Melissa

Pet of the Week

Melissa is a beautiful torti who was born in the spring of 2020. She has been here at SCHS for almost two years. She is the sweetest girl and loves attention. She likes laying on the shelves in her room and leaning into your hand for pets. This lovey girl, along with all other animals at SCHS will be spayed/neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated before adoption. You can meet  Melissa 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/.

Track

Sangamo Conference track meet results

Track season is wrapping up and that means conference championship meets. The PORTA-AC Central Bluejays traveled to Pleasant Plains last week for the Sangamo Conference Championship Meet with the boys placing fifth and the girls taking seventh as a team.

Shortstop Vanessa Nunez steps on second to get the first out of a nifty double play for BHS.

Lady Tigers smack down Hornets

It was a good week for the Beardstown Softball Team as they played better ball and picked up a win over Brown County and lost in close games to Camp Point and Quincy Notre Dame.  The Lady Tigers now sit at 4-17 on the year.  

Buckey makes lots of friends

Meet Buckey. Buckey is a remote-controlled (RC) bucket truck created by Sam Surratt, a Special Equipment Technician with over 27 years of experience at the local co-op. Sam’s job involves working on various electric service projects, but one of his most rewarding projects lately involved work outside his full-time job. This project taught kids the importance of safety around downed trees and power lines in a fun and memorable way.

Bible and lily

Focus on Faith – Will you pray for me?

How many times have we heard a person on the news say something like, “Our thoughts and prayers are with them.” Are they really? I mean, are they really praying? It sounds nice to say, and it is a wonderful sentiment. It feels good to say those words of comfort. Yet, how often do we follow through and actually pray?

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight set for May 14

Mission #70 will serve 94 Veterans including 15 Korean Era veterans 79 Vietnam era veterans from 54 Central Illinois home towns of Altamont, Bethalto, Bloomington, Brighton, Casey, Champaign, Chandlerville, Chestnut, Clinton, Columbia, Cropsey, Danville, Dawson, Decatur, Dow, Effingham, Elizabeth, Farmer City, Fisher, Grafton, Greenville, Gurnee, Hettick, Jacksonville, Jerseyville, Lincoln, Litchfield, Longview, Loves Park, Mahomet, Marion, Mason City, Mattoon, Monmouth, Mt Zion, Neoga, Newton, Normal, Petersburg, Pleasant Plains, Rantoul, Rochester, Roxana, Rushville, Secor, Shelbyville, Sherman, Sorento, Southern View, Springfield, Teutopolis, Thomasboro, Topeka and Tuscola as well as Cotter AR and McKinze TN.  Our May 14th veterans represent all branches of the military as well as the Air National Guard and the Army National Guard.

art kids

LLCC offers College for Kids with more summer programs – Registration now open

College for Kids at Lincoln Land Community College will offer more than 60 programs this summer from June 10-July 25 thanks to new and continuing partnerships. Most programs will be held at the Springfield campus, 5250 Shepherd Rd.

New this year are theater camps for grades 1-8. There are three camps — Introduction to Theater, Auditioning for Theater and Introduction to Production, which includes backstage elements like set and costume design.

Kids sitting in grass

Let’s take care of our youth

Watching the news, seeing the chaos on college campuses, so much unrest in the Middle East, politicians proving again and again they can’t be trusted......what’s going on? Where are we headed. Who or what is stoking the fire? 

Many questions, very few answers.

We are surrounded by so much that is wrong and it’s affecting all of us. But in the midst of all that is happening, we fail to see how it affects our most important treasure---our youth. And there is no way we can shield them from all of this.

Scam Alert

State police warn of phone scam

The Illinois State Police (ISP) is warning the public of a phone scam. ​ Over the past two days, ISP has received several phone calls from individuals reporting a person claiming to be an ISP investigator telling them their identity has been stolen. ​ This is a scam. ​ ISP special agents will not make cold calls requesting personal or financial information, or ask you to confirm personal or financial information. ​ ​ ​ ​

Drone shots of a huge transformer being relocated, Monday, April 29, from the Burlington Northern Rail Yard to the new solar farm near Concord. Specialized hauling equipment was required to carry and transport. The wheels on the two trailers are independently steerable, which allowed it to make the corner at 15th and Wall. Pictured here is at the Intersection of Hwy 67 and 125. Traffic was delayed during the process. Jack Fearneyhough photos

Huge transformer being relocated

Drone shots of a huge transformer being relocated, Monday, April 29, from the Burlington Northern Rail Yard to the new solar farm near Concord. Specialized hauling equipment was required to carry and transport. The wheels on the two trailers are independently steerable, which allowed it to make the corner at 15th and Wall.  Pictured here is at the Intersection of Hwy 67 and 125.  Traffic was delayed during the process.