The Forest City Threshers Show is coming up this Saturday and Sunday from 8-to-5 each day. Minneapolis-Moline and Twin City Tractors are the featured equipment this year and there are lots of new items to see.
Frank Berg says there’s a parade each day at 11 a.m., an antique tractor pull Saturday at noon, a kids pedal pull on Sunday at 10:30, a garden tractor pull Sunday at 2, a breakfast each day from 7:30-to-9:30, a roast beef dinner from 11-to-2 each day, along with hamburger, taco and malt stands and a beer garden. He says lots of work has taken place this past year on the depot building and it’s nearing completion.
Berg says there will be a working telegraph system; there’s an office, 1st aid station and memorabilia station; and the women’s activity building is complete – except for the restroom there. He says the Eden Valley Tractor Club will be demonstrating their backing and teeter totter skills on Saturday morning from 8:30-to-10:30.
Butch Schulte says there have been so many improvements and additions to the Forest City Threshing grounds in the past 5 or 6 years, so if you haven’t been there in a while, you’ll want to check it out. He says one of the new items this year is a sunflower maze.
Schulte says Dave Jutz is probably their biggest collector of Minneapolis-Moline equipment. He says admission to the show is $5 and it’s free for children 12 and under.
The Litchfield School Board has approved of a job description for the new position of Associate Technology Director. The Board also approved of posting the position for interested applicants.
The Associate Technology Director would eventually transition into the Technology Director at some point when the current Technology Director, Jennifer Ridgeway, decides to retire. The Board also approved of the sale of School District property last night to the City of Litchfield for an area that will help to square off the green space for the new Litchfield Area Recreation Center.
The Litchfield School Board also heard a presentation by officials from Ehlers Public Finance Advisors regarding a tax increment financing district for the $11.9-million, 60-unit Midtown Lofts housing complex at 415 South Ramsey Avenue. The TIF district is a unique one which requires approval from the City, County and School District. The School Board will consider its approval of the TIF district during its August 26th meeting.
Ecumen of Litchfield Home Care and Hospice continues to help people within a 50-mile radius of Litchfield with various health care services. Several new people have joined the Hospice team to help people in end-of-life situations.
Care Consultant Brittany Schutz says there was kind of a lull earlier this summer, but there have been more hospitalizations lately with people needing care as they transition back to their homes after having procedures such as hip replacements and need home care services.
Schutz says if anyone is in need of home care or Hospice services, they may call 693-7367. Dawn Doty oversees the Adult Day Services for Ecumen and says they have openings. She says they often care for people so that their caregivers can have a break, and the hours are flexible.
Doty says they have activities for the people in Adult Day Services such as games and exercises; they can do administration of meds, and they have lunch and snacks. She says they can take up to 25 people as there is a 1-to-5 ratio of staff to clients. For more information, call Dawn at 320-373-6627.