Ten years ago, Jordan Elementary School Principal Joe Benko suggested that the school board enact policies on retaining students in the elementary grades.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the May 1 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

State Rep. Mark Buesgens, R-Jordan, wrote a letter to the editor to the Brainerd Dispatch, criticizing a DFLer and fellow member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for voting in favor of a gas-tax increase.

You can read the letter and the heated discussion that ensued at http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/042208/opi_20080422040.shtml. (Registration on the Dispatch's Web site is required, but it is free.)

The relay team of Pedro Velasco, Yuriy Malashenko, Ted Thuening, and Jensen Orlow did it again.

Those four teamed up to break the 3,200-meter relay record by 10 seconds in the home meet on Tuesday, April 22. The record was broken just two weeks ago. This time, the relay finished in 9:00.73.

The Jordan Hubmen baseball team had a week to sit and stew about the three-game losing streak they suffered a week.

They took out their frustrations on conference rival Belle Plaine on Monday by sweeping a doubleheader.

The Jordan girls golf team remained in second place in the Minnesota River Conference after finishing second at the Holy Family tournament on Monday afternoon.

The girls shot a 209 to finish second behind Holy Family’s 189.

The Jordan baseball and softball games against Sibley East that were scheduled for Thursday, May 1 have been moved to today, Wednesday, April 30.

 The Hubmen baseball team will play a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. at the Mini Met.

The Jaguar softball team will play one game beginning at 5 p.m. at home.

Thirty years ago, Mary Pauly finished first in the creative expression category at the state high school speech competition. Ken and Kevin Baldwin, Michelle Kes, and Ken Lehnen also contributed to the team's second-place finish.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the May 1 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

The following obituaries are from the May 1, 2008 print edition of the Jordan Independent newspaper:

Minnesota River Conference standings as of April 30

Softball

Jordan 7-0

Holy Family 4-2

Norwood 3-1

Le Sueur-Henderson 3-5

Sibley East 2-5

Montgomery-Lonsdal 1-3

Belle Plaine 1-4

Baseball

Norwood 6-3 

Jordan 4-1

LSH 4-2

Sibley East 4-2

ML 3-2

Holy Family 3-3

Mayer Lutheran 2-5

Belle Plaine 0-8

Thirty years ago, 27-year-old Thomas Reber accepted a job as Jordan's city administrator. He would be paid $17,200 a year.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the May 1 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.