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Grit and Determination By: Meghan Fearn It takes a certain type of grit and determination to do what the Tennis family has been doing for generations. Louis Tennis and his sons Jason and Louis Jr. (known by his family as Jr.) along with their families, own and operate Tennis Dairy Farm located just North of Bellmont. While the farm has always had dairy cows, the dairy farm has been in Grade A dairy production since 1956. Louis’ father started with 13 cows. Louis was just a young boy at the time but worked the farm daily with his dad and brothers. His father died in 1968. Louis, a 17- year-old at the time, continued to work the dairy with his brothers. In the early 1990s, Louis bought out his brothers and today continues this dairy farming legacy with two of his own sons. He has passed the grit and determination on to another generation. The process of running a dairy and bringing milk to the market at the Tennis farm starts every day at 3:00 a.m. The milking is usually completed around 6:307:00 a.m. and then the clean up will take another hour and a half. Jr. is responsible for the milking part of the operation. They also have a few high school-age youths who come in to help. There is one full-time employee. When it is time for the milking to take place, the cows are ready and trained. The gates are opened, and the cows leave the barn, where they were comfortably bedded down on beds of sand, and follow a series of gated alleyways to the milking parlor. Each cow walks into one of 24 stalls and waits patiently to be connected to the milkers. It is surprising how calmly and quietly this process takes place. The cows walk slowly, quietly and they are organized as they file into the stalls. Once the cows are in the stalls, their udders are cleaned with iodine and then connected to the milkers. It takes approximately four to five minutes for each cow to be milked. They are then disconnected from the
milkers and the udders are cleaned again. The gates are opened, and those 24 cows walk down another series of alleyways back to their barn and the next 24 cows file into their places. This happens twice a day, with the second milking starting at 2:45 p.m. and finishing up around 7:30-8:00 p.m. Once pumped, the milk runs through stainless steel pipes, then it is cooled down and stored in agitated tanks at a cool 35 degrees. Every other day, a tanker truck arrives at the farm to pump out the milk and take it to the processor. Louis estimates they send out about 5500 gallons of milk at each pickup. Regular inspections take place from state inspectors, as well as the required annual federal inspections. The Tennis family has a good record of inspection and on producing good quality milk that is hormone and antibiotic free. Each tank is tested by the Tennis’ before it ever leaves the farm. The trucker who picks up the milk must be certificated and will take another sample to be tested at the processor. The milk is shipped by Dairy Farmers of America, a wholesaler coop that they are a part of. D.F.A. takes care of getting the milk to a production facility where it is made into cheese, ice cream, and other dairy procucts. If you are interested in knowing where the milk you drink is processed, go to www.whereismymilkfrom.com and enter the code printed on the top of the packaging. This will give you the information on the processing facility the milk came from. Many dairy products are produced in one processing facility, but packaged with different store labels. If the name brand gallon has the same processing code as the store brand, they both were processed at the same plant. Interesting, as the prices are very rarely the same! Many stores are willing continued on page 2
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continued from page 1 to take a loss on the milk and charge 99 cents per gallon, with the expectation that the customer will spend more money on other products in the store. This does not mean the milk is second rate or expired, they all came from the same plant. This is simply a marketing move made by the grocer. The job of caring for the cows does not only include the milking. Jason Tennis takes responsibility for the feeding and care of the cows during the day. This is not as simple as tossing hay to the cows and walking away. The feed must be carefully mixed and adjusted based on weather, the amount of milk production, etc. The cows are fed an assortment of hay, silage, earlage, gluten pellets, hominy, vitamins, and minerals. Much of the feed, such as the corn and hay, are grown by the Tennis family themselves. This is another level of work added to their already heavy workload. Jason estimated that they have an average eight calves born per week. The bulls are sold to local people to feed out and butcher. The rest of the calves are bottle fed every feeding. Jr’s wife, Kierra takes care of the bottle feeding, which usually consists of about 40 calves at any given time. It will be about two years before these calves produce any milk. Cleanliness is important and essential to the Tennis Dairy Farm and is another part of what Jason must do during the day. The barns are regularly cleaned and are well maintained. A pump flushes recycled water over the floors and pushes the manure into a three-part EPA approved lagoon system. This is used as fertilizer on the fields where they raise their grain. The amount of work that goes into a dairy farm is not often reflective in monetary reward. Since 1970 fluid milk consumption per person is down 40%. The past four years have been a downturn for dairy farmers. At
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certain times prices have dropped 20-30% below what is needed to make a profit. In 2012 the farm suffered a devastating barn fire. Multiple processors have filed for bankruptcy causing waves in the dairy markets. However, no one could foresee what Covid-19 would do to the markets. Schools and restaurants represent a combined 33% of the market for fluid milk. In one day, these were all closed, leaving the market in a shamble. Louis Tennis, however, is optimistic about the future of dairy. The industry has always had ups and downs with the markets. It is something they try to prepare for, and they have persevered through as a family. When asked what keeps them going, the answer was obvious to see. They love it. Louis and his sons love the cows, they love the lifestyle of good, honest work. Louis has raised six children on the dairy farm and has seen the work ethic and discipline they have gained take them far. Jason and his wife, Carrie, also wanted that life for their children Andrew and Addison. Jr. and Kierra look forward to raising their baby, Thomas, on the farm as well. So much is learned through the care of animals. The daily workload, the responsibility, the high times, and low times cause a family to grow stronger together. They work hard to keep providing a valuable resource to a country they love. That is what dairy farming is: grit and determination.
