8/9/2019 NoPeoCo 8-26-10 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/nopeoco-8-26-10 1/8 RURAL BOXHOLDER LOCAL P.O. BOXHOLDER PRSRT. STD. ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID TOULON, IL PERMIT NO. 18 A SC COMMUNICATIONS PUBLICATION Check us out online at... No rh Peo ria Co unty Thursday, August 26, 2010 • Volume 2, Edition 6 Serving the communities Brimeld, Dunlap, Edelstein, Edwards, Kickapoo, Laura, Princeville, Speer and all of North Peoria County Take advantage of great specials and see your business or event grow! Call (309) 286-4444 to advertise in the NoPeoCo and be another success story! BUSINESSES & LOCAL GROUPS The Princeville Heri- tage Museum will host the 3rd Annual Night at the Museum event on Sat- urday, October 2nd. The Night at the Museum IIIis themed “The Civil War”. Doors will open at 6pm. The Program and Dinner is will begin at 6:45pm. Stories of the Civil War will be told by “Abe Lincoln” and Civil War Soldiers, in- cluding tales of local Civil War Veteran. This event will be the major fund raiser 2010 for the mu- seum and the “Friends of the Museum Program” will debut. There will be a live This photo of Princeville Civil War Veterans was taken on May 30, 1924 in front of Village Hall. Featured in the photo are (L to R) Millard Burt, E. Keller, Jim Bane, John Geitner, Jim Corman, and Frank Belford. auction featuring items from local artists includ- ing an early Mort Greene painting. Tickets go on sale on September 1 st at The Princeville Heritage Museum and Princeville State Bank. Tickets are $25 for HAP Members $30 for Non Members. The museum is offering a dis- counted price of a table of 8. Seating is limited so buy your tickets early. The History of Princeville 2011 Calendars will go on sales at the Night at the Mu- seum II along with Illinois Cookbook, and T-Shirts and hats sporting the new museum logo will be avail- able at our gift shop. En- joy an evening of dinner and watch history come to life at the Princeville Heri- tage Museum. For more information call Kelly Jen- kins at 385-1916 or email phmdirector@verizon. net . Watch for details on other upcoming museum events: Community Coffee- Wednesday, September 15 8am to 10:30am Fall Family Fun – Sat- urday, October 30 2pm to 4pm Akron Townhouse School Luncheon - Satur- day, November 20 Holiday Homecoming Open House – Sunday, De- cember 5 Princeville Heritage Museum announces plans for Night at the Museum III By Kelly Jenkins [email protected]Peoria County - On August 30, the Peoria County Highway Depart- ment will begin construc- tion at the intersection of Princeville-Jubilee Road and Legion Hall Road. Weather permitting, the road will be closed be- ginning September 7 for road reconstruction. The closure is expected to last through November 2010. A detour route will be posted. For more information, call the Highway Depart- ment at 697-6400. Princeville-Jubilee Road and Legion Hall Road intersection closure
Check us out online at...Nor h Peoria County Thursday, August 26, 2010 • Volume 2, Edition 6
Serving the communities Brimeld, Dunlap, Edelstein, Edwards, Kickapoo, Laura, Princeville, Speer and all of North Peoria County
Take advantage of great specials and see your businessor event grow! Call (309) 286-4444 to advertise in the
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BUSINESSES & LOCAL GROUPS
The Princeville Heri-tage Museum will hostthe 3rd Annual Night atthe Museum event on Sat-urday, October 2nd. TheNight at the Museum III is themed “The Civil War”.Doors will open at 6pm.The Program and Dinneris will begin at 6:45pm.Stories of the Civil War willbe told by “Abe Lincoln”and Civil War Soldiers, in-cluding tales of local Civil War Veteran. This event will be the major fundraiser 2010 for the mu-seum and the “Friends of the Museum Program” willdebut. There will be a live
This photo of Princevil le Civi l War Veterans was taken on M ay 30, 1924 in frontof Vil lage Hall. Featured in the photo are (L to R) Mil lard Burt, E. Keller, JimBane, John Geitner, Jim Corman, and Frank Belford.
