Alabama Guests Arriving Saturday

The 53rd annual Peanut Butter & Milk Festival begins this Saturday with the arrival of six residents of Hartford, Alabama – Litchfield’s sister city. The Southern guests will spend their week in Minnesota learning about Meeker County’s dairy industry and enjoying some winter activities.

This year’s visitors from Hartford, Alabama will include Geneva County High School students Ava Waldo, Kaitlyn Harris and Kyleigh Saunders. They will be hosted by Allie Kargas, Brooke Caron and Riley Joyer, respectively. Their chaperones will be Charlie & Brenda Skinner who will be staying with Russ & Lori Ratike, and ag teacher Nathan Parker who will be hosted by Mak & Anna Lokken.

The schedule for the week of February 1st through the 8th will include a snowmobiling event on February 2nd at the Roger & Janet Huhn Farm on Lake Manuella at 2 p.m.; Dairy Day on February 3rd, with a soup & chili supper capping that evening at 7 p.m. at the Forest City Threshers Building; a visit to Litchfield High School and various Litchfield businesses and attending a hockey game on February 4th; KLFD interviews at McDonald’s and a trip to the State Capitol and Mall of America on February 5th; visits to more area businesses on February 6th with a potluck banquet that evening at 6:30 at the St. Philip’s Church Social Hall in Litchfield; and skiing and tubing at Powder Ridge on February 7th.

The public is welcome to the snowmobiling event, the soup and chili supper and the potluck banquet which also includes a silent auction.