20 Years Ago HASTINGS STAR-GAZETTE February 21, 2002Headline and summary from the Pioneer Room archive: ISD 200 Board to finalize cuts at Thursday meeting By Jeff Mores, staff writer (summary) While not a popular subject, funding cuts to be addressed at the February 21 School Board meeting for ISD 200 were likely to be well-attended, as a “depleted unreserved fun balance” along with a failed referendum from November, meant budget cuts were on the way. Among the list of things to be potentially cut from the budget were noon busing, “eighth-grade global language,” a total of 14 teaching positions and two administrative/coordinator positions. The Tuesday, February 21 meeting was open to the public “for the community to express its concerns. Also in the news: With temperatures hitting 50 degrees in February, snow cover is sparse to none in the Hastings area, with some residents taking the opportunity to use the new bike trail connection on the riverfront near Lock and Dam number 2. Obituaries: Lucille Gere; Dennis Treml; Alberta Gath; Michael D. Erdman, and Virginia Schommer. Judge Duane Harves “editorializes” on the seriousness of a young woman drinking and registering 0.19 on a breathalyzer, then appoints a public defender to make sure the case is handled the same day so that the woman doesn’t miss her flight back to Washington state or lose her job. Veterans are happy about local residents showing patriotism, but take issue with improper flag displays and wonder how long the post-September 11 patriotismwill last.Political parties due to holdlocal caucuses March 5, with the Green Party of Dakota County 40 Years Ago HASTINGS STAR-GAZETTE February 25, 1982More headlines and a summary from the Pioneer Room archive: Raider wrestlers second in region/10A. Ballooning business gets off the ground/4B Regina introduces new pain relief procedure/5B Police conduct drug raid//3A AFDC changes made/3A Chamber studies industrial park/14A Hastings grads rate school high/17B Parochial cagers win tourney/14ASevere weather affects animals/8BSome flooding expected here by Al Shaffer, staff writer (summary) Warm weather had taken the threat of flooding partially away while a predicted 14-inch snowfall between publish date and “the melting period worsened the forecast. With the prediction of moderate flooding put out by John Graff of the National Weather Service Forecast Office, Hastings wasn’t out of deep water yet. “I’m not overdoing it on the forecast,” Graff said in the article. “If we knew exactly what the weather was going to do, we’d tell you.” Meanwhile, the following recipe was shared for a severe flood: a combination of deep frosts, late precipitation, and quick thaws. “Then of course it all tries to go at once,” Graff said. Hastings Civil Defense Director Daryl Plath was awaiting the final word before taking sandbag and other precautions final. Meanwhile, the city had 10,000 sandbags and six roles of plastic, while Plath ostensibly recommended double the sandbags and 13 more rolls of plastic. Dueto be transferred from the Army Corps of Engineers to the city, Lake Rebecca Park and Nature Area was one flooding concern, with the property transfer in April. “If it floods over the 15th of April, it isn’t our property yet,” Hastings Parks and Recreation Director Marty McNamara shared with the paper. “but we certainly would assist.” News from Across the Riverbank 100 Years Ago THE PRESCOTT TRIBUNE February 23, 1922Help Another Every Day The Way to Happiness Happiness is not a place. It is not a thing. It is a relation between things. We discover it most easily at the end of the path of daily unselfishness when we pass under the shining arch, “Help Another Every Day.” Do a Good Turn Daily Help the blind or feeble man to cross the street. Carry the packages home for that little old woman. Give a pleasant smile to the clerk who waits upon you. You will feel better and they will. Greet the world with a smile and it will smile back. Christianity is founded on love to others. Attend the church of your choice Sunday and discover by daily effort what the true measure of Christianity involves. Congregational church invites you Curvin Elmer Brenneman, pastor. 