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Shore: ‘A learning experience’ Judge Scott Shore to lay down his gavel HENNEPIN — Circuit Judge Scott A. Shore of Granville has announced he will not seek retention following the end of his current term expiring Nov. 30, 2014.
First elected as Putnam County Resident Circuit Judge in 1990, he has been retained circuitwide for three successive six-year terms, bringing his tenure to 24 years
when he retires. “I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to serve the bench, bar and public as a circuit judge throughout these years,” Shore said. “I look forward to
my return to private practice and the opportunity to continue to help solve legal issues from the other side of the bench.” His plans also include mediation of civil cases, and the chance to travel and to participate
in civic and volunteer interests shared with his wife, Adriane. Through his years on the bench, Shore has served in all courts and has presided over all types of cases throughout the 10th Judicial
Circuit, which includes Peoria, Tazewell, Marshall, Putnam and Stark counties. In his current assignment, he hears all cases pending in the latter three counties which
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What’s it going to take? Meeting’s focus is on job creation, growth in the Illinois Valley By Lyle Ganther Shaw Media Service
PERU — A regional effort is needed to create jobs in the Illinois Valley area. That was the message given on Aug. 29 at a meeting of leaders of businesses, cities, industrial companies and financial institutions held at St. Bede Academy. The meeting’s purpose was to identify all possibilities to revitalize the Illinois Valley region and to establish jobs for the geographic area, just a little beyond the boundaries of Illinois Valley Community College. Everett Solon, president of Centrue Bank, acted as chairman of the meeting. He said about eight people gathered in January to discuss the region’s economy and what needs to be done to create jobs. “We felt at that meeting we had a problem of maintaining young people in our communities, mainly because of not enough good-paying jobs,” said Solon. “Our goal is to assist local economic development area serviced by IVCC, an area that has about 150,000 people.” Solon said it is better to market the area, not individual communities. LaSalle, Putnam and Bureau counties have a good, quality workforce; good educational system and quality health care, reported Solon.
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Putnam County Record photo/Dixie Schroeder
Mary Jane Serafini, owner of “A Stitch in Time”, prepares a Mountain Mist quilt pattern from the 1930s as part of her presentation for the Putnam County Library on Sept. 9.
Serafini: ‘Your Grandmother’s Quilts’ PC library presents quilt program by
Dixie Schroeder
dschroeder@putnamcountyrecord.com
GRANVILLE — The Putnam County Library’s 75th anniversary series will host a quilting program at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Granville Library branch. Mary Jane Serafini, a well-known, long-arm quilter and quilt expert, will present, “Your Grandmother’s Quilts,” a PowerPoint talk and demonstration on the value and care of quilts. Serafini owns A Stitch in Time and is a respected expert of quilts. She will be bringing six to eight quilts, the oldest is from
the 1850s. There will be a question and answer session, and audience members may bring their own quilts to ask about. Originally a nurse, Serafini said she always enjoyed sewing. She and her husband, Dan, raised their five children in the Putnam County area. Dan found a company which had long arm quilting machines and introduced his wife to it. From then on she was enthralled. “I have been quilting for customers ever since. I have a great customer base now,” Mary said. “They come and pick up one quilt, and they bring me
two more. I’m always busy; it’s a good thing.” Serafini eventually joined the Covered Bridge Quilters group in Princeton and saw a program on quilt appraising. The American Quilters Society has a program where a person can study and go through a process to become certified. This program takes three to five years to complete. There are only 99 people across the United States and Canada who have earned this designation. “It’s been a great experience. I have learned a lot,” Serafini said. “I have learned a lot about history in relationship to quilts.” The next step for Serafi-
ni is to study to become a National Quilt Association judge. She is in the beginning phase for this certification. Quilts, whether older or modern day, have a dollar value as well as a sentimental value. There are many factors that go into deciding how to arrive at this determination. An appraiser must determine person hours, cotton or other fiber prices, material prices and if the quilt has been embellished. Workmanship, difficulty in pattern, the rarity of the pattern and the originality of the pattern add to the ultimate value of a quilt. The current condition of the quilt is also considered.
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“When you look at appraisals on a quilt, it is so amazing to me because when you look at a quilt, you are looking at a part of history. Sometimes when we are inspecting the quilt we are seeing things even the owner of the quilt didn’t see,” said Serafini. Serafini has found messages and dates on quilts and even once found a ring quilted into the quilt itself. With the older quilts, she noted that it is often hard to tell if more than one person worked on it because they were so very good at what they did. For more information, contact the library at 815339-2038.