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INSIDE NEWS Meet the Greene County Fair Pageant contestants.

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SPORTS

America’s favorite sport.

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LOCALS

Greene County Fair just around the corner

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press The Greene County Fair might be a few days shorter than in years past, but it is still chock full of entertainment.

From mud bogs to the queen pageants to a rodeo, there will be something for everyone to enjoy next week.

This year’s fair runs from June 22-26, though some events take place before the actual start of fair events. The 4H shows will be held on Saturday, June 19, beginning at 8 a.m. and lasting throughout the day.

For those who have Art Hall entries, certain categories of entries will be accepted between the hours of 2-5 p.m. with judging taking place at 6 p.m.

At 4 p.m., the mud bogs will be held on the track, followed by the livestock auction at 6 p.m.

On Monday, there is limited action with a sheep show at 8 a.m. and the remainder of the Art Hall entries will be accepted from 8-11 a.m. with judging taking place at noon.

On Tuesday, June 22, the Greene County Fair kicks off in style with the Greene County Fair Pageant beginning at 6:30 p.m. A new Miss, Jr. Miss and Little Miss will be crowned at the end

of the night and proceed to oversee the rest of the week’s events.

On Wednesday, June 23, harness racing will be held beginning at 6 p.m.

Depending on the number of races, the midwest and overnight races may be held beginning at noon.

On Thursday, June 24, the beef show and swine show will begin at 8 a.m. with the truck and tractor pull starting at 6:30 p.m.

On Friday, June 25, the demolition derby will take center stage beginning at 7 p.m. followed by the very popular band, Flip the Frog, in the beverage garden beginning at 8:30 p.m. For the early risers, the goat show begins at 8 a.m.

The fair ends on Saturday, June 26, which will be Family Day. A full day of events have been scheduled beginning with an 8 a.m. check-in for the BBQ cookoff. Judging for the cookoff starts at 1 p.m. From noon to 4 p.m. will be Kid’s Day with games set up all around the fairground for the kids to play.

Entertainment for kids and adults alike will begin at 7 p.m. with the rodeo, followed by fireworks at dusk. The band, Stompin’ Ground, will take the stage in the Beverage Garden at 8:30 p.m. and close out this year’s Greene County Fair.

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Everyone knows the key to hitting the ball is in the expression one makes. If that is the case, then Emmett Caristi will hit a homerun every single time. Caristi plays on one of several tee-ball teams organized in North Greene, who play each other while learning the basics, like hitting the ball and running to the bases. The expressions on their faces are priceless, especially when they connect with the ball.

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Greenfield group hopes to change school mask rules

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press While school children are enjoying a carefree, maskless summer, many parents are worrying about the upcoming school year, which, as it stands, will have students once again behind the mask and adhering to most of the same safety guidelines as last year, including social distancing and wearing a mask in the classroom, per the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

It is for this reason that a group of concerned parents in Greenfield has formed to change the mind of the school boards in Greene County. We Stand for Our Students (WSOS) is a grassroots movement, which originated this spring in Hancock County. It has since been spreading to other counties throughout Illinois.

WSOS consists of hundreds of parents and educators throughout Illinois that are

trying to make what they consider a positive change for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. Their self-reported goals are to bring back common sense and allow parents to have a choice when their children are involved.

Amber Range, a concerned parent from Greenfield, has taken the lead for the WSOS group in Greene County.

“We, as parents, should have the ultimate control over our children, not the government,” Range said. “Currently, our main focus is advocating for parent choice when it comes to masks.”

The group plans to make a presentation on a proposed resolution to the Greenfield School Board at the June 21 school board meeting. A similar resolution was presented at the North Greene School Board meeting in May.

Better Newspapers, Inc. acquires Greene Prairie Press Greg Hoskins, publisher of Better Newspapers, Inc., is proud to announce the acquisition of five Illinois newspapers: Calhoun News-Herald, Greene Prairie Press, Pike Press, Scott County Times and Jersey County Journal, all headquartered in Jerseyville.

Based in Mascoutah, Better Newspapers, Inc., is a family-owned company currently operating 31 publications in Illinois and Missouri.

“My staff and I are looking forward to the challenges and, more importantly, continuing to meet the needs of the Jerseyville and surrounding communities,” Hoskins stated.

Hoskins bought his first group of newspapers in Mascoutah when he formed Better Newspapers, Inc. on May 1, 1991, and the newspapers included: the Mascoutah Herald, Clinton County News, Fairview Heights Tribune, and Scott Flier, which serves Scott Air Force Base.

Since that time, Hoskins has purchased Altamont News, Arthur Graphic Clarion, Record-Herald News in Arthur and Bond and Fayette County Shopper, The Shoppers Review in Highland, The Nashville News, The Troy Times-Tribune, The Journal and the Tri-County Journal, both in Tuscola, The Leader Union in Vandalia, Southern Champaign County Today in Villa Grove, The

Breeze Courier (daily) and the Shopping Spree, both located in Taylorville, and the Illinois Business Journal, a monthly business publication.

Missouri publications include Wayne County Journal-Banner and Reynolds County Courier both in Piedmont, Ste. Genevieve Herald, Ozark Horse Trader in West Plains, the Mountain Echo and Mountain Echo Extra in Ironton and the Douglas County Herald in Ava. In 2012, Hoskins expanded his corporation by building a regional press plant in Altamont. This plant not only prints publications owned by Better Newspapers but also a variety of other newspapers in the area.

Hoskins attended the University of Iowa where he earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. His first newspaper job was in the sales department of the Times Press in Streator. Hoskins discovered his love and respect for newspapers at the local company.

After leaving the Times Press, he began working for American Publishing Company in West Frankfort. The experience took him to Arizona to work for Kramer Publications, which produced a daily newspaper and approximately 17 weekly newspaper and shopper publications.

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County Market set to begin operations next week the mobile trailer, which is equipped

By CARMEN ENSINGER with refrigerators and freezers for the Greene Prairie Press refrigerated and frozen items, twice a Anyone traveling through Carrollton week. Customers would then simply in the last week has no doubt seen drive up, pick up their order and go the huge County Market trailer set home. up in the old IGA parking lot. The While they are starting out with only good news is that, come next week, two days of delivery, Murphy said that that trailer will be filled with people’s could change if the volume of orders online orders of groceries. increases.

A meeting with representatives “We are very flexible – we will from County Market took place in make a delivery every day if we have Carrollton Tuesday afternoon to to,” he said. “We are going to do what explain how the process will work and we need to do to satisfy the customer what might actually come of the test or we won’t do it. We won’t do anyrun if the market turns thing if we don’t do it out favorable. right.”

