Local League Action
“Safe!” A Royal baserunner beats the Cardinal defender to second base in Minor League Baseball action at Bill Cowen Field. --- “Out!” The Yankee first baseman tags out an Oriole runner.
Pretzels end Bluejays’ run
The best season in quite some time for the PORTA-AC Central baseball team ended with a 5 to 3, Regional Semifinal loss to the New Berlin Pretzels. The Bluejays lost to the Pretzels 12 to 1 on April 22 which spurned PORTA-AC onto a great finish to the season. They end the year with a mark of 21-10.
Triopia Grade School Learning Showcase
4th grade - historical figures, 5th grade - recycling projects, and 6th grade -Rube Goldburg inspired machines
Chapin receives reimbursement grant
The Village of Chapin recently received a Derecho Reimbursement grant from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) with the proceeds split between departments.
The Sewer Department received just over $6,000, the Water Department, $4,000 and the General Fund just over $11,000. The fire Ddepartment also received $1,000 from the grant.
American Legion Post #498 Memorial Day Service
American Legion Post #498 will hold Memorial Day Service at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 27 at the Pete Gutmann Memorial Gymnasium in Ashland.
Master of Ceremonies will be Scot Atwood, Commander of the George H. Pettit Post #4670.
Posting of the U.S.A. Flag will be by Boy Scout Troop 125/Cub Scout Pack 125. Speaker will be Pastor David Elmore.
LLCC News
Lincoln Land Community College recognized students with academic, leadership and special awards at the Student Recognition Ceremony May 8.
Ashland: Callum Smith, Natural & Agricultural Sciences Department Honor Graduate; Kassidy Upchurch, Social Sciences & Business Department Honor Graduate, were recognized.
Communication and swallowing disorders common in adults
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.
Solar solicitors in Ashland discussed
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.”
Pirkle graduates law school
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.
Focus on Faith – Who is your neighbor?
Have you ever noticed that stories about people doing good or being kind are usually saved for the very end of most evening newscasts? You know the kind of stories I am talking about, like when a community helps out a family in need or a serviceman or woman returns from overseas to be reunited with the family. On the other hand, what leads off the news each evening isn’t that uplifting. Stories about murder, terrorism, vandalism, fires, political drama and other not so nice news starts off the evening news. We live in a pretty rough world. And that may be why the news ends with a positive story to make us all smile.