auction featuring itemsfrom local artists includ-ing an early Mort Greene
painting. Tickets go onsale on September 1st atThe Princeville HeritageMuseum and PrincevilleState Bank. Tickets are$25 for HAP Members $30for Non Members. Themuseum is offering a dis-counted price of a tableof 8. Seating is limited sobuy your tickets early. TheHistory of Princeville 2011Calendars will go on salesat the Night at the Mu-seum II along with IllinoisCookbook, and T-Shirtsand hats sporting the new museum logo will be avail-able at our gift shop. En-
joy an evening of dinnerand watch history come tolife at the Princeville Heri-
tage Museum. For moreinformation call Kelly Jen-kins at 385-1916 or [email protected] . Watch for details onother upcoming museumevents:
Community Coffee- Wednesday, September 158am to 10:30am
Fall Family Fun – Sat-urday, October 30 2pm to4pm
Akron TownhouseSchool Luncheon - Satur-day, November 20
Holiday Homecoming Open House – Sunday, De-cember 5
Princeville HeritageMuseum announces plansfor Night at the Museum III
ployees to take care o my [ater school] businessin my absence, I went to work or the Peoria Coun-ty Farm Bureau, as the Ag Literacy Coordinator. As I worked to build the Ag In
the Classroom Program, I
developed a true passion
or educating the publicabout agriculture, Tionashared. “Since starting that program, thousandso students and hundredso teachers in the county have learned new thingsabout agriculture. This isvery exciting to me and is just a taste o the things tocome!”
Recently, Tiona soldher ater school busi-ness she once began, tothe school district, andrecently decided to stepaway rom her positionas the AITC Coordina-tor in Peoria County withhopes to ulll her dreamso promoting agricultureand education in a broad-er spectrum.
She also added, “Ilook orward to having a more fexible liestyleor my amily in having areelance career, leaving mysel open to many new opportunities. I eel very strongly about promoting locally grown [and] raisedproducts and hope thatthrough my articles you will understand the value
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Everyone has a story to share. America’s Farm-ers and Ranchers can oergreat perspective. No mat-ter where you look, agri-
culture plays a major partin our lives. Whether rom what we wear, to what weuse, what we decide to eat,and even to what we do inour daily lives, agricultureis a large part o this. Wemay not always think o agricultural products asthe physical source o theitems or things we use ev-ery day – however, many o those daily essentials o ours are traced back to anagricultural source.
Production agricul-ture, or “arming”, is what
many think o when they catch wind o the word“agriculture”. However you choose to look at it,there is so much moreto the word “agriculture”or “arming” than whatmeets the eye.
I am excited to havethe opportunity to intro-duce to you one individual who would like to answer your questions or topics o concern, and help to edu-cate others about agricul-ture. Tiona Kimble, o ru-ral Chillicothe, has spenther lie looking or oppor-
tunities to get involved inactivities both educating children and promot-ing agriculture. From anaternoon program shestarted at her local school,to where shortly ater she was presented with an-other opportunity in 2007,she has been bringing “ag-riculture” down to an un-derstanding or adults andchildren alike. I recently had the opportunity to talk with Tiona Kimble as sheshared with me a bit abouthersel. “While I paid em-
Peoria County as the Ag Inthe Classroom (AITC) Co-ordinator, planning andproviding presentationsthroughout area school
classrooms, Tiona, alsopresented articles withinthe Peoria County Farm-er, a monthly newsletterthrough Peoria County Farm Bureau that is dis-tributed to Farm Bureaumembers.
I believe many o youmay have ollowed herthrough this news eatureearly on. Many o you havesince asked, “Where hasshe gone?”, “Where can we nd her?” or “Wherecan we read her wordso agriculture and arm-
ing o today?” As a Peo-ria County Farm BureauMember, even I know thatTiona’s writing will surely be missed. I am happy to write that throughout thecoming weeks, you willbe able to nd what Tionahas to share, right here.
“Knowledge is power,and a bulk o the generalpopulation knows very little about the productionand processes in which ittakes to raise agricultureproducts”, Tiona enlight-ened me.
Are there particularstories, problems, or is-sues in agriculture that you would like addressed?Please eel ree to contactTiona Kimble at [email protected], andlet her know what you want to see.
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Read Tiona Kimble’sag articles right here
each week. Go topage 3 or this week’s
article!
SUBSCRIBER BASEDNEWSPAPERS?
According to Mr. McK-irgan’s article in last week’sPrairie Shopper, sub-
scriber based newspapers are joining the dinosaurs.The gist o the article wasabout mailing vs. directdelivery but the broad-
brush approach seems tobe also sel-serving. Don’tmisunderstand me, Mr.McKirgan is a good manand does a good job withhis publication plus hehas a diverse backgroundin the business. He andhis shopper have beenaround or some time andthey work hard at making it successul.
The implication ap-pears that ALL subscrib-er-based newspapers areexperiencing a low num-
ber o subscribers. How-ever, this is not totally ac-curate. We would like toclariy some points madein his article. Beginning
with ‘subscriber basednewspapers’ quote. Thenewspapers mentionedare generally DAILY news-papers, but he implied allsubscriber-based news-papers. It is true that theDAILY newspapers seemto be losing subscribers.Mr. McKirgan’s accurately points out some o thereasoning but not all.
But there are othersubscriber-based newspa-pers, including our group,
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As the new school yearbegins, many parents geta healthy dose o “stickershock.” From the schoolsupply list requirementsto new clothes and evenstocking the rerigerator-raising a amily can be ex-pensive! In this ast-paced world o hectic schedulesand lie on the go, mostpeople never really takethe time to nd the rootcause o these increasedexpenses. The lack o knowledge about produc-
tion and disconnectionrom the arm could causesome to direct their rus-trations at the agricultureindustry.
In researching theseconcerns, we must under-stand that there are many actors involved in eacho these scenarios. As welook back to the time o our oreathers, we re-member that most ami-lies were involved in arm-ing operations. During these times, many aspectso production and mar-keting were simplied.
Can that price be right?The many misconceptions o agriculture and how it relates to you
By Tiona Kimble by which consumers ob-tained the product wassimple. Many amiliesgrew most o what they needed to eed and clothetheir amily ‘by their ownhand’, on the amily arm. While others bought romneighbors, relatives orriends who raised theseitems locally. As society evolved into a multi-ac-eted industrialized world,the general populationbegan to leave the armand go o to work in town.
This step was the rst in along chain o events thatchanged the supply anddemands o agricultureorever.
In 1960, each Amer-ican armer ed approxi-mately 26 people. Today,that armer eeds 155. Theact that our populationcontinues to grow dra-matically means that thenumber o new housesand commercial real es-tate properties have great-ly reduced the amount o
armland in the UnitedStates. These societal pres-sures have caused armersto rethink the entire pro-duction process. Farmersnow have the challengebeore them o produc-ing more on less land tokeep up with increasing demands. So, with only 1% o the total Americanpopulation still in produc-tion arming, this is a greatdeal o responsibility.
There are other ac-tors outside o their con-
trol that are infuencing the process as well. Thehigh cost o petroleum,or example. As the pricesin the petroleum industry continue to rise, we auto-matically expect surcharg-es and rate hikes to be inplace or most aspectso our lives. What eectdoes this have on the oodindustry? Do you realizethat some o the oods youare purchasing could haverequired asThe physical labor was ar
many as 15 steps in theprocess rom arm to ta-ble? Instead o our am-ily growing ood at home,today the armer plants,maintains, and harveststhe crop with equipment.This is ollowed by pro-cessing, packaging, stor-ing, and delivering theseitems to the store. Theenergy and labor require-ments o each o thesedramatically aect the f-nal cost to the consumer.