“We are really look- “We are really Of course, that is ing forward to the not saying there won’t challenge and oppor- looking forward be kinks that need to tunity to work with to the challenge be worked out in the the Greene County beginning. community,” said Tim and opportunity “I won’t say everyMurphy, director of thing will be perfect to work with the right out supermarket operaof the gate, tions for Niemann Greene County but we have done our Foods. “We are doing homework on this,” he a market study to see community.” said. “We have done if it would justify us this a lot of times, and being able to actually I feel like we will be Tim Murphy operate a store here.” able to sniff out a lot director of supermarket In other words, if of the problems we enough people take operations for Niemann Foods. will have.” advantage of the serCarrollton Librarian vice, County Market might consider Angie Custer asked Murphy how long building a brick and mortar store in they would be considering Carrollton Carrollton. a test market.

For those unfamiliar with what is “Normally, a demographic study going on, when Kroger pulled out takes from 8 to 12 months,” Murphy of both Carrollton and White Hall in said. “But we put a rush on this one early May, County Market began look- with the people who are doing the ing at the area to set up a mobile food study. Plus, I have done my homework delivery service. and contacted Kroger, so I kind of Customers would order their gro- know where we are as far as what kind ceries from an app on their phone of business was taking place. So, we or computer, pay for them with a have a pretty good feel for the market.” credit or debit card, and those groceries would be delivered to Carrollton to (See, OPERATIONS, A2)

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Pure Bossy Crafts Boutique jumps onto scene

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press What started out as a way to earn a little extra money for Tonya Hunn has turned into a full-fledged business that will have its grand opening in Carrollton on Saturday, June 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the former Greene Prairie Press office next to Alfonso’s Pizza on the Carrollton Square.

Tonya Hunn started Pure Bossy Crafts out of her home doing screen printing on T-shirts and drink tumblers when COVID-19 hit in 2020.

“When COVID hit, I had to stay at home because I had children that we ended up pulling out of school to homeschool because of the virus, and up to that point, I was doing it just a little bit here and there on the side for people that I knew personally,” Hunn said.

“Then, I decided I would try and expand it out and see if I could maybe help my husband out and make some money to help pay some bills, so that is when

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I created Pure Bossy, and it has just kind of grown from there.”

For the past year, she has operated the business out of her home, but she soon realized that the business had outgrown the space that she had dedicated to it.

The family has six children, the youngest of which is 7. The four teenagers, ages 18, 17, 17 and 15, all help with the business.

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Pure Bossy Crafts and Boutique owner Tonya Hunn holds a realistic Fruit Loops candle from the Fakery Bakery for sale in her boutique, which will have its grand opening this Saturday, June 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m, and is located on the Carrollton Square. The store features items created by Hunn, as well as other artisans, which Hunn wholesales through her store.

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Meet the Greene County Fair Pageant contestants The Greene County Fair Pageant starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, at the Grandstand. Pageants include Little Miss, Junior Miss and Miss Greene County.

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Operations (Continued from A1) In other words, the test run would be considerably less than the typical 8 to 12 months, but exactly how long is not clear at this time.

One concern of White Hall Librarian Penny Eilers, who was also in attendance at the meeting, is getting the word out to the North Greene residents.

“You are going to have to come up with some way to market this to reach the people up north who don’t drive by the trailer every day,” she said.

“Then, there will be the elderly who might not have access to a computer or simply not know how to do the ordering.”

This, however, has already been taken care of. There are two groups that have been formed that will be able to assist any resident in this area: The Lettuce Serve You group in North Greene and the Reaching Out … To Help Others group in Carrollton. In addition, residents can also utilize the computers at local libraries in all three communities and enlist the aid of library personnel.

The app can be found and downloaded by going to shop. rosieapp.com/countymarket300.

Using this app will allow the city of Carrollton to be able to capture the sales tax for the sales

rather than the city of Girard, even though the groceries are coming from the Girard store.

Pharmacy Plus owner Byron Berry said this is very important for Carrollton, or any community.

“If our tax base goes away, our schools and community services will suffer,” Berry said.

“Schools may be forced to cut out needed classes, and extra-

curricular activities and other important uses for our tax dollars will also suffer, and in the end, our whole community will suffer.”

Berry said it is very important for everyone, not just Carrollton, to support this much-needed service that County Market is bringing to the area.

“It is going to take all of us, not just us here in Carrollton,

to create a market that will make them want to bring a store into the Greene County area,” Berry said. “We all have to pull together to bring a needed service back to our area.”

Boyd Hospital has granted permission for the trailer to be set up in the parking lot of the old IGA building, which they

bought last year and plan to turn into a physical therapy building.

Carrollton Mayor Mike Snyder said that the cost of running electricity to the building, which is also coming from the IGA building, is being covered from donations from local individuals and businesses.

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Greene County Health Department Public Health Administrator Molly Peters goes over some last minute details with Tim Murphy, director of supermarket operations for Niemann Foods, Tuesday afternoon following a meeting at Carrollton City Hall about the start-up of the online ordering and grocery pickup they will be offering in Greene County starting next week.

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Crafts (Continued from A1) “We just outgrew our house,” Hunn said.

“We go to a lot of craft fairs and vendor shows, and we have met a lot of amazing vendors and loved some of the products that they were offering. I really wanted to offer some of those products to this community, so I started offering them out of the house, and it just became too much to have it here at home, so that is when we decided one that that we were going to move into a storefront on the square.”

As for the name, Hunn said the name only came about when they started to put themselves out there on social media.

“When I was just doing it for family and friends, we didn’t have a name,” she said. “But when we decided to really hit Facebook and stuff, we created Pure Bossy Crafts. When we decided to open the store on the square, we added the ‘Boutique’ to the name.”

There is even a story behind the “Pure Bossy” part of the name.

“We have six children total, and a lot of them are teenagers, and even the young ones are all bossy,” Hunn said. “We wanted

America’s favorite sport something unique for the name, and since my teenagers helped me with things, that is where we came up with the name Pure Bossy, because that is what they are at times – bossy.”

The store will contain not only Hunn’s creations, but also those of other vendors.

“Basically, I wholesale from other vendors and then I resale them in my store,” she said.

“Plans are, maybe once a month, we will have some vendors that will also be set up outside. For our grand opening, some of our vendors that I will be selling inside the store will be on hand to set up outside, debuting some of their items.”

Some of the vendors include: Abigail’s Apothecary, Christine Zeller; Me Time Essentials, Tina Flowers Miller; Yeah Soaps (men’s soap), Josh Osterman; Wilson Farm Soap (laundry detergent), David Wilson; Fakery Bakery (decorative home décor); Uncle Bob’s Bug-B-Gone (natural insect repellent) and Homemade Crafts and Gifts, Glenda Roberts and Betty Gill.

