The Patriots were on the road this past week hoping to get their first conference win.
On Tuesday they traveled to Ellsworth, and on Friday they played at Lamberton.
The Lady Pates fell short and lost both games in three sets.
They will finish their regular season with three home games.
 
HBC v Adrian/Ellsworth
H-B C fell to Adrian by scores of 25-16, 25-17, 25-18.
The individual statistics are as follows:
Serves: Kenadie Fick 9/9 with 2 ace serves
Attacks: Kenadie Fick 7 kills, Larissa Steinhoff 5 kills, Taylor Durst 3 kills
Set assists: Tess VanMaanen 12
 
HBC v RRC
H-BC lost to RRC by scores of 25-7, 25-13, 25-13
Player results are as follows
Serves: Tara Paulsen 7/7 with 2 ace serves
Attacks: Lanae Elbers 5 kills
Set assists: Tess VanMaanen 6, Brynn Rauk 6

The Patriots volleyball team fought hard to get a win for Senior Night Monday, Oct. 18, but the Eagles were able to hold on to win in three close sets, 25-19, 25-21 and 25-23.
Sophomore Lanae Elbers had a great night in the front row and started the Patriots out with three kills to come within a point of the Eagles at 6-5.
The Eagles were able to widen the gap to 13-7, but kills by Leanna Gaugler, Elbers and Larissa Steinhoff got the Patriots within four at 20-16.
The Eagles would go on to win the set 25-19.
Set 2 was tied 5-5 early on, but the Eagles went on a run pulling ahead by eight points.
A push by Tess VanMaanen to the back row corner made it 20-13, Eagles.
The Patriots fought back and, with some good serving by Brynn Rauk, came within two, 22-20. A kill by Gaugler kept the Patriots in the game, behind again by only two, 23-21, but the Eagles finished the set 25-21.
The two teams went back and forth in the third set and the score was tied several times.
 A kill by Kenadie Fick started the Patriots out with the lead 2-1.
The score was tied at 7-7 and 10-10, and kills by Elbers and Steinhoff gave the Patriots the lead again, 14-12.
The Eagles fought back and tied the game at 19-19.
An ace serve by VanMaanen and a tip by Elbers pulled the Patriots ahead 22-21.
The score tied again at 22-22 and 23-23. An ace serve by the Eagles and a final kill by Rylie Fey gave the Eagles the win in the third set, 25-23. 
The Patriots play Tuesday night in Hills against Adrian/Ellsworth.
 
Serves: Tess VanMaanen 12/12 with one ace serve
Attacks: Lanae Elbers 11 kills, Taylor Durst and Larissa Steinhoff 4 kills
Set Assists: VanMaanen 24

My household includes four Labrador retrievers, which some people think is a lot of dogs. It wasn’t always this way for me.
I was volunteering at the Little Sioux Retriever Club Hunt test back in the mid-90s and I was sitting around five different dog trainers. I asked them as a group, “Why would anyone need more than one dog?” They all started laughing.
I figured you can only hunt one dog at a time so what good were three or four hanging around the house.
I answered that question on my own about 90 days later. I had one female yellow Lab named Scout. She hunted opening weekend for pheasants with me and the guy who trained her.
I took her out on my first solo hunt that following Monday when she ran full bore into a bent-over T-post and ended up with about 30 stitches.
She was out of the hunting game for three weeks, and by the time she was back to 100 percent, the hunting season that year was almost half over.
I knew right then and there that I needed more than one dog.
The following season I was out in South Dakota with two dogs. I hunted for about 30 minutes, and with super high temperatures, that was about all the dog could give without endangering its health. 
I took out dog No. 2 with the same results, and by noon I was out of dog. Two dogs tuckered out from high temperatures.
As life would have it, I ended up with four dogs.
Now, I am not your average pheasant hunter. Of the 60,000 pheasant hunters in Minnesota the average harvest is 3.7 birds per year per person.  I shoot way more than that. I hunt in several different states and only hunt birds. 
I buy a deer license every year so I can legally mentor kids on my property. But I have never filled a deer tag. I could have most likely shot a deer almost every year, but I get all the venison I want or need from my friends and have never had a chance at a true trophy buck. If I ever get that chance, I would certainly take it. But I use my dogs primarily for hunting birds.
My fourth dog is 18 months old and getting ready to participate in his first wild bird season. 
I completed all of the basic work with him and then sent him to my trainer friend in Bemidji so he could work him on some live birds. 
Many dog owners can do this at a game farm, but there is no place within 100 miles of my home to do so. It is just not an option at that distance for a guy that still has a day job. This training is best started and done multiple days each week.
So, Ghost went to a pheasant preserve on Oct. 12 for about three weeks of actual on-the-ground pheasant hunting.
On a pheasant preserve they often shoot 100 birds or more in a morning. There is no place on earth that a new dog can get that amount of experience in that short a time.
If the average hunter harvests 1.7 birds per season, a more dedicated hunter might shoot 10-20 in a season. One morning on the preserve can be the equivalent of 10 years of retrieving experience in one day. 
If the dog does his thing for three weeks, it is an immeasurable benefit to both the dog and the owner. No place else could this be duplicated.
You do have the risk of the dog getting hurt or even killed by a customer of the preserve. 
Even if my dog trainer friend is right on the spot, you can still have issues with unsafe hunters.
This method has been part of my training regime for the past 20-plus years.
Ghost is the son of my oldest dog Tracer. He has been gone for four months now and I really do miss him. If the dog lives 12 years, it is worth the four-month absence to end up with a stallion dog as a result. When he gets home, we will have a love em’ up reunion.
With four stellar dogs between 18 months and 10 years of age, I have a bench deep enough to get me through just about any season of injuries or other issues.
Dogs are my life. Pheasant hunting is my life. They are unequivocally linked together.
The interdependent relationship between dog and hunter is one most folks will never understand, but it is one that I cherish almost more than anything else.
 
