Some of 2008's numbers from Jordan -- in roughly chronological order -- are:

$90,500

paid to Jordan City Administrator Ed Shukle in salary

0

dates before Ken and Fern Crane got married

20

years of annual Jordan Lions scholarships being given out

13

rounds Amanda Kukcka endured in the Jordan Middle School spelling
bee, before winning with the word recurrence

7

state awards won by the Jordan Independent newspaper

12,300

the highest number of residents of Jordan projected for 2030 in the
city’s comprehensive plan

86

town royalty representatives at the St. Paul Winter Carnival,
including Miss Jordan Melinda Morales

6

traffic accidents at the intersection of Highway 282 and Creek Lane
in 2006, according to a city study done last year

75

students attending Minnesota River Valley Special Education
Cooperative in Jordan

150

people participate in the annual Fish Lake fishing contest

50

years spent at Jordan High School for Ken Hanson

23

assaults in 2006, down from 90 in 2000, according to the Jordan
Police Department’s annual report put out last year

15

square miles that make up St. Lawrence Township, , which Jordan is
eyeing for eventual annexation

8

state tournament wrestlers from the Scott West Panthers team – Tony
Valek, Teddy Gunderson, Peter Eischens, Alex Krautkremer, Tim Hentges, Lucas
Edberg, Tyler Nyberg, and Eddie Dvorak

30

feet above the ground for Jordan Middle School sixth-graders who
walked a ropes course at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland,
Minn.

28-2

record for the Jordan Jaguars girls basketball team that went to
the state tournament

75

house-building permits the city of Jordan planned to issue in 2007

75

feet is the height of the ladder on the Jordan Fire Department’s
new fire truck

$1.2
million

town hall for Spring Lake Township

395

points scored by basketball player Mandy Holzer, the first Jordan
athlete to spend four years in a Division I basketball program, in her career
with the Akron Zips

$4.5
million

cost for Scott County to buy Cedar Lake Farm and Day Resort in
Helena Township for a future county park

1,800

people attend Celebrate Jordan, a business fair and community
celebration

6

teachers on the first-grade team at Jordan Elementary School, which
will add a teacher in 2008

2

years of open mic nights hosted by the Jordan High School All-Night
Graduation Party Committee

$200,000

loan taken out by Jordan residents Jan and Norm Kraus, who are
fixing up the historic C.P. Klein Mansion in Chaska

$700

top dollar for certain glasses etched with Jordan Beer logos

2

members of the Beckman family tossing shutouts on the same day –
Alex for St. Olaf University and Steven for Jordan High School

$1.70

estimated cost of a meal served at the Scott County jail once
ARAMARK took over the county’s food and laundry contract

1,300

bicyclists pit stopped in Jordan during the Ironman bike ride.

559

alleged cases of domestic abuse reported in Jordan since 1983,
according to a report by the Belle Plaine-based Southern Valley Alliance for
Battered Women

130

Jordan High School students attended prom

4

sets of three – among many more couples – attended prom together.
The trios were: Joshua Norton, escorting Ashley Pexa and Tanya Sarkella; Marcus
Swiontek, escorting Ashley Cole and Marsha Bartholomay; Juston Lano, escorting
Hannah Herman and Laura Weckman; and Beckham Zhenyu, escorting Nikki Shutrop
and Katie Poppler.

14

new members of the National Honor Society at Jordan High School

2

Jordan Middle School teams participating in the Junior Envirothon

14-0

Jordan Hubmen baseball’s record in the Minnesota River Conference,
good for first place

4

school records broken during the annual Olympic track-and-field
competition at Jordan Middle School

40.4

cents per gallon in taxes consumers pay for gasoline purchased in
Minnesota, a total that prompted State Rep. Mark Buesgens to introduce
legislation to suspend the state gas tax

36

Jordan High School students graduated with high honors

19

St. John the Baptist Catholic School sixth-graders graduated

$13.10

what it costs the owner of $250,000 home to conduct Metropolitan
Mosquito Control District operations, like spraying for pests

4

laps in the Cubanapolis 400, a foot race that pitted Cub Scouts
against each other as they dressed up in cardboard racecars

33

Jordan Idol hopefuls in the first-ever competition, which
culminated on the evening during the Jordan Art Festival, Jordan Bike Tour, and
Pork in the Park

$1,865

raised by nonprofit sales of local artists’ arbors during the
Jordan Art Festival

7,128

meals – enough to feed 20 children for a year – packed by the
Jordan Red Hatters during a day spent at Feed the Starving Children

3

Jordan High School students call themselves poets after being
published in High School Writer Magazine. They are Rachel Elke, Michael
Pauly, and Shannon Wick.

$275,000

of grant money Scott and Carver counties will share as they seek to
combat suburban homelessness

8

players were needed by the Jordan Millers 35-and-over baseball team
in an 11-1 rout against Webster last summer

87

years between the fire that destroyed the former Jordan High School
located along Varner Street and the surprise find of a decorative piece of
Jordan sandstone from the building

11

countries Jordan resident Kyle Crimi plans to visit on an
11-monthlong mission trip

$5

per vehicle wheelage tax enacted by Scott County

2,600

Minnesota National Guard members – Red Bulls – came home

$5.6 million

projected cost of an addition to the city’s water treatment
plant

3

consecutive regional titles for Jordan’s American Legion baseball
team

2

former Legion players radio broadcast the regional tournament games

8

candidates in the Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce Miss Jordan
Ambassador Program pageant

4th

Heimatfest medallion find for Gil Hartmann

$1.7 million

project cost to build an addition to the city’s fire hall

46

townhouse units being built on 7 acres of land near the
intersection of Old Highway 169 and Hope Avenue

11

candidates vied for three open seats on the Jordan School Board

1,500

pounds of chicken served at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church’s
annual fall festival

$5,000

the school board approved to spend on a crosswalk near Jordan
Middle School

3

school districts, including Jordan, that are partnering up on an
integration plan related to the lack of diversity in Jordan Public Schools

1

person – Ryan Beckius – to ever win a car in a hole-in-one
competition at the Ridges of Sand Creek golf course

6

feet of average depth in Lagoon Park’s Mill Pond expected after a
dredging project is complete

222,000

the projected population of Scott County in 2030

113

fire calls in Jordan detailed by the state fire marshal’s annual
report

687

people signed a petition opposing proposed work on the intersection
of highways 21 and 282

648

voters turned out for the Jordan School Board election

133

set assists by Jordan Jaguar Amanda Dietel in the state volleyball
tournament

1880

the year of construction for the bridge featured on the 2007
Christmas ornament released by the Jordaness Lions

57

veterans honored in a ceremony sponsored by Jordan’s two Lions
clubs

3

meetings to reach a settlement with the Jordan teachers union

2

months the Jordan School Board predicted it would spend searching
for a superintendent to take retiring Larry Kauzlarich’s place

3.77

the grade-point average of Spring Lake Township native Kevin
Robling, a two-year Division I starting center who was named to the academic
all-district football team

7th

place Jay VonBank took home from the Intermediate World
Championship Duck Calling Contest

19

percent tax increase the city of Jordan passed for 2008, down from
a proposed increase of 23 percent

1.01

percent tax increase the Jordan School Board passed for 2008

1

new K-9 cop hired by the Jordan Police Department

154

food baskets given out to families in need during the holiday
season

$47,010

the annual salary (plus stipends) of all but one member of the
Scott County Board

$41,359

what Scott County Commissioner Bob Vogel of Elko New Market has
made since December 2003, when he began a string of annually turning down
raises

3

candidates in a special election to replace Minnesota State Sen.
Thomas Neuville in a seat representing Senate District 35