The hours of operation for the store will be Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Rules

(Continued from A1) North Greene Superintendent Mark Scott advised the board not to act on the resolution for risk of losing funding. Because the schools’ funding comes from ISBE, going against their guidelines could put school districts at risk of losing state funding.

Range was asked how her group intends to counter this issue.

“We are currently looking into this issue,” she said. “We are trying to prove that even though ISBE and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are coming out with these mandates, guidance, suggestions and recommendations, we are trying to verify if any of that is law and if the school has to comply.

“We have heard how the school board’s hands are tied and that they will lose funding if they don’t cooperate. We are trying to find out if that is, in fact, correct. Is it really a rule or a law in the Illinois School Code that they have to do those things or they will lose funding?”

According to Range, in the Illinois Administrative Code, Title 23, which is what applies to schools in Illinois, there is nothing in there that says schools are required to follow orders from the IDPH. “Obviously, the governor had the executive order last year saying there was a public health emergency, and everyone had to wear a mask, but that has ended, and there is no more emergency,” she said. “Now, they are trying to pass legislation that would give IDPH the ultimate say over the schools in the event of an emergency.”

Range is referring to HB 2789, which passed the House on April 22, and is due for the third reading and vote on June 15 in the Senate.

“There are thousands of people who have filled out witness slips, myself included, in

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opposition to them passing this and making it a law because, if it passes, then the IDPH can take control over all the schools in Illinois and say, ‘You are wearing masks, social distancing, and students and staff would potentially have to be tested once a week,’” Range said. “Again, it’s government control of our kids and not parental control.”

Range said at first she was hesitant to take the helm for WSOS, but she has found there is a lot of support out there for the cause.

“Initially, I was afraid to take a stand because it is much less stressful just to sit back and hope things improve or go away, but the more research I have done and the more I have talked to other parents, I can tell that is not the case, and it’s actually looking worse for this upcoming school year,” she said. “That is what made me decide to take a stand and try to make a positive change. Since coming forward with this information, there have been lots of individuals reach out to me and provide support, which has been very helpful and encouraging.”

Part of the presentation Monday night will include statistics comparing COVID versus the flu, etc.

Range said she provided the board with an advanced copy of the proposed resolution, which she would like the board to vote on. In summary, the resolution will state that while the board will follow the mandates, they don’t agree with the mandates that have been placed upon the schools.

“My goal is to work with the superintendent and school board to make a positive change for the upcoming 2021-22 school year,” Range said.

The Greenfield School Board will meet at the Greenfield High School auditorium on June 21 at 7 p.m.

Youth of all ages from around Greene County are suiting up and hitting the fields for summer league ball. From the little ones picking up their first bat and putting on their first glove in tee ball to older youth who are splitting their time between youth league ball and traveling summer ball – the ball fields in Carrollton, Roodhouse and Greenfield are filled with teams almost every night of the week.

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Cash Brannan appears to be going for the long ball with this swing in a game last week at Carrollton.

North Greene’s Brock Malin does a fancy move at the plate to avoid getting hit by a low pitch.

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North Greene’s Owen Schutz gets tagged out at the plate by a Calhoun player last week at a game in North Greene. Schutz hit a rocket into center field and was going for an inside-the-park home run when he was thrown out at the plate.

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Above: North Greene’s Carson Wallis has to leap into the air to catch this ball in a game last week at North Greene against Calhoun.

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Right: Greenfield’s Landon Albrect gets ready to slap this pitch as it is lined up perfectly with his bat during a game at North Greene last week.

Better Newspapers

(Continued from A1) The corporate headquarters of Better Newspapers, Inc., is located in Mascoutah. It is an organization founded on family loyalty.

Greg Hoskins is president of the corporation, and his wife, Linda, works in the editorial department. His son, Scott Hoskins, is the Metro East general manager, and his other son, Mark, is the regional manager for the press plant and newspapers in Altamont.

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Barrow Baptist Church news News from Barrow Baptist Church and Bro. Mancel Day: We are handicap accessible. Our service times are 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, followed by 10:30 a.m. morning worship. We also have kids church and nursery service. Everyone is invited to either or both services.

On Sunday, June 13, we had 21 attending Sunday school and 34 attending morning worship.

Remember our men and women in uniform and the leaders of our nation

in your prayers. Others to remember include Gerald and Junia Day, Josh and Judy Cannon, Eric Murphy, Connie Sturgeon, Lois Hart, Birdie Sturgeon, Sandy Griffin, Shari Selleck, Doug Norris, Carol Crockett, David Wells, Hazel Staley, Karla Cannon, Delores Cannon, Linda Brown, Mandy Friedrich, Chuck Roberts, Harriet Printy, Nichole Hembrect, Pam Taylor, Brad Fundel and the family of Don McGee. There are no birthdays or anniversaries to report this

week.

Don't forget our Bible school, "Anchored," June 25-27. On Friday and Saturday night, it will be at 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday time to be determined. All kids ages 5-12 welcome.

During morning worship, Bro. Bill Martin sang "Til the Storm Passes By," and Rich Caskey sang "Thank You Lord."

It's hard to believe we are only a little over two weeks away from July 4.

Have a good week and be a friend to someone in need.

White Hall Calvary Baptist Church news

Sunday, June 6 Message: Jerusalem, A New Capitol City Scripture: Revelation 21:9-27 God has done away with the sin-cursed world.

Our sin affects all of creation. Only good things come from God. All the bad things that happen we blame on God. They are a result of sin. Sin brings death and destruction.

God will meet all of our needs.

We (you and I) are the church. Not the building.

God takes what is sincursed and makes it new and beautiful. The church is the Bride of Christ.

God made everything in the beginning. Then, he made Adam and Eve, and then, sin came about in the Garden of Eden.

The 12 gates represent the 12 tribes of Israel.

Adam and Eve walked into the Garden of Eden with God, before sin. Cannot imagine what it will be to walk with Jesus, our Lord in Heaven! Oh! What a day that will be!

How beautiful has God made Jerusalem.

Streets of pure gold, beautiful stones and pearl gates. The city of Jerusalem is 1,500 miles wide and 1,500 miles long – a massive city.

Each of us is made in the image of God. He made us perfect in His sight. You are the most beautiful person God has made in His glory. He only made one of you to proclaim his honor and glory.

If Jesus Christ is your Savior, there will be a change.

Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is nigh. Jesus is coming soon! Are you ready for His coming?

Sunday morning worship is at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday night prayer is at 6 p.m. Come and join us at Calvary. Thank you, Becky, so much for playing the piano for us!

Hillview Baptist Church news Announcements: There are sign-up sheets on the bulletin board for volunteers needed to help with the block party and VBS. Also for food donations to help with the block party.

The block party will be Saturday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SCBA Youth Camp for seventh to 12th grade is July 19-23. Camp forms

due by July 1. Scholarships available if needed. SCBA Children's Camp for third to sixth grade July 26-30.