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Edwards and Wabash County Farm Bureaus educate consumers about livestock at a prep/freeze/cook event The Edwards and Wabash County Farm Bureaus in conjunction with the Illinois Farm Bureau through a Consumer Communications Grant recently educated 21 families about dairy and hog production through a prep/ freeze/cook event. Attendees prepped four different meals for their families. Meals included “Farmer’s Delight,” chicken pot pie, lasagna, and sweet & sour chicken. During the two-hour program, dairy farmer and co-owner of Tennis Dairy, Jason Tennis of Bellmont, spoke about the process to get milk from the cow to the store. He also spoke about knowing where your milk comes from and how to track where your milk was produced. Attendees also learned about pig farming from Nic Wiseman of Wiseman Family Farms of Browns. Nic spoke about his family operation, how pigs are raised, and where you can purchase pork from his farm. Beef used at the event was sourced from Foxglove Acres in Wabash County and the pork used at the event was sourced from Wiseman’s Family Farm in Edwards County. All attendees were also given a bag a take-a-ways featuring a cookbook with the recipes they made, hand-outs about food production and commonly used food terms, and a kitchen towel.
Nic Wiseman of Wiseman Family Farms in Browns, Illinois speaks to participants about his hog operation at the Edwards & Wabash County Farm Bureaus recent Prep/Freeze/Cook program.
Attendees make one of four meals at the recent Edwards & Wabash County Farm Bureaus Prep/Freeze/Cook event.
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Local leadership joins Extension as county director URBANA, Ill. – Edwards County native Tara Buerster joined University of Illinois Extension in April as county director serving Edwards, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, and Wayne counties. She brings a rich history of building relationships in an academic environment. “County directors wear many hats,“ says Antonio Franklin, associate director of field operations for Illinois Extension. “We count on them to have their finger on the pulse of the community.” County directors are responsible for local program management, personnel management, interpersonal effectiveness, organizational leadership and development, fiscal management, and facilities management, Franklin says. Buerster comes to Illinois Extension from Illinois Eastern Community College (IECC) where she served as director of human resources for the multi-district college. Buerster looks forward to increasing awareness of Extension programs within her communities. “We have a strong and well-supported 4-H program in all five counties,” Buerster says. “My goal is to maintain that momentum while helping the community lean into all programs Extension has to offer.”
Buerster graduated from University of Southern Indiana with a bachelor’s degree in science, after attending Wabash Valley College, one of four colleges within the IECC system. Beginning her professional life at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind., she returned to IECC in 2000 as a student recruiter and culminated her 20-year career as director of human resources. She serves as a regional peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission, the accrediting entity for universities and community colleges. As co-chair of IECC’s accreditation process, Buerster’s assurance argument was instrumental in securing the college’s continued accreditation.
