Fifty years ago, Rollie Sunder and Howard Voigt of the Jordan Commercial Club asked that readers call them or the football coaches if they can furnish rides to farmboys in need of transportation to football games and practices.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the Aug. 21 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

Fall practice for Jordan
athletics begins Monday, Aug. 11 for football, girls tennis, cross country and
volleyball and Jordan High
School.

Athletic fees for the 2008-09 season are $90 for grade 9-12 and
$60 for grades 7-8.

Physicals need to be taken before practice begins and fees need
to be paid.

Thirty years ago, Jackie Holzer Memorial Park got its name. The city council officially named the park after six people made the same suggestion in a Name the Park contest. 

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the July 24 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

The Scott West Eighth Annual Wrestling Camp will be held July 28
to July 31 at Jordan High
School.

For grades 1-6, their session runs from 6 to 7:15 p.m.
For grades 7-12, their session runs from 7:30
to 9 p.m.

The registration deadline is Wednesday, July 21.

Mathias Baden reports:

“A ways out there, but an appealing combination of pastoral and urban.”

Sound familiar, like someone is mentioning a little town you might have in mind?

In the July edition of Mpls St Paul magazine, Brian Lambert, Shawn Gilliam, and Sarah Howard combined to write an article about the best places to live in the Twin Cities, and Jordan made the list of 20 “great neighborhoods.”

The writers took into account crime statistics, school quality ratings, subjective insights of real estate industry professionals, and historical home sales.

Seventy years ago, the second town baseball team in Jordan was nicknamed the Cubs.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the July 3 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

Winona State
University head softball coach Greg
Jones has announced the signing of Jordan’s
Katie Moriarty to a national letter of intent for the 2008-09 season.

Here's what's been going on in and around New Prague lately, according to the New Prague Times:

- Minnesota Pipe Line Co. began local work on a $300 million project, part of which crosses southern Scott County. Crews were in the New Prague area, and grading has been completed near Belle Plaine, the Times reported June 12.

- Candidates for city administrator were scheduled to meet yesterday and today with the New Prague City Council, which is interviewing for the position that will open by July.

Ten years ago, Zach Sand, Adam Frey, Nick Ebneter, and Jared Lynch made the all-Minnesota River Conference baseball team.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the June 19 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

Thirty years ago, Kevin Kurz, Lori Hentges, and Jim Eischens were chosen for the 1977-1978 All Sports Academic All-Conference Squad. Randy Kaiser, Jim Hentges, and Ken Beckman were named to the all-conference baseball team. Dorothy Pieper, Patty Tillman, and Roxanne Buesgens were named to the all-conference softball team.