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Council agrees on representation Economic development in the works By Zita Henneberry zhenneberry@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — Mayor Duane Joel Quiram and new commissioners Jerry Neumann and Laura
Favia took their oaths of office on the Princeton City Council Monday, May 4. While Quiram is returning to the council, his new position of mayor offers him a new perspective and position within the community. According to others on the council, Favia and Neumann were well prepared to join the council and take up the posts of the former commissioners. Princeton City Manager Jeff
Clawson gave the Regional Economic Development Funding presentation. Clawson explained the group is looking for a threeyear commitment from participating cities, at around $10,000 a year from Princeton. He said this amount is set at about $1.30 per Princeton resident. Approximately $100,000 of the $400,000 needed to push the project forward has already been collected, he continued. They have
just started collecting, he said. Most cities are joining, said Clawson, because they believe this will be a common effort. He admitted there is risk, but all involved are confident enough money will be raised to move forward. Much of the $400,000 raised will be directed toward the salary of the three full-time positions this new organization will require. However, Quiram expressed con-
cern about contributing money prior to knowing what individuals would be hired on for the EDNCI staff. Clawson said there’s no way to remedy that at the moment. The money must be raised prior to hiring on the staff. Neumann expressed concern about the possibility of Princeton losing its identity in the board and
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Our Table is five years strong For the community and by the community By Zita Henneberry zhenneberry@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — For five years now the Princeton community has come together to feed the lonely and the hungry every Monday night of the year at the First United Methodist Church’s Our Table. Without missing a Monday, the crowd of volunteers and hungry patrons gather every Monday at 5 p.m. for one of the Our Table events at the church. There’s a community spirit, and people really come together as family, said Pastor Jim Miller. People from all walks of life come together at Our Table to share their food and their company, he added. “It’s the community’s table. It’s a ministry for the community, of the community, by the community, to the community,” said Miller. “There’s no turf. Nobody owns it; the Methodist church just happens to house it.” Since May 16, 2011, the Methodist church has worked to fulfill God’s mission and feed all who would come to their table, asking for nothing in return. “The hunger and the need are in the community,” said Miller. When the mission started five years ago, he said the Methodist church and volunteers were doing it because it was God’s mission. Now, he said, they do it because they want to do it. “People want to work,” he said. “The volunteers are fantastic.” Now working alongside 12 other churches, the Methodist’s table has certainly grown. With only 11 patrons attending their first meal, the numbers have escalated to upwards of 200.
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Coming together in prayer On Thursday, May 7, members of the community met in Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton to observe National Day of Prayer. On this day, people of all faiths are invited to pray around the nation. The day was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. During Thursday’s observance, participants got the opportunity to pray for a number of people and groups including fire and ambulance services, churches, schools, ministries, families and more.
PHS Industrial Technology Club going to nationals By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — For the second consecutive year, the Princeton High School Industrial Technology Club has earned the title of Illinois State Champions in the Real World Design Challenge. The club now advances to compete in the national championships this fall in Washington D.C.
PHS beat out other schools around the state with a product design engineered to eliminate infestation of the European Corn Borer in crops. Similar to last year’s challenge, which required students to design a product that could spot early detection of the corn borer, this year’s challenge took it a step further in having to create a product that could spray an area with various degrees of infestation. The club’s industrial technol-
ogy instructor is Tim Ciesielski. Club members include students Brady Mallery, program manager; Mitch Campbell, chief engineer; DJ Piper, aircraft designer; Zac Burrows, who was in charge of logistics; and Dominick Biggs and Griffin Orr, who were in charge of sub-components of the project. The team began working on the challenge in January. The process tested students to develop a design that could properly carry out all the
required functions. The team members admit they hit a few rough patches in the beginning when trying to narrow down one idea, but they eventually were able to decide on one concise design similar to a bare-boned helicopter that could fly and precision spray the field’s infestation. The design also uses a sports vehicle to land on to refuel with both gas and pesticides so it never
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