Construction progresses Monday on the Beaver Creek Golf Course entertainment facility, slated to open next spring. Amenities in the facility will include a 300-person banquet hall with a built-in stage area and a bar and restaurant seating 70 people.

Photo by Jolene Farley

Dr. Bill Juhl, Ph.D., 77, Hot Springs, Ark., formerly of Luverne, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, at St. Joe Hospital.

Burial was at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, El Dorado, Ark.

Bill Juhl was born to Ernst and Mary (Dugan) Juhl on June 30, 1924, in Luverne. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. He was a retired chemical engineer for Monsanto.

Dr. Juhl was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal (St. Mary's Episcopal, El Dorado, Ark.) He was on the board of the University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech Universities.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Juhl, Hot Springs; two daughters, Mary Beth Juhl, Fayetteville, Ark., and Janet Juhl, Houston, Texas; one brother, Dr. Robert Juhl, Florida; and two sisters, Beth May, Nevada, and Nancy Christensen, South Dakota.

Dr. Juhl was preceded in death by his parents.

Memorials may be made to South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado.

Hot Springs Funeral Home, Hot Springs, was in charge of arrangements.

Evelyn Lorraine Herrmann, 83, Luverne, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.

Services were Monday, Dec. 10, at United Methodist Church in Luverne. The Rev. Bart Fletcher officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.

Evelyn Bock was born to Charles and Bertha (Krohn) Bock on Aug. 2, 1918, in Hardwick. She attended country school near Hardwick and school in Luverne.

She married Arthur Herrmann on April 21, 1935, in Centerville, S.D. The couple lived in Luverne all of their lives.

Mrs. Herrmann was a member of United Methodist Church in Luverne. She enjoyed playing cards, baking and visiting with friends.

Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Sandra and Ron Knapp, Grand Junction, Colo., Barbara and Bob Loosbrock, Luverne, and Peggy Herrmann, Burnsville; five grandchildren, Wendy, Kevin, Mike, Kelly and Amy; and seven great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Herrmann was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Arthur Herrmann, and five sisters, Hilda Gruis, Ella Snook, Elma Gruis, Emma Ladd and Twilah Inglett.

Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

Pearl Louise Tuff, 80, Luverne, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, at the Hospice Cottage in Luverne.

Services were Tuesday, Dec. 11, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Revs. Maurice E. Hagen and Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.

Pearl Tuff was born to John and Minnie (Priest) Hamann on April 8, 1921, in Springwater Township, Rock County, where she was raised and attended country school. She graduated from Magnolia High School in 1938. Following her education she worked on the family farm.

She married Howard Tuff on Sept. 20, 1952, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Following their marriage they lived in Luverne until 1960 when they moved to Pipestone. They moved back to Luverne in 1965. She was a homemaker. She continued to live in her home until Nov. 30, 2001, when she entered Luverne Hospice Cottage.

Mrs. Tuff was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne where she was active in church circles, served in many offices, altar guild. lesson leader and taught Sunday School. She enjoyed her garden, cooking, sewing, crocheting and listening to birds.

Survivors include her husband, Howard Tuff, Luverne; one son and daughter-in-law, Allen and Pam Tuff, Apple Valley; one daughter, Marilyn Tuff, Eden Prairie; two grandsons, Adam and Sean Tuff; one brother, Ted (Dorothea) Hamann, Luverne; two sisters-in-law, Loretta Hamann, Luverne, and Ruby Garrow, Sioux Falls, S.D.; and many nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Tuff was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, Henry, Hugo, Elmer, Robert and Lawrence Hamann, and two sisters, Nora Kemerling and Erna Steffen.

Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

Ila Marie Slagel, 90, Luverne, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.

Memorial services were Tuesday, Dec. 11, at United Methodist Church in Luverne. The Rev. Bart Fletcher officiated. Burial of the cremains was in Luverne Memorial Gardens, rural Luverne.

Ila Kienast was born to Charles and Jennie (Dean) Kienast on Jan. 28, 1911, in Aberdeen, S.D. She graduated from Magnolia High School and Sioux Falls University, Sioux Falls, S.D.

She married Ray Slagel. After their marriage the couple lived in the Luverne area. She worked at Tri-State Insurance, Luverne, for more than 25 years before retiring. She became a resident of Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in April 2000.

Mrs. Slagel was a member of United Methodist Church in Luverne, Royal Neighbors, RSVP, the Minnesota Senior Federation, Senior Swingers, Kitchen Kutups and Luverne Senior Citizens.

Survivors include one grandson, Arlis Slagel; one granddaughter, Garneta Cunningham, Omaha, Neb.; two great-grandchildren, Lee Cunningham and Michele Cunningham; and one sister, Thelma Vining, Sauk Rapids.

Mrs. Slagel was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ray, on Jan. 31, 1974, one son, Delano Slagel, two brothers and four sisters.

Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne girls' hockey team snapped a three-game losing skid when it bested Mankato West 3-0 at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday.

Cardinal goalie Bethany Rosenberg blanked the Scarlets while making 14 saves, and her offensive teammates scored one goal in every period of the contest.

Three different players scored for LHS, which outshot MW 31-14 while upping its record to 2-4.

Junior wing Dana Smeins produced what proved to be the game-winning goal 1:16 into the game.

Natalie Domagala, who netted an unassisted goal with 3:39 left to play in the game, received an assist for Smeins' counter.

Senior Amy Kunkel scored seven seconds into the second period to make it a 2-0 game. Erin Lammert received an assist for the goal.

