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November

2009

Volume 2

Issue 11

Country Home

For Sale

2023 Farmer Rd Ashland, IL

REALTOR OWNED

Nice home in the country just 8 miles from Ashland. The home is situated on almost 4 acres, great for horses, 4-wheeling, etc. Special

features include 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan,

heated garage/workshop, A-C Central Schools,

nice landscaping. AGENT OWNED. $95,000.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR FIRST TIME HOME-

BUYERS TAX REDIT.

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HOME TOUR 2009 Mark your calendar-Sunday, Nov. 29 is the annual Holiday Home Tour to raise funds for the Community Days Celebration. It will begin with a soup and sandwich lunch at the Baptist Church, a tour of several local houses, and end at Yatesville School with refreshments and speech students performing. Watch for further details. There is still room for a house on the tour. Contact J.R. Blair if you are interested in showing your home.

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FESTIVAL OF TREE kicks off the holi-day season at the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fair Grounds during the week of November 21-29. This years theme is “Tinsel, Trees, and Memories.” There is still a need for many volunteers. Judy Kaye and Friends will add their jazzy, dance-

able style of music on Friday, Nov. 27 at 3 p.m. Come enjoy the holiday sights and sounds to start your celebration on a beautiful note. PLEASANT PLAINS HISTORICAL SOCIETY Haunted house and haunted hay ride is Oct. 30 & 31 at Clayville, 6pm - 8pm.

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ATTENTION ASHLAND VETERANS The next regular meeting for both the Ashland VFW Post 3546 and the Ashland American Legion Post 498 will be held at the Old Yatesville Schoolhouse on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM We will be celebrating the Thanksgiving Holiday to-gether with a turkey and ham dinner. Please plan on attending. See you there! PLEASANT PLAINS COMMUNITY CLUB HARVEST FEST The Pleasant Plains Community Club is hosting its 2nd Annual Harvest Fest and Craft Sale November 1, 2009, at the Pleasant Plains Firehouse on Buckeye Rd. from 10am until 3pm. We have quite a variety of vendors who will be on hand selling their wares. The club will be serving vegetable soup, chili, hot dogs, chips

and drinks, so come for lunch and get some early Christmas shopping done! ASHLAND TRICK OR TREAT HOURS Oct. 30 & 31, from 5 pm - 8 pm; houses with lights on only. ACV BOOSTERS HALLOWEEN PARADE… Chandlerville, Friday, October 30th at 7:00pm. Marching band to perform. Boosters serving soup and chili from 5pm - 7pm.

PRICE REDUCED

TO $95,000

CHURCH DIRECTORY BEREA CHRISTIAN CHURCH Minister Edward J.Moretto Youth Minister, Diann L. Hoagland bereacc@casscomm.com www.bereachristianchurch.com Sunday Christian Education Hour - 9:30 pm Sunday Worship - 10:30 am Wednesday Eve. Prayer Mtg. - 7:00 pm

We’re Open On Sunday!!

CHURCH OF CHRIST Rev. Howard Chartier Sunday School - 9:00 am Sunday Worship - 10:00 am

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Rev. L. Wayne Mollohan Youth Minister, Alice Kern ashlandfbc@casscomm.com Sunday School - 9:30 am Sunday Worship - 10:30 am Wednesday Night Youth Group - 7:00 pm

ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH Father Chris Brey 476.8856 Ashland Sunday Mass - 9:00 am Beardstown Sunday Mass - 11:00 am Sunday (Spanish) - 12:30 pm Virginia Saturday - 5:00 pm

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Patricia Hutton 476.8858 www.ashlandunitedmethodist.com Sunday Worship - 8:45 am Sunday School - 10:00 am Wednesday Prayer Service - 6:30 pm Choir Practice - 7:30 Youth Second Saturday - 10am - 2pm

NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH, s.b.c. Pastor Terry Beauchamp

www.newbeginningschristianfellowship.net contact: rhondabeauchamp@hotmail.com Sunday’s 1st Service @ 8:00 am Sunday School for all ages@ 9:10-10:00 am New Adult Singles Ministry @ 9:30 - 10:30 am at 308 West Washington, Ashland 2nd Service - 10:15 am YOUTH4TRUTH @ 6:30-7:30 pm Wednesday Corporate Prayer @ 7:00 pm Saturday’s Men’s Prayer Breakfast @ 8:00 am

First Baptist Church

A Grace-Driven Church "feeding the lambs"

and "tending the sheep." “This Thanksgiving-remember WHO to be thankful to.”

