Beardstown’s own, Abby Cooper, who not only commands a leading role as “Louise” but also dances and sings her way across the stage in the music rich production, “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn.” The production is presented by Springfield Theatre Center.
The Ashland Fire Protection District approved the annual tax levy request from county property tax funds at last week’s meeting of the board. The District will be seeking $250,000 from the property tax funds.
Monday - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, bread, tropical fruit, Rice Krispie Treat, milk. Tuesday - Bratwurst patty on bun, mustard, German potato salad, sauerkraut, mandarin oranges, milk.
Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia. Marriages: None. Divorces: None. Property Transfers: Cass County Trustee, Quit Claim Deed to Acres Investment LLC for Lot 3 in the Original Town of Chandlerville. Cass County Trustee, Quit claim Deed to Henry Payano Gomez for Lot 2, Block 34 of Sch Comm Addn, Beardstown.
Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital and NES, the hospital’s Emergency Medicine physician partner, are pleased to announce Dr. Alex Merlo has been named the Associate Emergency Department Medical Director.
The Cass County Courthouse will be closed on Monday, December 25 in observance of Christmas Day. ****** A-C Central Community Unit School District No.262 will hold its regular Board of Education meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 20 in the Board Conference Room, 501 W. Buchanan Street in Ashland. A Truth-in-Taxation Hearing will be held prior to the regular meeting.
The A-C Central FFA chapter attended the National FFA convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Students attended leadership sessions, listened to keynote speakers, and toured local agriculture attractions. Pictured (L to R) front: Mallory Guillou, Abby Taft, Keagan Dale, Tara Taft, Karissa Thaxton. Back: Griffin McClure, Leland English, Camden Hays, Ethan Mahoney, Wyatt Ratliff, and Riley Green.
While researching a topic, I often stumble upon something I wasn’t searching for but nonetheless found it to be of interest. Here’s a few I’ve collected over the yearsLet’s begin in Bader over in Schuyler County. Located about four miles north of Browning, Bader began life as Osceola in 1870. The name was changed to Baders in 1872, honoring William Bader who operated the grain elevator. A U.S. Post Office opened on Oct. 8, 1972, the same year the community’s name was changed to Bader.
It’s hard to criticize the beauty of the King James Version (KJV) of the Christmas story in Luke 2. Much like the Lord’s Prayer with all its outdated language (art, Thy, trespass, Thine), there’s no updating the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Mary is Joseph’s “espoused wife, being great with child.” The shepherds were “sore afraid” when the glory of the Lord appeared. And all of it “came to pass” in those days.
“I wish there was a way to know we were in the good old days before we actually left them.” That was a class motto of the 8th grade graduation class at Ladd, IL.
My grandfather was one who on Halloween would move the outhouse about three feet so that on a dark Halloween night, the boys were quite surprised when they moved his outhouse in what he called the “Good Old Days.” Instead of moving it, they fell in!