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;

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.

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.

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.

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.