Church Events:

Nov. 8 - Family Movie Night - 6:00pm

Nov. 18 - Family Dinner Night - 6:00pm

221 W. Washington St. Ashland, IL 62612 217.476.3678

Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Bible Study - Monday 7:00 pm

Don’t forget the Seniors Citizens Dinner sponsored by the Ash-land United Methodist Women. It will be on Thursday at noon, the 19th of November, at the St. Augustine Hall.

This is the 31st year we have been able to offer the dinner as a gift to the Seniors of the community (Seniors serving Seniors)

Reservations are not necessary but are requested. Please call Pat Houser at 476-3460 or Eleanor Cosner at 452-3409. Carry-out service is available if you are unable to come to the hall. If a ride is needed, ask when you make your reservation.

The Cass County Health Dept. will be there again this year to do blood pressure checks. We want to thank them for the services they provide and thank the Catholic Church for the use of the Hall.

NOTICE - ASHLAND SENIORS

COMMUNITY MEN’S PRAYER BREAKFAST

OCTOBER - Saturday, Oct. 31st, at 8:00 a.m. at Berea Christian Church, Ashland

NOVEMBER - Saturday, November 28th at 8:00 a.m. at Ashland United Methodist Church.

COMMUNITY WOMEN’S PRAYER BREAKFAST The November Community Women’s Prayer Breakfast will be hosted by the Ashland Church of

Christ at 9:00 am on Saturday, November 7, 2009.

COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE The Community Thanksgiving Service sponsored by the Ashland-Pleasant Plains Ministerial Asso-

ciation will be held at Peter Cartwright UMC in Pleasant Plains. There will be a dinner at 5:00 pm followed at 7:00 pm by the Community Thanks-

giving Service. COMMUNITY SINGSPIRATION

The Ashland - Pleasant Plains Ministerial Associa-tion is sponsoring a “Community Singspiration” on Sunday evening, November 15, 2009 at 5:00

pm. This community service will be hosted by Berea Christian Church.

Berea Christian Church, in cooperation

with its sister churches, announces per-

formances of their interpretation of the

1984 Kathie Hill-Janet McMahan produc-

tion, “Angels Aware.” This production,

under the direction of Diann Hoagland,

Berea’s Youth Minister, appeals to all

ages with its Biblical content, humor,

and toe-tapping music. Join Michael,

Gabriel, and the other angels as they

explain to the heavenly host what

happened that first Christmas, and

why.

Performances are set for Sat., Dec 5th at 7 p.m. and Sun. Dec. 6th at 3 p.m. No ad-

mission. No offering will be taken.

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Carpet Cleaning Furniture Car Interior

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608 W. Franklin Ashland, IL 62612

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Hours:

7:30 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday - Saturday

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Ashland, IL 62612

Closed Sundays & Mondays

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Phone:

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115 W. Freemont St.

PO Box 136

Ashland, IL 62612

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POTTERY SALE AT

JOHN COSNER’S!

MARK THE DATE OF NOVEMBER 7TH ON YOUR CALENDAR

Tim & Pam Cosner Fry will hold a pottery

Sale at John Cosner’s garage on

Saturday November 7th , 8:30am - 4:00pm

Come do some of your Christmas shopping

or just browse and visit.

“A Full Service Bank”

400 E. Buchanan St.

P.O. Box 467

Ashland, IL 62612-0467 PH. 217.476.3325

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Prentice

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2303 Elevator Avenue

Ashland, IL 62612

217.476.3516 or 1.800.255.8659

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James R. Blakeman, Manager

4 locations to serve you: Prentice, Philadelphia, Strawns Crossing, and Tallula.

Dealers in Grain, Seed and Kent Feeds.