The higher cost attributedto the “middle men,” isoten the missing piece o the puzzle. As consumers, we all want to eel as i weare getting a good deal andexpect a top quality endresult. However, at whatcost do we eel its worth?
It’s easy to see how the American armer,seemingly so ar removedrom urban lie, could be-come the target o nega-
tivity. However, it will takeeducating the public aboutthe degree o complexity in which these items ar-rive to the store and even-tually on your table, to getthem to ‘see the light.
It all starts with you!The dierence one voicecan make can be empow-ering. So, I encourage youto take a moment to think about how these produc-ers spend their lives pro-
viding or you and youramily. While you’re stuck in trafc behind that “slow moving vehicle” sign, slow down and realize the rel-evance o agriculture in your lie. What would youdo i these armers weren’tdoing this or you? How would you survive? Farm-ing is at times a tough job,but someone has to doit...our whole world is de-pending on it!
Kimble (continued from page 3)
Last year Princevil le State Bank deeded the PSB Drive Up Bank facil ity to the Vil lage of Princevil le. Lastweek the Vil lage of Princevil le demolished the structure. The property wil l be used for parking for thedowntow n businesses. The PSB Drive up Bank was built in 1975. The PSB stopped being staffed the facil ityin June of 1998.
I would like to takethis time to introduce my-sel. I am Nathan Durst,Director o ResidentialMortgage Lending here atPrinceville State Bank. Iam a graduate o DunlapHigh School in 1993 anda University o Illinoisgraduate in AgriculturalEconomics in 1997. I havebeen in the mortgage in-dustry or 15 years as amortgage banker. Mort-
gages seem to be an im-portant topic and will con-tinue to be an importantpart o the US economy. With all the changes in themortgage industry, we areseeing more restrictionsand guidelines that willhelp stabilize the housing
market over time. Lendersare now more than everrequiring more documen-tation to approve loansalong with veriying loanapplicant inormation todetermine a borrower’sability to repay loans. In-come, credit history, ratioanalysis, equity, assets,and down payment areimportant actors in de-termining a borrower’sability to repay a loan.
One important topicor buzz word in the mort-gage industry is “Net Tan-gible Benet to Borrower.” With mortgage interestrates at historic lows, thereare actors that may help you determine i renanc-ing is right or you. With
all the changes in themortgage industry, mostlenders run a Net TangibleBenet test on each loanto see i renancing is anancial benet to a bor-rower. Here are our areaso Financial Improvementthat lenders look at todetermine i renancing makes nancial sense.
Interest Rate Reduc-tion
Lowering your cur-rent mortgage interest ratemay save you thousandso dollars over the lie o your mortgage loan. De-pending upon your loanamount, lowering yourinterest rate by 1.00% is a
good rule o thumb.Mortgage Payment
ReductionReducing your cur-
rent mortgage paymentby either removing privatemortgage insurance or re-ducing your rate o inter-est to lower your principal
and interest payment is anet tangible benet to you.Reducing your mortgagepayment by $100.00 permonth is a good bench-mark.
Mortgage Term Re-duction
Lowering your mort-gage term may help youlower the total o pay-ments that you pay overthe lie o your mortgageloan. Decreasing your rateo interest and lowering your mortgage term may increase your payment,but the total you pay overthe lie o the loan may save you thousands o dol-lars o interest.
Total Monthly Pay-ment Reduction
For example, com-bining your rst and sec-ond mortgage into onemortgage may lower yourpayment or allow youto receive one low rateo interest on your total
Net Tangible Beneftmortgage balance. Addi-tionally, paying o higherinterest credit cards canhelp you reduce your pay-ments and increase yourcash fow. Debt consoli-dation will depend uponthe amount o equity in your home.
Other actors that candetermine i you shouldrenance are how long you plan on staying in your home. Typically, theewer number o years,the wider the interest ratesavings needs to be. How much time and money willit cost to renance? Again,that will depend on yourspecic nancial prole.