Scott Rall, Worthington, is a habitat conservationist, avid hunting and fishing enthusiast and is president of Nobles County Pheasants Forever. He can be reached at scottarall@gmail.com. or on Twitter @habitat champion.
 

A few years ago, our daughter wanted to purchase a car we advised against.
“But Dad, it’s a Lexus, and it has new tires,” she said.
She did purchase the car and had nothing but problems with it, of course, except for the tires. The vehicle progressively got worse, and she started looking for a new car.
My wife would send her pictures of affordable vehicles, and it drove her crazy because she was only looking at certain ones.
However, there was one which caught her eye, one she had previously overlooked; it was a 2016 Ford Fiesta. It had everything she wanted and more.
Have you ever felt like a Ford Fiesta, like you’ve been overlooked? Maybe not noticed or chosen? Asking questions to yourself, “Why can’t I be good at sports?” “Why do I feel like such a failure?” “Do I have any value at all?” Or, maybe you’ve even asked the question, “Why is God so unfair?”
The Apostle Paul writes in Romans 9:14-16 and 19-21: 14 Are we saying, then, that God was unfair? Of course not! 15For God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.” 16So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it. …
19Well then, you might say, “Why does God blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simply done what He makes them do?”
20No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
Paul is trying to get his point across here by saying it is God who chooses.
Paul then poses the question, “Who are we to question God?” Doesn’t God have the same right that any Creator has over his creation? Just like a potter with his clay.
God doesn’t overlook anyone, or even small cars! Our daughter loves her car, and she would have overlooked it.
There are times we may feel overlooked; we feel like a Fiesta instead of a Lexus. But God can make the beautiful out of the ugly. Stop comparing and let God direct you. He will place you exactly where you are needed.
He chose you for a specific purpose. It’s up to you to find and fulfill your purpose. It’s up to you to say, “I am chosen, I am a child of God!”

St. Catherine Catholic Church
203 E. Brown St., Luverne
St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org
Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor
Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information.
 
Luverne Christian Reformed Church
605 N. Estey St., Luverne
Office Ph. 283-8482; Prayer Line Ph. 449-5982
www.luvernecrc.com — office@luvernecrc.com
Sundays 9:30 a.m. Worship service. 6:30 p.m. Evening worship service. We are streaming Sunday services live on YouTube at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Send him a friend request if you’re not connected. You may also visit our website for delayed broadcasts. Also our services are on local cable TV at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays. In all circumstances, may we joyfully declare: “Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 124:8.
 
First Baptist Church
103 N. Jackson St., P.O. Box 975, Luverne
Ph. 283-4091; email: fbcluv@iw.net — www.fbcluverne.org
Walt Moser, Pastor
Sundays, 10:30 a.m. In-person worship service. Service is also on Facebook Live at 10:30 a.m.
 
