Month: February 2024

The Northwest Regional Correction Center reported the arrest of the following-

Tashyierra Monique Allen, 32, of Grand Forks, for not having proof of car insurance.

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The Crookston Eagles Club will have Bar Bingo tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. This is a $500 must-go jackpot, and the kitchen will serve baskets.

The Highland Elementary School Student Council will have a Movie Night featuring Inside Out tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Highland School Gym. Popcorn and water will be provided, but please bring your own blanket or pillow. All students must be accompanied by an adult and are encouraged to sit together with their families.

The Crookston Eagles Club will have Bar Bingo on Saturday, February 3, starting at 2:00 p.m. This is a $400 must-go jackpot.

The artist series concert will take place on Sunday, February 4, at 2:30 p.m. at Crookston High School. This concert is a matinee performance. 

The Dream Boutique is going to be having a prom dress donation drive. Donations of prom dresses, prom shoes, and prom-type jewelry can be dropped off on Monday, February 5, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 107 E 2nd St across the street from City Hall in the old Opticare building. Donations can also be dropped off at any time with Erin LaPlante at State Farm Insurance.

RiverView Health will be offering a CPR class on Thursday, February 8, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the RiverView Home Care Building, 721 South Minnesota Street in Crookston. The cost is $55 for those needing certification, and for those not needing certification, the class is free. To register, call 218-281-9536. No walk-ins will be allowed.

The 21^st Annual Ice Buster Daze Fishing Derby in Crookston will be on Saturday, February 10. The Masonic Lodge Breakfast will be 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. at 112 West Robert Street. Pancakes, Waffles, sausage, coffee, juice, and milk will be served. It’s a free-will offering with money going to local charities. Ice fishing will be from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the Red Lake River at Central Park. Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. $25 for 2 holes. Tickets are being pre-sold at Crookston Ace Hardware and Scott’s True Value. Ticket sales are limited to 300. The Awards Ceremony will be at 7:00 p.m. at the Crookston Eagles. For more information, contact Crookston Ace Hardware at 281-1749 or Brian at 281-7762.

The Camp Confidence Fundraiser Cornhole Tournament will be held on Saturday, February 10, at the Crookston Eagles Club. Registration and check-in will be 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Bags will fly at noon. The cost per team is $40, and Venmo is available. It’s double elimination with payouts for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place.  There are new custom-made boards and bags. Wear your favorite football jersey for a chance at a $20 bar tab. To pre-register, call or text Tandra at 218-289-0575 or Nicole at 443-716-8635.

The Golden Link Senior Center will host a pancake and French toast breakfast on Sunday, February 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There will be no cost, but free-will donations will be offered. The menu will include pancakes, French toast, sausage links, and biscuits and gravy.

The Driftbusters Snowmobile Club  Fundraiser Galentine’s  Designer Purse Bingo and Vendor Show, with special guest Blinked Permanent Jewelry, will be held Tuesday, February 13, at the Crookston Eagles Club. Vendor Show will be from 5:30 to 7:00 and Bingo at 7:00.  Advanced tickets are $40 and $50 at the door. 15 games will be played. There will be door prize drawings throughout the vendor show. For tickets, contact Anna Peterson at 218-280-8994 or Shannon Knaack at 320-309-7308.

Celebrate the Young Child will host Let’s Pretend at the Crookston Library on Tuesday, February 20, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Crookston Alliance for Literacy and Learning (CALL) Committee invites you to come dressed up as your favorite character or hero and play at their pretend post office, police station, flower shop, fire station, restaurant, doctor’s office, and vet clinic. Free books will be provided by the CALL Committee.

The Crookston Gun Club will host its 43rd annual Family Fun Night and Awards Banquet on Saturday, February 24, at the Crookston Eagles Club. There will be a social at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Dinner choices will include Prime Rib or Walleye. The price is $30 for adults and $25 for ages under 18. For more information, call Steve Videen at 218-289-2115.

