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Roanoke Festival Committee Pork Chop Cook Out to be Evening of July 3rd PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009
 

ROANOKE - The Roanoke Festival Committee will sponsor a Pork Chop Cook Out at the Roanoke American Legion on Friday, July 3rd, 5-8 pm.

Menu: Pork Chop Meal - $6.00; includes Sandwich Potato Chips, Baked Beans and a Drink;

Hot Dog Meal - $4.00 - includes Potato Chips, Baked Beans and a Drink;

Pork Chop Sandwich only - $4.00; or

Hot Dog only $2.00.

Carryouts are 50 cents extra.

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Label collecting PAYS OFF PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jack McCarthy   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

Maybe kids don’t go to candy stores any more with a bundle of change or with a small sum provided by the mother or father to stare wide-eyed at all the sugar-covered goodies they can buy.

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Sesquicentennial Books Arrive in Eureka PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009

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Karen and Brandon Examine First Book

EUREKA - Karen Fyke, (left) secretary of the Woodford County Historical Society and Brandon Bressner, publisher of the Woodford County News Bulletin, examine the first copy of Eureka: Celebrating 150 Years, the official pictorial history of the Eureka 1859-2009 Sesquicentennial, as it comes out of the shipping carton. The books were inventoried and local distribution to those who pre-ordered them has begun. Those who asked for copies to be mailed will be receiving them in 4-7 days. Fyke anticipates only about 125 copies will be available for purchase (at $45.00 each) after delivery of 330 copies already purchased. The Historical Society is open Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 1:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M.                    

--Staff Photo.

 

 
Antique Tractors and Steam Engines Featured at Historical Society July 9 PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009

 

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Gary Sutton on McCormick-Deering W$

Eureka College alumni Gary Sutton shows off his restored McCormick-Deering W4 tractor along N. Second Street at a recent Chillicothe parade.
-Photo provided by Three Sisters Antique Tractor Club
 

METAMORA - Antique tractors and steam engines will be the topic of the July 9th meeting of the Woodford County Historical Society. Gary Sutton and Kevin Engquist, members of the Three Sisters Antique Tractor Club in Chillicothe, will give the presentation at Snyder Village Community Room, 1200 E. Partridge, Metamora, IL. The meeting is free and open to the public.

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One Last Look at Radio's 'Golden Age' as Schaden Closes 39-year Run PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009

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Chuck Schaden & Don McNeill
 

Chuck Schaden (left) appears with the late Don McNeill, host of radio's long-running "The Breakfast Club" at the 1987 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

  GLEN ELLYN - Considering one of his favorite radio personalities, Jack Benny, celebrated his “39th birthday” more than 40 times, it likely comes as no surprise to listeners of “Those Were the Days” on 90.9 fm WDCB – Public Radio from College of DuPage that longtime host Chuck Schaden would select his 39th year on the air as his last.

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Woodford Jail Photos by Eric Claudin on Display PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009

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Eric Claudin Photo Display

EUREKA, IL - Photos taken by Woodford County Sheriff’s Sergeant Eric Claudin to record events as the old County Jail was demolished and the new Public Safety Building was erected were donated to the Woodford County Historical Society for its archives. Sixteen of Sgt. Claudin’s photos are now on display at the Society’s office, 112 N. Main Street, Eureka.

-Staff Photo

 

 
Eureka Sesqui Second Sunday Concerts in the Park Begin PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009

 

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Markum Swing Band Sets Up

EUREKA - Members of the Jim Markum Swing Band warm up on the water’s edge at Eureka Lake Park for the first Second Sunday Concert in the Park and Ice Cream Social in honor of the Eureka Sesquicentennial celebration.

--Photo by Jerry Riley

The next Second Sunday Concert in the Park is scheduled for Sunday, July 12, featuring the Metamora Community Band. The last two will be held on Sunday, August 9, with Glen Reader and the Countrymen and on Sunday, September 13, when the Caterpillar Employees Big Band will close out the series.

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Karen’s Corner: Nancy’s Chili Pie PDF Print E-mail
Written by Karen D. Fyke   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
by Karen D. Fyke

1 can red kidney beans (also use liquid)
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Many Americans Still Have Limited Knowledge of Generic Drugs, UnitedHealth Group Study Finds PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new survey by Prescription Solutions, a leading pharmacy benefit management organization and a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) company, found that many Americans still have limited understanding when it comes to the cost, ingredients and effectiveness of generic drugs. The study also confirmed that the current economic crisis is affecting consumer prescription drug use.
The use of generic drugs has saved the health care system $734 billion over the past decade (IMS Health, 2009).
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Eureka College Student Presents Work At Nursing Home Ombudsmen National Conference PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
CHICAGO - Eureka College senior Tami Wacker, of Hudson, is presenting a manual that she wrote for nursing home ombudsmen at the National Association of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs conference in Chicago today. 
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The Life of Riley: Get Involved! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jerry Riley   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009

By Jerry Riley


Get involved in your local government. No, it doesn’t take much time, and you might make a difference. It’s really pretty simple, pass on your concerns to your representative. Representatives, it’s going to be up to you to handle this correctly.

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Online Tutorials Help Elementary School Teachers Make Sense of Science PDF Print E-mail
Written by Phil Ciciora   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009

By Phil Ciciora,
Education Editor

CHAMPAIGN. – Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the interactive tutorials are just as effective online as they are in face-to-face settings, says a University of Illinois expert in science education.

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Mousavi Accuses Obama of ‘Misleading the World’ PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Author and foreign policy expert Michael Ledeen has published a letter reportedly from the office of Mir Hossein Mousavi, in which the Iranian opposition leader criticizes President Barack Obama for saying Mousavi and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad are “two of a kind.”
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Private Foundation Assets Are Not Public Dollars: PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
New Study Defends the Limited Relationship Between Philanthropy and Government

WASHINGTON /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Friday, The Philanthropy Roundtable released a new report on charitable giving and the government’s relationship with foundations and charities.

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Obama’s Disbanding Bioethics Council Raises Troubling Questions: Americans United for Life PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Americans United for Life (AUL) criticized President Obama’s recent decision to disband the President’s Council on Bioethics and replace it with a new bioethics commission having a mandate to offer “practical policy options.”
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Vacation Checklist for Your Garden PDF Print E-mail
Written by Pete Fandel   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009

By Pete Fandel

Summer may or may not be the time for getting away, but if you do plan a vacation, you should also plan on what you are going to do with your garden, according to David Robson, University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator, Springfield Center.  

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Experience Eureka as it was in 1859 PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009
19th-century life to be recreated in May 16 event at Farm Bureau Park

EUREKA - As part of the observation of its sesquicentennial, Eureka will hold “Experience Eureka: 1859” to offer a glimpse of what life looked like 150 years ago. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. May 16 at Farm Bureau Park on 4-H Road.
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Sesquicentennial Picture Contributions Yield Interesting Discovery About Davidson Family PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009

 

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Eliza-Kinnear-Davidson

 This late Civil War era photo shows Eliza Kinnear Davidson, wife of Calvin Davidson, holding a grandchild, probably a boy.
--Photo courtesy of the Kenagy Family

 

EUREKA - The Eureka Sesquicentennial Pictorial Book project has resulted in a great and welcome increase in photos, articles, and objects at the Woodford County Historical Society, according to Karen Fyke, the group’s secretary and one of the co-editors of the soon-to-be-released book.

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Web Site Offers Eureka Sesquicentennial Details PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009
EUREKA - The Eureka sesquicentennial planning committee announced this week the launch of a Web site for the sesquicentennial celebration, which will take place Aug. 20-22 at Lake Eureka.
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