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Jeffrey A. Donnan - Kay Handy

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Other Locations:

West Central Insurance

WCI

WCB West Central Bank

FIRST GOLD CLUB

Shopping

Fairview Heights

November 12, 2009

Kenny Rogers In Concert

Bloomington

December 19, 2009

815 W. Clinton Rushville, IL 62681

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2878 Panther Grove Road

Ashland, IL 62612

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Remodel Kitchen & Baths

Replace Roof &

Room Additions

Ashland United Methodist Church Second Saturday is open to all chil-dren in the community who are be-tween the ages of 3 years old and In the 5th grade. There is music, crafts, games and Bible lessons. Lunch is provided. As the name says, we meet on the Sec-ond Saturday of each month from September to May. Mark your calen-dars now! Second Saturday 10:00 - 2:00

November 14

December 12

January 9

February 13

March 13

April 10

May 8

SECOND SATURDAY

CASS - SCHUYLER

HOSPICE

COOK BOOKS

Check for these at:

Jones’ Market

Allen’s Market

West Central Bank

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Antique Ranch

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Antiques

Collectibles Quality Used

Furniture

Electronics Housewares

Beginning November 1st

New Hours Tuesday - Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

MEET THE CANDIDATE

Tom Schlueter is seeking Democratic nomination for Cass County Sheriff in the

February primary. Come meet Tom on Saturday November 14th, from 4:00 pm

to 8:00 pm at St. Augustine Catholic Church Hall in Ashland.

Refreshments available.

651 S. Job St., Virginia, IL. 62691

710 Maple Ave., Rushville, IL. 62681

www.extension.uiuc.edu/cassschuyler

Jodie Tate, County Director

Event Calendar

Nov. 12 - Design a Windbreak Telenet,

1:30 & 6:30, Virginia

Nov. 26 & 27 – Extension office closed

Dec. 1 – Candy Making Workshop,

6:00 p.m., Virginia

Hosts - Jananne Finck and Shirley Camp

For more information or to register for any of our upcoming events, please call:

Cass Co. Extension office at 217-452-3211.

ASHLAND VFW POST 3546…. Meets monthly at 7:00 p.m. on the 3rd Monday at the Firehouse. AMERICAN LEGION POST 498... Meets monthly at 6:30 p.m. on the 3rd Monday at the Firehouse.

CHESS CLUB IS BACK... Thursday, 7:00 pm, Church of Christ Parsonage ASHLAND U-HELP... Any student may apply for up to $500 loan with an interest rate of 3%. Applications are available at West Central Bank in Ashland.

GIFT IDEAS FROM ASHLAND…. There are still cookbooks and DVD’s from Ashland Sesquicen-tennial available at the bank. Send them to relatives and friends.

WANTED, CLEANING LADY... Cleaning lady wanted in Prentice once a month. Call Dawn @ 217-476-3530 and leave message. SENIOR SAINTS…. Senior Saints Thanksgiving dinner will be catered Nov. 17th at 6:00 pm at the Baptist Church Hall. Cost is $10.00 per person. Call for reservations at 476-8848 by November 14th.

HOUSE CLEANING….. Wanted...house to clean. References available Phone– 638-0286 THANK YOU…..

I want to thank family and friends who brought food, sent cards, flowers and came to visit me since my recent surgery. Special thanks to Chenoa for coming after school to help “grannie” and to the Cass County Home Health Agency for all their care. May God bless you all. - LIZ WALLBAUM CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE…. Carol Duncan (Primarily Primitive) will be having a Christmas open house on December 11. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 971-4500 for information.

November Anniversaries November Birthdays

BITS-N-PIECES

2 - Norman & Nance Bryant (52 years) 7 - Chuck & Spring Selby

(11 years) 17 - Marshall & Julie Jokisch (25 years) 24 - Bob & Phyllis Sutphin

24 - Wayne & Phyllis Stevens (52 years)

5 - Kayla Farmer (16) 9 - Denny Keeney (60) 18 - Tonya Wallbaum 21 - Mick Keeney (62) 24 - Lonnie English 26 - Dacia DeGroot Grimm 27 - Marshall Jokisch

28 - Kay DeGroot 29 - Kent Keeney (50) 30 - Phillis Stevens 30 - Chris Devlin 30 - Christopher Devlin

Mary Kathleen Gardner

March 14, 1922 - October 1, 2009

Mary Kathleen Gardner, 87, died Thursday, October 1, 2009,

at her home in Ashland.

She was born March 14, 1922, in Springfield, the daughter of

Stuart J. and Margaret V. Devlin Reid.

She retired from teaching in 1990 at Ashland School after 25 years

A funeral Mass was held 10 a.m. Thursday, October 8th, 2009 at

St. Augustine Catholic Church in Ashland, with burial at

St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery in Ashland.