Buerster earned her master’s in education in human resource development from University of Illinois in 2012. She will base her operations at the Edwards County Extension office in Albion. Buerster looks forward to bringing more of Extension’s research-based outreach to her community and doing what she does best, build relationships and create connections. She and husband, Jayare, are parents to daughters Haley and Jacey, both members of Illinois 4-H and involved in showing livestock; and daughter Sydney, pediatric ICU nurse in Kalamazoo, Mich. About University of Illinois Extension University of Illinois Extension is the flagship outreach effort of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, offering educational programs to residents of all of Illinois’ 102 counties, and far beyond. Extension provides practical education you can trust to help people, businesses, and communities solve problems, develop skills, and build a better future.
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Audrey Krajec’s passion to help others leads her to the center of COVID-19 By: Meghan Fearn Audrey Krajec has always known that she would go into healthcare. However, she did not know that this passion to help others would take her onto the ground floor of a global pandemic. Krajec was raised in Edwards County and went on to get her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree at Millikin University. For the past four years, she has been working as a travel nurse. When the pandemic struck, Krajec was in St. Louis working as a surgical nurse. However, knowing that nurses were desperately needed in New York City, she packed her bags and headed for the one place she knew help was needed the most. Krajec has now completed six weeks of her eight-week contract working for one of the largest hospital systems in New York City. She arrived in NYC about two weeks after the virus had reached its peak and hospitals were at maximum capacity. The entire hospital, every room, every floor, was being used by Covid-19 patients. Semi -trucks were being brought to the hospital to transport the deceased to the morgue. Krajec started her work as a “runner” going wherever needed throughout the hospital. She provided much needed relief to the doctors and nurses who had been through the worst of the pandemic. The first four weeks she was required to wear an N95 mask, a surgical mask, and a face shield, which made breathing difficult. Gloves and gowns were worn and changed in between room and patients. Krajec sadly explained that each patient is completely alone, and many have died alone. There are no visitors, family, or friends allowed in the hospital. This leaves the nurses to fill that role for their patient, the best that they can. They FaceTime with loved ones at home to keep them updated and give some comfort. Sometimes it is so the family can virtually be with their loved one in the last moments of their life. Many of the nurses have experienced burn-out from the emotional toll and the long hours they have carried through this time. They are the patients’ lone advocate. Krajec feels like they are beginning to see better days and is excited to be able to watch patients recover. Many are finally off the ventilator and can breathe on their own. Using FaceTime, they can speak to their families for the first time in weeks. Admissions have slowed some and Above: Krajec takes a breath of fresh air, which has she has even been able to start caring for non-Covid paa whole whole new meaning these days. continued on page 6
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Audrey Krajec continued continued from page 5 tients. Krajec has been extremely impressed with the NYC community and the way they have rallied around healthcare workers. Every night at 7:00 p.m. people cheer for healthcare workers. There is a jazz band that plays, kids play song flutes, and she has even heard a tuba. NYC is still on a stay-at-home order and things are still closed; but Krajec has been able to do a few things outside of work, while maintaining social distancing. Her and her housemates have enjoyed outdoor activities. As a self-proclaimed “foodie,” she has enjoyed some good New York bagels and takeout. She has two weeks left on her contract and plans to return to her St. Louis apartment. There she will self-quarantine for two weeks and take the summer off for much-needed rest and family time. While the conditions have been difficult, Krajec knows that she is doing exactly what she was put on this earth for. Her family, while concerned, have been 100% supportive of her. She is continually being pushed out of her comfort zone, which has caused her to learn and grow. She hopes to encourage others to step outside of their comfort zones. While it is never easy, she has found the outcome is always worth it. Follow Audrey’s adventures on her blog: inthe- Above: Krajec enjoys the view of Times Square from a mopeds that is provided free to the healthcare workers. audblog.com At left: The Wabash County Chamber golf outing first and second place teams pose with Director Leslie Hipsher. The Kevin Schuh, Edward Jones Financial Advisor team took 1st Place by winning a “Putt-Off”. Members of the team were: Reece Copeland, Kris Duncan, Reese Metcalf, Kevin Schuh. The second place team consisted of: Kyle Buss, Tyler Buss, Michael Brewer and Micky Deming.