Camp forms due by July 1.

Bro. Isaac's message was from II Timothy 3: 10-17.

Paul tells his followers that they should know what he has been teaching is true because they have been with him all this time.

Paul's purpose was the same all the time. It was to tell people about Jesus Christ and how they needed to accept Him as their Savior. We need to follow wherever He leads us. If you want to know if your life is following what Jesus wants, all you have to do is read His Word, the Bible.

You are always welcome at Hillview Baptist Church.

Walkerville Baptist Church news From the desk of Pastor David Slagle – 217-4731892: Well the 2021 Walkerville Baptist Church Gospel Music Fest is in the books as some say.

Because of the temperatures, all activities were held inside. It was a great turnout, great music and great food was enjoyed throughout the day.

We want to thank Serenity Sound, Our Servants Hearts, Riven, Stacie and Larry for using their gifts to present the good news of Jesus Christ. We thank everyone for their gener-

ous donations of nonperishable goods to the North Greene Food Pantry.

Thanks to Roger Fletcher for the electrical wire for our outside circuit box.

We welcomed a good group to our Sunday morning worship service. Our message that morning was found in Romans 12:9-21 – “What does a real Christian look like?”

We looked at the first five verses and found what it takes to love others, sincerely. In the next three verses, we found that a real Christian will bless others graciously. In the verses

16, 17, and 18-21, we found how to live others peaceably. Note, the June 16 Wednesday evening Bible study has been canceled and will resume the following Wednesday evening.

Our recent prayer requests are, George Campbell, Dee Cunningham, Janet, Debbie, Judy, Marty, Linda, Harriet, the unspoken for a family member and Bob and Vera. We invite each of you to join us for our Sunday morning worship service at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday evening Bible study at 6:30 p.m.

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t some time or another most of us dream of doing something big, perhaps writing a great book or starting a business that changes the world, or perhaps performing some amazing athletic or artistic feat.

It is all well and good to dream, but it is the small things of everyday life that make up the warp and woof of our existence.

The small things are our everyday interactions with our family, our friends and our classmates or co-workers. It is in these small things that we reveal our characters and cultivate our truest selves. Often it is in these small things that we fail, perhaps by losing our temper or otherwise reacting poorly to minor things. It is also worth noting that even when we are trying to do something great or are faced with some huge task,

we do it one step at a time, and again it comes down to the little things. The small acts of kindness and courtesy, the smile and the friendly greeting can make a big difference in the lives of those around us. Resolve to perform these small gestures with love and you will thereby have done something great.

–Christopher Simon

These religious messages are published each week in the Greene Prairie Press as a service to our churches and are sponsored by the listed business firms.

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CHURCH/NEWS

County hires new highway department office manager

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press The Greene County Board hired a new office manager for the Greene County Highway Department at their regular board meeting, June 9.

Brooke Darr was selected to replace Diane Hendricks, who resigned to take over as treasurer for the City of Carrollton. Her resignation was effective June 1.

The county received 24 applications for the position and narrowed the field down to six applicants and conducted interviews with those six applicants on Monday and Tuesday before offering the position to Darr on Wednesday night.

Darr is a lifelong resident of Carrollton and has worked in St. Louis for the past 25 years. She has experience in working with unions and with 401K retirement plans as well as experience in financial accounting.

She has requested a start date of July 6 but will come in on weekends to learn the job under the tutelage of Hendricks.

Hendricks has been doing double duty, continuing her duties as office manager at the highway department in the mornings and evenings before and after work with the city. The county approved giving Hendricks a rate of $30 per hour to train Darr on the weekends.

Because Hendricks was also appointed as acting county highway engineer until the county could hire an engineer to replace David Marth, who retired at the end of December, the county also had to name a replacement for this position.

The county named long-time highway employee Mike Schmidt to this position.

Schmidt has been with the county for around 30 years.

However, the county will still have to have an actual engineer to oversee projects. In this area, they approved to extend the professional services extension agreement with Volker that provides the county with an engineer to sign off on whatever projects they have in order to be in compliance with the state.

“This is another six-month agreement with Volker that we can stop any day we need to,” Board Member Joyce Clark said. “If we hire an engineer within this six-month period, we can cancel this agreement at any time.”

The board will need their services for the project they approved to begin in 2022. This project is a two-and-a-quarter mile resurfacing project on Woody Road. The reason the project will not

begin until 2022 is that it takes approximately one year for the paperwork to get finished and approved.

“The $375,000 cost of this project would include the survey, preparation, design and engineering to finish the overlay on the rest of Woody Road,” Clark said. “The funds would come from Rebuild Illinois funds, which has to be a bondable project.”

The finance committee brought to the board for approval the hiring of the Bellwether Consulting Agency to help the county with the $2.5 million they are expected to get in stimulus money.

“They are an accounting firm that will provide a checks and balance system for this new money that we have coming in,” Finance Committee Chairman Christie Ford said. “They will research what we can use it for and let us know.

It is just another layer of checks and balances for us.”

The cost of hiring this firm is $20,000 with $10,000 to be paid upfront and the remaining $10,000 to be paid for at the end of the time frame in which the money has to be spent, which is supposed to be sometime in 2024.

Board Member Andrea Schnelten thought it was money well spent.

“Kirby thought we could recoup that cost and feels it will be really smart for us to have them looking out for us,” Ford said. “They will make sure we spend the money correctly, and if the government ever steps in and wants to know what we spent the money on, we will have proof. He doesn’t want to bear the burden.”

The board approved making a few changes to the agreement for use of the courthouse grounds for events. After the Huntin’ For Treasures event over the weekend, the dumpsters were overflowing, leading the dumpster service to complain. Also, it was noted that if the grounds were wet, there should not be any vehicles parking inside the grounds.

“We had a motion coming out of committee to add to the special events permit that they have to fill out that there is to be no parking on the grass if the grounds are rain soaked. It will be up to the sheriff to make the call,” Schnelten said. “Also, they are responsible for the purchase of an additional dumpster for the event.”

County Extension Director Aaron Dufelmeier was in attendance for the first time in more than a year to address the board on the activities of the Extension. The county levies a tax, which goes to fund the Extension in the amount of around $72,000.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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County board signs deal for new health insurance

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Commencing July 1, the employees of Greene County will be under a new insurance plan, fully funded by the county with zero cost to the employee – the county will even pay the deductible.

Representatives from Employee Benefits Solutions (EBS) were present at the May meeting to present their proposal to the board. Prior to the Wednesday night meeting, the county employees were covered by insurance through the Steelworkers Union, which was from Blue Cross/ Blue Shield (BCBS) of Pennsylvania.

The plan from EBS is from BCBS from Illinois.

