If you have never been to Jordan, the waterfall in Lagoon Park is a must see.

Take Highway 21 or 169 to Highway 282, turn south on Varner Street, go a dozen blocks or so. Turn onto Park Drive, near the cannon and flagpoles to enter Lagoon Park. The waterfall is about three blocks into the park on the left.

Here's a look:

On a kayaking trip from Helena Township, through Sand Creek Township, into Jordan on Sand Creek, a few guys found out that with a little ingenuity, you can surf the local creek. These guys are lucky to have not broken their necks, they said.

They also said it's easier than it looks.

Scott County Association for Leadership and Efficiency's regional public safety training facility opened this month. The 53rd Civil Support Team, a formation of the Indiana Army National Guard, was one of the first groups to use the burn tower for firefighter training.

See them work:

As expected, the lobbying effort waged by the city of Jordan at the State Capitol failed this year.

The following obituaries are from the May 15, 2008 print edition of the Jordan Independent newspaper:

Jordan Alers vs. Belle Plaine, 7:30 p.m., Mini Met

Jordan Alers vs. St. Peter, 8 p.m., Mini Met

Jordan Alers vs. Minneapolis, 6 p.m., Mini Met

Jordan Alers at Minnetonka, 1:30 p.m.

Jordan Alers vs. Prior Lake, 8 p.m., Mini Met

Jordan Alers vs. Prior Lake, 8 p.m., Mini Met

Jordan Alers vs. Webster Katz, 7:30 p.m., Mini Met

Jordan Alers vs. Union Hill, 7:30 p.m., Mini Met

Alers vs. Webster Rookies, 8 p.m., Mini Met

Jordan Alers at Webster, 4 p.m.

The Jordan Alers kick off their 2008 season this Saturday
afternoon in Webster against the Kats at 4:00.
After a 5-10 league and 8-13 overall record last year on a rebuilding season
Duane Gaulke takes the managing reins for his 29^th year.  A few changes have been made going into this
year with second year slugger Brent Gorake pulling the strings as the new Coach
for the Alers. With 13 home games on the schedule the mini-met is sure to be

The St. Benedict Saints split their two league games this
weekend, rallying from a four run ninth inning deficit in the slop on Saturday
to beat Prior Lake,
and getting trounced in Veseli on Sunday 15-1.

Versus Prior Lake,
the offense sputtered in the steady mist managing only six hits.  Starting
pitcher Joe Lucas kept his team in the game and left after seven strong innings

The True Team format in track and field is to find the best
team, not the best individual.

Unfortunately for Jordan,
they didn’t have the best team at the Section 4AA True Team track meet on
Tuesday, May at Holy Family. The girls team finished ninth, and the boys
finished seventh.

Jordan
junior Leah Dietel has made a decision about her future.

Dietel committed to play basketball for the South Dakota State
University Jackrabbits in Brookings, S. D.

“I really liked the coaches a lot, and they have a great group
of girls,” she said.

T.J. Oakes is a member of a very exclusive club in the history
of Jordan Hubmen baseball.

Oakes became only the third Hubmen pitcher to throw a perfect
game on Wednesday, May 7, when he blanked Montgomery-Lonsdale 8-0. It was only
15th no-hitter in Hubmen history.

He joins Terry Glynn, who did it on May 8, 1984, against Le Center, Joe Deutsch, who did it on
May 27, 1988, against
Shattuck-St. Mary’s.