TONICA — A unique training experience was held in rural Tonica at 1735 E. Third Road by the Ton-ica Volunteer Fire Depart-ment (TVFD) on Nov. 15.

The TVFD hosted a live fire training. This involved the burning of an existing farmhouse and out-build-ing. Area fire department volunteers from Tonica Fire Department, Lostant Fire Department, Cedar Point Fire Department, Oglesby Fire Department and Peru Fire Depart-ments trained in a real-time environment.

The volunteers learned firefighting skills, includ-ing fire suppression, overhaul, forcible entry,

thermal imaging, search and rescue and ventila-tion activities. Firefighters also performed various ground ladder and exterior fire attack exercises. The incident command and accountability systems which were used support-ed the safe operation of all personnel on the fire ground area.

Water supply, pump-er, tender operations, fire streams, which included the operation of various hand lines and master stream devices, were all part of this level of fire-fighter training.

Certified local instruc-tors and instructors from the Illinois Fire Service Institute were on hand to teach and monitor the volunteer firefighters. Instructors also included ones from the Chicago Fire Department.

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LostantVillage could be in line for state grant money

By Ken Schroedernews@tonicanews.com

LOSTANT — It was a night of blues and bad news for the Lostant Vil-lage Board at its monthly meeting Nov. 10. The only potential good news came in the opening moments of the meeting.

Lostant is eligible for grant money from Illinois due to damages suffered during the wave of bad weather from 2011 to 2013, according to North Central Illinois Council of Govern-ments Executive Director Nora Fesco.

“The state received $10 million in federal funds and has decided to send $7 million of that into the state’s infrastructure,” Fesco said. “Your town, especially in light of the continuing problems with flooding since April 2013, is eligible.”

The grant is a compet-itive grant, and the con-ditions and requirements have not yet been estab-lished. However, Fesco said it would be a good idea for the village to start a plan for application and use of any funding. In response to a query from village board member Jack Immel, she added contact-ing local state legislators to receive their backing would be a great idea.

Fesco told the board she would keep them apprised of the details as they became available.

Village President Fred Hartenbower told the board some of the possi-ble pressure has already been released. Lostant was among several village and county governments named in a lawsuit by Farmer’s Insurance Group as a result of the April 2013

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Turkey, Thanksgiving and traditionsTGS celebrates Thanksgiving

with community dinner

By dixie Schroedernews@tonicanews.com

TONICA — Small towns are unique for many reasons. You will often find strong family ties and traditions in a small town.

In November, tra-ditions become more important as Thanks-giving draws near. Ton-ica Grade School hosts a unique event every November where stu-dents can invite their family to attend a full Thanksgiving dinner. At the event, attendees will find the full Thanks-giving dinner served to them with turkey, dress-ing, mashed potatoes and gravy, bread, fruit, dessert and drink.

Tonica has a popula-tion of 750 residents. The school’s dinner will host a little more than 400 of them, served in three lunch shifts. Moms and Dads attend. Grandpar-ents attend. A big broth-er or sister can attend. Adults go through the

lunch line with their stu-dent and eat. If the family has more than one child attending Tonica Grade School, the guest will go through the line and sit with their second child while they have dinner.

To get to the point of serving Thanksgiving dinner, the cafeteria staff works all week. The day of the dinner Tonica Grade School Student Coun-cil members assist with serving. The students will help hand out parts of the meal including des-sert, and they’ll serve drinks and help clean up. Several older members of Student Council noted they like to help serve because they then get to eat leftovers.

Michelle Carmean is the head cook of the lunch program at Tonica Grade School.

“My favorite part of the event is watching the kids. When they saw our turkey yesterday, they started jumping up and down and yelling ‘Yeah, turkey dinner,’” Car-mean said.

Ava Engels, a first-grade student at Ton-ica Grade School, loves having her parents enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with her at school. Engels’ friend, Holly Gingerich, had her grandmother, Shirley Gingerich, enjoy the meal with her.

“I think it’s nice to have my mom and dad have lunch with me,” Engels said. “It is nice to have two turkey dinners this month.”

“My grandma is here because my mom and dad work,” Holly Gin-gerich said. “I like the dessert best.”