According to the figures presented at last month’s meeting, the plan through the steelworkers union costs $1,108 per person for 58 employees, which comes out to a little over $64,000 per month or $771,168 a year. Adding in the $500 deductible the county pays for each employee, that comes out to over $800,000 in insurance premiums a year.

The program offered through EBS is called a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA). By implementing this program, the county could

save up to $259,000 a year.

The monthly premium for each employee would drop from $1,108 to $778 per employee for a monthly cost of $45,125, down from the $64,000.

This would add up to an annual expenditure of $541,488, down from more than $800,000, resulting in the $259,000 in savings.

The deductible would raise to $3,500, but the savings the county would realize in the lower premiums would be set aside in a pool to pay for these deductibles for the employees.

When an employee has a claim, the county would pay the deductible out of this pool of money until they reach their deductible. After that, the insurance would pay 100 percent. So, in reality, the employee is out nothing.

However, the board failed to include the union in the bargaining process for the insurance. Per their contracts, anything that is going to affect a union employee should be discussed with them and their input sought before any decision is made.

Sentiment among the unions is that the board sought out this insurance plan and made the decision to go with the plan before ever including them in the process. United Steelworkers was asked to submit a bid for insurance, which they did.

While EBS presented their proposal at the May meeting, the board decided to postpone voting on the change because of the backlash from the unions.

EBS Representative Dan Snodgrass said the quote he gave the county was good only until the end of the month, and each month they waited, the cost would go up an additional $19,000.

When it came up for a vote, Board Member Chris Elliott said that he had spoken with the FOP representative and that he was going to set up a mediation meeting within the next week.

“I talked with Mark (Strang, board chairman) tonight, and he felt like he would like to try that avenue first,” Elliott said. “So, that is where we are with that – there will be no vote on the health insurance tonight.”

Strang said it was an act of “extending an olive branch.”

“Chris and I talked before the meeting, and we are hoping that if we could get the union more behind it it then it would be less likely to end up going into arbitration,” Strang said.

“Deb (Banghart, county clerk) doesn’t think the board would do well in arbitration, and we are trying to send a different message. We are hoping if we just back off a little bit maybe we

could sell to them what we are wanting to do.”

Board Member Regan Joehl didn’t understand why the board was waiting, since every day they wait is costing the taxpayers money.

“This insurance plan couldn’t get any better for our employees, but it could get better for our tax payers,” he said. “Because the longer we drag this out, the more inclined I am to go more to work for the taxpayers and be more inclined to be in favor of an employee-paid deductible, and I want that to be known.”

Board Member Andrea Schnelten thought it was coming up for a vote.

“I thought it was going to be voted on tonight,” she said. “I am sick of this – I think we should vote on it.”

Elliott pointed out that the current insurance, BCBS of Pennsylvania, raised the county’s rates to three times what the national average was.

“They increased our rates 10 percent while the national average was 3.5 percent,” he said. “The plan we have now is virtually an identical plan, just set up a little differently.”

Elliott said United Steelworkers did submit a bid for insurance as well.

“They came back with a plan with a premium of $778 a month per employee with a maximum out of

pocket of $6,700, which is not even in the ballpark of financially being the same,” he said.

Joehl said he wanted to make one thing clear.

“We are bringing to the table an insurance plan with zero cost to the employee, and we are meeting with hard resistance to this,” he said. “I have a $12,000 deductible, so I can’t even imagine having a plan like this. I am green as to what the ramifications are if we are to pass this, and I don’t want to put the county at undue risk.”

Schnelten said she didn’t see it as a problem.

“I have been through arbitration once with the same group, and at the end of the day, I think what they are going to say is that you gave the employees better than what they have now, so I don’t see any negative to it,” she said. “They could file a grievance, but I don’t see, at the end of the day, how it could be bad when we have given them better insurance. I think we have belabored it too much.”

Schnelten made a motion to move forward with the proposal for insurance from EBS, which was seconded

by Joehl. Voting yes were Schnelten, Joehl, Elliott, Strang and Christy Ford.

The only no vote was Board Member Joyce Clark.

Swallow reunion back after pandemic hiatus

The annual Swallow Family Reunion was held on Saturday night, June 21, at the Masonic Lodge Hall, north of White Hall. The reunion had not been held since June 2019 because of the COVID19 pandemic.

The meal was catered by Carolyn “Cookie” Ommen.

Gary Griswold of Cincinnati, Ohio, presided over the business session. He pointed out several “mysteries’ in the accounts of ancestors” lives – two dealing with the Civil War. A collection was taken for the upkeep of the family cemetery. Pictures and other family artifacts were available for examination.

The next reunion will be held Saturday evening, June 11, 2022.

Those attending, besides Griswold, were: Michael and

Submitted photo

Attendees of the first Swallow Reunion since 2019 were, front row, from left to right: Bob Ridings, Mary Frances Tunison, Dennis Wyatt, John Griswold, Billye Griswold, Nancy Mansfield, Lynn Piggott and Gary Griswold. Back row: Joe Brockman, Kathy Sendag, Wendy Martin, Janet Brockman, Tammy Carter, Mike Carter, Mollie Carter, Lori Zorr, Emily Templeton, Mike Templeton and Carl Piggott.

Emily Griswold Templeton of Cincinnati, Ohio; Lori Zorr of Richmond, Calif.; Kathy Sendag of Naperville; Lynn Piggott of Glen Carbon; Carl

Piggott of Collinsville; Mike and Tammy Carter and Mollie of Godfrey; Joe and Janet Brockman of Jerseyville; Wendy Martin of Spring-

field and John and Billye Griswold, Nancy Mansfield, Dennis Wyatt, Bob Ridings and Mary Frances Tunison of White Hall.

White Hall raises water rates

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press White Hall water customers saw an increase in their water and sewer rates at the beginning of June after the council restructured the rates of water and sewer inside and outside the city limits.

Effective June 1, water customers will pay $30.30 for the first 1,000 gallons of water used and $4.70 for the next 1,000 gallons. In other words, they will be paying $35 for 2,000 gallons of water. For every 1,000 gallons after 2,000 gallons, customers will pay an additional $5 per 1,000 gallons.

Sewer rates will be $28.25 for the first 2,000 gallons, which includes a $5 maintenance fee. A charge of $3.25 will be levied per 1,000 gallons for the next 8,000. Over 10,000 gallons a month will be charged $2.75 per 1,000 gallons.

Prior rates were $30.30 for the first 2,000 gallons with an additional $4.70 per 1,000 gallons for the next 8,000 gallons and over 10,000 gallons and additional $4.20 per month.

Sewer rates remained the same.

The structure of this increase will, hopefully, not affect the elderly who do not use much water since the price remains the same – just the amount of water for minimum usage is reduced to 1,000 from 2,000 gallons.