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Food Security By: Emma Wiseman Prior to the corona virus pandemic, about 1,395,970 people in Illinois did not know where their next meal was going to come from. Now with so many people having lost their jobs, this number is far greater. Hoping to combat the already present food insecurity in Southern Illinois, the leaders and members of Edwards County 4-H, with help from volunteers and financial backing from the Farm Bureau Young Leaders, organized a meal packing event. On the morning of March 7th, 22 4-H members and 15 volunteers flocked to the Country Financial Hall for several fruitful hours of work. With the help and guidance of Illinois 4-H Food System Specialist Mark Becker, they were able to pack 47 boxes of food, equivalent to 10,152 meals. These boxes were then delivered to local food banks and churches just as the stay at home order began. An Ellery Panthers 4-H member had this to say about the event: “It made me feel like I was giving back to the community and helping those in need. It also showed me how fortunate I am to have food in my house.” While Edwards County 4-H did not realize there would be such a great need in the following months, their hard work has paid off in an unexpected way. Thanks to their foresight and commitment to their communities, these organizations have helped make a positive impact on their hometown and brought a bit of light into these dark times. At left: Members of the Blue Ribbon 4-H club delivered boxes of food to the Albion area Backpack Program
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2020 5th – 8th Grade Band Practice Challenge Winners! Every year during 2nd semester the 5th-8th grade band students in Wabash 348 compete in a practice challenge to see who can practice the most days in a row without missing a day. This year’s winners were 1st place, Aiden McBroom (6th grade) and 2nd place, Mackenzie Hipsher (5th grade).
It was a beautiful day at Merchants Park for the big kickoff of Walk Up Wednesday featuring Rod Rodriguez on the grill serving Grilled Pork Tenderloin and Pork Burger. Walk Up Wednesday’s will continue each Wednesday starting at 11 am through August 12th and is sponsored by the The Retail Merchants Committee of Wabash County. #chooseMTC #walkupwednesday
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Wabash Valley College gets new pollinator plot Mt. Carmel, Ill.— Wabash Valley College’s Ag program, in conjunction with Wabash Valley Service Company, IB Executive Turf and Landscape, Wabash Valley Stewardship Alliance and southeastern Illinois Farm Bureaus, saw the planting of a new pollinator plot on WVC’s campus. Mike Wilson, CCA, from Wabash Valley Service Company, planted a pollinator plot on campus on May 12. Look for it next time you drive past the college on Oak Street! WVC would like to thank Wabash Valley Service Company which provided the pollinator seed, IB Executive Turf and Landscape which donated use of their planter and drill. Wabash Valley Stewardship Alliance which will provide signs for the area, and area Farm Bureaus: Edwards, Lawrence, Wabash, Wayne, White, Crawford, Gallatin, Richland, Saline, Jefferson and Hamilton counties for providing financial support. The 1.1 acre-plot will provide a habitat for pollinator species, promote awareness and education on the value of pollinator species to our local economy and the impact planting perennials has on soil quality. WVC’s Ag program plans to use the plot during lab days for various courses as a teaching tool. Various plants were sown on the pollinator field. Those plants include: Partridge Peas, Purple Coneflowers, Lance-leafed Coreopis, Indian Blanket, Sunflowers, Lupine, Ohio Spiderwort, Butterfly sop, New England Aster, Plains Coreopis, Spotted BeeMilkweed, Showy Trick Trefoil, Lemon Mint, White balm, Hairy Beardtongue, Eastern Columbine and Gray Upland Aster, Black-eyed Susan, Lavender Hys- Goldenrod.
WVC announces Instructors of the Year Mt. Carmel, Ill.— Each year, three instructors from Wabash Valley College are selected as instructors of the year: a transfer instructor, a career and technical education instructor and an adjunct instructor. WVC is proud to announce this year’s instructors of the year. The members of the WVC student body have selected Ms. Jill Winter as the Outstanding Transfer Instructor of the Year, Ms. Ronda Hockgeiger as the Outstanding Career and Technical Education Instructor of the Year and Mr. D-Ray Etzkorn as the Outstanding Adjunct Instructor of the Year. Ms. Jill Winter, English/Speech Assistant Professor, has been an instructor at Wabash Valley College since 2003. She holds an Associate of Science degree from Olney Central College, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Arts degree from Eastern Illinois University. Jill teaches Composition, Fundamentals of Effective Speaking and Interpersonal Communications. Ms. Ronda Hockgeiger, Social Services Specialist Instructor, has been an instructor at Wabash Valley College since 2014. She holds two Associate in Applied Science degrees from Wabash Valley College, a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree in Social Work from the University of Southern Indiana. Mr. D-Ray Etzkorn, Adjunct Instructor for the Concealed Carry Program, has taught at Wabash Valley College since 2013. It is the goal of the WVC Student Senate to recognize three outstanding faculty members by organizing a vote for the student body to select the instructors of the year. Three faculty members are recognized annually who embody the college’s standards for excellence. The instructors receiving the award teach effectively, inspire enthusiasm for learning and show respect for their students.
