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The Annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Dinner has been held in Crookston for more than 40 years and will be held Thursday, November 26. The meal will be served to go beginning at 11:30 a.m. until about 1 p.m. Lester Wilkens said six families started offering the meal more than 40 years ago, and about 6-8 families
Crookston High School graduate Jasmin Hanson and Fertile-Beltrami’s Annika Sorenson were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Crookston Masonic Lodge. Both are freshmen enrolled at the University of Minnesota Crookston. Hanson is majoring in natural resources and Sorenson in accounting.
The Crookston Masonic Lodge on Wednesday donated $1,480 from a baked potato bar fundraiser to the Crookston High School Europe Trip. About 30 CHS students will travel to Europe this summer. Lester Wilkens and George French presented the check on behalf of the Masonic Lodge.
The Crookston Classic Cruisers used the profits from multiple raffle items at the 2018 Run to the Park Car Show to donate money to various local organizations. Those organizations include Crookston Veterans Council, Polk County Humane Society, Crookston Care & Share, and the Oakdale Cemetery Association.
On Saturday, members of the Crookston Fire Department and Auxiliary were on hand as the Crookston Shrine Club presented them with a check for $400 for their Toys for Tots campaign. The Masonic Lodge also was on hand to further support the campaign with a second check for $600. Lester Wilkens, Master for the Masonic
