20 Years Ago HASTINGS STAR-GAZETTE February 1, 2001 Education: It is Catholic Schools Week/9A.

Sports: Seleskie sets personal record/12A.

LaCroix: Former ISD – 200 superintendent not just sitting/ 2B.

Front page headlines: Middle school grant worth nearly $500,000 A federal grant will help turn future HMS site into a community center for middle school youths. (Story by Jeff Mores at Hastings Pioneer Room) County part of pilot crime prevention network CriMNet, will develop, implement and fund a statewide criminal information network (Story by Star-Gazette staff writer Jane Lightbourn) Highway 291 near Veteran’s Home will close indefinitely (Story by Randy Roberts) Superintendent disappointed in budget proposal Gov. Jesse Ventura’s proposal to not increase-12 funding surprises district officials (Story by Jeff Mores) 30 Year Ago

January 17, 1991 AROUND TOWN (photo by David Welch) Andrew Werner Like the eyes of a cat watching a mouse, Andrew Werner’s eyes were trained on the ice at the Hastings Civics Arena as the Raiders defeated South St. Paul 3 – 1 last week.

He whooped and yelled at every score and complained at every penalty called against the Raiders. At age 5, young Andrew has already evolved into quite a hockey fan.

“Yeah, I like hockey,” he admitted.

“He used to play,” added his mother Chris Werner. “But he broke his shoulder blade and that pretty much ended his hockey career.”

Still, sitting in the stands just a few feet from the ice isn’t so bad.

Armed Services update Brandon Olson Marine Pvt. Brandon L. Olson, son of Joseph P. and Frances R. Voss…Prescott, has completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego.

During the 13-week training cycle, Olson was the basics of battlefield survival. He was introduced to the typical daily routine that he will experience during his enlistment and studied the personal and professional standards traditionally exhibited by the Marines.

Soldiers go to Desert Shield Four Hastings men were deployed to Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Shield on Jan. 10.

SPC Scott Meier, SPC Jon Hemp, SPC Tom Quant and Pvt. Shane Hudella are members of the 257th Military Police National Guard Co. at Cottage Grove which was activated on Dec. 6. They have been stationed for the past month at Fort McCoy, Sparta, Wis., receiving additional training.

Meier, Hemp and Quant are 1988 graduates of Hastings High School and Hudella is a 1989 graduate. All have been attending college and working in the Twin Cities area.

Parents are Richard and Sharon Meier, Carl and Judy Hemp, Glen and Sally Quant, and Richard and Elizabeth Hudella.

40 Years Ago HASTINGS STAR-GAZETTE February 5, 1981

WHAT’S HAPPENING?

Hazardous Waste The siting of a Minnesota hazardous waste disposal facility — and the views of Dakota County residents on what should be considered in selecting an acceptable disposal site —will be the topics of a second special citizen’s meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9 in the Hastings Senior High School cafeteria.

The Waste Management Board created by the 1980 Minnesota legislature, will site at least one hazardous waste disposal facility by 1983, and promote new hazardous waste processing facilities. The board is conducting the second of four citizens’ meetings in 19 communities throughout the state.

“Participating, and helping to determined the siting criteria, will influence the ultimate location of hazardous waste facilities,” assured Waste Management Board Chairman Robert Dunn.

Almost 50 Years Ago HASTINGS GAZETTE February 25, 1971 To Avoid Trailer That Broke Loose, Motorist Behind Takes To Ditch A rather unusual accident occurred Sunday evening, February 21st, at 7 p.m. on County Road 47 and 222nd Street, involving not only two cars, but two snowmobiles, a trailer, and with the least damage, a power pole.

Gale W. Smith, of Lake Elmo, was headed northeast on #47, towing a trailer with two snowmobiles. The trailer became loose, overturned and came to rest in the middle of the highway.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Pike…Hastings, were driving southwest, and Mr. Pike swerved to avoid the pile-up of snowmobiles and trailer on the highway, lost control, turned around, and hit a power pole. The Pikes’ 1971 Chrysler was damaged to the extent of $400.00 in hitting the pole.

The trailer damaged the Smith car an estimated $75.00, but there was $200.00 damage in the snowing and $300.00 in the trailer. No injuries were reported, according to the Sheriff’s Office. 114 Years Ago CANNON FALLS BEACON January 19, 1906

Serial Novels THE CALL, by Anna Alward Eames. Copyright, 1905, by McClure, Phillips & Co.