Applying or a renanceloan involves a processsimilar to getting a homepurchase mortgage, and
you will be charged certainees. Should you choosean ARM or a xed-ratemortgage? Some ARMsadjust annually, either upor down. So even at a be-low-market start rate, it’spossible your ARM inter-est rate could soon exceedcurrent interest rates. I you plan to remain in yourhome or a short period,an intermediate ARM, with a lower introductory rate that remains xed orseveral years beore therst adjustment, may besuited to your needs.
I encourage you to e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at 309-693-
9494 ext 404 i you haveinterest in other topicspertaining to the mort-gage industry.
A positive mosquitopool or West Nile Virushas been conrmed with-in Peoria County. “Thepositive mosquito pool was collected in the city o Peoria this week,” said WilHayes, Director o Envi-ronmental Health or thePeoria City/County HealthDepartment. “Althoughthis is the rst positiveenvironmental samplecollected within PeoriaCounty in 2010, based onthe act that positive envi-
ronmental samples havebeen collected in previ-ous years and neighbor-ing counties have alsocollected positive samplesthe Health Departmentencourages individuals totake appropriate preven-tive measures to protecttheir health,” said Hayes.
* Citizens are encour-aged to stay indoors atdawn, and dusk throughearly evening, when mos-quitoes are most active.
* Individuals should wear long-sleeve shirts
and long pants when go-ing outdoors.
* An insect repellentshould be used on exposedskin and on thin clothing in accordance with manu-acturer’s Directions orUse. For adults, eectiverepellents will contain 20-30 percent DEET or Picar-din, oil o lemon eucalyp-tus, or IR3535 according tolabel instructions. Consulta physician beore using repellants on inants
The mosquitoes thatcarry the West Nile Virusbreed in stagnant, stand-
ing water. Subsequently,residents should elimi-nate mosquito-breeding sites around the home. Water in bird baths, fow-erpot trays, and outsidepet water bowls should bechanged every ew days. Also, water in roo gutters, wading pools, trashcans,tires, and low spots ontarps over rewood andboats should be eliminat-ed.
The West Nile Virus(WNV) is transmit-
ted to humans by mosqui-toes that have ingested thevirus rom inected birds.Most people who are in-ected have no symptomsor may experience mildillness, such as a ever andheadache, beore ully re-covering. In some individ-uals, particularly the elder-ly, WNV can cause seriousdisease that aects thebrain. It can cause perma-nent neurological damageand be atal. Symptomsgenerally occur three to 15days ollowing the bite o
an inected mosquito andrange rom a slight ever,headache, rash, swollennodes and conjunctivitis(irritation o the eye) tothe rapid onset o a se-vere headache, high ever,sti neck, disorientation,muscle weakness, comaor death.
For more inormationcontact the Peoria City/County Health Depart-ment at 309-679-6161.For more inormation onother public health issues,visit us at www.pcchd.org
Mosquitoes testpositive for West
Nile Virus
o WEEKLY newspapers.Our counter point is thatthe article should have in-
cluded DAILY rather than just SUBSCRIBER-BASED newspapers. We take thisas an indirect negativecomment.
Newspapers mustcomply with a set o rulesand guidelines. Legalnewspapers are allowedonly a percentage o thenewspaper content oradvertising. The remain-ing space usually 50%must be news or local in-ormation. Local weekly newspapers serve a muchdierent audience than
shoppers or dailies. Hispublication is a shopper,not a newspaper. It is basi-cally an advertising media.There is little, i any, actualnews in his shopper. Thereis nothing wrong with thatexcepting to maybe imply
it as something else.Local weeklies, as is
our Stark County News,Chillicothe Independent,and The North Peoria County Connection are allNEWSPAPERS. Our em-phasis is on local events,news, and stories. Wheth-er that be a legal notice,
city council, county board,school news including sports, or a variety o local
news worthy items. Wedon’t compete with largedailies or shoppers. Ouremphasis is to serve ourlocal communities. Ourreaders subscribe to READour newspapers or justsuch news. Our advertis-ers seek a local newspaperto reach the local commu-nity, because they wanttheir ads read. Our sub-scriber base remains con-stant and in many areas isincreasing and our massmailed newspaper enjoysa large number o readers
because it is a newspaper. We also provide 3 Internetsites or more instanta-neous news and or thoseso inclined to use the In-ternet.
