In reading articles in various newspapers, it appears that more and more marxists and socialists are rearing their ugly heads. I pray that enough ostriches in this country will pull their heads out of the sand to try and stop the movement to destroy our democratic republic.
Students in nine central Illinois counties can now apply for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s popular “Future Presidents of America” program, which presents real-world challenges to solve, teaches leadership skills and introduces participants to experts in multiple fields.
Central Illinois Numismatic Association’s 34th Annual Spring Coin Show will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 24 at the Northfield Center I, 3210 Northfield Drive in Springfield.
There will be 70 dealer tables that will feature U.S. and foreign coins, ancient and modern coins, gold and silver bullion, Amercan Eagles and paper money. There will be a small admission fee and members and children under 16 will be admitted free. Early birds can be admitted for a larger fee to view the coins from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Gray Thompson of Ashland, Illinois, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Thompson was initiated at Western Illinois University.
Virginia schools is elated to announce that 8th grader Nathan Ayres has been selected as the Division J winner of the IESA Scholar Attitude award. He is one of only 15 students in the state of Illinois to be recognized as an IESA scholar attitude award winner.
Registration is now open for Day Camp at the Mt. Sterling Community Center YMCA.
There will be Kinder Camp (entering K & 1st); Day Camp (entering 2nd & 3rd) and Tween Camp (entering 4th, 5th, 6th).Camp will be offered 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday from June 3 to August 9th.
Pricing will be based on by the week for members (full time, 3-5 days); member siblings, member part-time, and non-members.
Women of the community will be gathering at the Virginia United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 13 to recognize and call on God’s love.
Barbara Wooldridge, Jacksonville, will portray three Biblical women, each who had a unique relationship with God. On-site registration begins at 9:30 a.m. with the program running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Lincoln Land Community College and Illinois Extension are partnering to offer a Horticulture Institute for teachers of grades K-5 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 25 and 26 in the Kreher Agriculture Center on the LLCC-Springfield campus, 5250 Shepherd Road.
During the Virginia School Board meeting, it was noted that the National Honor Society is bringing back a blood drive to the Virginia High School through the Impact Life organization.There was a meeting on March 13th to learn more about the organization of the event and then on April 13th the event will be held. The community is invited to attend. Student council members also participated in being election judges this year. Their day began around 5:30 a.m. and ended around 8 p.m.
The Village of Chapin is getting cleaned up. Spring clean up days were recently announced. Village residents are encouraged to begin collecting unwanted items now to be discarded May 17/18. The Village will furnish three dumpsters each day for Village residents only to discard their unwanted and not needed items at no cost. Contact Village hall for a list of items ineligible for discard, Yard waste will also be collected on Monday 20 beginning at 6am. Yard waste must be curbside and in bags to be collected.