STOCKINGS FOR THE TROOPS

Wanda Schutz, with the help of many area resi-dents who donated fab-ric, money, and supplies,

has crafted over 530 Christmas stockings to

send to our troops. With the stockings, she has

25 pounds of “stuffings” for them. A big thanks to all who contributed, and THANK YOU, Wanda,

for all of your hard work!

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Nov. 2 JHG BB vs Havana – 8th grade

Nov. 2-6 JHB BB @ Plains Tourney

Nov. 3 JHB BB vs North Greene

JHG BB @ Pawnee

HS VB Sectionals

Nov. 5 JHB BB @ New Berlin

HS VB Sectionals

Nov. 6 JHG BB vs Our Saviours

Nov. 7 HS VB Supersectionals

JHB BB @ Turner Shootout

IMEA Concert Festival @ Macomb

Nov 9 JHG BB vs Glenwood

Nov. 9-13 JHB BB @ Plains Tourney – 7th grade

Nov. 10 JHG BB vs Plains

Nov. 12 School Dismissed at 2:11

JHB BB @ Waverly

JHG BB vs St. Agnes

Nov. 13 JHG BB @ Athens

HS VB State Finals

Nov. 14 HS VB State Finals

Nov. 16 JHB BB @ Triopia

Nov. 17 Elementary Family Reading Night

JHB BB vs Beardstown

JHG BB @ Triopia

Nov. 17-21 HSG BB @ Riverton Tourney

Nov. 19 JHB BB @ Plains

JHG BB vs Illini Central

Fall Play – Parent’s Night

Nov. 20 Fall Play

Nov. 21 Fall Play

IMEA Jazz Festibal @ Rochester

Nov. 23 HSG BB @ Brown County

Nov. 23-30 HSB BB @ Athens Tourney

Nov. 24 HSG BB vs Triopia

Nov. 25 School Dismissed at 2:11

Nov. 26 THANKSGIVING-NO SCHOOL

Nov. 27 NO SCHOOL

HSG BB @ Niantic JV Tourney

Nov. 28 JHB BB @ A-CV Tourney in Virginia

Nov. 30 JHB BB @ A-CV Tourney in Virginia

HSG BB @ Athens

When... Remember

Remember playing Red Light, Green Light in the yard for hours. Playing “Ring around the Rosie”, “London Bridge” and

“Red Rover-Red Rover”. Parents stood on the porch to call their kids home for supper- we didn't have cell phones

We kept the windows open to keep cool at night - no one had air conditioners to stay cool

Running through a sprinkler, drinking cold water from a hose Watching “Tom and Jerry” on Saturday morning car-toons,” It’s Howdy Doodie time”, “Cisco Kid”, “Sky King”,

“Beenie and Cecil”, and “Timmy and Lassie” Laughing so hard your stomach hurt or you wet your pants. Giving a friend a ride on the handle bars of your bike.

Class field trips with a soggy sandwich for lunch. Making a decision by saying “Eeny-meeny, miney mo”. A foot of snow was a dream come true. Burma shave signs - Fire escape tubes - Gum wrapper

chains - 15 cent hamburgers - 5 cent pack baseball cards - Catching fire flies would fill an entire evening of fun - Moms were home when we got home from school - KEEP GOD IN YOUR LIFE- - - We did!

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Ashland, IL 62612

217.476.3936

Pleasant Plains Office

300 N. Washington

Pleasant Plains, IL 62677

217.626.1331

Richland Office 3090 Richland Elev. Rd.

Pleasant Plains, IL 62677

217.626.1551

RPA Farmers Co-op

FOR SALE: 70x54 ERECTED POLLED BUILDING

LOCATED @ RPA FARMERS CO-OP, ASHLAND FACILITY.

CONTACT DWAYNE FARMER @ 217-476-3318 FOR DETAILS

Dr. Robert O. and Mildred Flagg Beadles celebrated their 75th wedding

anniversary on September 6, 2009. They have lived in Colorado

Springs since 1946. Dr. Beadles is a founding member of the Colorado

Springs Medical Center and continues his medical interest. Mrs. Beadles

has been and continues to be involved in neighborhood, community and sorority activities. They have been active in First United Methodist

Church and its Youth Ranch over the years. Many family members have

joined Mildred and Bob to celebrate this event.

Dr. Beadles graduated from Ashland High School, Class of 1928. He is

99 years of age, and the last of the Beadles family from Ashland, IL.

