Yesterday in La Crosse
‘Never on Sunday,’ 30 years ago
In 1987, the La Crosse School Board debated whether to ban Sunday sports practices and school activities. Board members also had concerns about Wednesdays, because of church services during Lent. Some activity directors argued that some teams practice on New Year’s Day, and a show choir rehearsed on a Sunday because that’s when a choreographer was available.
Lutheran Hospital was making additions in 1987. More room was being made for the Wisconsin Heart Institute and obstetrics. Lutheran vice-president Don Smith said the hospital was continuing a trend of taking on a major building project every seven to eight years.
U-W-L was performing “Romeo and Juliet” in March of ’87, followed in the spring by the Sam Shepard play “Buried Child.” The La Crosse Community Theatre started the new year with the Larry Shue comedy “The Foreigner,” and later put on Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs.” Thirty years ago, Yesterday in La Crosse.