Month: August 2020

A total of 44 youth from the Crookston area participated in the 39th Annual Crookston Lions Youth Golf Tournament Monday.  The tournament was sponsored by the Crookston Lions & Linda Morgan the Lioness event leader, Minakwa Golf Course, Northern Sky Bank, Crookston Hardware Hank, WSN, Ag Country Farm Credit Services, Grand Forks Golf Center, Father Roger Grundhaus, Longtin Agency, RiverView, Titan Machinery, Bremer Bank, Carmen View-Kevin Ross, and Andy Oman State Farm.

The youth golfers placing in order in each age range were:

Girls age 15-17: Hannah Brouse, Abigail Borowicz, Linnea French
Boys age 15-17: Ethan Finseth, Kaleb Thingelstad, Nathan Kelly
Girls age 13-14: Addie Fee, Ava Martin, Georgia Sanders
Boys age 13-14: Mason Nowacki, Ross Koerner, Caiden Gwenby
Girls age 11-12: Halle Nicholas, Taylor Schulz, Avery Mathews
Boys age 11-12: Kolby Koerner, Ethan Bubna, Garrett Fischer
Girls age 9-10: Ava Oliver, Kaylen Bedard, Makenna Peterson
Boys age 9-10: Owen Bubna, Jude Johnson, Asher Wieland

Girls age 8 & under participating: Aubrey Johnson, Ruby Martin, Violet Bengston

Boys age 8 & under participating: Kelby Fee, Bladen Melsa, Hunter Brownsell, Harrison Cameron, Ashton Cameron

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Two current Crookston City Council members have filed to run again.

Clayton Briggs in Ward 3 and Joe Kresl in Ward 5 have filed affidavits for candidacy for the November election.  Briggs ran unopposed four years ago and Kresl appointed to the council. 

Filing is open for four council seats in Wards 1, 3, 5, and an at-large seat. Eligible candidates have until 5 p.m. on August 11 to file at city hall.

The third week of August will still be special in Crookston with a handful of “socially-distanced” events planned August 17-22, including fireworks, a cruise night, and food truck fest.

Ox Cart Days chair, Jess Bengtson, has been working with separate organizers who wanted to offer a safe alternative version of their events in August despite the festival’s postponement. “No one wants to completely cancel a festival as big as what Ox Cart Days have become, but with the pandemic and health and safety guidelines for the state and entire country there had to be some reimagining happen,” Bengtson explained. “Organizers have rethought out their events and will give it a try with social distancing and masks in mind.”

The third week of August event schedule includes:
Monday, August 17

• Virtual Scavenger Hunt begins
• Medallion Hunt begins, sponsored by the Crookston Times and University of Minnesota Crookston Admissions Office
• Food Truck Fest with multiple food trucks/vendors, sponsored by the Downtown Crookston Development Partnership (See the DCDP’s social media for more info on vendors, locations, dates)
• Kid’s Lemonade Stand Contest begins, see location list on local media websites and social media
• Grand Theater special matinees begin (tentative)

Wednesday, August 19

• BIO Girls Fun Run for participants

Thursday, August 20

• “Shop Local” gift card giveaway throughout Crookston
• Crookston Farmers Market
• Crookston Classic Cruisers/UMN Crookston Golden Eagle Cruise Night and parking lot/driveway/yard party contest
• Drafts Cornhole Tournament and parking lot party (tentative)
• Fireworks, sponsored by the City of Crookston

Friday, August 21

• Firemen Drive-Thru Pancake Breakfast fundraiser (tentative)
• First Responders Walk fundraiser
• Outdoor Eyewear Showcase plus free food and giveaways, sponsored by Crookston Eye Clinic
• Free dinner for first responders (with ID), sponsored by the Crookston Inn
• Miss Crookston Scholarship Pageant (tentatively at Crookston High School)

Saturday, August 22

• Crookston Classic Cruiser Car Show and Run to the Park

More details coming soon.

Citing the full festival’s postponement, Bengtson noted that any vendors or sponsors for the 2020 festival that did not want to transfer their deposits or sponsorships to 2021 would be able to receive a refund by contacting Ox Cart Days at crookstonoxcartdays@gmail.com, message them on social media or their website, www.crookstonoxcartdays.com, or call or text (701) 610-6454.

Last week the neighbors of Gail and Ken Myers were treated to some music as past, and current members of the Grand Forks Symphony played music in their yard.  The Myers daughter Chanel used to play in the symphony, and she joined the performance Wednesday night.  Gail said a lot of neighbors and friends turned out. “We had a lot of friends and neighbors from Crookston come,” said Myers. “So, we had a really good turnout. People did all the social distancing, the masks, and enjoyed the music, and it was a lot of fun.”

Chanel said Tamara Auer has been organizing these music events in Grand Forks, and this was the first in Crookston. “Tamara teaches violin lessons to three to four students in Crookston,” said Myers. “She puts together a group of musicians to play around in different people’s yards in Grand Forks, and this was the first one she did in Crookston. It’s just to get people together to hear music and give musicians the chance to play since the symphony hasn’t been able to have any of their indoor performances.”

Chanel said the members of the symphony plans to come back again with some different music. “I talked with Tamara after the performance,” said Myers. “This time they did some classical music, and because it was a good turnout next time, they’ll do some folk, polka, maybe Irish fiddle music. They’re thinking about a few different options since they spoke with a lot of the audience members and found out what kind of music they like.”

Gail added that Ainsley Boucher, a student at Crookston High School, also played with the group last week. “They invited Ainsley Boucher, who is a student at Crookston High School, to play with them too,” said Myers. “It was fun to have her be a part of that group.”

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