Mid-range customers who use more than 1,000 gallons will pay an additional $5 per month. A family that uses 8,000 gallons per month, their bill will go up from $58.50, to $69.70. This is for water only and does not include the sewer charge. Adding in the sewer

charge, the bill will rise from $106.25 to $117.45.

Tennis aficionados were very close to having a renewed surface to play on after the council considered purchasing a substance referred to as “paint,” but which, in reality, is a thick substance that is applied with a squeegee specifically made for tennis courts.

Alderman Brandon Roberts brought up the issue after the council agreed to purchase two new nets for the courts at a cost of $500, which Roberts said have been seeing a lot of use this summer.

“Right now, we have people waiting in line to use the courts, so that is a good thing,” he said. “The current nets are around 20 years old and pretty much shot.”

The paint for the courts would cost $74.60 for a fivegallon bucket, and it would take 36 buckets to cover the 10,560 square foot court for a total of $2,661.

The council was prepared to purchase the paint when City Attorney Bill Strang suggested the city should look into extending the court to regulation size.

“Most of the game is played behind the line, and there is not much room in the backcourt,” he said. “If you are thinking about possibly extending the court to regulation size, I would do that before I spent the money to lay down a new surface.”

With this in mind, the council decided to table the issue and look into the cost of extending the court and then applying the new surface.

The council granted permission to City Treasurer Mona McMillen to arrange

for a monthly payment on the city’s loan they received to pay for the gigantic gas bill they received this winter.

“They have it set up where the city would pay a one-time payment at the end of the threeyear contract, but, personally, I would like to do it monthly,” McMillen said. “I would feel more comfortable paying as we go, but it would have to be in the minutes and have council approval first.”

The council voted to give Alderman Norman Coad permission to accept a bid from Volt Global for electricity for the city. Volt Global is the current provider of electricity to the city, but the contract is due for renewal.

Since electricity rates are very volatile and can change from hour to hour, any quote given is good for only a limited amount of time.

“I am going to talk to them tomorrow, and they are going to tell us what the kilowatt price will be and send me the proposal,” Coad said. “We will have to have someone available to say yes if it is a good number. It can possibly lock us into a two-year contract if the number is good.”

The city is currently paying $.04790 per kilowatt hour.

The council accepted a motion to accept the Ameren Small Business Delivery Incentive, which will install or replace around 10 light fixtures at the campground, outside at the city shed, disposal plant and at the library. The original cost would have been $1,400, but Ameren is picking up the majority of the cost leaving the city to pay only $400.

Police Chief Luke Coultas informed the council about an

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Whole wheat bread served daily except as noted (*). 2 percent milk served daily.

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Tuesday, June 22: BBQ johnny ribs, au gratin potatoes, peas, apricots and angel food cake.

Wednesday, June 23: Chili w/ beans,

all meat frank on bun*, slaw, tropical fruit and cookies.

Thursday, June 24: Chicken pot pie w/ veggies, biscuit*, pickled beets, cinnamon applesauce and Jell-O salad w/ blueberries.

Friday June 25: Swiss steak, baked potato, green beans, pears, peaches and dessert bar.

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issue he was having with the dispatch computer system.

“A couple months ago, we had to purchase a new copy machine,” he said. “Our computers were too old to connect to it, so we had to get a new computer. However, our dispatch program is too old to go onto the new computer.”

Bottom line – they need a new dispatch program. The current program they are using is from the 1990s.

“I started looking into the system that West Central uses and the sheriff’s department uses, but the cost of that is astronomical,” he said. “However, they said they are working on a scaled-down version of that system and they would call me back when they get that system built and would show me what it could do.”

Apparently, the scaleddown version would do everything the dispatch needed to do including connect with West Central Dispatch and the sheriff’s department. All departments can see each other’s calls and what is going on.

The cost of the software would be $5,000 with a $750-a-year maintenance fee.

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AUCTIONS Large Estate Live Auction The following items from the Estate of Jackie Rudolph will be sold at public auction Saturday June 26, 2021 at 9:30 am located 7 miles south of Jerseyville, Illinois on Rt. 109 to Rt. 3 then southwest 5 miles to 21024 State Hwy 3 Grafton, Illinois or from Grafton, Illinois go northeast 3 miles on Rt. 3 to 21024 State Hwy 3 Grafton, Illinois. Watch for signs!!

Lot of Cub Cadet Mowers, Hit & Miss Motors, Tools, Trailers, Antiques & Collectables.

Auctioneers Note: Jackie was an avid collector most of his life. This is only a partial listing of items that will be sold.This is a large auction and we will be running two sale rings part of the day!!!

Large collection of toy trucks, cars & motorcycles some NIB, Large collection of spark plugs, Old spark plug tester, Large collection of advertising tire ashtrays, 8“ glass funnel & old horse clocks, Horse collar w/mirror, Wooden slaw cutter, Lot of stoneware & hand crank coffee grinder, Cast iron pot w/lid, Edison Fireside Phonograph no horn, Old Flexible & Fleetwing Top Flash wooden sleds, Antique glasses, Christmas decorations, Blow torches & old fans, Featherlight portable sewing machine, Wards combination treadle & electric sewing machine, Brother & Montgomery Ward sewing machines, Marlin Special Smokeless Steel 12ga, 2000 Southwest Express 16 ft.tandem axle Display trailer, 16ft. tandem axle utility trailer, 1984 12ft. Homemade single axle trailer, Fuller & Johnson Hit & Miss engine, Economy Hit & Miss engine, Witte Hit & Miss engine, Cushman Hit & Miss engine, StoverHit & Miss engine, Twin Disc PTO clutch, (2) new 4 cyl. Military engines, Unusual push plow & planter, Very large collection hand crank grinders, old wooden sleds & RR steel wheel cart, Gibson H Jr Pedal tractor, (2) Hapgood cast iron seats, Corn sheller & corn chopper grinder, Cub Cadet 72, 100, 124 & IH Cub riding mowers, Cub Cadet 85, 102, 106, 122, 125 & 1100 riding mower, MF 8 & Ford LGT riding mowers, Cub Cadet front blades & plows, Lot of Cub Cadet, MF, & etc. body & engine parts, Lot of engines & parts of all kinds, Limited LTD forced air wood furnace, Troy Bilt Pony Tiller, Kohler generator for parts, Several old engines some w/hand clutch, Lots & lots of small engines, Lawn mower lift, Transmission jack, Several old Maytag washing machines & wash tubs, Several lawn carts & roller, Charge Air Pro upright 80 gal. Air compressor, Belt drive presses, steel wheel carts & steel tables, Concrete mixer, wheel barrow, shallow well pumps, Wood carpenters box, extension cords, ladder jacks, Portable air compressor, jump starts, log chains & binders, Snap-On, Craftsman & other tools, Craftsman stack tool box, Lot of vises, pitcher pumps, chain saws, Lot of air & electric tools, Lot of garden tools of all kinds, Lawn spreader, shop vac, scroll saws, Cyclone air Bead Blaster, Bench grinders, drill presses, battery chargers, Lincoln 225 welder, Cutting torch set w/bottles, Lawson bolt bin w/ bolts, Air hose reel, chop saw, Lot of screws, bolts, nails & etc, Lot of drill bits, clamps, gas cans, pipe wrenches, electric tools & etc. Lots & lots of hand tools, wrenches, sockets & etc, Lot of rachet straps, saws, primitives, Several steel & wood work benches, Old well pumps, sawmill blades, weed eaters, Lot of push & riding mowers and parts, Lot of very unusual items of all kinds.