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Above: Albion Moose Family Center #621 Govenor Michael Snidle congratulates Kaylie Vallette for receiving the Deceased Pilgrim Memorial Scholorship in honor of Samuel A. McKinzie. Kaylie received a $2,000 scholarship and plans to attend Wabash Valley College to major in ag business then transfer to Meredith Manor in Waverly West Virginia to become a Equine Massage Therapists. Pictured above left to right with Kaylie are: Lovell Vallette, Bev Vallette, Dawn Michels, Snidle, Kaylie, Julie Madding, Kimberley VanMatre and Leon Raber. At left: Albion Moose Family Center #621 Govenor Michael Snidle congratulates Kinser Medler for receiving the Deceased Pilgrim Career and Technical Scholorship. Kinser received a $1,000 scholarship and plans to attend Lincoln Trail College majoring in their fiber obtics program. Picture with Kinser are: Todd and DeAnn Hoagland, Snidle, Kinser and Cale Medler.
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The Edwards County Housing Authority is accepting applications for income based apartments in Albion and West Salem. Utilities are included with charge for electric overage. Applications are available at the ECHA Office located at 125 W. Cherry St., Albion, IL Equal Housing Opportunity
Allendale School is proud to announce the award winners in Kindergarten for 2019-2020: Pictured above L to R (Top to Bottom): Bennett Morris - Amazing Reader; Wesley Weir - Creative Story Telling; Luke Harms - Amazing Reader; Emily Foster - Amazing Reader; Elijah Dishman - Math Whiz; Henry Buchanan - Creative Writer and Amazing Artist; Whitley Grimes - Amazing Reader; Samuel Smith - Math Whiz. Not Pictured: Jayleigh Spore - Rhyming Extraordinaire; Kiera Walker - Handwriting Excellence. Teacher: Mrs. Brittany Weiss
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Allendale School is proud to announce the 1st grade awards for 2019-2020: Pictured above L to R (Top to Bottom): Harper Prosise - All Around All Star; Sophia Breen - Phenomenal Friend; Paisley Cusick - Creative Kid; Vivian Doerr - Ms. Congeniality; Braxton Culp - Soaring Toward Success; Ross Thombleson - Number Ninja; Casey Burton - Morning Meeting Master; Easton Garrett - Stick to It; Blake Cooper - Super Smiler; Brice Cooper - Quiet Achiever; Lola Bray - Brilliant Behavior; Chandler Bray - Mr. Congeniality (Brays are pictured together); Grayson Wilford - Ingenious Innovator; Wyatt Dishman - History Buff. Not Pictured: Bentley Spore - Attitude is Everything. Teacher: Ms. Lizzie Irelan
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Allendale School is proud to announce the award winners in 2nd grade for 20192020: Pictured above L to R (Top to Bottom): Elly HayesSpelling Award; Summer Perry-Reading Award; Austin Bates-Spelling Award; Tommy Hughes- Reading Award; Max Ford-Math Award; Karson Bray-Math Award; Wyatt Buchanan-Math Award; Grasyn Morgan-Reading and AR Award; Zoey Headrick-Kind Classmate Award; Quentyn Blythe- Grammar Award; Stephen Culp-Grammar Award; Caleb Smith-Reading Award; Camden Kieffer-Spelling Award; Abram Medler-Math Award; Liam Litherland-Reading Award; Jayce Weiss-Reading Award; Not Pictured: Rey Lopez-Math Award; Lonna Wilkinson-Spelling Award; Teacher: Mrs. Diana Morgan
Sophia Discher- Part 3 Conclusion by Daisy Roser Meet the Author
Daisy is the 13 year old daughter of Tim and Angela (Hawkins) Roser. Daisy is a homeschooler who lives on a farm near Enfield, IL. She spends a lot of time tending animals, but she enjoys most a beautiful horse named Hondo. She loves to draw and read and plans to be a best selling author some day.
