What do you think of the Jordan Jaguars basketball team this season? A return to state is not just a dream, is it?

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the January 1, 2009 print edition of the Jordan Indpendent newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of .pdf’s that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.

The following obituaries are from the Jan. 1, 2009 print edition of the Jordan Independent newspaper:

To anyone who turned his or her back on the ballot booth: I told you so.

Because the biggest argument against voting that's met my ears is "my vote doesn't matter. It's just one vote."

Good luck getting that to fly anytime in the next few years if you live in Minnesota.

If the Coleman-Franken contest has told us anything, it's that every vote does matter. This morning Franken's unofficial lead was 49 votes. Forty-nine. That's less people than most have as friends on Facebook or MySpace, if they have an account.

Q: What do you call 40 guys watching the NFL playoffs?

A: The Green Bay Packers

What do you think of the re-count politics between Norm Coleman and Al Franken?

I find it surprising that as a nation, we Americans spend so much time obsessing over Santa Claus. It's a fact; the guy's got us in his sack, wrapped up neatly and tied with a bow.

A few people have talked about how irrational our love for the jolly big fellow is; who really wants a gray-haired old man crawling down the chimney into their homes, where small children are asleep? Better yet, who would encourage those small children so much that they creep out of bed at night just to catch a glimpse of the stranger?

If you could double the length of your natural life without adverse health effects, would you? Why?

What do you think of the Jordan Hubmen basketball team this season?

Steven C. Warner, 62, of Prior Lake, passed away Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008 at his home.

Visitation will be Thursday, Jan. 1, from 5-7 p.m. at Ballard–Sunder Funeral Home, 4565 Pleasant Sreet S.E., Prior Lake. There also will be visitation at the church one hour prior to services.

Funeral services will be on Friday, Jan. 2, at 11 a.m. at Wooddale Church, 6630 Shady Oak Road, Eden Prairie.

Funeral arrangements by Ballard–Sunder Funeral Home, Prior Lake, 952-447-2633. www.ballardsunderfuneral.com