Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia. Marriages: Johnnie Coultas, Virginia, and Bobbie Jo Vancil, Virginia. Jair Lopez Paz, Beardstown, and Nunez Figueroa Dayanis, Jacksonville. James David Braswell, Chandlerville, and Tiffany Lynn Daly, Beardstown. Divorces: Elizabeth Molina Rendon, from Julio S. Gonzalez.
Ashland
Memorial Day Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 27 at the A-C Central High School Gym in Ashland. There will be a meal following the service. There is a suggested donation per meal.
Beardstown
VFW Post 1239 will hold Memorial Services at 11 a.m. Monday, May 27 at Art Zeeck Park, downtown Beardstown.
Apple is a one year old female. She is a sweet girl who is very affectionate. She is playful and silly. This beautiful girl, along with all other animals at SCHS (Schuyler County Humane Society) will be spayed/neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated before adoption. You can meet Apple and all pets at Schuyler County Humane Society, 17000 County Farm Road in Rushville. Visitor hours are Tuesdays from 4-7 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon, and Sundays from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. You can also make an appointment by calling (217) 322-2220. Applications are available online at https://schuylerhs.com/adopt/application/.
4th grade - historical figures, 5th grade - recycling projects, and 6th grade -Rube Goldburg inspired machines
Cass County Board Member Cathy Gibson informed the board Monday night that she and fellow Board Member Kim Hance have been trying to address the need for more daycare in the Beardstown area. They have gotten so far as to even have a potential board picked out.
The Virginia City Hall was packed with concerned citizens Monday, May 13th. Several citizens voiced their support for Jon Shaner and an incident that had occurred the previous week. One resident voiced concerns over various sink holes, especially the ones on a property he was hoping to repair and rent out. And even more citizens were present and voicing displeasure about the ordinance violation process and the lack of importance, compared to other things, that some of the violations that were written for. Example of this brought up was bikes in a driveway violation compared to nothing being done about UTV/ATV’s crossing Highway 78, being on the square or in the park.
During their May 8th meeting, the Chandlerville Village Board unanimously voted to increase the water rates for the Village of Chandlerville.
The basic rate was $40.00. The new rate will be $42.00. For each additional 1,000 gallons of water used, an additional $8.00 will be added. It was noted that there has not been a rate increase since the new water plant was installed in 2012. Should any villagers of Chandlerville have any questions, they should contact city hall.
Morgan Pirkle graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, Missouri on May 11.
Morgan plans to continue her education and graduate with a Master of Business (MBA) from the University of Missouri College of Business in May 2025. She graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business.
shland Mayor Kitty Mau brought up the issue of solicitors in the Village of Ashland at last week’s board meeting, calling it a “nightmare” problem.
According to Mau and Police Chief Martin Fanning, the solicitation is being driven by the Illinois Solar Panel Program. Fanning said that when he has dealt with them, the solicitors are professional and courteous. He said most of them are young people, many from out-of-state, on their first job with bosses telling them everything had been taken care of for them to go into the village when the employer had not done the work to get a daily permit. They also had not been advised of the village’s 10 a.m.-5 p.m. hours. Still, Fanning acknowledged that the solicitors make residents nervous because they are “not used to it.”
With speech, language, and swallowing disorders common in adults following stroke, head and neck cancer, and a variety of other illnesses and injuries, Culbertson Memorial Hospital’s speech-language pathologist Jenna Patterson encourages residents to learn the signs—and seek an evaluation—if they have concerns about themselves or a loved one. This is a timely message, as May is recognized as National Speech-Language-Hearing Month.