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ALAH FCCLA had two students, Juniors Jessica Renfro and Megan Osborne attend the conference along with adviser, Ginger Voegel.

•May 16, 2018•

The Illinois Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held the annual State Leadership Conference in Springfield. The conference was held on  April 12-14 at the BOS Convention Center, the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and the Wyndham Hotel.

There were more than 2000 students, advisers and guests in attendance. More than 900 of those students participated in the State Proficiency and STAR Competitive Events. Attendees also had the opportunity to listen to workshop presentations on current topics. The election of the 2018-2019 Illinois Association of FCCLA State Officers also took place during the conference.

Illinois FCCLA partnered with the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services for their community service project. FCCLA members from across the state made monetary contributions, made birthday cards and donated gift cards for the project. The money collected was used to purchase smoke and carbon monoxide detectors for foster care families.

The keynote speaker for the conference was Ryan Moran of Columbus, Ohio. David Dean of Fort Wayne, Ind. provided the Friday night entertainment with a hilarious comedy routine.

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•May 16, 2018•

At their homecoming banquet September 29, the Lovington Alumni Association will honor the five local businesses who display LHS trophies.

Even before the Lovington High School building was torn down, community businesses were planning ways to keep the trophies and other memorabilia that had formerly been displayed in the LHS halls and foyers for decades.

Ray Duncan, chairman of the board of Hardware State Bank, first suggested the idea of housing the trophies at the library, phone company and elevator.

“I had seen my former high school and other schools that had been merged store their trophies in closets or lose them,” Duncan said.

Duncan thought the bank was the perfect place to house the basketball and volleyball trophies. He had coached Lovington’s boys’ basketball teams three different times, leading the high school to three regional championships and three conference championships. He also coached the junior high boys’ team for two years prior to the annexation of the school district. Read More