We wanted to clariy some obvious omissionsthat can be very mislead-ing.
DUNLAP DONE IN? Dunlap Days certainly
did encounter Mother Na-ture’s wrath. Starting Fri-day night, a storm causedhavoc with some o tents
and obviously events.Saturday ound the orga-nizers scrambling to rear-range schedules and sites.The pancake breakast wasmoved to the re stationand so on. It is always dis-appointing and sad whenthe hard and long plan-ning is abruptly changed without warning. We wishthem success and LUCK next year.
On August 30, the Peo-ria County Highway De-partment will begin con-struction o a new bridgeon Elmore Road. During
bridge construction theroad will be closed. Theroad closure is expectedto last through August
2011. The bridge is locatedtwo miles north o Route78 and one mile southo Route 150 on Elmore
Road.For more inormation,
call the Highway Depart-ment at 697-6400.
Elmore Road closure
When you open yourcredit card bill, do youlook at the amount o theminimum payment to de-cide how much to pay? I so, you are alling into theminimum payment trap.
Why do we call thisa trap? Research by Dr.Neil Stewart in his article,
“The Cost o Anchoring on Credit-Card MinimumRepayments,” shows thatpeople tend to pay less when they use the mini-mum payment as a pay-ment guide.
Research participants were given a mock creditcard statement. They wereasked to consider how much they could aord topay, and then to state how much they would pay.Participants saw either astatement that includeda minimum repayment
amount or an otherwiseidentical statement with-out this inormation.
Those participants who saw a statement with
a stated minimum pay-ment chose to pay lessthan those who did nothave the suggestion o apayment amount. How does this research help us?Next time your credit cardbill arrives, decide how much you can aord topay beore you look at theminimum payment listed.
Ideally we would pay
all o our credit card bal-ance each month to avoidinterest charges. Some-times this is not possible.However, paying even alittle more than the mini-mum required can make abig dierence in costs overtime.
As a result o the Cred-it CARD Act, your monthly credit card bill has new in-ormation on it. Have younoticed? Take a look—on your bill it states how long it will take to pay o yourbalance i you only pay the minimum payment. Inaddition, there is inorma-tion about how much youneed to pay each month i you want to pay your bal-
ance in three years.For example, Susie
has a credit card balanceo $3,000 with an inter-est rate o 14.4 percent. With a minimum monthly payment o $90, it wouldtake 11 years to pay o thebalance. However, whenSusie pays just $13 moreeach month ($103), thebalance will be paid o
in three years, and $1,033less will be paid in interestcharges.
Paying more than therequired minimum pay-ment on your credit cardbills saves you money.Examine your credit cardbills careully this month,and create a plan to pay down your debt. For moreinormation about how tomanage your credit cards,visit University o IllinoisExtension’s website, Cred-it Card Smarts at http:// web.extension.illinois.edu/creditcardsmarts.
For more inormationon consumer issues, callthe Peoria County Ofceat 309-685-3140.
By Roger A. LarsonCounty Extension Director
Extension: credit card traps
Community Events
Today through Sep-tember 3, “Validation” - An Art Exhibition by JanetJackson at the Contempo-rary Art Center, Peoria. Ja-
net Jackson is a Princevilleresident and owner o I Still Believe on MainStreet. For more inorma-tion, visit Janet’s website www.IStillBelieve.com
Today through Sat-urday, August 28, AnnualBook Sale at Lillie M. Ev-ans Library. Sponsoredby Friends o the Library.Hardcover books $1 andpaperbacks are 50 cents.Huge variety to chooserom. Prices go down each week!
