The 19th annual Knights of Columbus PJ Casey Council 2029 Fish Fry will be on Friday, March 21st from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. – or until the fish is gone – at the Church of St. Philip in Litchfield. It’s dine-in or drive up – $17 per meal.
Dave Keeling says there is a reduced price for children ages 5-to-12 and nearly half of their customers prefer the drive-up option. He says the menu includes Alaskan Pollock, baked potato, baked beans, dinner roll, coleslaw, and cookie and it includes beverages for dine-in customers only. Deliveries of ten or more to businesses can be arranged by calling or texting Josh Carlson by noon today (March 18) at 320-221-1335.
Keeling says they’ve ordered nearly 2,400 pounds of fish this year, so hopefully they won’t run out by 7 p.m. Friday. He says they get most of their products for the fish fry in Litchfield and they’ve already spent about $13,000 on supplies.
Keeling says the Knights of Columbus uses the proceeds for all kinds of projects including Wintercade, scholarships, summer music in the park, coats-for-kids, Special Olympics, veteran’s organizations and much more. He says the Knights of Columbus has several fundraising events throughout the year, but the fish fry is the biggest, and it takes close to 200 people to put it on.
Sara Miller has resigned from her Ward 5 Council seat. The Litchfield City Council approved of a resolution last night declaring a vacancy in Ward 5. Applications to fill the seat will be accepted through April 15th at 4:30 p.m. and interviews will be conducted during the April 21st Council meeting.
The Council approved of employee wage increases for full-time non-contract employees, part-time employees and for fire and rescue members. The Council heard annual reports last night from fire chief Kurt Beckstrand and Rescue Chief Blake Tangen; and received an update on the Litchfield Area Recreation Center project from Colin Rehbein of ICS. The Council also heard from Nate Nelson who had concerns about the rate increases at the golf course.
The Council approved of a proposal from 4594 Design for a window and fire suppression door project at the G.A.R. Hall; approved of a consulting proposal from Holly Johnson of the National Independent Health Club Association to assist with initial hiring of employees for the Litchfield Area Recreation Center; approved of May 17th for the city-wide clean up day; approved of appointing Gary Barnes to the Planning Commission; and approved of appointing Kate Gorr to the HRA. City Administrator David Czoik also reported that New History will have a webinar regarding the façade grant process for the historic downtown district on April 3rd at 11 a.m. and on April 8th at 5:30 p.m. which can be viewed at City Hall.
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.
Ecumen of Litchfield has a new Service Coordinator. Valerie Imholte is taking over that role from Michelle Schoolmeesters who recently retired. Imholte says she’s excited to get to know everyone at Ecumen. She says helping seniors at Ecumen find the services they need is something near and dear to her heart.
Imholte says she will be focused on the Gloria Dei facility. She says if anyone would like information about apartments there, they may call Hope at 373-6614. Nicole Larson oversees the housing at Emmaus Place and Bethany and she says they have several openings there right now. She says Emmaus Place offers assisted living and more skilled care is available at Bethany as the care required varies for every individual.
Larson says she’s had people on a waiting list, and if they’re not ready to make the move to assisted living yet, she just keeps them on her list. She says she is available to give tours of the assisted living facilities at Ecumen and people may call her at 373-6370. Adult Day services are also available at Ecumen and anyone in need of those services may call Dawn at 373-6627.