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This Day In History June 16

- Rome was sacked by the Vandal army.

- The War of the Roses ended with the Battle of Stoke.

- The Simonstown agreement on naval cooperation between Britain and South Africa - The ban on Nazi storm ended. The agreement was fortroopers was lifted by the von Pa- mally ended by mutual agreement after 169 years. pen government in Germany.

- France accepted a German proposal for a security pact.

- Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle in Scotland.

- Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain became the prime minister of the Vichy government of occupied - Napoleon defeated the France.

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Juan Peron’s headquarters. The - Ford Motor Company was revolt was suppressed by the army. incorporated.

- Rudolf Nureyev defected - The novel “Ulysses” by from the Soviet Union while in James Joyce took place. The Paris, traveling with the Leningrad main character of the book was Kirov Ballet.

Leopold Bloom.

- 26-year-old Valentina - The Russian czar dissolved Tereshkova went into orbit aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft for three the Duma in St. Petersburg.

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Hanover. She was co-founder of - Henry Berliner accom- the Baader-Meinhof terrorist group SOLVKHG WKH ¿UVW KHOLFRSWHU ÀLJKW DW and the Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion).

College Park, MD.

- In Soweto, thousands of school children revolted against the South African government’s plan to enforce Afrikaans as the language for instruction in black schools.

- U.S. President George H.W. Bush welcomed Russian President Boris Yeltsin to a meeting in Washington, DC. The two agreed in principle to reduce strategic weapon arsenals by about two-thirds by the year 2003.

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Water tower construction set to begin soon in Carrollton

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Residents in Carrollton will begin seeing work start soon on the new elevated storage tank, which will be located on land purchased by the city next to the FS plant on Route 108.

Benton and Associates Vice President Jaime Headen attended the June 10 meeting to inform the council about the progress on the project and to present the first EPA loan reimbursement request.

“This payment would have to be submitted to the EPA by us on your behalf, and it would be 30 days before it cleared,” Headen said. “We would like to have it ready to go for the contractors to start, maybe in July. After that,

it will be more or less a monthly routine that we will come and ask for a payment.”

This first payment is in the amount of $78,260, which the council approved.

Police Chief Mike McCartney brought before the council a request to purchase five reconditioned tasers at a cost of $599 each.

“Brand new, these tasers are $1,200 each just for the taser alone,” McCartney said. “They have a special going on, and this price is for the taser, cartridge and holster and has a two year warranty – the same warranty as if we were buying new ones, for half the cost.”

McCartney said the city’s current tasers are 7 years old, and

they currently have only one working taser.

“Carrollton was one of the first in the area to get tasers when they came out 20 years ago,” McCartney said. “With the new laws regarding physical contact being the way they are, I get the feeling we are going to be using them more often. These are yellow, so it will be very clear what they are.”

The council approved the purchase at a total cost of $2,995 for the five tasers.

They also approved McCartney’s request to hire three part-time police officers to add to the roster. Those officers are Jerrett Smith, Gregory Williams and Shane Carter.

“I took some guys off our

part-time roster who haven’t worked for the city for over a year,” McCartney said. “These guys work full time for other municipalities and are interested in working part time for us.

Using them saves the city money because it saves us from paying our full-time officers overtime.

They seem very motivated to want to help. I do have to say that Carrollton has the best part time officers – we have no problem filling shifts like some departments do. We have the best parttime roster in the whole county.”

Later in the meeting, the council went into closed session to discuss hiring a full-time police officer to fill the position that will be vacated by Reg Pohlman, who will be retiring

soon after more than 30 years with the department. Following the 20-minute closed session, no action was taken.

McCartney said that there was a bid opening held for the burned-out house and property located at 720 Maple St., and that the property had sold.

“We had two bids on the property,” McCartney said. “Ned Pinkerton bought it for $5,001, and he is supposed to be coming in to put down the 10 percent in a couple of days.”

The house burned more than two years ago and the city is just now able to take possession of the property and get it sold. The new owner has a specific amount of time to clean up the property.

Greene County police and traffic The following police reports were filed between June 4 and June 10. These reports are public information and are obtained from the Greene County Circuit Clerk’s office. All individuals have been arrested and charged, or cited in the case of traffic violations. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The following individual was charged with a DUI: Trenton T. Brewer, dob 05-07-1994, driving under the influence alcohol/intoxicating compound/drug.

The following individuals were charged with a traffic violation: Pohlman, Carole S., dob 09-14-1952, failure to reduce speed.

Farris, Amos M., dob 06-17-1984, leaving the scene, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Capler, Natetrell J.L., dob 05-24-2002, unlicensed.

Olden, Marvella L., dob 03-19-1983, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Rowling, Molly E., dob 07-13-1985, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Stark, Michelle L., dob 06-19-2001, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Hinderhan, Michael L., dob 02-20-1998, driving 15-20 mph above limit.

Shaffer, Andrew A., dob 02-02-1998, speeding 26-34 mph over limit.

Sims, Alyissia Tamir, dob 09-22-1996, driving 21-25 mph above limit.

Holtschlag, Dionte Mitchell, dob 12-16-2004, driving 15-20 mph above limit, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

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Begalka, Jacob A., dob 06-14-1988, no valid registration/1st and 2nd.

Webber, James R., dob 03-01-2002, unsafe equipment/1st & 2nd.

Dossett, Casey L., dob 06-10-1991, driving on suspended license, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Henson, Riley H., dob 06-29-2000, mufflers/1st, 2nd.