August 28 - 29, Noon
to 6:00 pm, Princeville Aquatic Center is open, weather permitting. Bring your amily out to enjoy the pool.
September 4 - 6, Noon
to 6:00 pm, Princeville Aquatic Center is open, weather permitting. Meet your riends and enjoy thelast weekend o the seasonat the pool.
Saturday, Septem-
ber 11, 10:00 to 11:00 amHealthy Child Workshop
Nutrition and ExerciseHour at Methodist Medi-cal Group in Princeville.For ages 4 to 12. Please call
385-4371 to sign up. Thursday, September
23, Annual PRIDE ChiliSupper Dinner Fundraiserprior to Homecoming ac-tivities. More details to
come soon. Saturday, October 2,
Night at the Museum atPrinceville Heritage Mu-seum. Join us this yearor dinner and entertain-ment with a Civil Warthem. More details com-ing soon.
Wednesday, Octo-
ber 6, starting at 8:30 am,Methodist Mammovan atSeneca Foods Corporationin Princeville. To makean appointment call 671-8282. Methodist accepts
many types o insurance,but i you are uninsuredor under insured you may qualiy or a FREE mam-mogram.
Community Meetings Tuesday, September 6,
7:30 pm Princeville VillageBoard Meeting at VillageHall. Agenda available at Village Hall 48 hours prior
to meeting. Thursday, September
9, 7:00 pm, Lillie M. EvansLibrary Board Meeting at LME Library. Agendaavailable at meeting.
Tuesday, September
14, 6:30 pm PrincevilleCUSD #326 Board o Edu-cation meeting at AkronTownhouse School (locat-ed at Princeville HeritageMuseum). Agenda postedon website 48 hours priorto meeting.
Tuesday, September21, 7:30 pm, Princeville Village Board Meeting at Village Hall. Agendaavailable at Village Hall 48hours prior to meeting.
This bulletin, with alist o dates, will eaturea weekly reminder o up-coming events and ac-tivities, as well as schooland business unctionsplanned throughout thecommunities o Brimfeld,Laura, Kickapoo, and Ed- wards.
Would you like to see your event listed here? Please eel ree to contactme with those happen-ings around your commu-nity involving upcoming school or business unc-tions, benefts and und-raisers, amily un, sportsand activities, or social
events.I look orward to work-
ing with you and helping to bring attention and par-ticipation to what is going on in your community.
School Functions – August 23 – August 27,
Brimfeld C.U.S.D. No. 309 – Early Dismissal: Schoolin session rom 8:00 a.m.– 1:50 p.m.
Thursday, August 26,
6:00 – 7:30 p.m., Brimfeld C.U.S.D. No. 309 Grade
School Open House and7:00 – 8:30 p.m., HighSchool Open House. Pleasemark your calendars tomeet your child’s teacher(s) on this evening!
Monday, Septem-
ber 6, Brimfeld C.U.S.D. No. 309 – Labor Day – NoSchool.
Brimfeld C.U.S.D. No. 309 – First Full Day o School.
Check out the dis-
trict’s website at www.
brimfeld309.com.“A Tradition O Excel-
lence.”Community Events – Now thru August 31,
Brimfeld Public Library presents the Giant Books and More Sale going-onin the community room.Lots o westerns, largeprint, fction, inspirationalfction, kids, teens, videos,audios, etc. Proceeds gotoward purchasing new materials! Sale ends Au-gust 31st. Thanks or yoursupport!!
Now thru Labor Day,Spring/Summer hours, at the Brimfeld Public Li-brary. Mon. – Thurs. 10:00a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Fri.10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,closed on Saturdays.