The Beadles would enjoy hearing from friends. Their address is:

Dr. & Mrs R.O. Beadles

115 West Columbia Street

Colorado Springs, CO. 80907

75th Anniversary

A-C Central FFA

Places 2nd in Land Use

Evaluation

The A-C Central FFA members Brandon Smith, Teagan Smith, Haley Pfaffe, Mor-gan Wessel, Sarah Pherigo, Cassie Shive, Olivia Nevitt, Dan-ielle Bright, Kelsey Handy and Nathan Mahoney, shown

above, all participated in the 2009 Section 14 Soil Judging contest in Lincoln, Illinois. The team finished 2nd over all and Morgan Wessel placed 4th over all and Kelsey Handy placed 10th over all.

The A-C Central Marching Knights marched with pride down the streets of Barry, IL for their annual Apple Festival on Oct. 3.

there was a huge crowd that cheered on the Marching Knights as they presented an award winning performance. The band, under the direction of Kim Webster, was entered in th class B

competition.

Classes for this competition were split by band size. Competitors in the classes were:

Class A: Rushville & Liberty Class B: A-C & Highland HS from Elmwood, MO Class C: Mark Twain, Payson Seymour, Pana,

Winchester, Canton R-5 WINNERS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

Members of the Marching Knights for this performance include:

Drum Majors: Lexi Hager, Kayla Houchin, Fallon Devlin; Banner Carriers: Kelsey Handy, Lesa Jennings; Flag Corps: Morgan Holmes, Morgan Wessel, Danielle Bright, Krissy Sim-

mons, Tracy Mitchell, Stacey Eskew, Lauren Pfaffe, April Leinberger, Cali Edwards; Trumpets: Grace Johnson, Kim Ye-ley, Cassie Shive, Brandon Smith , Joey Petefish; Trombone: Lane Wegs, Joseph Ratliff; Baritones: Phoebe Betters, Will

Edge, Nate Mahoney; Bari Sax: Haley Pfaffe; Alto Sax: Jenny Lewis, Drew Hoffman; Clarinet: Victoria Pherigo, Lindsey Allan, Maggie Allen, Kayla Anderson, Dariel GeGroot; Flutes: Amanda Hoffman, Taylor Koch, Faith Widdows, Alli Jacobs, Courtney Bed-tka, Sicely Nicholas, Carmen Savage; Percussion: Chad Homer,

Zach Parrish, Sarah Pherigo, Carly Abbott, Dylan Armstrong, Alyx Smith, Cody Miller, Kelsey Gardner.

A-C CENTRAL WINS AT BARRY APPLE FESTIVAL

Members of the A-C Central Band were recently chosen to

participate in the Bradley Freshman/Sophomore Honor Band.

This annual event is held on the campus of Bradley University

in Peoria, IL

Students are nominated by their band director who completes

a resume of student accomplishments. Students were chosen

from 43 central Illinois high schools for membership in the 100

member concert band. The chosen students will be attending

a rehearsal on the evening of November 10 and all day on No-

vember 17 and present a concert that evening in conjunction

with the Bradley University Symphonic Winds. The concert will

be held in the Dingeldine Center for the Performing Arts begin-

ning at 7:30 PM.

Students chosen for this event were: Will Edge – baritone,

Kayla Anderson – Clarinet and Lindsey Cole – clarinet. Con-

gratulations to the young musicians on this honor.

A-C Central

FFA Attends

Steam Show

Forty-five A-C Central FFA members attended

the Prairie Land Steam Show in Jacksonville,

Illinois. They enjoyed going through the very

muddy corn maze, eating molasses, and

learning more about the history of agriculture.

Class A

1st - Liberty

2nd - Rushville

Class B

1st - A-C Central

2nd - Highland

Class C

1st - Mark Twain

2nd - Pana

3rd - Winchester

Overall Color Guard

Rushville

Overall Percussion

A-C Central

Grand Champion

A-C Central

Drum Major Competition

Class A: Rushville

Class B: A-C Central

Class C: Payson Seymour

MARCHING KNIGHTS COMPETE AT U OF I

The A-C Central Marching Knights competed at the University of Illinois Marching Band Competition on Oct. 17. The music students geared up for the toughest competition of their season. A total of 8 bands were in class C/D competition.

The results were as follows:

Band 1st: ROWVA, 2nd: A-C, 3rd: Tri-Valley

Drum Major 1st: ROWVA, 2nd: A-C, 3rd: Altamont

Color Guard 1st: ROWVA, 2nd: A-C, 3rd: Altamont

Congrats goes out to all the students who participated!!