Some students had their entire family on hand with them. Parents Justin and Katelyn Car-rier enjoyed lunch with daughter, Sophia, and son, Landon Carrier. Sophia is a kindergarten student at Tonica Grade School.

“My dad had been in North Carolina and drove here. My favorite part of the meal is the butter,” Sophia said.

“It’s just awesome to be here and be fully integrated with the kid’s school and schedule. This is really great,” Jus-tin Carrier said.

Superintendent/Prin-cipal John Suarez said traditions play a very important role with any community’s school, and Tonica Grade School is no different.

“I just think this is a very wonderful event the school puts on. I think that again this is anoth-er way that the school and community come together. It is a long-time tradition at the school, and we are very happy to open our doors always, but especially at Thanksgiving. We should be very grateful to the community and the peo-ple that have long since been gone from the area and still do nice things for the school,” Suarez said. “We are able to do great things because so many people have been good to us over the years. We are very grateful for that.”

Suarez commends the staff for their hard work to put on the meal.

“I really want to com-mend the lunch ladies. They do a great job for us every year with this. They take very good care of us and the community, so we are very thankful to them,” he said.

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flooding. Farmer’s alleged local governments were not properly prepared for the possibility of such heavy rain and was seek-ing compensation for the insurance monies paid to local clients as a result of flood damage. Harten-bower said the case has been thrown out of court.

Board treasurer Jim Kreiser delivered the first of the bad news during the

village financial report.“We received a note

today. We’ve been get-ting checks from the Gaming Commission for the town’s percentage on Dave’s machines out there (at Dave’s Lost Ant Cafe),” Kreiser said. “It came to their attention that Dave’s is not in Los-tant, so they sent us a bill for about $3,200.”

Dave Holmes, the owner of the Lost Ant Cafe, has been asked sev-eral times if he wanted to be annexed by the village,

according to Hartenbow-er, but has declined the offer each time. The board discussed offers to bring the cafe into the village, and Hartenbower said he would inquire again.

Kim Baum of Hopkins and Associates delivered the results of the village’s annual audit to the board; and while the audit was clean, it also indicated the village took in less than it paid out for the year. For the 2013-14 fiscal year, Lostant overspent by $38,178.

policies. All practical skills meet objectives under the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 1001 firefighter professional qualifications — Basic 1403 live fire training

evolutions and direct certified firefighter skill objectives.

The Tonica Fire Department Ambulance was on the scene provid-ing firefighter rehab and medical evaluations.

According to TVFD Public Relations offi-cer Rick Turri, this is an invaluable experience for

area volunteer firefight-ers.

“Live fire trainings such as this allows area fire-fighters with various lev-els of experience to work together and improve their fire fighting tactics and skills,” Turri said.

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Tonica tax levy nudges upward

By Ken Schroedernews@tonicanews.com

TONICA — The Tonica Village Board set its 2014-15 tax levy at the Novem-ber meeting on Nov. 17. The amount will include a $4,000 bump to $90,400. The increase is under the 5 percent cap, and there-fore, does not require a public hearing for the increase.

Planning has begun for the updating and repair of one of the lift-hous-es in Tonica. The village was recently awarded a $350,000 Community Development Assistance Program grant for the project. Village Engineer Jack Kusek told the board the requirements and his suggestions for going for-ward.

In his monthly report to the board, Police Chief Dave Woolford confirmed there had been anoth-er accident at the inter-section of Route 251 and Ray Richardson Road.

This accident was not a T-bone collision as most accidents have been, but a rear-end collision. Vil-lage Mayor Kevin Sluder said he was adding this accident to his list. The intersection has been notorious for the number of accidents, and Sluder said that number seems to be growing. He has been appealing to the Illinois Department of Transpor-tation for a traffic signal device for some time, but the IDOT asserts there have not been enough accidents to justify such a move.

Despite the rainy weath-er at the 2014 Tonica Fest, Cruise-In Director Bob Beenenga told the board a total of 110 cars took part in the car show.

“When the rain start-ed, I didn’t think we’d get close to a hundred cars,” Beenenga said. “Despite the weather, we had a pretty good turnout.”

Next year’s car show has been tentatively set for Aug. 29.

