LCC to host second annual Britz OpenThe Luverne Country Club will host its second annual Britz Open Saturday, July 24.The 18 hole tournament is open to members and non-members alike.The first nine holes will be played in a scramble format, and the second nine will be alternate shot.The day will have two shotgun starts, the first at 8 a.m. and the second at 1 p.m.The tournament will be divided in several divisions, including Juniors 15 and Younger, Women’s Mixed, Men’s, Women’s Seniors and Men’s Seniors.If you feel ambitious, you can sign up with one partner for the 8 a.m. shotgun and find someone else to partner up with for the 1 p.m. start.The $20 entry fee includes lunch and prizes.Luverne native Jerilyn Britz, the tournament director, is the 1979 US Open Champion.Eden Prairie family finds ‘Billie the Kit’An Eden Prairie family has been reunited with its lost family cat, thanks to help from Luverne Veterans Home employees.While visiting friends in Luverne on their way back from the Black Hills, Steve and Joan Wilson, and their children Beth, Becky and Ben, lost their cat, Billie the Kit.The cat disappeared Monday, July 5, while the family visited Luverne friends.Over the next two weeks the couple put up posters and ran ads trying to locate their lost pet. Joan spent the last two weekends in Luverne looking for their cat.On Saturday night, almost two weeks later, Shirley Connor, the recreation director at the Minnesota Veterans Home heard a meowing in the bushes in her back yard.When she called her friend and co-worker, Nancy Lofthus, to tell her about the cat, Nancy had remembered seeing a poster describing a missing cat, with a $100 reward.Shirley called the Wilsons, only to discover that Joan was in Luverne at the time searching for the cat again.Steve called Joan on her cell phone and Kit was reunited with a very happy Joan a few minutes later. As for the $100 reward, neither Connor nor Lofthus felt comfortable accepting the reward, so they donated the $100 to the Veterans Home animal fund.Rock County Fair set for July 28-31Plenty of fun, familiar events along with some new ones will be a part of the 94th Annual Rock County Fair.Wednesday, July 28Along with the opening day registration and entries, the 4-H Foods/Gardening exhibits will be judged from 3 to 6 p.m.Thursday, July 29The Nobles/Rock Cattlemen’s Association will sponsor the annual Beef Feed at 5:30 p.m.The Rock County Talent Contest will be held in the grandstand at 7 p.m. This will be the third year for this very popular event. Prizes of $100, $75 and $50 will be awarded to the winners in each division.Friday, July 30As I told you a few weeks ago, the Rock County Land Management Office will again offer free water nitrate testing from 1 to 7 p.m.That same afternoon, Carol Zwaan and Country Grass will provide free entertainment for Senior Citizens Day at 2, 5 and 7 p.m.The Rock County Pork Producers will start their pork feed at 5 p.m. and the evening will end with a concert by Go Fish at 7 p.m. at the grandstand.Saturday, July 31Will include a Tractor Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., a Threshing and Baling Demonstration from noon to 5 p.m. and a Bio Fuels Enduro Race beginning at 7 p.m.Midwest Rides will provide the midway for the three days. Advance tickets can be purchased at Glen’s Food Center, Luverne Area Chamber of Commerce, Hardwick Grocery, Exchange State Bank of Hills, Rauk’s Hilltop Stop, and the Luverne Pizza Ranch.Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com