There are so many fun and exciting things that kids can find at the library. One of the best things to find during the summer is the summer reading program mascot. This year, kids can find a little stuffed bear named Bruce. When they do, they get to pick out a sticker or a temporary tattoo. While Bruce the bear might seem random, he is pretty significant within our reading program.
Jesus famously says in Matthew 25, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, You did it to Me.” Recently I came across a story by an anonymous writer that makes Jesus’ words “real.” The story is called “Shoes in Church”: I showered and shaved. I adjusted my tie.
FRIDAY, JULY 5 Family Movie Night 6:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 321 N.
What: Garden Tour sponsored by the University of Minnesota Extension/Meeker County Master Gardeners When: 5-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 9 Where: Clear Lake, Watkins and Kimball area Tickets: $10 and available at KLFD Radio, Stockmen’s Greenhouse & Garden Center, Litchfield and Hutchinson, Meeker County Extension office and at each garden the night of the tour.
The Litchfield Blues are suddenly posting scores akin to a football team, not the baseball squad they are. The Blues have scored 43 runs in their last two games, including a 16-3 win over Maple Plain in a North Star League game Sunday at Maple Plain.
The Biblical story of Joseph, his father Jacob, 11 brothers and the coat of many colors is reimagined in Litchfield Community Theatre’s summer musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Told entirely through song with the help of a main character — Narrator (played by Alexandra Lundin, Mila Hanson and Sara Dollerschell), the musical follows favorite son Joseph (Adam Stern). After being sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, he flatters himself into the good graces of Egyptian noble Potiphar (Chris Ness), but ends up in jail after refusing the amorous advances of Potiphar’s wife.
Grand Day Parade is 10 a.m. July 4.
NEXT SEVEN DAYS THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Litchfield Community Farmers Market 8 a.m.5 p.m. at Central Park in downtown Litchfield.
It’s become a Fourth of July tradition for folks to post on social media asking if there is a fireworks show in the area. Others will chime in and respond in a variety of ways ranging from “No, there isn’t one” to “Don’t get us started.” The truth is, the Fourth of July was once a big deal in Litchfield and Hutchinson.
A Hutchinson woman has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in full for embezzling more than $2 million from her employer. According to court documents, Jennifer Lee Rath, 53, worked as the financial controller at a heavy civil construction company in Hutchinson.