Hamilton, Joshua R., dob PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Proposed Tariff Changes Electric Service Schedule Ill. C. C. No. 1 To the Electric Patrons of Ameren Illinois Company d/b/a Ameren Illinois: Ameren Illinois (or the Company) hereby gives notice to the public that on May LW ¿OHG ZLWK WKH ,Olinois Commerce Commission (Commission) proposed changes in its rates and charges for approved EnHUJ\ (I¿FLHQF\ DQG 'HPDQG 5HVSRQVH 0HDVXUHV ('5

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PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 201700057 TO: STEVEN E TALLEY, FIRST COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, MICHAEL PROUGH, IL DEPT OF REVENUE, IL ATTORNEY GENERAL, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, US ATTORNEY GENERAL, IL DEPT OF HEALTHCARE & FAMILY SERVICES, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed RQ WKH SUHPLVHV GHVFULEHG EHORZ KDV EHHQ ¿OHG LQ WKH &LUFXLW &RXUW RI *5((1( &RXQW\ ,OOLQRLV DV &DVH 1XPEHU 7; 3/) 2Q DW $0 WKH 3HWLWLRQHU ZLOO PDNH DSSOLFDWLRQ WR VXFK &RXUW LQ &$552//721 ,OOLQRLV IRU DQ 2UGHU RQ WKH SHWLWLRQ WKDW D WD[ GHHG EH LVVXHG LI WKH UHDO HVWDWH LV QRW UHGHHPHG IURP WKH VDOH The real estate is described as follows, to wit: 55 %2; )& -& 1 37 1( &25 6: 3(50$1(17 ,1'(; 180%(5 DQG ZDV VROG RQ IRU JHQHUDO WD[HV IRU WKH \HDU 7KH SHULRG RI UHGHPSWLRQ ZLOO H[SLUH RQ TERESA BUSHONG PETITIONER

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08-25-2000, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Bowman, Collin L., dob 07-04-1996, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Ervin, Brandon K., dob 12-22-1986, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Curry, Nannette C., dob 11-25-1969, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Commer, Vonta L., dob 05-26-1985, speeding 35+ mph over limit, driving on revoked license, reckless driving.

Cruz, Carlos A., dob 09-01-1968, driving 15-20 mph above limit.

Brown, Eric D., dob

03-02-2002, driving 21-25 mph above limit, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Presley, Antonio D., dob 01-25-2004, driving 21-25 mph above limit.

Owens, Joseph A., dob 08-04-1997, driving 15-20 mph above limit.

Gao, Qinrong, dob 04-141982, improper traffic lane usage, electronic communication device.

Housmann, Duglas E., dob 04-08-1997, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Adams, Dejah L., dob 07-01-1996, driving 21-25 mph above limit, driving on suspended license, operate

uninsured motor vehicle.

Leach, Quincy K., dob 03-28-2003, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Marino, Marisa A., dob 09-26-1998, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Balunas, Joseph J., dob 07-19-1999, operate uninsured motor vehicle, failure to reduce speed.

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207 KRAUSE DRIVE - JERSEYVILLE, JERSEY COUNTY

[ $795,000 ] REMODELED BOWING ALLEY/ BAR & GRILL, 4.5 ACRES

1385 WOODBURN ROAD - BRIGHTON, JERSEY COUNTY

[ $599,000 ] 2BR, 2BA, 40 ACRES, 2 HOMES, PONDS, OUTBUILDINGS, SILOS

9 AUSTIN COURT - BRIGHTON, JERSEY COUNTY

[ $300,000 ] 3BR, 3BA, MOVE IN READY, OPEN FLOOR PLAN, VAULTED CEILINGS

7 DAVIS DRIVE - JERSEYVILLE, JERSEY COUNTY

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100 QUAIL VALLEY DR. - GODFREY

[ $1,340,000 ] 11 ACRES, LAKE, OUTBUILDING

56 MILL ST. - ELSAH

6694 SHAMROCK RD. - TAMAROA

2300 N HENRY - ALTON

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Brad and Torrie Gilmore, of Jerseyville, welcomed a baby boy, Logan Paul Gilmore, at 8:12 a.m. May, 12, 2021, at Alton Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces. Logan has one sibling, Avery, age 3. Grandparents are Kevin and Debbie Traub of Jerseyville, Vickie Ray of Riverton, Bob and Carol Gilmore of Roodhouse.

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Endowment Fund donation Mike Painter, left, a member of the Christ United Methodist Church in White Hall, presents a donation of $5,000 to Cheri Madson, right, president of the North Greene Education Foundation. The money is from the church’s endowment fund and will be used to help the youth of North Greene in a variety of different ways.

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Fireworks by the Lake

Greenfield July 3, 2021 Sand Volleyball Tournament - 9AM Slip-N-Slide Beer Garden open 11AM

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JUNE

~ Schedule of Events ~ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23

Queen Pageant and Little Miss 7:00 pm

Lunch served by Gospel Trekkars and GHS FFA

THURSDAY, JUNE 24

Cornhole Tournament - Starts 11AM $10 Blind Draw — 10AM warm ups — call Damon Plogger with any questions 217-883-8937

UPA Tractor Pull 6:00 pm

Fish and chicken fry 4-8PM Musical Entertainment Marc Longmeyer 6p - 8p

Fireworks at 9PM Fireworks at 9PM Fireworks at 9PM Fireworks at 9PM Fireworks at 9PM Backwoods Burden - following fireworks Cash Raffle beginning at 4PM-8:30PM Drawing Every 1/2 hour

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FRIDAY, JUNE 25

School Bus Demolition 7:00 pm SATURDAY, JUNE 26

Compact, Youth, Gut N Go, Super Stock (Mike Brown Productions) 7:30 pm SUNDAY, JUNE 27

Garden Tractor Pull 1:00 pm Beer Pavilion open daily from Noon-12:00 pm “Off The WALL” band on Friday, June 25 9:00 pm-12:00 pm Robinson Woodcarvers Auction Saturday, June 26 at 8:00 pm 4-H shows on grounds Wednesday, June 23 thru Friday, June 25

Connor Family Amusements ADMISSION PRICES

For more info: Ronnie Costello 217-248-3851

Wednesday, June 23 thru Saturday, June 26: $10/each Sunday, June 27: $5/each Front gate includes unlimited carnival rides.

NO ONE UNDER 21 ALLOWED IN THE BEER TENT

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

GREENE PRAIRIE PRESS

Carrollton, Illinois

Greene County Agricultural Fair

Open Sheep Show June 21, 2021

Grand Champion Ewe $125 Reserve Grand Champion Ewe $50 Grand Champion Ram $125 Reserve Grand Champion Ram $50 Grand Champion Wether $125 Reserve Grand Champion Wether $50

Open Beef Show June 24, 2021

Grand Champion Heifer $400 Reserve Grand Champion Heifer $100 Grand Champion Steer $400 Reserve Grand Champion Steer $100 Grand Champion Bull $150 Reserve Grand Champion Bull $50

Open Swine Show June 24, 2021

Grand Champion Barrow $250 Reserve Grand Champion Barrow $125 Grand Champion Gilt $250 Reserve Grand Champion Gilt $125

Open Goat Show June 25, 2021

Meat Champion $100 Market Doe Champion $75