Saturday, September
11, new FALL/WINTERhours, at the Brimfeld Public Library. Mon. –Thurs. 10:00 a.m. to 7:00p.m., Fri. 10:00 a.m. to6:00 p.m., Saturday –10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Monday evenings,6:00 – 6:30 p.m., Brimfeld Public Library – Story Time and Tuesday evenings,10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Joinus or stories, songs andcrats! Ages 2 – 5. Sameprogram, but two dier-ent times to choose rom!Please sign-up at the cir-culation desk in the Kid’sRoom or by contacting
Katie Hahn at [email protected] to in-sure crat materials arepurchased or your child.
Sunday, September12, Reminder:
Grandparent’s Day!!! Monday, September
13, 6:30 p.m.,Brimfeld Li-brary Board Meeting at theBrimfeld Public Library.Open to the public!
Benefts and Fund-
raisers – For anyone wishing to
make monetary donations
to relief and rebuilding ef-
forts throughout Elmwood,
Illinois, please send them
to the American Red Cross
writing ‘Elmwood Relief’on the memo line and to
Farmers State Bank or
Elmwood Community Bank
writing ‘Rebuilding Fund’
on the memo line. Farmers
State Bank, 104 East Main,
Elmwood, Illinois 61529;
Elmwood Community
Bank, 101 East Evergreen,
Elmwood, Illinois 61529.
To help re-build the Reyn-
olds Palace Theatre, please
make checks payable to
‘Save the Palace’. Checks
can be mailed to: Elmwood
Community Bank, P. O.
Box 717, Elmwood, Illinois
61529. Donations are also
being accepted for Theatre
online and can be submit-
ted at http://savethepalace.
com.
Additional information and
questions regarding the
movie theatre progress may
be answered by e-mailing
Bill Seipel savethepalace@
gmail.com.
Brimfeld bulletin
Kohl’s DepartmentStore, through the Kohl’sCares® program, is team-ing with Children’s Hospi-tal o Illinois to help keepcentral Illinois childrensae.
The company isawarding a grant o $71,971 or the Kohl’s CarSeat Program at Children’sHospital o Illinois.
Please join us or acheck presentation andannouncement Wednes-day, September 1, 2010 at12:30 p.m. at the Kohl’s inEast Peoria.
A car seat saety check will be held in connection with the grant announce-ment. Parents can havetheir saety seats checkedrom 1-4 PM. Activities willbe provided or children.
Kohl’s has gited ap-proximately $312,051 toChildren’s Hospital o Il-linois since 2005. This isthe second year the Kohl’sgrant has gone to theKohl’s Car Seat Programat Children’s Hospital o Illinois. The donations were collected rom Kohl’sstores located in the Peo-
ria area.Kohl’s Cares® sup-
ports nearly 160 children’shospitals nationwide.Through 2009, Kohl’sCares® has turned $5books and plush toys intomore than $150 millionor children’s health andeducation initiatives na-tionwide.
For more inorma-tion about the Kohl’s CarSeat Program at Children’sHospital o Illinois contactChris Franciskovich, re-gional CommunicationsCoordinator at 309-671-4829 or Shauna Skow-ronski at the Children’sHospital Foundation at309-566-5674.
Kohl’s grant to
beneft Children’sHospital o Illinois
Peoria City/County
Health Department is hav-ing a special school exam walk-in dental clinic orall children at Peoria City/County Health Depart-ment, 2116 N. SheridanRd, Peoria on Monday, August 30, 2010, rom 9-11a.m. and rom 1-3 p.m.
The Peoria City/Coun-ty Health Department
holds periodic walk-in
clinics specifcally gearedor children’s school ex-ams. Parents are remind-ed to get back to schoolexams now to be ready orschool in late summer. A parent or guardian mustaccompany the child.Cost is $25 or a Medicaid/ All Kids card is accepted.No appointment is neces-
sary or this special walk-
in clinic. For other sched-uled exam appointments,call 309-679-6141.
For more inormationon the walk-in dental clin-ic, call Peoria City/County Health Department at679-6141.
For inormation onother public health issues,visit www.pcchd.org .
Peoria Health Departmentsponsors special schoolexam dental clinic