There was a soft gasp and a rustle of fabric as someone turned and rushed down the hall towards the door. Footsteps tapped on the wood flooring, someone in a long, grey-blue, floor-length, skirt rushed down the hall away from us. Susie started barking wildly, her tail wagging and thumping on the floor. Mr. Insby was hurrying down the hallway after the suspected spy. Emma rushed right behind him, and I was left to try and gather my wits as they raced after the woman in the skirt. Susie reached the woman, but instead of stopping her, Susie merely ran alongside her for a few strides, following her through the door and out into the yard. The door slammed shut behind them just as Emma and Mr. Insby reached the door. Emma grabbed the doorknob, it was jammed. She struggled with the lock until Mr. Insby pushed her aside and yanked the door open. We stood frozen, I watched over Emma’s shoulder, our faces were a mask of horror as the woman raced out into the middle of the road. Everything seemed to go in slow motion, time seemed to freeze, the woman rushed out onto the busy highway, grey streaked hair swirling about her face, grey-blue skirt fluttering in the breeze. She ran across the road, apparently oblivious to the numerous cars that rushed around her. Several cars screeched to a stop or honked loudly. A large, grey-ish truck was coming towards her and it was as if she suddenly realized her predicament. “Sophia!” Crispin hollered across the yard, rushing forward a few feet, “get off the road,” his voice lilted wildly as he hollered frantically and waved his arms. Emma and I just stood there, horror clearly etched across our faces, too stunned to move. The truck was mere feet away, it didn’t have time to stop, the driver honked wildly, seeming as desperate as the rest of us. “Miss Discher!” came a screech from behind us, Mom pushed through the crowded doorway and screamed when she saw her new friend stranded in the middle of a busy highway. Susie leapt forward, knocking Sophia to the ground on the other side of the road. The truck kept coming.
“Susie!” the woman screamed, sinking to the sidewalk with her face in her hands. Mr. Insby dashed across the road, dodging through various cars and vehicles, stylish grey hair streaking out behind him. “Are you alright Sophia?” he asked as he reached her, worry etched across his face. Sophia looked up at him through tear-filled eyes, “she’s dead,” she whispered, her voice sounding desperate and hopeless. Mom, Emma, and I slowly walked across the yard and to the road where several cars had screeched to a stop. The drivers watched the woman angrily for a few seconds before finally honking, booing, or telling her to ‘watch where she was going’ and continuing along their way. “She’s dead,” Sophia said again, the tears ran down her face and something smeared when she wiped them away with her hand. I watched in consternation as some sort of skin-tone paint streaked across her face and rubbed off onto her hand. She looked down at it and started sobbing again. Wrinkles slowly appeared across her flawless cheeks and spread to the corner of her eyes. She put her head in her hands and continued sobbing. Mr. Insby knelt and patted her back gingerly, as if not quite sure what to do. “I’m just glad you’re safe,” he said softly. “Miss Discher,” mom said, interrupting them, “your paint is smearing.” “Why do you have paint on your face?” Emma asked, unable to hide the note of desperate anticipation in her breathless voice, she looked about to shriek with excitement. Sophia looked at Emma, her red-rimmed eyes looking dull and lost. She looked down at her staincovered skirt and torn jacket, expression hopeless and longing. Her hair had grey streaked through it, half fallen out of a loose bun, fluttering gently in the breeze. Several lines criss-crossed her face making her look a good thirty years older than the nineteen year old she had introduced herself as. She looked from Emma to me and gave a sad sort of smile. “Let’s go inside first,” she said, her voice sounded old continued on page 16
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continued from page 15 and tired and it croaked in varying degrees as she spoke. Mr. Insby stooped and gently scooped Susie into his arms as Sophia slumped and spoke softly to her beloved Susie. Across the road and back in the yard, Mr. Insby lay Susie under the shade tree promising a proper service in the evening’s cool. Once we again made it back inside Sophia sat down and launched into her story without hesitation. “I used to go out a lot,” she started, “do things, go places, but I stopped after a while, people were always asking me how my fiance was doing, when he would be back, and after about a year they started to wonder, they started to stare, to gossip, to remark, and question.” “I stopped, finally accepting the fact that