Lucille Kreuser, 95, of Shakopee passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at Mala Strana Care Center in New Prague.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, May 19, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary of the Purification Catholic Church in Marystown with visitation at the church from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Funeral arrangements by Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home, Shakopee. www.ballardsunderfuneral.com

The Mill Pond officially reopened to the public after an $838,000 restoration project that included draining the recreational lake in Jordan's Lagoon Park.

Jordan Mayor Ron Jabs spoke about a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, May 7. Here's some of what he said:

- Lagoon Park was originally dedicated to the city in 1929 by the flour company International Milling.

- The flood of 1960 deposited sediment in the Mill Pond that was many feet deep.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the May 15, 2008 print edition of the Jordan Independent 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.

Jordan sports for Thursday, May 15

Baseball

at Le Sueur-Henderson, 5 p.m.

Track

at Belle Plaine, 2:30 p.m.

The grand complex that was in the 1890s known as Mudbaden Sulphur Springs is being transformed into a regional training facility for police, fire, even military personnel. Scott County Association for Leadership and Efficiency opened the site earlier this month in Sand Creek Township. (Photos by Mathias Baden)

Cosmic Journey

Jordan Middle School students got a chance to explore the final frontier from the safety of the gym last week. The school hosted the Minnesota Planetarium Exloradome portable planetarium. The program – housed in an inflatable dome in which students laid on the floor and gazed at projected video on the ceiling – allowed students to visit almost anywhere they wanted within our solar system. They also had a chance to see most of the known universe when the projected video brought them outside the solar system and outside the Milky Way galaxy.

Jordan High School’s graduation ceremony is fast approaching, and the Jordan Independent is working to make sure that all of this year’s graduates earn some recognition.

The newspaper is organizing its annual senior graduation section and is looking for information and senior pictures from each Jordan graduate, including graduates from schools other than JHS.

The Jordan Fire Department will celebrate 125 years of service with a celebration May 17. Here’s a schedule of events for the festivities:

Scott County has secured another 50 acres to add to Doyle-Kennefick Regional Park.

The county has made a $1.2 million conditional purchase of land along the northwestern side of St. Catherine’s Lake in Cedar Lake Township. The purchase was approved last week by the Scott County Board.