The 16th annual Beno Blue Line Club golf tournament is coming up on August 22nd at the Litchfield Golf Course at 10 a.m., with registration starting at 9 a.m. The event helps to raise funds for youth hockey programs.
Jeff Woods says there’s still room for teams and you can sign up through the Beno Blue Line Club website or Facebook page, by calling Chuck DeWolf at 320-212-2846 or call Jeff at KLFD Radio at 693-3281. He says hockey is an expensive sport, but their fundraising efforts help to make it affordable, especially for those starting out in the Mites program as they are able to reduce their registration fees and give them a free hockey stick.
Woods says the Squirts and Pee Wees get a 25% discount on their registration fees and the Beno Blue Line Club also purchases used equipment with the funds they raise that can be used by the young people in the area who want to enjoy the sport of hockey. He says the event on August 22nd at the Litchfield Golf Club will also include a silent auction, raffles, door prizes and lunch.
The G.A.R. Hall in Litchfield will be hosting another Civil War Roundtable meeting on August 13th at 1:30 p.m. Mike Penrod from the St. Cloud area will be speaking during the meeting on Thursday about what was going on locally during the Civil War.
Meeker County Museum Executive Director Danelle Erickson says Penrod will talk about the U.S.-Dakota War which was taking place in this part of Minnesota at that time. She says the museum will be hosting an event on September 24th at 7 p.m. regarding Litchfield’s Centennial celebration which took place back in 1969.
Erickson says you can find more details about events coming up at the Meeker County Museum at meekercomuseum.org. She says the Museum at 308 North Marshall Avenue in Litchfield is open Tuesday through Friday from 10-to-4 and Saturdays from noon-to-4.
The 40th annual New London to New Brighton Antique Car Run is coming up tomorrow and there will be stops in Grove City, Litchfield and Kingston Saturday morning. The cars will be in Litchfield’s Central Park from 8:30 to 10 a.m., following a stop at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grove City, and then the cars will stop in Kingston where the Lions Club is hosting a lunch from 10:30-to-noon at the Kingston Community Center.
The antique cars made a trek to the Belgrade area on Wednesday for stops at Bayer Built and at the Rustic Design Flower Farm. A trip was also made to Sedan on Thursday. The cars will travel around Nest and Green Lakes today and will travel through downtown New London later this afternoon and then the antique car enthusiasts will enjoy a chicken and rib dinner at the American Legion in New London.
Saturday’s 120-mile Car Run will also include stops in Buffalo and Anoka before ending in New Brighton for Stock Yard Days. The Antique Car Run began in 1986 and replicates a car run that was well-known in England between the cities of London and Brighton.
