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Tuesday, March 01, 2022
Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day (SUNDAY!)
Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day
The Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day is coming on Sunday, March 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the high school in Belgrade. Kids games are FREE this year! A cash raffle will be held plus a silent auction and family bingo.All ages are welcome including those who do not have children or children at home. Events are lined up for kids through adults including bingo with cash prizes plus a silent auction, with items donated by local businesses or individuals. And remember: all kids games are FREE! Come enjoy the Sunday with your friends and neighbors. See you on the 6th!
Here's a short link to see all the details that you can share on social media: https://bit.ly/3vpnnJM.
We're still enjoying summer in September in the Bonanza Valley! We got well into the mid-80s on Tuesday. It was great!
Wednesday night will bring us a Belgrade Lions family picnic. I'm looking forward to it. I hope to get more coverage of the Belgrade Lions in the future. The town of Brooten owes them one, when they came through to help save the Miss Brooten program this past summer after the program was beaten and battered by the Brooten Commercial Club-related crimes that went down over the past three-or-so years.
That's old news by now, but I definitely won't let the Belgrade Lions' huge favor (a $2,000 donation) be forgotten.
The lengthy list of businesses plus local school and community-related groups who have been put in tough positions because of the Brooten Commercial Club-related crimes is shameful. I just shake my head.
Click on the link to get a glimpse at part of the Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day from January 26 at the high school: https://bit.ly/2RKpDDI. The video embedded in the Bonanza Valley Voice web article begins with Superintendent Walsh calling a game of Lions Bingo.
Speaking of "fun" and anything related to that...this web article knocked it out of the park! I call this "Captain Obvious" - more and more in today's society, kids are not getting the free play time that they so desperately need. And please note that "free, play time" DOES NOT MEAN sitting and staring at a stupid touch screen device!!! https://aeon.co/essays/children-today-are-suffering-a-severe-deficit-of-play.
Plan ahead, folks! The Thursday morning travels by automobile will be tricky and dangerous!
The B-B-E Just For Kix winter dance show will start at noon today at the elementary school. It has been reported in the past to have a 4 p.m. start time.
Also, the Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day will be from 1 to 3 p.m. today at the high school. https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com/story/2019/01/17/news/lions-family-fun-day-is-january-27/788.html
Also, hats off to Billy Tensen (Informative category) and Jesse Westaby (Humor) as top placewinners for the B-B-E speech team. They each took fourth place in their categories in Little Falls on Saturday. Great job!! Hard work pays off!
Two events, one stretching over a multi-week period, are coming to the area. One is outside the Bonanza Valley Voice coverage area, but we are gladly helping promote it.
First, the Spicer Winterfest has a long list of activities scheduled for the next few weeks, basically from now into early February. You can see all of them on page 10 of this week's (January 17) issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.
One item that the Spicer Commercial Club specifically asked me to promote is their first annual "Fire On Ice" dance this Saturday night, January 19, on Saulsbury Beach in Spicer from 6 to 10 p.m. Admission is just $10 for adults, and kids are free. This is a fundraiser for the Spicer Commercial Club and the Spicer Fire Department.
Another big event to get on your calendar is the 18th annual Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day. This will be held on Sunday, January 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the B-B-E high school. It has been promoted on the front page of the last two issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice.
More details are posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice website in the main slideshow stories. Click to read more: http://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com.
The next morning, my dad's former classmate at Brooten high school, Jerry Olson, used a high-caliber rifle to take that bull down. He drove his J&K Meats pickup into a pasture that was adjacent to the cow yard, right across the barbed wire fence where the bull was standing, and shot one bullet into the bull's head. The bull dropped to the ground on the first shot. Jerry then crossed the fence with a large knife and cut the bull's throat to remove any doubt that it was dead.
You can watch part of what I just described in the video below. This video will not be available later today:
Do you know have any idea how lucky you are that we have farm families out there working every day to feed you and your family?
Today, Thursday, the Bonanza Valley Voice office will be closed.
Oh and by the way, I wanted to get this out there, just posted at the Voice website: https://bit.ly/2SZL1Xj
(Big Grove Lutheran church news) Feel free to check it out!
Mark your calendars for the Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day on Jan. 29
On Sunday, Jan. 29, the 10th annual Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day is coming to the B-B-E High School from 1:00 to 3:00pm.
Athletic-related events, a little tykes fishing pond, plinko and more will take place for activities. A dodge ball tournament will be held, along with a general store being open with face painting and inflatable games.
Bingo-related activities will also be held, along with a Silent Auction. You won't want to miss out on an afternoon-long raffle with over 120 prizes to be awarded.
Further coverage of the event will take place in the local newspapers.