115 Years Ago THE DAILY GAZETTE Hastings, Minnesota February 20, 1907Napoleon’s Name The name Napoleon written in Greek characters will form seven different words by dropping the final letter* of each in succession. When read, these words form a complete sentence, meaning “Napoleon the destroyer ofwhole cities, was a lion to his people. *Note: This possibly should read the “first letter save on the last word,” as it corresponds better to Greek. Written in Latin script the claimed sentence Greek sentence reads as follows: “Napoleon apoleon (Napoleon the destroyer) poleon oleon (whole cities) leon (lion) leo (to the people).” The claim as thus stated assumes that the sentence is almost entirely in the historical object case while lion would be in the subject case and ‘people’ would be in the indirect object position, properly ‘lao,’ unless a pronoun is in mind, as Latin “eum” means “him/it” and would potentially fill the latter space, with a language shift. The claim has both support and holes in it. Also 115 Years Ago CANNON FALLS BEACON March 8, 1907Care of the Eyes “Don’t be careless of the eyes during cold weather. Bathe them frequently. Protect them from both wind and dust, particularly the latter, which I believe causes most of the inflamed eyeballs and swollen lids that are now so prevalent,” says Dr. George Houston Bell, prominent oculist (i.e. “eye doctor”) Pert Paragraphs Many an argument that sounds well isn’t sound. Correspondence VASA Lenten services will be held at the Swedish schoolhouse, Friday afternoon. Obituaries for Elin Turner and Gustof Bergtson LEON Mrs. Torblau visited with Sienna Orele last Saturday. We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Wm. Olson has been stricken with paralysis. Her son Lewis Olson from N. D. is visiting her at present. Miss Clara Bonhus closed her school in Dist. 61 W. schoolhouse, Friday; andMiss Bergson of Illinois closed her school in the eastern schoolhouse the same day. Have your noise-making instruments ready boys. The broomstick will be jumped again, so it is summoned. Civil War era news 159 years ago THE HASTINGS CONSERVER May 14, 1863Dangerous.—The bridge over the Vermillion is in an unsafe condition, several of the timbers in the center boing nearly rotten. The matter is in consideration for immediate repair. Lincoln declares foreign-born status no excuseto evade the draft in the “present insurrection and rebellion,” those not having availed themselves of the privileges of citizenship or possessing same given a set time to leave the country if they do not wish to face possible service enlistment. Territorial Dispatch 170 years ago THE MINNESOTIAN February 21, 1852Future Governor Sibley hears back from Washington (Continued from two weeks ago) Washington, February 28, 1851 Hon. H. H. Sibley, Delegate from the Territory of Minnesota Dear Sir: I have examined, though briefly the law organizing the Territory of Minnesota, in relation to the questions you propound in your note of yesterday (related to territorial matters and voting rights for those outside it). I was surprised that any question of the kind could arise in the mind of anyone. I had been one of the committee that framed the law in question, and I presume that no one of that committee ever doubted that the legislativepower of the Territoryextended to the entire limits of the Territory, restricted only to “rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States, and the provisions of this Act,” and subject to the approval of Congress. Nothing of course could be done by the Legislature of the Territory in regard to the Indian tribes, as this subject belongs exclusively to Congress, but that the Territory, in all its parts, was devoted to the same legislative control, is proved by the provision that every free white citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the Territory at the time of the passage of the act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election. All could vote; the consequence of which is apparent—that all, in contemplation of law, were to be represented.—Subsequent Legislatures could regulate the qualifications of voters, but in the Territory, and in any part of it, the right of voting would remain, and of course the right of representation. This short view of the subject, answers the points made in your note. The organic law of the Territory regarded the entire Territory in precisely the same light—all parts of it entitled to representation—all male citizens of twenty-one years of age, being free, no matter where situated, or living, being entitled to vote. The legislation over the whole Territory is a complete right in the Territorial legislature, subject only to the restrictions implied in the exclusive right of Congress to regulate the intercourse between the Indian tribes. Excuse the imperfections of this note, written in the midst of a boisterous debate.