my fiance was never coming back and I was doomed to a life of misery and pain. I stayed inside this house for a long, long time, doing nothing, seeing no one, I was lonely, so lonely. I never thought of myself as a people person until I was without people for so long. I needed them, to hear them, to see them, to know them again. But I was afraid of what they’d say, how they’d react if I came out of my house again.” “When I finally came out again, it was as a different person. At first I came out in disguise. I wanted to see what they remembered me as, what I was in their eyes. But I soon realized that the disguises were unnecessary, nobody recognized me, and they didn’t hardly acknowledge my presence. They had forgotten me, I was completely and totally forgotten. You can’t possibly know what it’s like to be forgotten, it’s awful. So awful, it’s like being dead except you get to watch as the people you once knew slowly forget you.” “I think I went a little crazy after that, wearing my clever old-lady disguises, just for the fun of them… but years passed and I slowly realized I didn’t even need them anymore, I was an old woman, I had wasted my life away, waiting for someone who would never return. I started writing stories, just to pass the time, and I published them, made enough money to survive on, and waited some more.” “When I met you, Liam... I don’t know,” she paused, voice nearly breaking for a second, then continued, “I needed something,” she said, “I needed someone to talk to, I was so desperate for you to come, I didn’t expect you to… I was just a creepy old lady who acted like she had lost her mind, but… you still came.” “I was in character, I do it sometimes when I’m writing stories, just to see what it’s like to be a different person. I was pretending to be a beautiful nineteen-year-old girl with a bright future, lots of friends, and a fiance that was really coming home. It was so nice to be something that I’m not, even if it was just pretend. I could be anything I wanted, popular, beautiful, happy. Face paint, a
wigg, stylish clothes, they changed me into something I wasn’t. And when your family came over, Liam, I didn’t want to stop playing. I could pretend that the person you had met the night before was a crazy aunt or something, but in reality it was the real me.” She grimaced as she pulled out a pair of painfully ugly glasses and put them over her wrinkled, paint streaked eyes. Some of the paint smeared onto the pinkish rim and left it a strange mango color. “This is who I really am.” Then she looked over at Mr. Insby, “Are you really Crispin?” she asked, desperation lining her voice. He gave her a nod and a soft smile. She smiled in return, “Then I guess it’s time to start over… to start living again...” “Why did you run?” I asked, as we were about to leave, I turned and looked down into her weary blue eyes. “I was afraid,” she said, “I had lived that life for so long, I was afraid to let it go, to really hope that there was a chance… I was afraid that it really was Crispin, afraid he wouldn’t want me anymore.” “Is he the man that you talked about yesterday?” I asked. “The one with the big nose?” She grinned up at me tiredly, “You’ll never know...” The End.
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Allendale Grade School
Allendale School is proud to announce the award winners in 3rd Grade for the 2019-2020 school year: Pictured above left to right: William Medler-Math Award; Olivia Armstrong-Science Award; Teagan Polston-Language Arts Award; Jaxon Morris-Language Arts Award; Zoey Lofton-Science Award; McKinlee Grimes-Language Arts Award; Eli Garrett-Math Award; Ryland Houchin-Reading Award; Tessa White-Language Arts Award; Olivia Phelps-Science Award; Halee Bergman-Science Award; Haleigh Prosise-Reading Award and AR Award; Kelsey Morgan-Reading Award. Not pictured: Jackson Cusick - Social Studies Award; Kamdyn Henn - Social Studies Award; and Jayden Linson - Science Award. Teacher: Mrs. Audrey McGee
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A parade honoring the 2020 Edwards County High School graduates was held on May 22nd. The graduates were led by area fire departments as a large crowd gathered down Main Street and around the Edwards County Courthouse to congratulate the graduates.
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Six year old Emersyn McVaigh, of West Salem, recently cut and donated 8 inches of her hair to Wigs for Kids. Cut done by Jamilyn Westbroook at Lacey’s Custom Cuts.
Andy Brock representing the Friends of Grayville presents Terri Garman owner of Wee Care Daycare in Grayville with a donation to help with expenses during COVID-19.
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The Edwards County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom offers “Grab and Go’s” to families throughout the summer.
