Augustana College
Augustana College announced more than 1,100 students were named to the Dean’s List for the 2023-2024 spring semester. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.
Iratze Aceves, a Psychology, Public Health, Classics major, of Beardstown.
Ahh, Paris! A wonderful place to visit in July. Having spent over a week there myself in the summer of 1983, I can personally verify that to a large contingent of Beardstown residents who will soon be headed east to that very city. My advice, make sure to soak in everything possible because it may be
Happy Birthday to Beardstown’s one and only newspaper! This week’s edition is number 180! That’s 180 years. However, after doing a Google search, it said the newspaper was established as the Beardstown Gazette and the first issue appeared on August 15, 1845. That comes out to 179 years. I’m not going to argue over one year, but the conclusion is this newspaper is old. And it’s still going strong.
The Congolese Communty held a Day of Peace on Saturday, July 6 in Beardstown.
Men, women and children walked from JBS, on Arenzville Road, to Art Zeeck Park in downtown Beardstown, holding signs and waving the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) flags.
A rough first game of the tournament against Tri-County sent the Beardstown 9/10-year-old all-star softball team into the loser’s bracket. From there they picked up a nice win over Brown County before getting a rematch with Tri-County.
New Life Christian Camp will hold its Camp Fusion July 15 through July 20 at the church, 11257 Old Macomb Road in Rushville.
Everyone is welcomed to enjoy all day-time activities and return home for the evening or stay for the 7:00 p.m. service featuring Evanglist Mike Royer and Worship Team Curtis & Company.
The Beardstown Softball 11/12-year-old All Stars are one of four teams left with a shot at winning the Illinois State Championship. A 3-1 record in pool play gave the Tigers the right to advance to tourney play where they will definitely have a punchers’ chance. But so will the other three squads as the State Title will be decided in a one day, four-team, three-game, single elimination extravaganza on Wednesday, July 10.
The Tri-County Thunder/District 17 Senior League Softball All Stars, the defending World Series Champions, will play their final regular season doubleheader on Tuesday, July 16 at Bruce Rice field in Beardstown. Game times are at 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Bouncing back in emphatic fashion from an opening round loss to Macomb, the Beardstown 11/12-year-old baseball All Stars are still alive in District play. A tough game one loss to the Bombers sent the Tigers to the loser’s bracket where they took out more than an ounce of frustration on Pike
Nova was born on April 24, 2023. She is a beautiful white dog with a little brown. She is a sweet girl who loves to interact and has the biggest smile. She knows some basic commands and is house broken.