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Focus on Faith – Faith doesn’t mean controlling God 

I believe there are some Christians who may have a misunderstanding of what faith is. There are some that think if they have enough faith, God will do whatever they ask God to do.  So when a crisis comes up, they try to move God into action with their faith.  When an emergency comes up, they try to use faith like a rope to slip around God’s neck to force their will on God.  And when disaster comes, they try to use faith like a button they push to nudge God into action.  And when God doesn’t respond the way they expect, they become disappointed with God and feel like God has let them down.  And for some, when God isn’t doing what they think God should do, they stop praying, reading the Bible and even coming to church.  

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Bread of Love – February 5-9 

Monday - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, creamed corn, cinnamon applesauce, biscuit, milk. Tuesday - Breaded pork tender on bun, dill pickles, sweet potato, cauliflower, apricots, milk. Wednesday - Meatballs in brown sauce with peppers and onions, noodles, carrots, mixed fruit, bread, milk.

Courthouse News

Courthouse News

Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia, IL. Marriages: NONE Divorces: Jeffrey Miles, from Marilyn Sue Miles. Property Transfers: Neal and Dianna Hart,

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CASSCOMM announces sleek overhaul of Security Awareness Training Portal

CASSCOMM announces the availability of their brand-new security awareness training portal, a feature CASSCOMM will now offer to help businesses train and protect employees from falling into phishing, email and the many scams that are out on the world wide web. CASSCOMM will offer a Breach Prevention Platform subscription, managed services offering, etc.

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Preschool Developmental Screening in Virginia

Virginia Elementary School will hold a Preschool Developmental Screening from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.on Thursday, March 7 at the Virginia Elementary School, 651 S. Morgan Street. This screening will be done by appointments only.

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Community Calendar

There will be a meeting of the Renovation Committee at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 8 at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia. ******   The Pleasant Plains Masonic Lodge #700 A.F. & A.M. will hold its...

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Bits & Pieces – A lost mind is not pretty

Our minds are a fascinating organ, one that works amazingly and sometimes it can be pretty scary.

I am one of “those” people who usually have too much commotion going on at the same time in my brain. I think it’s called chaos. We still function, do some things fairly correctly, yet our brain is working on the next event, next move, next comment, planning a meal, pick up the kids, trying to remember appointments and listen to someone else tell us how their day is going.

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New website for Crime Stoppers

Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties are proud to announce that our NEW Website is up and fully operational. The New Website contains photos of our Wanted Individuals, Crimes of the Week, Crime Prevention Tips along with a Link Page to other Law Enforcement Agencies.  There is also a direct link to submit a tip securely and anonymously. 

Beardstown’s Daisy Gil placed third in the inaugural Girls Wrestling Regional and will advance to Sectionals in Geneseo on February 9.

Tiger Wrestling results: Gil headed to Sectionals

Beardstown’s Daisy Gil is headed to the IHSA Girls Wrestling Sectionals. She qualified by going 4-1 and by placing third at 120 pounds in the first ever girls wrestling Regional Tournament.  For the last two years, the IHSA hosted separate sectionals and a state tournament for girls, but numbers have grown so dramatically that they had to put in regionals across the state this year.  

Good Growing – Garden trends for the new year 

The internet is a wild place full of an endless amount of information, ideas, opinions, advice, arguments, and more. Tangled in this web, it will come as no surprise that my favorite spaces are those that relate to plants. I’ve been known to have many, many pages open in my browser window that relate to a vast expanse of horticulture topics. As I read through articles to answer one question, inevitably, more questions develop, which demand research and so on and so forth.