The Jordan American Legion team defeated Kenyon 4-1 at the Mini-Met on Thursday night.

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The Jordan American Legion Post. No. 3 baseball team plays Kenyon-Wanamingo tonight at 7 p.m. at the Mini-Met.

The Jordan Brewers play the Chaska Cubs at 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 6 at Chaska Athletic Park.

Little has changed today in the races for governmental positions representing the city of Jordan or Helena, Sand Creek, St. Lawrence, or Spring Lake townships, according the Minnesota secretary of state’s Web site. Here’s where we’re at:

- Yesterday, U.S. Rep. John Kline filed for re-election. He is a Republican in the Minnesota's Second Congressional District, which includes Jordan. He does not yet have a challenger, according to the Minnesota secretary of state’s Web site, although Steve Sarvi of Victoria has been endorsed by the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party.

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Building new homes in Jordan and Belle Plaine has slowed almost completely to a halt. More development is expected this summer, on the heels of an optimistic population projection in Scott County's proposed comprehensive plan.

Growth should increase again. But when?

Here's what Andrew Orvick wrote late last month in the Belle Plaine Herald about the Jordan American Legion baseball team:

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Here's what's been going on in and around Belle Plaine lately, according to the Belle Plaine Herald:

- A "fried squirrel" made the front page of the June 18 issue of the Herald. The animal "made a fatal mistake," the article said, when it touched electrical switches at a substation and shorted out power for more than 1,000 Xcel Energy customers.

- The Belle Plaine City Council hired a firm to design a proposed building for the city's public works department.

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Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the July 3, 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.

Thirty years ago, Hope Lutheran Church held the first worship service in its new church building.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the July 3 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

Those who work at the Scott County Fair Office in St. Lawrence Township, near Jordan, took the Jordan Independent staff on a tour of the grounds and told about their favorite things at the fair. This year's county fair runs July 23-27. Check out these videos:

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Highlights include a kiddie parade, community parade, carnival rides and games, adult and children fishing festivals, beach games, the Chamber of Commerce Business Fair, a street dance, Taste of Chanhassen, and the spectacular fireworks display over Lake Ann. Events are Thursday and Friday at City Center Park and Lake Ann Park. Full schedule of events here.

Jordan American Legion Post No. 3 baseball team faces Montgomery tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Mini-Met.

The 2008 Scott County Fair will be held July 23 through July 27 in Jordan.

Scott County will again be showcasing county services in a large display booth in one of the commercial buildings. Its booth will feature a sandbox (complete with Scott County Tonka trucks) and stories at the sandbox read by Scott County librarians; “Bernie the Burn Barrel”; a

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Which is better?

By Mark W. Olson

The “Friedlander: Photography” exhibit recently opened at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

In a word: Go.

The exhibit is a career retrospective of American photographer Lee Friedlander.

The man has been shooting for decades. Many people unsuspectingly own a piece of his earlier work in the form of an album cover photograph (Johnny Cash maybe), collecting dust in their closet.

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Today, U.S. Rep. John Kline filed for re-election. He is a Republican in the Minnesota's Second Congressional District, which includes Jordan.

Jordan Legion
Post No. 3 lost to Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, 3-2 in 8 innings on Tuesday night at the Mini-Met.

The Jordan Brewers beat Gaylord 6-0 on Tuesday night.

Alex
Beckman threw a complete game shutout and struck out
16.

On the first day of the filing period yesterday, several candidates entered bids for election or re-election.

Taylor Kristoffe-Jones, DFL-Savage, will run again for the Minnesota House of Representatives District 35B seat held by state Rep. Mark Buesgens, R-Jordan. Kristoffe-Jones lost to Buesgens in the election two years ago.

State Rep. David Bly, DFL-Northfield, is vying to be re-elected to represent House District 25B, which includes Helena Township. He has served one two-year term in office.

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