A RING IN THE CASE, by Frank Harris. Copyright 1905, by P. C. Eastment LOCAL NEWS Rev. J. L. Keene went up to St. Paul Tuesday for the day.

R. C. D. Higgins came Tuesday evening from Pelican Rapids.

Select Oysters for frying on sale every Saturday at Kulkers.

Miss Julia Anderson went to Red Wing Wednesday for a short visit.

Miss Maud Carpenter went up to St. Paul Saturday for a short visit.

W. B. Davidson was reported on Thursday to be a very sick man: the crisis of his illness was expected on that day and the doctor said if he survived it, he would recover.

The Love of the Crowd Keeps the Boys Away From the Farms Editor BEACON: I have been thinking over an article that appeared in your issue of Nov. 24. It contained this sentence: “The lever with which we must move our population back to the land must be the public school system.” I beg to say that only in proportion to the abolition of the public school system will the people get back to the land and stay there. The flocking together of children in schools in the most impressionable years of their lives is bound to create a desire for a crowd ever after. You can teach all you wish about the soil in such schools, but the crows impression prevails over everything else, and when the child quits school, the solitude of the farm gies it to feel as if it is lost. These same remarks apply to your editorial of Dec. 23rd also. Thousands of paper have published me at length on the above line.

Jan. 1, 1906, Francis B. Livesey, Sykesville, Maryland.

157 Years Ago THE HASTINGS CONSERVER January 19, 1864 The Field and Staff Officers of the Second Minnesota Cavalry The following appointments of field and staff officers of the Second Cavalry have been made.

Colonel—Maj. Robert N. McLaren, of the Sixth Regiment.

Lieutenant Colonel—Wm. Pfeander, of Brown County, late lieutenant colonel of the Mounted Rangers.

First Major—Capt. D. A. Rice, of the Fifth Infantry.

Second Major—Capt. J. M. Thompson, of the Fourth Infantry.

Third Major—Lieutenant Robert H. Rose, of the Second Company of Minnesota Cavalry, (Fifth Iowa Regiment.) Adjutant—Lieut. P. Morrison, of Dakota County.

Quartermaster—Lieut. Martin Williams, of Nicollet County.

Commissary—Lieut. A. J. Whitney, of Ramsey County.

Surgeon—Dr. J. W. Daniels, of Nicollet County, late assistant surgeon of the Sixth Infantry.

First Assistant Surgeon— Dr. J. A. Vervais, of Ramsey County.

Second Assistant Surgeon— Dr.——— Farley, now a private in the Sixth Infantry.

MARRIED.

In the town of Castle Rock, on the 5th inst., by E. B. Giggins, esq., Mr. James WHITEMORE, of the 8th Regt., Minn. Vol., and Miss MARY A. McNutt, of Castle Rock.

DIED.

In this city, on the morning of the 12th inst., WILLIE H., son of D. H. and Mary E. BUTLER, aged 1 year, 9 months, and 11 days. 163 Years Ago THE EMIGRANT AID AND JOURNAL OF MINNESOTA City of Nininger, Dakota County, Minnesota Territory January 20, 1858 CITY OF NININGER, DAKOTA CO., M. T. The finances of the Territory.

We have before us the reports of G.W. Armstrong, Territorial Treasurer, and Julius Georgli, Territorial Auditor, for the year 1857, They exhibit rather a defective state of our finances. It seems strange that corporations of all sorts are more open to imposition than individuals. We suppose that the work performed for our Territory could have been obtained by any one person in our community at one half or one third the cost charged to the government in the reports before us. Take the following table showing ‘the amount of drafts drawn on the Treasury during the year ending December 31, 1857’:— Attorney General, one year’s salary $250.00 plus extra services of $1,173.40 for a total of $1,426.40.

Superintendent of Common Schools, three quarters salary…$375; Adjutant General, one year’s salary $150.00; Supreme Court reporter, three quarters salary..$219.99; Warden of Penitentiary one year’s salary…600.00;…Total Territory accounts payable: $23,722.45 The first item that strikes our attention is the Attorney General’s bill. The disproportion between his salary and his extra services is great. The first is but $250; the last $1,173.40. We would like to see a bill of particulars for the extra services. If the Attorney General’s services are extensive he should have a salary proportionate. If not, he should have no fixed salary at all. What have we to pay this with? The whole amount received by the Territory from taxes during the year 1857 was $8,746!