Grace Lutheran Church
500 N. Kniss Ave., Luverne
Ph. 507-283-4431; www.graceluverne.org — graceluverne@iw.net
Ann Zastrow, Pastor
Dave Christenson, Interim Pastor
Thursday, Oct. 21: 8:30 a.m. Missions in Action. Sunday, Oct. 24: 9 a.m. Worship service with Holy Communion. 10 a.m. Fellowship Coffee. 10 a.m. NO Sunday school. NO Confirmation class. 5 p.m. Worship service with Holy Communion. 6:30 p.m. Worship practice. Tuesday, Oct. 26: 7 a.m. Dorcus Circle meets at The Bean. 9 a.m. Staff meeting. 2:30 p.m. Worship at Poplar Creek. Wednesday, Oct. 27: Youth Wreath sales start. 7 a.m. Men’s Bible study. 3:15 p.m. Faithweavers. 5 p.m. Youth supper. 6:15 p.m. 6th-7th grade Confirmation. 6:30 p.m. Voices of Grace rehearsal. 7:15 p.m. 8th grade Confirmation. 8:15 p.m. 9th grade Confirmation. Pizza Ranch tip night. Thursday, Oct. 28: 8:30 a.m. Missions in Action. Online, TV and Radio Worship options are available. Online: Sundays 9 a.m. on the church website www.graceluverne.org, click Worship tab or go directly to our Facebook page at Grace Lutheran ELCA, Luverne. TV: Vast Channel 3 will air our worship service Mondays at 4:30 p.m. and Fridays at 10 a.m. Radio: KQAD-AM Radio will air our worship service on Sundays at 8:15 a.m.
 
Bethany Lutheran Church
720 N. Kniss Ave., Luverne
Ph. 507-283-4571 or 605-215-9834
pastorapalmquist67@yahoo.com
Andrew Palmquist, Pastor
Sundays, 10:15 a.m. Worship service; worship online as well (at els.org). Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. Zoom Bible study. See our Facebook page, Bethany Lutheran Church (Luverne) for other classes and events.
 
American Reformed Church
304 N. Fairview Dr., Luverne
Ph. 283-8600; email: office@arcluverne.org
Thursday, Oct. 21: 9 a.m. Cookie crew. Friday, Oct. 22: 6:30 a.m. Community men’s Bible study. Wedding rehearsal. Saturday, Oct. 23: Jenna Leslie and Brandon Boeve wedding. Sunday, Oct. 24: 9:30 a.m. Worship service. 10:50 a.m. Sunday School. 12 p.m. Youth room reserved. 3 p.m. Gospel jubilee. Tuesday, Oct. 26: 12 p.m. Staff meeting. 7 p.m. Prayer meeting. Youth room reserved. Wednesday, Oct. 27: 5:30 p.m. Midweek Meal. 6:30 p.m. Pioneer Clubs and youth groups. Thursday, Oct. 28: 5:30 p.m. Reserved—Tumbling Tikes. Services are also broadcast on Vast Channel 3 on Mondays at 6 p.m. and Wednesdays at 4 p.m. DVD’s available upon request. To stay up to date on announcements, follow us on Facebook and Instagram @arcluverne.
 
Rock River Community Church (formerly First Assembly of God)
1075 110th Ave., 2 miles west of Luverne on County Rd. 4
Ph. 612-800-1255; email info@rockrivercommunity.church
Bob Junak, Pastor; Annette Junak, Assistant Pastor
Sundays, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. Worship service. Children’s church for ages 3-6th grade and nursery for ages 0-3 provided during our services. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Worship service. All services are in-person and all are welcome.
 
United Methodist Church
109 N. Freeman Ave., Luverne
Ph. 283-4529
Dorrie Hall, Pastor
Saturday, Oct. 23: 8 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, Sept. Oct. 24: 9:30 a.m. Adult Sunday school. 9:45 a.m. Coffee hour. 10:30 a.m. Worship Service. 4:30 p.m. Genesis/Revelation Bible study. Wednesday, Oct. 30: 5 p.m. Community Meal. 8 p.m. AA meeting. Live streamed on Facebook and radio.
 
First Presbyterian Church
302 Central Lane, Luverne
Ph. 283-4787; email: Firstpc@iw.net— www.fpcluverne.com
Jason Cunningham, Pastor
Sunday, Oct. 24: 9:30 a.m. Worship service. 10:30 a.m. Sunday school. Monday, Oct. 25: Quilting. Wednesday, Oct. 27: Circles meet. 5:30 p.m. Bell choir. 6:15 p.m. Cancel choir. In-person Worship service and live on Facebook. Our Facebook page can be found under First Presbyterian Church of Luverne. We are also on the local Luverne cable station at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and 10 a.m. on Thursdays.
 
St. John Lutheran Church
803 N. Cedar St., Luverne
Ph. 283-2316; email: stjohn@iw.net
www.stjohnlutheranluverne.org
Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, Pastor
Saturday, Oct. 23: 5:30 p.m. Worship. Sunday, Oct. 24: 9 a.m. Worship service. 10:15 a.m. Adult Bible study. Wednesday, Oct. 27: 6:30 p.m. Confirmation. 6:30 p.m. Kids for Christ. 7:30 p.m. Youth group. Services will be available on the Vast Channel 3 Sunday and online at the city website, cityofluverne.org.
 
