New Advocate Eureka Sign Goes Up

EUREKA - Bundled up to fight the cold and the snow, Jordan Nagle of Prairie Signs in Bloomington slides the revised Town and Country Healthcare sign in place beneath the new Advocate Eureka Hospital sign on South Major St. Gone is the familiar flame logo of BroMenn Healthcare System, which has been merged with the Advocate system. Long known as Eureka Hospital until 1984, the much cherished hospital became part of the Mennonite system in 1978 and was renamed Eureka Community Hospital as it became part of the new BroMenn System, which itself was a merger of Normal’s Brokaw Hospital and Bloomington’s Mennonite Hospital in 1984.  Advocate Health Care is a network of 11 Illinois hospitals headquartered in Oak Brook.

Dozens of new laws, adopted during the 2009 legislative session, are scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2010. Those new laws include the following:

Absentee Ballots (HB 3972/PA 96-0312): Updates the language printed on all absentee ballots and absentee ballot applications to warn applicants that it must be postmarked no later than midnight of the day prior to the election if being returned by mail.

President Ronald W. Reagam

A Eureka College-hosted trip to Southern California in February will include a private tour of Rancho del Cielo, Ronald Reagan’s home for 25 years.

--Photo courtesy of Eureka College and the Reagan Presidential Library

EUREKA - Ronald Reagan’s alma mater will host a trip to Reagan-related sites in Southern California this winter. The trip titled “Discovering Ronald Reagan’s California: An Insider’s View” will be Feb. 17 through 21 and will feature tours of the USS Ronald Reagan in San Diego; the Reagan Ranch Center and the Reagan Ranch, both in Santa Barbara; and the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley.

Free steel drum band concert to cap off activities

EUREKA - Eureka College’s homecoming, with the theme “Time Warp,” will take place Oct. 4 through 10. Capping off activities will be a free public performance by steel drum band OD TAPO IMI from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at Rinker Open Air Theatre.
Other activities that are open to the public are: