The CASA program of Advocacy Network for Children needs CASA volunteers to speak up for the abused and neglected children in the court system. These children desperately need your help to give them hope and be the voice on their behalf. Volunteers are needed in all seven counties served by the agency. These counties include Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock, Pike, Morgan and Schuyler.
Monday - Meatloaf & gravy, baked potato, green beans, mandarin oranges, bread, milk
Tuesday - Turkey tetrazzini, broccoli, tossed salad with dressing, pears, dinner roll, milk
Wednesday - Cheeseburger on bun, tomato salad, peaches,milk
Thursday - Vegetable beef soup, cheese stick, red-bean salad, melon, crackers, milk
Friday -BBQ pork on bun, pit beans, coleslaw, pineapple, milk
The Alzheimee’s Support Group will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19th at the old Washington School, 1008 East 5th Street, Beardstown.
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The Kirsta Anderson Benefit will be held from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 18th at the Round House Event Center in Beardstown. There is a small cover charge that includes a meal and kids’ activities.
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Supervisor of Assessments Committee will meet at 6:00 pm. Monday, May 20 at the Cass County Courthouse in Virginia.
Mylee Tracy will represent the Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia Redbird girls track and field team in two events at the IHSA State Finals starting Friday, May 17 at Eastern Illinois University. Tracy placed second in the 400 meters and third in the 200 meters while beating the qualifying time at the Class 1
The evolution of the Beardstown girls’ soccer program continued as the Lady Tigers notched a first-round regional win last Saturday morning.
The girls shook off a late season mini-slump and crushed DePue Coop 9 to 0 to improve to 11-8-2 on the season. The win sets up a regional championship showdown against Monmouth-Roseville, who is 12-4-3 on the year, on their home field. The game was scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. The Tigers and the Titans played to a 2-2 tie in Monmouth back on March 27.
A young Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia softball team played their way into the WIVC Tournament this year, falling just short of a trip to the championship game. The Lady Trojans beat Greenfield-Northwestern 12 to 6 in the opening round then lost to Carrollton 5 to 1 in the semifinals. The big blue wrapped up their regular season with a 13-8 record after losing to Payson in their finale.
It was a busy and productive last week of the season for the Beardstown softball team as they matched their total wins from the rest of the year by winning four straight games. Improved defense was the key as the Tigers committed just twelve errors in five games, a number they have come close to matching in single games several times this year. They would drop their final game of the week last Saturday to finish the regular season at 8-20. The Lady Tigers were scheduled to begin regional play on Monday, May 13 at Macomb.
An incredible ten-game winning streak has carried the PORTA-AC Central baseball team to a 20-9 regular season record becoming the first Bluejay team in the last twenty years to reach the twenty-win milestone.
The Jays started the season slowly and were 5-5 at the end of March and 10-8 in middle of April. Following a disheartening loss to New Berlin on April 22 the team turned things around and has not lost since.
The Triopia-Virginia-Meredosia baseball team picked up one win against two losses last week to end the regular season with a record of 10-16. They opened the week with a tight 2 to 0 loss to PORTA-AC, then got a nice 4 to 0 win over New Berlin in ten innings then fell flat in the season finale, losing to Pittsfield 15 to 0.
It was not the way coach Brian Dour or Beardstown wanted to end the regular season as the Tigers dropped three straight games last week by ten plus runs each to end the regular season on a four-game losing streak. The losses, against three quality teams, dropped the Tigers to 9-14 on the season. They will look to rebound in regional play where they were scheduled to open at QND on Monday, May 13.