IT WAS A GREAT DAY!!!

Members of the Marching Knights that performed at the U of I include: Banner: Lisa Jennings & Kelsey Gardner; Flags: Morgan Wessel, Morgan Holmes, Danielle Bright, Cali Edwards, Krissy Simmons, Tracy Mitchell, Stacy Eskew, Lauren Pfaffe & April Leinberger; Drum Majors:Lexi Hager, Kayla Houchin & Fallon Devlin;

Trumpets:Grace Johnson, Courtney Cave, Kim Yeley, Cassie Shive, Brandon Smith, Grant Kelly & Joey Petefish; Trombones: Joseph Ratliff; Baritone: Phoebe Betters, Will Edge & Nate Mahoney; Baritone Sax: Haley Pfaffe; Tenor Sax: Sammy Petefish; Alto Sax: Drew Hoffman & Jenny Lewis; Clarinet: Victoria Pherigo, Maggie Allen, Lindsey Allan, Kayla Anderson, Lindsey Cole & Dariel De-groot; Flute: Amanda Hoffman, Brit Stribling, Faith Widdows, Carmen Savage, Sicley Nicholas, Ali Jacobs, Courtney Bedtka, Taylor Koch; Percussion: Chad Homer, Zach Parrish, Zach Elder, Cody Miller, Kelsey Gardner, Carly Abbott, Sarah Pherigo, Dylan Armstrong & Alyx S

The Knights are under the direction of Kim Webster

Congratulations go out to several

members of the A-C Central Band

program for being accepted into the

Illinois Music Educators Associa-

tions’ All-District Festival. Students attended auditions on Oct. 12 and

were just recently notified of their

acceptance.

Students prepared several etudes

and were grilled on scales as well

as sight-reading. There were over

2000 auditions performed on Co-lumbus Day and the all-district

organizations will filled by the stu-

dents who received the top scores.

Those students from the A-C Cen-

tral Band program were:

HS Band: Grace Johnson – trumpet & Haley Pfaffe – baritone sax

JH Band: Emma Lynn – clarinet & Shelbi Thornley – flute

JH Jazz Band: Heather Gleason – piano.

The band students will travel to Macomb and the campus of WIU to per-

form a concert on Nov. 7. and Heather Gleason will be part of the Jazz

Festival to be held at Rochester HS on Nov. 21.

Congratulations girls – what a great honor!!!!

(row 1 left to right)

Emma Lynn, Shelbi Thornley (row 2 left to right)

Grace Johnson, Haley Pfaffe &

Heather Gleason

A-C Central MacMurray

Homecoming Parade

October 24, 2009

The HS volleyball team had a Breast Cancer Volley for the Cure

night on October 15th.

A-C Central High School will present “Just Another High School Play, on Friday, November 20th and Saturday, November 21st at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gym. A group of actors, who have apparently been abandoned by their drama teacher, have to fend for themselves open-ing night in front of a live audience. The student assistant director and the stage manager step in, find a box of scripts which they pass out to the cast, and try to throw something together. What follows is a rol-licking show full of physical comedy, gags, and satirical re-writings of many plays from Shakespeare to Albee. Cast members are Alyx Smith, Amanda Hoffman, Brandon Smith, Cody Miller, Elizabeth Quick, Faith Widdows, Haley Pfaffe, Kayla Anderson, Kayla Houchin, Kim Yeley, Lexi Hager, Lindsay Allen, Lindsey Cole, Lynzie Pinney, Phoebe Betters, Raya Cloniger, Teagan Smith, and Victoria Pherigo. Directors are Jennifer Lynn Allen and Karen Hoffman.

Since January 1960, we have been here to serve you through rain, snow, floods,

and changing times. Stop in often for everything from artichoke hearts to

zucchini in cans. From aspirin to motor oil, we have it including needles and thread!

WE WILL BE HERE THIS WINTER ALSO!

Junctions 123 & 125

Ashland, Illinois 62612

Just Another

High School

Play

The A- C Central Ashland campus will be hosting a Veterans

Day ceremony on Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 beginning at

8:50 AM in the front of A-C Central High School/Middle

School.

