•April 27, 2022•
The Moultrie-Douglas County Fair Board is excited to announce Diamond Rio in concert for the 2022 county fair. This Grammy-Award winning country group has sold over 10 million albums and will be coming to Arthur on Saturday, July 9. Local favorite Feudin’ Hillbillys are set to open the show at 7:00 pm. followed by Diamond Rio at 8:30. Read More
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Stations of the Cross
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Stations of the Cross
On Good Friday, the Bethany Ministerial Alliance hosted the Stations of the Cross on Main Street in Bethany. The path started at Bethany Free Methodist Church and ended across the street where the grocery store used to be. At various locations on Main Street the group stopped for responsive readings, prayer and singing. Pictured are Marge Overlot (left) and Pastor Rob Roy (right).
MACA Announces 2022 Young Leader Scholarship Program Recipients
•April 27, 2022•
The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) Board of Directors selected twelve college students to participate in the MACA Young Leader Scholarship Program (YLSP). Read More
Walters Joins Peoples Bank & Trust Board of Directors
•April 27, 2022•
Peoples Bank & Trust, and its holding company, People First Bancshares, Inc., recently announced that Brittany D. Walters has been appointed as a Director.
Brittany D. Walters is Chief Financial Officer of MCC Network Services, LLC d/b/a Metro Communications Company, headquartered in Sullivan, IL. Metro Communications is a facility-based provider of wholesale telecommunications services including SIP and TDM voice, IP, transport, cellular backhaul, Ethernet/Layer 2, wavelengths and dark services. The company operates over 3,500 mile middle mile network enabling Enterprise, Wholesale and Retail FTTH services throughout Illinois. Read More
Capital Recap: Pritzker Signs $46 Billion Budget into Law
•April 27, 2022•
By Capital News Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker signed his final first-term budget into law Tuesday, a roughly $46 billion spending plan buoyed by pandemic-driven revenue windfalls and a current-year surplus that helped the state pay down debts and offer temporary tax relief.
The plan includes $500 million beyond statutory requirements to the state’s beleaguered pension funds; $1 billion to the state’s “rainy day” fund which currently has a balance of just $27 million; and an estimated $1.8 billion in tax relief, much of which is temporary.
The budget also includes a one-year suspension on the state’s grocery tax ($400 million), A one-time 5 percent property tax rebate up to $300 per household ($520 million), and a 10-day sales tax holiday for back-to-school items and clothing from Aug. 5-14 ($50 million).
Another $685 million would fund one-time direct rebate checks at $50 per individual and $100 per dependent, up to three, for individuals earning $200,000 or less or joint filers earning $400,000 or less. Read More
Facts for Families: Organize Your Home
•April 27, 2022•
By Cheri Burcham
Family Life Educator
Are you ready for spring cleaning? Extension Educator Judy Schmidt shares some great information on how to get started. Judy says: Even though it doesn’t quite feel like spring yet, the faintest hint of warm weather makes me anxious to open my windows and doors to let the fresh air in. It also makes me itch to start going through closets, cleaning out the garage and sprucing up the outdoors! But with so many tasks and often little time, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Here are three great strategies to help you get started organizing your home: · Reduce clutter - Commit to reducing the clutter in your home. Clear the Clutter, a University of Illinois Extension resource found online at https://web.extension.illinois.edu/clutter/clearing.html , shares a great strategy for sorting out things you want to keep or not. Start in one space (think closet, spare room, garage stall) and commit to sorting out the items in that space into four boxes – garbage, recycling, donate (or sell), and keep. Be sure to set a time limit and work quickly – this is not the time to nostalgically go through your photo albums or children’s art, as that can take up your whole time! Read More
Arthur Amish Country Quilt Show April 28 – 30
•April 27, 2022•
A variety of over 100 quilts will be displayed at the 31st Annual Arthur Amish Country Quilt Show Thursday through Saturday, April 28-30, at the Otto Center.
The show will open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is $5.00 per person.
In addition to the quilts in the exhibit, another 100 pieces will be sold during the annual quilt auction that begins at noon on Saturday. Read More
Master Gardeners Thank Rural King for Seed Donation
•April 27, 2022•
Rob Stroud
Office Support Assistant
University of Illinois Extension
The University of Illinois Master Gardeners program thanks Rural King for their donation of thousands of seed packets that have helped the local community and will soon aid Ukraine.
The Master Gardeners of Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie, and Shelby Counties used part of the donated seeds for their outreach efforts and have been dispensing additional packets to other local organizations to support their community programs.
“The ripples keep spreading from your good deed. Thank you!” said Master Gardener volunteer Kathy Hummel. Read More
LLC Broadcasting Students earn Broadcast Sales Certification
•April 27, 2022•
Several Lake Land College broadcast sales students recently earned certification as broadcast sales professionals from the broadcast training company, P1 Learning, in partnership with the Illinois Broadcasters Association’s Sales Training Program.
Over the course of four weeks, students completed a variety of online video courses, tests and assignments as part of the broadcast sales class in the Radio/TV Broadcasting program at Lake Land College. Read More
Spores ‘n More 2022
Photo by Crystal Reed
Vendors for Spores ‘n More
One of the vendors outside the Red Barn for the festival was What the fudge-Cole’s fudgery of Windsor. Pictured is Aaron Cole and his daughter Lilly.
Photo by Crystal Reed
Spores ‘n More in Windsor
On Saturday, April 23, the Spores ‘n More festival was held in Windsor. Pictured are smallest mushroom winner Kynlee Hopkins (left) and largest mushroom winner Chris Pesch. Hopkins mushroom was a total of 24 mm in size. Pesch found a mushroom that was a total of 382 mm.
Photo by Crystal Reed
Bake Sale
Kelly Wheeler and Lori Curry had a variety of baked goods for sale by donation to benefit the Windsor Post Prom. Other activities during Spores ‘n More included a meal at the Windsor American Legion, vendor fair at The Red Barn and announcement of the mushroom hunt winners.