The Litchfield Area Mentorship is continuing to seek mentors. The program also has more fundraisers coming up.
Board member Jo Carlson says they are in the midst of their porch planter fundraiser and there are order sheets at both of the Meeker Memorial Hospital Clinics, at Center Bank and at KLFD or you may contact Denise Olson at the Court House or Tammy Minton at the school. She says the deadline to order them is October 16th.
Carlson says the planters will be available for pick-up at Litchfield United Methodist Church on November 15th and deliveries can also be arranged. She says LAMP is also getting ready for Turkey Bingo on November 22nd at the Litchfield Eagles Club.
Judy Hulterstrum says the Litchfield Kiwanis Club has taken over the Turkey Bingo event as one of their projects and they will help LAMP put on the event on November 22nd. She says LAMP helps to provide a little extra support for certain children throughout Meeker County.
Hulterstrum says if anyone is willing to be a mentor or if anyone would like more information about LAMP, they may call her at 320-699-1616, email her at info@lampkinship.org, go to lampkinship.org or find their Facebook page.
Meeker County Sheriff Brian Cruze has announced the commencement of the Law Enforcement Scholarship Program for 2024. The Minnesota Sheriff’s Association (MSA) Board of Directors has established a scholarship fund for the awarding of up to eighteen $2,000 scholarships this year.
The MSA gives special recognition to the financial needs of students attending the peace officer skills course, or one of the two or four year law enforcement degree programs around the state. Executive Director James Stuart says the MSA Board of Directors acknowledges the current challenges in recruiting and greatly appreciates the individuals that make the decision to serve others through a career in law enforcement. He says this is one way that they can support that honorable decision.
Sheriff Cruze says this remains a noble profession and offering these scholarships is another way they can promote the profession and support those who wish to serve and protect in our Communities. He says the applications are due by November 20th and will be announced by December 30th.
Application forms and a statement of procedures are available at the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office. Scholarships are only available to students currently enrolled in one of the following three categories:
In their third or fourth year of a four-year college criminal justice program. In order to qualify, students must have completed at least one year of the two-year program or two years of a four-year program. Students meeting these criteria are invited to obtain a scholarship application form from their local sheriff’s office or online at www.mnsheriffs.org.
The Litchfield City Council has scheduled some future work sessions prior to the regular meetings. The Council will discuss items in its capital improvement plan prior to the October 21st meeting; the budget prior to the November 4th meeting; and staff report prior to the November 18th meeting.
Council Member-at-Large Malinda Larson says the staff report has to do with requests that come in to the City and a form that would be filled out so that Council members are more up-to-speed on what’s being requested. She says the Council had a work session Monday evening after the regular meeting to discuss zoning related to the sale of marijuana, and mailbox maintenance as the City wants to remind residents to make sure their mailboxes are secure prior to snow removal this winter.
Larson says Council Member Eric Mathwig brought up the issue of the legal placement of political signs during Monday’s Litchfield City Council meeting, and reminded people that the signs cannot be placed in the right-of-way of roadways. She says the Council also approved of a pretreatment document for the wastewater treatment plant project which will keep it moving forward – and many more details will be presented on the wastewater project at the October 21st meeting.