The students at St. Philip’s Catholic School have been busy in April and the month is only half over. The 5th graders are enjoying some time up at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center this week.
Principal Andrea Dietrich says the second graders will have their first communion later this month, spring testing will begin at the end of April, and the singers will have a concert for grandparent’s day early in May. She says registration is open for any child that would like to enroll in their K-through-5 school in the next year.
Dietrich says they recently received good news as they had a goal of raising $70,000 from their annual marathon last October, and they finally reached their goal so the students will be rewarded with a field trip. She says there was a rummage and bake sale at St. Philip’s Church April 4th and 5th which was a huge success – raising more money for student scholarships.
From April 12th to April 14th, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office received 12 calls related to damage to property, break-ins, suspicious people walking in town and a burglary alarm related to the property damage reports in the City of Dassel. Many businesses in the downtown are were damaged along with a vehicle on the south end of town. Businesses suffered broken windows and damage to doors from attempted break-ins. Deputies gathered evidence at several locations and are searching for surveillance footage. Anyone with information or video footage of any of these incidents is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office dispatch at 320-693-5400. Information can also be left anonymously on our confidentail tip-line at 320-693-5411.
On this day in music, April 14, 2017, “Sign Of The Times,” the debut single by ex-One Direction singer Harry Styles, went to No.1 in the UK. To get there, it knocked Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” off the top of the charts after a 13-week run. “Sign Of The Times” debuted at No.4 on Billboard’s Hot 100, reaching No.1 the following week. It also reached the top spot in the US iTunes charts just 19 minutes after its release, breaking the previous record held by Adele, whose 2015 song “Hello” took the No.1 position after 50 minutes.
In 1978, Art Garfunkel scored a No.1 hit in the UK with “Bright Eyes,” the theme song from Watership Down, an animated movie based on Richard Adams’ book about rabbits. Written by Mike Batt, the mastermind behind The Wombles, the song spent six weeks at the top and was the best-selling UK single of 1979. It was Garfunkel’s second UK No.1 but didn’t chart in the US.
In 1953, Liverpool-born Lita Roza became the first British female singer to top the UK singles chart when her cover of Patti Page’s novelty song, “(How Much) Is That Doggie In Window?,” reached No.1. Roza, who purportedly hated the tune, never performed it live.
In 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival made their live UK debut in style – with a two-night engagement at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
In 1980, Gary Numan released The Touring Principle ‘79, the UK’s first commercially available feature-length rock video on VHS cassette. It was recorded at London’s Hammersmith Odeon venue as part of Numan’s The Pleasure Principle tour and topped the UK video charts.
BORN ON APRIL 14
1932: Loretta Lynn
1945: Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
1948: Larry Ferguson (Hot Chocolate)
1949: Sonja Kristina (Curved Air)
1949: June Millington (Fanny)
1965: Martyn LeNoble (Porno for Pyros)
1973: David Miller (Il Divo)
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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