On Oct. 23, 1941, the Disney film “Dumbo” was released.
In 1950, actor-singer Al Jolson died in San Francisco at the age of 64. He’s probably best known for starring in “The Jazz Singer,” the first talking film.
In 1962, a 12-year-old named Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first single for Motown Records. It was called “Thank You For Loving Me All The Way.”
In 1978, Maybelle Carter, the matriarch of the musical Carter family, died at the age of 69.
In 1984, musician Bob Geldof watched a documentary on the BBC about Ethiopia’s famine. He was so moved he called his friend, Midge Ure, and together they wrote the charity song “Do They Know It’s Christmas.”
In 1991, Rodney Crowell announced he and fellow singer Rosanne Cash were getting divorced. They had married in 1979.
In 1992, country singer George Strait made his movie debut in “Pure Country,” in which he starred as a country western singer.
In 1995, a Houston jury found Yolanda Saldivar guilty of murdering Tejano (tay-HAH’-no) singing star Selena. She was sentenced to spend at least 30 years in prison.
In 2004, singer Ashlee Simpson walked off stage after the wrong vocal track was played during her performance on “Saturday Night Live,” which revealed she was lip-synching.
In 2010, singer Katy Perry married comedian Russell Brand at a tiger sanctuary in India. They divorced in 2012.
In 2015, Carrie Underwood released her “Storyteller” album.
Today’s Birthdays: Director Philip Kaufman (“The Right Stuff”) is 88. Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 81. Director Ang Lee (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) is 70. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 68. Singer Dwight Yoakam is 68. Director-actor Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man” films) is 65. Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 65. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 60. Drummer Brian Nevin of Big Head Todd and The Monsters is 58. Singer David Thomas of Take 6 is 58. Singer Junior Bryant of Ricochet is 56. Actor John Huertas (“This is Us,” “Castle”) is 55. Director Chris Weitz (”About a Boy,” “American Pie”) is 55. Country singer Jimmy Wayne is 52. Bassist Eric Bass of Shinedown is 50. “So You Think You Can Dance” host Cat Deeley is 48. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 48. Actor Saycon Sengbloh (TV’s “In The Dark”) is 47. Singer Matthew Shultz of Cage The Elephant is 41. Former TV host Meghan McCain (“The View”) is 40. Actor Masiela Lusha (“George Lopez”) is 39. Singer Miguel is 39. Actor Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”) is 38. Actor Inbar Lavi (“Imposters,” “Prison Break”) is 38. Actor Jessica Stroup (”Iron Fist,” “90210”) is 38. Trumpeter Allen Branstetter of St. Paul and the Broken Bones is 34. Actor Taylor Spreitler (“Kevin Can Wait,” “Melissa and Joey”) is 31. Actor Margaret Qualley (“Poor Things,” “Fosse/Verdon”) is 30. Actor Amandla Stenberg (“The Acolyte,” “The Hunger Games”) is 26.
The VFW 2818 $2K Bingo will be held at the Muddy Cow in Litchfield on Sunday at 1 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. and you must have a ticket to participate.
Sara Miller says she has tickets available and anyone interested can reach out to her on Facebook or call her at 320-241-5649 for the $40 tickets. She says the winner of the final game wins $2,000 and it is blackout so it sometimes takes a while.
Miller says the other bingo games on Sunday will have $200 winners, and there will be meat raffles between games. She says the proceeds will benefit the Litchfield High School Robotics Team and the Girls Basketball Team.
A ground-breaking ceremony will be held at the Litchfield Area Recreation Center site next to the Litchfield Civic Arena on Thursday morning at 10 o’clock with City and School District officials present. The Litchfield City Council approved of bid package #3 for the facility on Monday evening.
Mayor Ron Dingmann says bids of $108,400 for fire suppression and $743,718 for electrical were both under budget, but a bid for mechanical was extremely high so it was rejected and will be rebid. He says the Council set a couple of public hearing for November 18th – one to address the additional $10,000 amended to the purchase price for the Litchfield Golf Clubhouse, and another regarding the cannabis sale ordinance.
Dingmann says the Council also hired a new liquor store manager, Lori Lehar, who will take over for Angela Decker who is retiring at year’s end; and lineman Tanner Fester; and approved of lighting a maple tree in Central Park this holiday season for $4,680. He says the Council also approved of having the staff develop a policy regarding the stability of mailboxes as the winter snow removal season approaches.
Dingmann says they will educating the public about the mailbox policy as it’s put together. He says the Council approved of some items Monday evening related to the wastewater plant including a significant industrial user agreement, a lease agreement and a site plan for First District Association as it will install a pretreatment plant next to the City’s wastewater plant. The upcoming wastewater improvement project is estimated to cost between $45-50-million, with First District’s share estimated at $25-30-million.
