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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Malden sliding toward its playground goal By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com
MALDEN — The Malden Playground Committee has reached nearly one-half of its $25,000 goal to buy new playground equipment for Malden Grade School students. On Monday, Malden Grade School Superintendent Mike Patterson said about $11,000 has been raised so far to get the needed new playground equipment. That money has come through community donations and also from an on-going Pennies for Playground classroom collection. To add to that amount, the Malden Playground Committee is planning a fundraiser for Saturday at the Princeton Moose Lodge. The doors open at 4:30 p.m., with dinner served from 5 to 7 p.m. There will also be a live auction at 7 p.m., followed by a silent auction. Music will be provided by a DJ. Tickets are $16 per adult; $12 for children ages 4 to 17; and free for children ages 3 and younger. The Malden Playground Committee has collected about 40 items for the live auction and 50 items for the silent auction, Patterson said. Among those items are onehalf hog, one-quarter beef, classroom quilts, gift baskets, seed corn, sports game tickets, Cubs and Cardinals items, a Bureau County Metro Center membership, a Wisconsin Dells overnight stay, a barn quilt, Steelx stainless steel bracelet, and numerous certificates for food places and other items. The committee, which is comprised of parents of Malden students, school staff and community members, is hopeful to raise the remaining needed playground money at Saturday’s event, Patterson said.
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Clean out those medicine cabinets By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — Five area police departments are partnering with the Community Partners Against Substance Abuse (CPASA) to sponsor the seventh TakeBack event in three years for area residents to safely dispose of expired, unused and unwanted medications.
CPASA coordinator Dawn Conerton has announced the upcoming Take Back event is set for Saturday in the communities of Princeton, Buda, Wyanet, DePue and Granville. Specifically, area residents can bring their unwanted, expired and unused prescription drugs for disposal to the Princeton Police Department, located at 605 Elm Place, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; to the
Buda Police Department, located at 105 W. Main St., from 8 a.m. to noon; to the Wyanet Police Department, located at 101 S. Maple St., from 9 a.m. to noon; to the DePue Police Department, located at 111 W. 2nd St., from 9 a.m. to noon; or to the Granville Police Department, located at 316 S. McCoy St., from 9 a.m. to noon.
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BCR photo/Lyle Ganther
Western fun The Covered Bridge Barbershop Chorus had a Western theme for its concert titled “A Cowboy Life” Saturday night at the Christ Community Church in Princeton including this scene depicting a lady singing to cowboys at a saloon.
Hall Township Food Pantry celebrates 15 years By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com
SPRING VALLEY — Project Success of Eastern Bureau County’s Hall Township Food Pantry celebrated 15 years of sharing food on Saturday. In celebration, the food pantry provided an open house setting from 10 a.m. to noon and invited individuals on pantry tours through the current location at 500 N. Terry St. Director Jan Martin said it was a great time, and people who visited were very interested in seeing how the pantry operates on a daily basis. Martin explained the food pantry operates a little bit differently than most.
The Hall Township Food Pantry uses a client choice operation, where patrons are escorted through the pantry by their own personal shopper and are assisted with choosing from a list of items. “Each shopper gets about 70 pounds of food each month,” Martin explained. The Hall Township Food Pantry first opened its doors in 1998 and over the years has been located in numerous locations, but has always continued to serve the needs of the community. In the last two and a half years Martin has been director, she said the biggest change to the pantry has been the addition of the healthier foods section and baby supplies section. “We have been really striving to order
and attain healthier foods that address the special dietary needs for people who have to eat gluten-free foods, or have diabetes or for those who are lactose intolerant,” she said. Martin said 40 percent of the shoppers at the pantry are children, so the need for a babycare section to supply items such as diapers and baby wash were also important. Over the years, Martin has noticed an increase in shoppers at the pantry. She hopes to see the number decrease in the near future. She said numbers usually decrease during the months students are back to school, because they can rely on the two meals served at the school.
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