I spent part of the evening tonight in Glenwood with my family as we took the Waterama fireworks over Lake Minnewaska. They did a phenomenal job. You can see a part of the fireworks show in the video below.
While walking around at the food vendors by the Lakeside Ballroom, B-B-E junior boys' basketball player and cross country runner Taylor Pieper greeted me. It was a total out-of-the blue random chance that we crossed paths tonight. He was there with some friends, and I asked him how they did at the Kerkhoven Town and Country Days 3-on-3 tournament. I'm excited to report that Pieper's 3-on-3 team won the boys' varsity division (grades 9-12)!! That's exciting! Good for him. He works at it and has my full respect!
And here's a video from the fireworks tonight in Glenwood:
I was sad to see that Greenwald lost today in the Region 15C amateur baseball play-in game. Pearl Lake took the final spot in the eight-team tournament that begins on Friday, August 2 in Watkins. Elrosa drafted Brett Englemeyer from Greenwald for the region tournament. Englemeyer has been drafted by Elrosa for previous postseasons, and he's been a great fit for the team!
On Sunday, I'll get some baseball news reported here in this blog post.
Baseball news: in Saturday's play-in round game between Greenwald and Pearl Lake, the Lakers racked up 15 hits in a 9-1 win over the Cubs. Pearl Lake's Adam Braun threw eight innings and gave up just one hit. This sets up the opening game of the Region 15C Elite 8, which will be on Friday, August 2 in Watkins. Squaring off will be our Elrosa Saints and Pearl Lake.
Other news updates...
Here's the link to see the Pope County Fair schedule and info...the full schedule was published in easy-to-read format in the July 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Here's their fair website link: https://www.popecountyfair.org.
I'll "ditto" everything above for the Stearns County Fair! Yes, as dedicated readers of my newspaper know, both of their fairs advertise their full schedule each summer with us...here's their fair website link: https://stearnscountyfair.com.
To register for the catered meal at the upcoming 150th anniversary of the founding of Chippewa Falls Lutheran church in Terrace, you can click here and also read more about the event: https://shorturl.at/VUlRP.
Coming in LESS than two weeks is the Kandiyohi County Fair in Willmar! They also advertise in The Voice each summer. Here's their fair website link: https://www.kandifair.com.
I still have a pile of videos to upload from Bonanza Valley Days. That's how far behind I am, but I'm getting caught up today! Woo Hoo!
Here's a video from Friday night of BVD a couple of weeks ago...
Here's a video from the golf course during the Gary Fauskee Golf Memorial on July 13:
Remember! The Belgrade August Fest is coming! Less than two weeks away! These next couple of weeks are shaping up to be one of the busiests stretches of the entire summer. It's gonna get crazy busy.
As of this point, I've got 333 pictures uploaded from Bonanza Valley Days events not including sporting events. You can see some of those albums by clicking here: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2024-B-B-EBonanza-Valley-area-events.
*Monday night update...
That BVD photo upload total has climbed to 634+ pictures! That is not counting the BVD Youth Baseball photos that are under the Summer 2024 Sports folder. Currently, five albums have been uploaded that basically include all BVD pictures from the events of Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I am preparing a final round of BVD pictures to publish in the August 1 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. We'll see how it goes!