Tonica News photo/Dixie Schroeder

Legion sponsors open houseTonica American Legion 260 Commander Lowell Beenenga reviews part of the display for the Korean Conflict. America’s forgotten war memorial was open on Nov. 11 before the annual Veterans Day services the post held.

Tonica News photo/Dixie SchroederArea firefighters converged on Tonica for a control burn training exercise.

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Survey says 92 percent plan on traveling this Thanksgiving

When Americans hit the road this year for Thanks-giving family gatherings, 31 percent of Americans surveyed say they’ll be traveling more than 500 miles, and another 31 percent say they will trav-el between 200 and 500 miles.

This year 92 percent of respondents say they are driving and just 6.5 per-cent say they’ll fly.

But no matter how far people go for Thanksgiving or how much people think they’ll save on fuel ... that doesn’t mean people are looking for ways to spend their hard-earned money.

Of more than 81,000 Americans surveyed by GasBuddy this month, 71 percent said they expect to spend less on Thanksgiv-ing this year.

“The Thanksgiving holi-day is such a deeply-root-ed part of who we are that families will always do what it takes to bring every-body together, regardless of fuel prices,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy. “But the mood we’re getting from our survey results suggests that notably lower gas prices have brought a sense of relief, perhaps

some optimism, and also a sense of caution.”

Among those traveling, more than 16 percent say that savings from lower gas

prices is leading them to alter their plans. For some that may mean stretching the Thanksgiving holiday and/or, avoiding traffic.

GasBuddy Thanksgiving survey: key findingsWhen do we go?

• 36 percent say their Thanksgiving travel begins on Thanksgiving Day.

• 30 percent said it starts the day before.• 18 percent say they’re hitting the road two to

three days before.What about the return trip home?

• 25 percent say they’ll fight the tryptophan malaise and drive home later on Thanksgiving Day.

• 42 percent say they’ll wait two to three days and drive home Saturday or Sunday.

• 22 percent say they expect to hit the road with a fresh start the next morning.

How well prepared are we? • 95 percent of respondents have a smart

phone.• 52 percent say they use two to three travel

apps for their Thanksgiving travels.• 34 percent will actively use four or more

apps.How much are we saving?

Economists say most of us have saved at least $500 since June. From Thanksgiving through the following Sunday, motorists collectively will save more than $650 million on gasoline versus what they spent last Thanksgiving — or more than $160 million a day.

Tonica News photo/Dixie Schroeder

Arnold family donates bugleElin Arnold (right) and the Clifford Arnold family donated an automated ceremonial bugle to the Tonica American Legion Post 260 in loving memory of Clifford Arnold. Post Commander Lowell Beenenga (left) accepted the bugle on behalf of the post at the annual Veterans Day services. The bugle plays a recorded version of “Taps,” taken from the 1999 Memorial Day service at Arlington National Cemetery. The reso-nating tones inside the bugle create a realistic horn quality. Other patriotic songs can be downloaded to play on the bugle as well. Elin Arnold noted that her husband, Clif-ford, always loved the American Legion Post in Tonica. “I was looking for something to give the Legion that would be a little more useful and long lasting to remember Cliff by. I know how difficult it is for Doyle (Cate) to get to all the services that are held. Cliff was an avid jazz lover and loved the horn section, so it seemed like a logical gift when Art (Foltynewicz) suggested it. Cliff loved his Comrades in the Legion so I hope they enjoy,” Arnold said.

Kenneth BakerTONICA — Kenneth

Richard Baker, 97, of Tonica died at 8:36 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, in his home.

He was born July 9, 1917, in Peru to Richard and Josephine (Kaiser) Baker. He married Dor-othy Hiester on June 10,

1944, in Fort Smith, Ark., and was married 54 years.

He served in Patton’s 3rd Army, 16th Armored Division as a dental techni-cian from Jan-uary 1942 until January 1946. He was discharged as a T/5 and served in Germany, France and Czechoslovakia. He was

a member of the Toni-ca American Legion and Tonica United Methodist Church. He served for 25 years on the Tonica Fire Department.

