The Beardstown Board of Education met Wednesday, October 18 in the high school library opening with a demonstration from the Robotics group showing two different mechanical robots that the group has been developing after school.
The Beardstown Food Basket Committee will give food baskets to deserving families in the Beardstown community on December 16.
Guidelines for eligibility are unemployed, low income or senior citizen. If you are eligible, please call the Beardstown First United Methodist Church office at 323-1257 to register Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to noon.
The Beardstown City Council approved an ordinance amending the water, sewer and sewage disposal rates for the city of Beardstown at the October 17th meeting.
Following are the new rates for residential and commercial wastewater customers located within the limits of the city. The basic charge for water usage will be $13.75 for the first 2,000 gallons of water used and then $2.30 additional for each 1,000 gallons used per month (or any fraction thereof).
For those located outside city limits, the charge will be $16.50 for the first 2,000 gallons of water used plus $2.30 for each 1,000 gallons used (or any fraction thereof). For non-water customers, the basic wastewater user charge will be $17.88 per month.
Mr. Casey French, President of the Virginia CUSD 64 Board of Education, has been recognized by the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) for his participation in a number of professional development and leadership activities during his service as a school board member.
Despite playing under a first-year head coach and having only two seniors, the Beardstown High School soccer team advanced to the Regional Championship game this season.
Unfortunately, a very good Peoria Christian Chargers team ended the Tigers’ season there. The Chargers jumped out to a 2-0 lead at halftime and added an insurance goal in the second half to get a 3-0 shutout victory over BHS. Peoria Christian, now 21-4-2 on the year, knocked off Rock Island Alleman 4-0 in the sectional semi-final and were scheduled to face Quincy Notre Dame for the sectional title on October 24.
Kraig Lounsberry, president of the Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI), and Bob Swartz, partner at FORVIS, announced that Beardstown Savings, s.b., won for its entry: “Banking the WHOLE Community.” The award was presented at the Recognition Luncheon at CBAI’s 49th Annual Convention & Expo on Saturday, September 23, at the JW Marriott Indianapolis.
If I had been traveling with Christopher Columbus in 1492, looking for a new sea route to India, China, Japan and other places, we would still be looking. Since I have no sense of direction, hard telling where we would have ended our journey. Come to think of it, he didn’t do such a good job of going to those countries because he ended up here.
The Beardstown Middle School girls’ basketball season is underway with both the 7th and 8th grade Tiger teams off to a rough start with neither team able to pick up a victory over the first two weeks of the season.
The 7th grade lost to Virginia 23-10 with Ola Quigley scoring four points for the Tigers to open the season. They then lost to West Prairie 13-9, AC Central 24-7, Brown County 28-6 and Lewistown 35-4. Most recently they fell to West Central 45-14 as Quigley scored 10 of the 14 Tiger points.
The Virginia-Triopia Lady Redbird junior high basketball teams hosted their own tournament last week with both the 7th and 8th grade winning one game and losing two.
Congratulations go out to Hallie Clement and Kenzie Meyer for winning awards at the tournament. Hallie was selected to the six-person 7th grade All-Tournament Team and Kenzie was selected for the 8th grade Defensive/Team Leader award.
Illinois State Fire Marshall’s office has been called in to investigate a fire involving an unoccupied home in Virginia.The fire was on October 11 and is considered a total loss.