The Litchfield Masons Golden Fleece Lodge #89 is in the midst of its annual Vidalia onion sale. Orders will be taken until early May, and the onions will arrive in Litchfield in mid-May.
Jim Curry says the Litchfield Masons have been doing this fundraiser since 2015 and piggy-backed off of a fundraiser that was coordinated by the Duluth lodge at that time, but the Litchfield lodge has been doing their own sale for several years and they are now taking orders for lodges in Arlington, Mora, Monticello, Hutchinson and St. Cloud. He says the onions come from Georgia where they are trade-marked.
Curry says KADYL Trucking of Litchfield picks up the onions in Georgia and delivers them to Litchfield in a refrigerated truck, drops them off at Litchfield Building Center, where they are transferred to a flatbed truck and then delivered to his garage where people are able to pick them up. He says no one needs to pay for the onions until they pick them up.
The onions may be pre-ordered by calling or texting Jim at 320-221-1925 and they are $14 for a 10-pound bag. He says the onion sale helps the Masons raise funds for the three $2,000 scholarships that they present to Litchfield High School seniors on awards night in May.
The Gala at the St. Philip’s Church Social Hall in Litchfield is coming up this Friday. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner served at 6, and then entertainment by the Black & White Dueling Pianos at 7 p.m.
Brenda Grates says tickets are $50 which includes a 2-meat buffet, and there’s also a booze raffle and several silent auction items. She says some of those items include tickets for Winstock, Willmar Stingers, St. Cloud Rox, St. Paul Saints, Nickelodeon Universe, Kwik Trip car washes and organic goods from Prairie Drifter Farm.
Grates says they’ve had the Black & White Dueling Pianos for entertainment before and they have to book them a year in advance as they come from Las Vegas. She says her committee spends months planning for the Gala and they make it a special night.
Grates says the Gala is a big fundraiser each year for St. Philip’s Church. She says if anyone would like tickets, they may stop at the church office or call her at 693-3313, extension 100.
The Minnesota State Patrol responded to a 2-vehicle crash in Eden Valley Sunday afternoon at 3:31. It occurred at the intersection of Highways 22 and 55.
A 2017 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by 75-year-old Daniel Edward Kramer, was stopped at the intersection of Highway 55 and Highway 22, then proceeded into the intersection and collided with a 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by 63-year-old Bradley Allan Thompson of Atwater. Kramer received non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the Paynesville Hospital. Thompson was not injured, nor were the 3 passengers in his vehicle – 89-year-old Carol Amy Thompson of Franklin, 97-year-old Raymond Louis Thompson of Franklin, and 63-year-old Susan Kathryne Thompson of Atwater. Also responding to the scene were the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, Watkins Ambulance, Eden Valley Fire Dept., and Eden Valley Rescue.
Each day a business will be featured as “Business of the Day” and every time their commercial is aired be the 7th caller and win a chance to receive KLFD Bucks to be spent at our “Business of the Day” locations.
Monday thru Friday, at 4 pm we will draw out a winner to be put into our final drawing to be held sometime later in April. Once your name has been drawn out daily and put into the final drawing, you are no longer qualified to call in. Otherwise, you can keep calling in once a day to qualify.
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