The Cards will be busy this week as they host Worthington tonight and Fairmont Friday before skating in Windom Tuesday.

By Lori Ehde
A classroom assignment has become a poignant illustration of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Luverne High School senior Bob Ehrreich created an I-movie out of images of the events he downloaded off the Internet.

The movie, entitled "9.11.01," is a collage of Ehrreich's favorite photographs of the East Coast attacks and subsequent military scenes in Afghanistan.

The still scenes, set to music, fade in and out and include special digital effects.

Ehrreich received an A from graphic arts teacher Bill Thompson on the project he completed as a graphic communications assignment.

Thompson said grades are determined based on a number of factors, including transitions between photos, how the music affects the images and on special effects.

He assigned each of his students to come up with a two-minute I-movie on a topic of their choice. Some chose personal interests or hobbies, but Ehrreich chose the Sept. 11 national tragedy.

"I thought of it right away," he said. "I just thought it would be something that would mean something."

In addition to technical quality, Thompson said Ehrreich's movie has an emotional appeal. "Every time I watch it I get a tear in my eye," Thompson said. "It's really good."

Ehrreich's project was featured on the 10 p.m. KELO-TV newscast Monday, and he said the station has invited him to their graphic design department, possibly for the purpose of summer employment.

There's a link to his movie from the KELO Web site, www.keloland.com. Click on "student makes I-movie."

Rock County's other paper, the Star, also said that Clarence Dybedoek was in Pearl Harbor as a member of the Navy at the time of the bombing.

Soon after the declaration of war, the American Red Cross set a quota of $3,500 for Rock County to raise in the War Relief Fund.

World War II and its bond sales, fund-raisers and victory gardens hold many memories for local people. But before those terms became a part of their vocabulary, Pearl Harbor was bombed.

Local people remember
Marie Frakes, Luverne, remembers her late husband, Marion, talking about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The two weren't married at the time, but he recalled the day's events to her. "He was on a ship at the time that was on the way to Pearl Harbor," Marie said.

Marion continued to serve in the Pacific through the war. Some of the details are vague for Marie to remember, but she knows that day changed almost everything for her husband.

Ray Nelson, Hills, was in Tennessee at the time as a new member of the service. "I'll never forget it," he said.

Nelson was initially told he was drafted for a year's worth of service, but he had been in the Army only three months when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He served through the end of the war where he eventually saw combat.

But with all he saw, Nelson still remembers Dec. 7, 1941, when the famous radio personality Sammy Kaye was giving his Sunday Serenade. The programming was interrupted to announce the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Warren Herreid, Luverne, said he sees similarities between the effect Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11 had on the country. But there are differences, too.

"At least we kind of knew what a standard war was, who your enemies were. Now there are no boundaries, no territories and the people fight different," Herreid said.

But he knew things were changing in his life when he learned of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Herreid would turn 21 on Dec. 28 and was in Kodiak, Alaska, helping to protect the Naval air base that was under construction.

Like Nelson, Herreid was drafted for a year of service and ended up serving out the war.

"It was a little bit scary when we found out war was declared. We knew it was bad, and we didn't have the communication they have today," Herreid said. "We just found out what they wanted us to."

But on Dec. 7, 1941, he knew things would never be the same. "It all changed after that," he said.

By Sara Quam
Dec. 7, 1941, is etched into memories as the "date which will live in infamy." Similar to Sept. 11, 2001, it marks a catastrophic event that led the United States into war.

On its 60th anniversary Friday, the bombing of Pearl Harbor resurfaces in the minds of those who lived through World War II.

Some make comparisons between the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon in 2001.

But in the Dec. 12, 1941, edition of the Rock County Herald, comparisons were drawn between the first world war and how America entered the second.

A front-page story in the Dec. 12, 1941, Herald said, "It is a far cry, in more ways than dates - between April 6, 1917, when America declared war against Germany, and Dec. 8, 1941, when Congress declared a state of war to exist with Japan, following this yesterday with a similar declaration covering Germany and Italy.

"Not only is warfare conducted on a bigger, more lightning-like and more destructive scale these days, and is vastly more mechanized than it was in 1917, but there is a difference also now in the way the American public in general and Rock County citizens in particular are receiving the news of current hostilities and the actions of their elected representatives in relation to them.

"To be sure, the daily papers are still issuing extra editions and rushing them here, but no longer must the public depend upon the dailies as they did in the days of 1917. These days find them fairly 'glued' to their radios while at home, listening to them while traveling in their cars, keeping within hearing distance of the receiving sets while at the office and stepping frequently into faces and other places of business while on the streets in order to catch the latest bulletins."

Also on the front page of that edition was a list of Luverne people in combat zones:

Arthur J. Riss was in Manila as a member of the Bureau of Education;
Merle Wynn had been working in Honolulu, but at the time of the attack was 500 miles south;
Helen Haug was a nurse in the Navy dispensary in Honolulu;
Russell Ormseth was stationed with the U.S. Marines at Guam, which the Japanese claimed to have seized at the Herald's press time;
Marion Frakes was also stationed in Honolulu with the Army (brothers Dale, Allen and Gordon also served in the U.S. Navy, but were in different locations);
Lawrence Dehmlow was stationed in Hawaii with a Navy repair ship;
Marvin DeLapp was aboard a submarine and was last heard from while the vessel was between Manila and Singapore;
Franklin DeLapp was reported to be in Pearl Harbor;
Orville "Pat" Barclay, Magnolia, was also believed to be somewhere in the Pacific island region with the Army.