Kaitlyn Copley

Kaitlyn Copley

B’town Savings named Business of Month

Pictured from left are Rich Eckert, Kayla Petersen, Yulissa Lucha Miron, Darcy LeMaster, Tonya Swingle, Beth Heller and Dale Krohe

The Beardstown Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate Beardstown Savings, 301 State Street, Beardstown, on being named August 2023 Business of the Month. Beardstown Savings offers an extensive product line that includes checking and savings accounts, MMDAs, CDs, home mortgage loans, and consumer loans (personal, auto, etc.).

Courthouse News

Courthouse News

Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia. Marriages NONE Divorces Madison Marie Curtis, from Brenden Michael Curtis.

Brandt Thomas Ag Innovation Center

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AgPR) Aug. 23, 2023 – BRANDT, a leading retailer of professional agronomic services and manufacturer of specialty input products, has broken ground on the Evelyn Brandt Thomas Ag Innovation Center at the BRANDT Research Farm in Pleasant Plains, Illinois. The Center will enable BRANDT to continue advancing and sharing the state-of-the-art in agriculture products, processes and practices.

Prairie Skies Public Library presents Reading James Joyce

Books

Reading James Joyce is a course presented by Professor Charles Schweighauser at the Prairie Skies Public Library District. This course will be an in-depth examination of three of Joyce’s major works of fiction: Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses. Joyce is one of the greatest masters of language; studying his works carefully is a joyful challenge.

Trivia Too – Cute little stories to make you smilie

Trivia Too

Editor’s Note: The late Roy Roberts loved to write and wrote numerous columns that we will continue to print until we run out. Enjoy! Here are some cute stories that people have sent to me: There comes a time when a woman just has to trust her husband…for example…a wife comes home late at night and quietly opens the door to her bedroom.

Backroads Boutique Crawl set

Home Girls Boutique presents the Backroads Boutique Crawl. The event includes over 25 small businesses in Jacksonville, Winchester and Beardstown. Make plans to join us for a weekend of shopping from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 20 and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 21. Julie Rowe, owner of Home Girls Boutique in Jacksonville, is proud to coordinate this highly anticipated shopping “crawl” event which highlights small businesses in the west central area. This is the 7th semiannual Backroads Boutique Crawl.