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Elmwood theater seeks donations
HARVEST HOME PARADE
By JEFF LAMPE
ELMWOOD – Palace Theatre owner Vern Reynolds is reaching out to the community for help one more time. Faced with a bill expected to be close to $45,000 for conversion to digital projectors, Reynolds is seeking donations to help defray the costs of the upgrade. Reynolds and others also put together a fundraising effort that generated nearly $20,000 following the 2010 tornado. This time around Reynolds has created a Digital Movie Club, offering three levels of donations to help pay for conversion. Donors will be rewarded with passes for free movies and popcorn and those who give $250 or more will be added to a plaque in the theater. In a press release, Reynolds wrote, “Although not as damaging as a tornado, the industry has decided to make digital projection an absolute must. It is exWeekly Post Staff Writer
Parade-goers young and old were out in force for the Harvest Home Festival parade last Saturday in Yates City. Photos by Crystal Prahl
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Laura tractor pull affordable and fun By BILL KNIGHT
LAURA – Twenty-six years ago this month, the Dow Jones closed above 2,700 for the first time; Oakland A’s slugger Mark McGwire set a rookie home-run record (39) en route to a 49-homer season; the FCC killed the Fairness Doctrine; and Michael Jackson premiered his video “Bad” on CBS. Also, the Small Town Tractor Pull at the Millbrook Township Community Center had its inaugural event that month. The event will take place again this Saturday on a 30x300-foot competition area on the north side of the community center on the east side of town. Weigh-in starts at 6:30 a.m. and the pull starts at 9:30. Admission and parking is free. Food will be served. “A bunch of guys got together – Johnny Megan, Dale Megan and Curt Mottaz – and said, ‘Hey, we For The Weekly Post
All Kickapoo Twp. roads seal-coated By BILL KNIGHT
KICKAPOO – After finishing summer resurfacing on Voorhees and Ford Roads, a new street in Edwards and all of Norwood, plus other highway projects, Kickapoo Township has completed sealcoating all 34-some miles of roads the township is responsible for, trustees heard at their Mondaynight meeting. “This is the first time in the history of Kickapoo Township all roads are seal-coated,” said Road Commissioner Dan Kelch, who For The Weekly Post
said crews will sweep up loose rock and slag this fall for re-use. “We swept up 310 Tons last year, enough to use on miles of road.” Elsewhere, the Township continues to grapple with the one-lane Black Bear Coal Mine Bridge off Christ Church Road, damaged by a vehicle in a February 2012 wreck. Side barricades were installed to keep it open, but state and county engineers have suggested raising the tiny bridge if it’s repaired or rebuilt, and it remains unclear whether insurance covers the
damage or if the township needs to initiate legal proceedings. Township Supervisor Karl Koy will look into the case and report in September. The board unanimously approved an alert service provided by South Side Bank to help protect the Township from unauthorized electronic financial transactions. The new “ACH [Automated Clearing House] Risk Alert” program will notify township officials about township transaction via email daily for a Continued on Page 2
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