Teachers from the A-C Central School District purchased a

new flag for the front of the school and donated it to the dis-

trict in memory of Ray McDonald. Ray McDonald, who passed

away earlier this fall, was an alumnus of the Ashland School

system, resident of Ashland and member and past com-

mander of Ashland VFW Post # 3546.

Veterans Day Assembly 11/11/09

8:30 AM

Introduction/Speech – Ed Moretto of American

Legion Post 0498

Donation/Dedication of American flag by Kim Webster, repre-

sentative of A-C Central teaching staff to Brian McDonald &

Jeanne McDonald

Flag raising by Brian & Jeanne McDonald

Firing squad – 21 gun salute – VFW Post 3546 and

American Legion Post 0498

Pledge of Allegiance by congregation

Singing of the National Anthem by Amanda Hoffman

Dismissal comments by Wayne Mollohan, VFW Post Chaplain

The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

Area WWII veterans, Gordon Smedley and Pat Devlin recently

toured the WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. as a part of a

group of 35 WWII veterans from Illinois. The veterans were

flown, free of charge thanks to the Lincoln Land Honor Flights,

Inc., a national organization dedicated to getting WWII veter-

ans to the WWII Memorial.

The veterans were

greeted at the me-

morial by Senator

Bob Dole, Con-

gressman John

Shimkus, and Con-

gressman Aaron

Schock. The veter-

ans also toured the

Korean War Memo-

rial, the Vietnam

Wall, and a bus

tour of the Wash-

ington D.C. area.

During the travels

in Washington D.C . Area, the veterans were often greeted

with standing ovations and cheers from citizens at the airports

and at the memorials. On the plane ride home the veterans

received a “mail call” that consisted of letters from family

members thanking them for their dedicated service to their

country. “It was an emotional experience”, according to Gary

Leming, an Ashland resident who served as a volunteer

guardian for the two area veterans. Bill Quinley, a former Ash-

land resident, who now resides in Springfield,, and Dick

Dickerson of Ashland, also made the tour.

The Pleasant Plains Historical Society 2009 Winter Fundraiser

will be at the regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 7:00 pm in the Community Building.

Donations of $5.00, gets a raffle ticket for a chance to win several donated prizes.

For more information or tickets call

Judy Reiser at 473-7896 or Pat Sabo at 415-0900.

Also available for sale are t-shirts,

crew-neck sweatshirts, and hoodie pull-overs.

“THE REBIRTH OF CLAYVILLE”

Share your Holiday Greetings with

your business or family’s name

in our December Scoop issue.

For $5.00, a maximum of 2 lines will be listed in the following format:

These will be placed randomly around this holiday

picture, on a full sheet of our scoop.

BUSINESS NAME or FAMILY NAME HOLIDAY GREETING

Uncle Tykie’s DOWN HOME GRILL,

WHERE EVERYONE IS FAMILY

NEW Daily Specials Monday All you can eat Spaghetti with garlic bread and served with a side salad $7.95 Tuesday Mexican Night, Uncle Tykie will have a special Menu available for the Tuesday Night Mexican Feast Wednesday Chicken Gizzard and or Livers, served with mashed potatoes w/gravy and our Daily Vegetable $6.95 Thursday ALL YOU CAN EAT Fried Chicken, served with mashed potatoes w/gravy and our Daily Vegetable $7.95 Friday Whole Catfish or Buffalo dinner, served with bread onion, Coleslaw and Baked Beans $6.95 Saturday Steak Night, a Prime cut 14oz. NY Strip, served w/a side salad, your choice of potato and today’s veggie. $16.95

Or Frog Legs served with Baked Beans, Fries and a Side Salad $7.95 Sunday Italian Beef Sandwich, served with Fries $6.25

Or Fried Chicken Dinner, w/ mashed potatoes w/gravy and veggie 2 piece $5.95

3piece $6.95

For Take Out call 217-476-3463

We also have some new

Menu Items

Sirloin tips

Diablo Burger

Frog Legs

Fried Pickles

BBQ Nachos

Chicken Fried Steak

The “YOU” Name it Burger’s new

Name is the “Seth Hall” Burger…10

Patties and 2 ½pounds of fries.

Think you can beat that, then come

on in and try.

Uncle Tykie’s Frequent

Dinners Card

Get 10 punches and your 11th dinner up to a $10.95 value is on me

1 Punch per visit

New Menu and Daily Specials,

Starting November 1st

New Menu and Daily Specials,

Starting November 1st