Living Rock Church
500 E. Main St., Luverne
Ph. 449-0057; www.livingrockswmn.org
Billy Skaggs, Pastor
 
New Life Celebration Church
101 W. Maple, Luverne
Ph. (605) 368-1924; email: newlifecelebration@gmail.com
Food mission every third Thursday.
 
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
305 E. 2nd St., P.O. Box 36, Hardwick
Ph. (507) 669-2855; zionoffice@alliancecom.net
Jesse Baker, Pastor
Wednesday, Oct. 20: 6 p.m. confirmation. Sunday, Oct. 24: 9 a.m. Worship service with communion. 10:15 a.m. Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Bible study. Worship service on Luverne cable. Wednesday. Oct. 27: 6 p.m. Confirmation.
 
Ben Clare United Methodist Church
26762 Ben Clare Ave., Valley Springs, S.D.
igtwlb@WOW.net
Bill Bates, Pastor
 
First Lutheran Church
300 Maple St., Valley Springs, S.D.
Ph. (605) 757-6662
Mark Eliason, Pastor
Sunday, Oct. 24: 9 a.m. Worship service. 10 a.m. Sunday school. Masks are strongly recommended, but not required, even if fully vaccinated. Worship will be streamed live on Facebook Video worship via YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdQwVxFcU4
 
Palisade Lutheran Church
211 121st St., Garretson, S.D.
Ph. (507) 597-6257 — firstpalisade@alliancecom.net
Mark Eliason, Pastor
Sunday, Oct. 24: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school at Palisade Lutheran Church. 10:30 a.m. Worship service. Wednesday, Oct. 27: 9 a.m. Quilting—Every Wednesday. 6:30 p.m. Palisade Men and Women will meet for a second brainstorming session. All Palisade members are welcome to provide input during this meeting. Masks are strongly recommended, but not required, even if fully vaccinated. Worship will be streamed live on Facebook. Video worship via YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdQwVxFcU4
 
First Presbyterian Church
201 S. 3rd St., P.O Box 73, Beaver Creek
Ph. 507-935-5025
email: lori.firstpres@gmail.com
Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Worship Service. Second Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. Session meeting.
 
Magnolia United Methodist Church
501 E. Luverne St., Magnolia
Ph. 605-215-3429
email: magnoliamnumc@gmail.com
Nancy Manning, Pastor
Sunday, 9 a.m., in-person with livestream available on the church’s Facebook site.
 
Steen Reformed Church
112 W. Church Ave., Steen
Ph. 855-2336
Jeremy Wiersema, Pastor
Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship service in-person with livestream available on Facebook and YouTube. Radio worship on KQAD Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
112 N. Main St., Hills
Ph. 962-3270
Nita Parker, Pastor
Sunday, Oct. 24: 9 a.m. Worship at Tuff Home. 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. 10 a.m. Worship service with Holy Communion. 7-8:30 p.m. Youth group meets. Worship will be streamed live to Facebook at Bethlehem of Hills. You can find more info on our website blchills.org. Tuesday, Oct. 19: 2 p.m. Tuff Home Bible study. 3 p.m. Tuff Village Bible study. Wednesday, Oct. 27: 9 a.m. Quilting. 6 p.m. Confirmation class. 7:15 p.m. Wednesday night worship.
 
Hills United Reformed Church
410 S. Central Ave., Hills
Office Ph. 962-3254
hillsurc@alliancecom.net
Alan Camarigg, Pastor

City of Luverne adopts Ordinance 22
ORDINANCE NO. 22, FOURTH SERIES
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE
(101 W BROWN STREET, CITY OF LUVERNE, ROCK COUNTY, MINNESOTA) 
THE CITY OF LUVERNE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:  
SECTION 1. Pursuant to City Charter, Section 12.05, the City Council is authorized to sell or convey the following described real estate located in the 
City of Luverne, County of Rock, State of Minnesota, described as follows, to-wit:
101 West Brown Street, Luverne, MN
Legally described as follows:
The W. 63 feet of the N1/2 of Lot 1 in Block 18 in Warren and Kniss  
Second Addition to the City of Luverne, Minnesota.
The East One Hundred Seven (107) Feet of the North Half (N 1/2) 
of Lot One (1) in Block Eighteen (18) in Warren and Kniss' Second Addition 
to the City of Luverne, Minnesota.
The North Half (N1/2) of Lot One (1) in Block Eighteen (18) in Warren 
and Kniss’ Second Addition to the City of Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota.
To Cleveringa Construction, Inc.
SEC. 2. The Mayor and City Administrator are hereby authorized and directed to execute such legal documents as are necessary to accomplish this sale and are further authorized to execute and deliver a warranty deed upon complete fulfillment of all terms and conditions.  
SEC. 3. This ordinance takes full force and effect upon its publication.
(10-14)