CONTINUING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Join the Crookston Library winter’s reading adventure Book Blizzard going on now through February 29!! Read to win cozy prizes. Complete a reading log for every four books you listen to or read. Participate at the Crookston Library or online at larl.org/bookblizzard 

DNR Hunter Safety Traning for ages 11 and older will take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays beginning May 7. The classes will be held at the Crookston Gun Club. To register, contact Youth Activities Coordinator Steve Videen at 218-289-2115 or by email at stevevideen@yahoo.com

The Crookston February pool hours Monday through Friday are – lap swim  6:00 to 9:00 a.m., aqua aerobics 9:00 to 10:00, homeschool open swim 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Fridays only, and open swim 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, open swim 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. birthday party slots from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m., call 218-1180 for reservations.  Closed on Sundays. Costs are: Open swim $5 a person, aqua aerobics $5 a person, lap swim $5 a person, aqua and lap swim membership is $36 a month.

As the Crookston Care and Share expands, its women’s dormitories are in need of twin bed frames, dressers, lamps, and end tables. Donate: call 218-281-2644.

The Crookston Squadron Civil Air Patrol meets every Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Call 218-281-3954 for more information.

Highland Elementary School is looking for new or used winter gloves and snow pants in sizes 8, 9, and 10. If you are interested in donating or have any questions, call 218-281-5600.

Parents of children are invited to register their children for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The program provides one book every month to your child for FREE from when you enroll until they turn five. Crookston Public School manages the program, and you can register at www.ImaginationLibrary.com.

The Crookston Care and Share is now accepting donations of Women’s, Men’s, and children’s clothing, toiletries, and other everyday items. Donations may be dropped off at the Care and Share Center at 220 East Third Street or call 281-2644. The Donation Room is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and Fridays from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Polk County Public Health and ECFE will host a Newborn Baby Talk event for parents with babies newborn to 12 weeks every Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the Crookston Public Library. There will be 2-12 week sessions. January 9-March 26, and April 2-June 18. A public health nurse, parent educator and lactation specialist will be available to answer questions about your newborn and provide support and information on your journey of parenting. A facilitated discussion will cover feeding, attachment, sleep, development, family changes, and returning to work. You can have your baby weighed too.

Every Tuesday (except for Federal Holidays), The Crookston Public Library will host New Born Baby Talk from 9:30 am. to 11:00 a.m. This is for parents with babies 0-12 weeks old. A public health nurse, parent educator, and lactation specialist will be available to answer questions about your newborn and provide support and information on your new journey of parenting.

The Crookston Public Library’s Books & Brews Book Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of every other month at 6:30 p.m. at Drafts Sports Bar and Grill. They will discuss books and enjoy beverages. Appetizers are provided by the Friends of the Crookston Public Library; participants are responsible for the cost of their food and drinks. All are welcome.

The Crookston Public Library’s Reading by the Red Book Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of every other month at 6:30 p.m. They will discuss books and enjoy beverages.

The Crookston Public Library will have StoryTime every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

The Golden Link is serving noon lunch Monday through Friday. All are welcome to dine in between the hours of 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Crookston Friends of the Library meet on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

The Crookston Library Board meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 5:15 p.m.

The Cove Youth Center in Crookston is open Monday through Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Students and parents should call ahead to check the availability of the youth center at 218-470-0149.

The Crookston Care and Share Center’s Donation and New Hope Food Shelf will be open every Monday and Wednesday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and every Friday from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. For more information or to donate, call 218-277-0000.

 

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Giving Hearts Day will take place on Thursday, February 10. Crookston entities participating in this year’s event include the Riverview Health Foundation, Benedictine Living Community-Crookston, Care and Share of Crookston, and Scruffy Tails Humane Society.

This will be the 18^th year of Giving Hearts Day. The Dakota Medical Foundation started this event in 2006 to initiate a day of giving. “This began just in northwest Minnesota and North Dakota area,” said Benedictine Living Community-Crookston Foundation Director Cassie Rudie, “This was initially only an online donating opportunity, and now it’s branched out to checks and goods are accepted as donations.”

Each year, the Benedictine Living Community-Crookston and Riverview Health Foundation take part in the Giving Hearts Day event to raise funds for a specific item within their organization.

