“Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition” will be presented in the Litchfield High School Commons on Monday (Sept. 22) at 6:30 p.m. The original movie is updated with the latest research, expert insights and advice, specifically tailored for the students, parents and educators of elementary schools to help them better navigate the digital age.
Lake Ripley School Social Worker Tammy Minton says the event is being made possible with a grant from Meeker Energy. She says they did a similar event last year which was geared more toward teenagers.
Minton says technology is a great thing, but it can be all-encompassing and children need to be limited on their screen time. She says parents should set limits on when children may use devices and they should be encouraged to interact face-to-face with their friends and family members and do physical activities outdoors.
Minton says the film is just under an hour long, and there will be time for discussion afterwards, and refreshments will be served. She says it’s free and open to the public.
Judy Haag of Eden Valley, a parishioner at the Church of Our Lady in Manannah, was one of 4 people honored with the 2025 People of Life award for her pro-life activism at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Conference in Arlington, Virginia last month. Haag and her husband, Bob, are pictured on the front page of the September issue of “The Prairie Catholic.”
Judy Haag, who spent 30-years as a long-term care nurse, was honored along with Valerie Washington and the late Rita and Mike Marker during a ceremony on August 11th. Haag has served in the New Ulm Diocese as the chairperson of the Council of Catholic Women Reverence for Life Committee – assisting in public education and advocacy on abortion.
Haag has co-chaired the local 40 Days for Life campaign since its inception 15 years ago and has been active in numerous other pro-life activities. The Haags have displayed billboards on their property with pro-life messages. Judy says there’s a group that travels to St. Paul the first Friday of each month during the legislative sessions to pray especially about pro-life issues.
The Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee met on Tuesday night, after taking the summer months off from meetings. Members of the group were busy over the summer, despite the lack of meetings – helping with the Center Bank Brat Feed during the Litchfield Watercade celebration and helping at the dairy booth during the Meeker County Fair.
The group collected checks from Center Bank and from the Meeker County American Dairy Association for their work this past summer and those funds will help to pay for plane tickets for those traveling to Alabama in November. The Litchfield High School FFA students who are heading to Alabama November 1st through the 8th include Cade Cervin, Alexis Engelke, Bianca Forsberg, Wyatt Ratike, Jack Shoutz and Emmett VanDerBill.
The Committee gave President Terri Anderson permission to purchase airline tickets for the delegates. The next Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee meeting will be on Tuesday, October 21st at 7 p.m. in the Litchfield High School Ag Room. Everyone is welcome.
On September 17, 1978, Queen took over Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium to film the video for their hit single “Bicycle Race.” Directed by Denis de Vallance (who also directed visuals for The Pointer Sisters, The Clash, Kool & The Gang, and more) the video famously featured 65 naked women, all of whom happened to be professional models. The concept involved them racing at the Wimbledon greyhound racing track (not to be confused with the home of the famous tennis tournament). While the band rented a number of bikes for the models to use, the company leasing the bikes insisted that Queen purchase each of the bicycle seats used during the shoot, once they learned of the concept.
In 2011, Adele went to No.1 on the US singles chart with “Someone Like You.” The song, which has since gone five times Platinum, was a hit across the world, reaching No.1 in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, and more. It also did monumental numbers in Adele’s home country of England. Later, during the Official Charts Company’s 60th anniversary, UK citizens chose “Someone like You” as one of the top three most beloved singles of the past 60 years. The song trailed only Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
In 1983, Paul Young scored his first UK No.1 album with No Parlez. Young’s debut was initially thought to be a dud, as early singles “Iron Out the Rough Spots” and “Love of the Common People” didn’t register commercially, but a cover of the Marvin Gaye hit “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)” propelled the album to dominance.
In 1976, The Sex Pistols played a concert for the inmates at Chelmsford Prison in Essex. Controversially, the performance was released as an album in 1990, featuring a significant amount of overdubs from the band’s soundman, Dave Goodman.
In 1931, the first long-playing record, a 33 1/3 rpm recording, was demonstrated at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York by RCA-Victor.
In 1964, The Beatles appeared at the Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. The band was paid $150,000 for the show, which was more than any act had ever been paid for a concert.
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 17
1923: Hank Williams
1939: Lamonte McLemore (The 5th Dimension)
1962: Baz Lurhmann
1969: Keith Flint (The Prodigy)
1985: Jonathan Jacob Walker (Panic! At The Disco)