By Jane Jones, AITC Coordinator The Covid-19 pandemic has caused multiple cancelations with summer activities for youth throughout Edwards County. Due to all the cancelation, the Edwards County Farm Bureau AITC program made plans to provide some fun summer activities parents can do with their kids at home over the summer. The first one was an Earth Day package in April. Students were provided many items they could recycle into a usable item using their creativity. Next, came the Dairy Grab and Go, as June is National Dairy Month. There are two more Grab and Go packages scheduled to go out. “All about Wheat” is scheduled for June 25th as farmers harvest wheat in June/July. Then, another bag is set for July 16th. The bags will be available on the porch of the Edwards County Farm Bureau and Steve Thomson Country Financial office in West Salem. Shown above is Alyssa Smith with the bags she helped AITC put together and the mask she made. At left: Kadence Thomason and Carlin St. Ledger show off the bird feeders they made on Earth Day from recycled materials and the flower pots that they planted the seeds in from the Grab and Go packets. At left bottom Isaac and Katie Stevens enjoy the ice cream they made from the June Grab and Go packets.
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Edwards County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom and Edwards County FFA students partnered together to make the statement “AG Never Stops.” Throughout Edwards County are over 16 posters depicting the reality that agriculture does not stop during a pandemic. Agriculture’s endless process of growing food to feed our world is continual. The posters show many different stages of growth, whether it is a plant or an animal. Thank you to all the businesses who help make this statement by displaying a poster.
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WVC seeking applicants for Charles S. Tate scholarship Mt. Carmel, Ill.— Wabash Valley College is seeking applicants for the Charles S. Tate scholarship. The scholarship is awarded by the Wabash Valley College Foundation to a student studying Elementary Education. The Charles S. Tate Scholarship has been made possible through the generous donation of Dana M. Tate. Charles S. Tate was a longtime supporter of WVC and a Director and President of the WVC Foundation. The $2,000 scholarship is awarded by the WVC Foundation. $1,000 per semester is given to the student for their junior year of university studying Elementary Education. The major criteria of the scholarship are the student must have graduated from Mt. Carmel High School; the student must be a spring graduating sophomore in a pre-baccalaureate program at WVC; and the student must be in good standing academically with a 3.0 GPA or better. If the recipient of this scholarship should for some reason be unable to attend college for the academic year in which the award was granted, then the award will automatically go to the first runner up.
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The application can be found on WVC’s website, www.iecc.edu/wvc. On WVC’s website, click on the Scholarship Listing and Forms link under the Financial Aid header on the left-hand side. Once you’re on the Scholarships at WVC page, the application is listed under Transfer Students; the application is listed as “Tate.” Clicking this will download the application and requirement information. Don’t miss your opportunity to earn this scholarship; Apply today! The scholarship’s deadline is Friday, June 19, at 3:00 p.m. Send all completed applications to the following: WVC Foundation Scholarship Committee c/o Jane Owen, Financial Aid Coordinator Wabash Valley College 2200 College Drive Mt. Carmel, IL 62863
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Allendale Grade School
Allendale School is proud to announce the award winners in 4th grade: Pictured above L to R (Top to Bottom): Adrienne Lawrence - Language Arts; Aiden Swift - Science; Reese Price - Science; Stetson Potts - Reading; Emma Ford - Science; Tiffany Smith-Terry - Social Studiesl Conner McGinnis - Language Arts; Joel Schneider - Science; Logan Doerr - Language Arts Cadence Buchanan - Language Arts; Gabby Schneider - Math; Not Pictured: Keilob Barnett-Escobedo - Science; Jacie Spore - Math. Teacher: Mrs. Dena Tarpley
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Allendale Grade School
Allendale School is proud to announce DAR Award Winners for 20192020. Lauren Fisher was awarded as a DAR American History Essay Contest medalist and Hallie Courter was awarded with the DAR Youth Citizenship Award. At right: Trentin Casburn, was named the All Season Athlete award winner at Allendale School for 2019-2020.
The Mt. Carmel Fireworks display is scheduled for July 4th at the Mt. Carmel High School football stadium starting at dusk. Check for updates at cityofmtcarmel.com or WSJD Facebook page.
Allendale School is proud to announce the American Legion Award winners for 2019-2020. Mr. Tom Ford was present at the drive-thru Grade Card/Awards Day to honor Holly Doerr and Xander Doan with their award. Pictured at left. The American Legion Award is awarded to students that demonstrate qualities of courage, honor, leadership, patriotism, scholarship, and service to their school.
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