Riverview Health is searching for donations toward new sterilizers to place in the operating rooms. “With this new equipment, we’ll be able to increase surgery hours by 7%,” said Riverview Health Foundation Director Randy Schoenborn, “Reduce the amount of downtime associated with maintenance by 50%, and reduce the number of cancellations and reschedules by 25%.” Sterilizers are used on every piece of equipment within the operating rooms, and Schoenborn mentioned that this is a significant priority within Riverview’s building.

Last year, the Benedictine Living Community-Crookston raised funds during Giving Hearts Day to help pay for updates to the elevators in their building. This year, they want to raise funds to replace an outdated Wander Guard System. In the summer of 2023, the Benedictine raised funds during its annual Glow Golf Tournament, which will also go toward the new Wander Guard System. “This is a bracelet monitoring system that will alert our staff,” said Rudie, “If a resident or a tenant is wander-prone and they approach that exit, our staff is alerted. This helps make sure that person doesn’t exit the building.” Rudie also expressed that the Wander Guard System helps ensure the safety of residents and tenants and also helps keep family members of the residents at ease knowing they are being monitored.

Giving Hearts Day is scheduled for the second week of February each year near Valentine’s Day to symbolize donating from the heart. “Maybe we have bigger hearts this time of year,” said Rudie, “If people feel that they want to give back to the community, this highlights all of the non-profits in our Crookston Community and around the area.”

Schoenborn spoke about the importance of Riverview Health’s services, keeping those services close to home, and how donating will allow these services to continue. “When you think about what is offered at Riverview Health, people don’t have to go out of town,” said Schoenborn, “One couple told me that when they retired, they decided to move to Crookston because of health care and other options. That’s something you think about when moving to other communities.”

To donate to Giving Hearts Day, visit https://app.givingheartsday.org/ and select which organization you would like to donate to. Those who don’t want to donate online can see whichever organization you intend to contribute to and drop off money in a check or cash form.

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The Chapter 14 DAV in Crookston has recently appointed Dennis Boucher (McIntosh) as the District Commander. The DAV (Disabled American Veterans) was created in 1920 by World War I veterans for disabled military veterans to help them and their families through various needs.

Boucher, a Vietnam veteran, served from 1968-1970 following his high school graduation and served in the United States Army as a Cannoneer, otherwise known as a “Gun bunny.” It didn’t take long within his service to experience what Boucher described as a “warzone”.

“We were just landing in Vietnam, and the pilot was nervous,” said Boucher, “He instructed us to exit the plane immediately, we we’re all thinking ‘what’s the matter with him?’, and we got out of the plane, and all you could hear was ‘ping, ping,’ and when we landed, we had to sets of containers to protect the plane, and we were getting shot at. As soon as we got out, the pilot was gone. How could you blame him?”

Boucher also encountered an attack late one evening, after finishing his shift on radio duty, before going to bed in the trenches. When the direct hit was over, Boucher found he was the only one alive from his gun section.

“We had a direct hit one morning, and it took everyone out; the only thing that saved my can was I was on guard duty,” said Boucher, “When you got off duty in the morning, you slept in ditches. The gun was firing right over the top of me, and actually, when you’re close enough, you can’t hear it. Everybody was down when I got up, and the other gun section came to help.”

When talking about his time in the military, Boucher expressed that the military was and is still crucial in young people’s growing development. Like many other veterans, he said those experiences have carried with him for the rest of his life, and many young Americans could benefit by serving.

Military veteran and Polk County Veterans Services Officer Kurt Ellefson reached out to Boucher for help regarding the DAV and ultimately recommended he be appointed as District Commander. “I bounce everything off of him (Ellefson); he asked if I could take his position,” said Boucher, “And I thought about it for a while, and he said we could lose our chapter if we don’t put someone in charge, and so I took it.”

The Chapter 14 DAV donates thousands of dollars in funds to local veterans and families in need each year. They also help fund the Honor Flight, where veterans are selected each year for a free trip to the capital in Washington, D.C.

 

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