
The boys’ teams also ran in the 4-by-100 and 4-by-200-meter relays. The 4-by-200 team of Ty Bundesen, Liam Raymon, Eli Taubert and Cooper Gehrke finished in 13th place with a time of 1:37.72 while the 4-by-100 team of Bundesen, Raymon, Luke Fuerstenberg, and Arends placed 16th (47.14).

Twenty Cardinals competed in the 97th running of the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls May 6 and 7 with over 3,500 athletes from the five-state area.
Entries are limited, so only the best make the field. Although some events were run as one division, generally athletes competed in three classes – B, A, and AA – with Luverne competing in Class A.  
“I thought the kids did an awesome job of getting out and competing with some of the best kids in the region,” said LHS head track coach Pete Janiszeski.
“In the individual events you are competing against all ranges of school sizes, so it is a tremendous accomplishment just to get into the meet.”
Friday evening’s final in the 3200 saw Tenley Nelson and Jenna DeBates starting in the back of the pack and working their way up through the field. 
Ultimately, Nelson advanced all the way to second place with a time of 10:57.37, breaking her own school record. DeBates finished seventh in a time of 11:11.47.
Ashton Sandbulte ran a 10.82 in his 100-meter preliminary race, good for the third-fastest time going into the Saturday finale. More impressive was that the 100-meter runners competed in one division.  
Other Friday finals included Eli Radtke pole vaulting 13 feet. Several other competitors made the same height, so after calculating misses, he ended up in 12th place.  
The 4-by-800 of Ryan Fick, Sage Viessman, Camden Janiszeski and Owen Janiszeski finished eleventh (8:43.26).  
The 4-by-200-meter relay team of Lucky Dara, Zachary Terrio, Gavin DeBeer and Sandbulte finished 16th in 1:36.41.
The girls’ 4-by-200 team of Makena Nelson, Isabella Oye, Anna Banck and Sarah Stegenga finished 16th (1:53.45). 
Jordan Friedrichsen finished 16th in the shot put (48-4 1/2).
Camden Janiszeski finished 26th (9:59.15) in the 3200. Rounding out Day 1, Jocelyn Hart placed 16th (37-2) and Jadyn Hart 30th (35-0) in the discus.  
On Day 2, with high winds, race officials started the 100-meter-dash in the opposite direction, and Sandbulte clocked a wind-aided 10.63, which was good for third place and another school record to break his own previous record of 10.95.
The 4-by-100-meter relay team of Dara, Zachary Terrio, Radtke and Sandbulte placed third in a time of 45.38. 
The girls’ 4-by-100 team of Mia Wenzel, Banck, Oye and Stegenga finished 19th (54.02).
All in all, Janiszeski said it was a good day.
“We had our fair share of podium (top 8) finishes, which is awesome,” he said. “I was very proud of the kids for their efforts and performances.”