Friday the Jordan boys basketball team takes on Blue Earth for the section 2AA championship. The game takes place in the Taylor Center in Mankato at 8:00 p.m.

A win would send the Hubmen to their first ever trip to the state tournament. Jordan has come close several times, but has never quite made it.

Jordan has already defeated Blue Earth at Blue Earth in overtime this year. Which in my opinion would make Jordan a very slight favorite to win the game.

In other conference news Sibley East defeated Mayer Lutheran for the right to play in the section 5AA championship.

My husband, 8 year old son, and I went for a drive after dinner this evening and got some amazing photos of Sand Creek, the waterfall and the Minnesota River.

I don't think my son will ever forget watching the huge sheets of ice hit the bridge supports or the breaking glass sound of the ice rattling in the river.

A press release from the Office of the Governor of Minnesota:

Governor Tim Pawlenty today issued Executive Order 10-04 declaring a State of Emergency in Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Clay, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Kittson, Lac Qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lyon, Marshall, Nicollet, Norman, Polk, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Scott, Sibley, Swift, Traverse, Washington, Wilkin, Wright, and Yellow Medicine to protect property and infrastructure from damage due to flooding.

A press release from state Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook:

In an effort to protect our lakes and rivers from invasive species, I have introduced a bill, S.F. 2890, placing a 5-year moratorium on new public boat access. Invasive species are nonnative species that cause ecological or economic problems.

The Jordan Friends of the Library will meet
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at
6:00 pm at the Jordan Library.
All interested community members are invited to attend.

It's about time.

An Associated Press article today talks about medical experts suggesting that maybe doctors are overtesting and overtreating patients, and that disease prevention is about eating right, exercising, getting enough sleep, and not smoking - not about getting another kind of medical exam.

My mother has worked in the medical profession since she graduated college, but I never bought into the idea that regular doctor's visits are a matter of life and death, or that I need to go to the clinic whenever I feel a little under the weather. 

Every so often I come across a situation that makes me question some drivers' sanity.

Usually it's a simple case of an impatient driver in a speedy car who apparently has somewhere really important to get to five minutes ago. But a near incident last night made me recall a few drivers who really, I should have reported.

The Annual Easter Egg Hunt, which is sponsored by the Jordan Lions, Jordan Lioness and Jordan Jaycee’s, will be held on Saturday, March 27th 2010 at Lagoon Park (the park by the Mill Pond, for those new to town).

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A press release from the Office of the Governor of Minnesota:

A STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR’s DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF

~ Brian McClung’s statement regarding Minnesota’s Race to the Top application ~

ST. PAUL –- The following is a statement from Governor Pawlenty’s Deputy Chief of Staff Brian McClung regarding Minnesota’s Race to the Top application. Minnesota did not make the first group of finalists announced Thursday by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The second round of applications will be due this June.