He worked for Matt Wiesbrock of Lostant as a home decorator, Libby Owens Glass Factory in Ottawa and Wickes Lum-beryard in Lostant.

He is survived by one daughter, Karla (Dick) Seaborn of Johnsburg;

one son-in-law, Mick (Ruby) Hebel; four grandchildren, Lynn (Ken) Corniello, Chad (Diane) Hebel, Tricia (Scott) Eichler and Ryan (Jessica) Deany; two great-grandchildren, Lexi and Trevor Eichler; and two stepgreat-grandchil-dren, Chelsea Phelps and Lexi Corniello.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dor-othy, in December of

1998; one daughter, Janet Hebel in 1990; and one sister, Marjorie Baker.

Through the love and devotion of his caregiv-ers, Dale, Violet, Debbie and Sheryl, and Vitas Hospice, Ken was able to live in his home in Tonica until his death.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today, Friday, Nov. 21, in the Hurst Funeral Home in Toni-ca. Burial will be in Fair-

view Cemetery in Tonica with full military services conducted by the Tonica American Legion.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be direct-ed to the Tonica Fire and Ambulance Department or the Tonica Cemetery Fund.

Online condolenc-es may be viewed and remembrances shared at www.hurstfuneral-homes.com.

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road project is moving right along with a big mon-etary donation from the Don Fike family to seed the project.

Terry McCleary has donated his expertise and advice with a project plan. To core out the road bed and haul it away, Dick Strack brought his skills and equipment. Criss Cofoid cleared the weeds for the stock pile of gravel. Gary, Sherry and Scott Schmitt donated all the gravel, hauling 300-plus tons and backing each load all the way to the back of the cemetery.

Thanks to Gale Dauber and Dauber Co. for the labor and machine to bucket by bucket place the gravel in the road bed. The road bed was lined with a geotextile fabric donated by Gary Ashley of Advance Drainage Systems from Mendota, and along came Bill Gray and Jeremy Hilly-er to polish it off.

Like other projects of this type, some volunteers chose not to be men-tioned. Their help was greatly appreciated too.

Now we will let it winter, and in the spring get ready for a concrete road 410 feet long. The road will be segmented off in 10-foot squares and engraved with names of donors on them. If you would like to partic-ipate, contact one of the cemetery board members. With the quality of help we have lined up for this proj-ect, the road should last as long as the tombstones it encompasses.

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Bailey Creek 4-H meets

Streator Elks hold clinic

TONICA — The Bailey Creek Kids 4-H Club met Nov. 16 at the Tonica Vol-unteer Fire Department. President Cole Haynes called the meeting to order. The Pledge of Alle-giance was led by Bryan Stillwell and the 4-H Pledge was led by Jonny Johnson. Maryn Ellis was welcomed as a new mem-ber.

The club discussed the recent Northern Partners fundraiser and the food drive in the spring. In new

business, the club decid-ed to have a roller skating party, make a donation to the TVFD, and discussed the flagpole decorations. Cole Haynes gave a speech on ducks; Claire Stillwell on cats/vet science; Chris-tie Ricci on scrapbooking; Jonny Johnson on vet sci-ence and Lauren Johnson on cats.

Refreshments were pro-vided by Christie Ricci and Jonny and Lauren John-son. The next meeting will be at 6 p.m. Dec. 21.

STREATOR — Streator Elks 591 Lodge, in coop-eration with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Cor-poration, will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Orthopedic Associates of Streator at the office of Dr. A. Roy. The office is located at 205 S. Park St., Streator.

The clinic is by appoint-ment only. To make an appointment, call the Illi-nois Elks Children’s Care office at 800-272-0074 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. There are no charges for any services at this clinic.

No medical referral is necessary for the clinic, but physicians are wel-come to refer patients to the clinic for a specific

reason or second opin-ion. School nurses are welcome to refer children and families to the clinic.

The Elks Organization has been working with physically challenged children since 1928, and this is one of 18 clinic loca-tions throughout Illinois. The clinic is an ideal time to have a child reviewed for bone and joint devel-opment. If your child has feet pointing out or in or complains of back, knee, leg, ankle pain or has a back curvature, they can be seen at this clinic. The Elks will provide financial assistance to their best of their ability for children needing further treat-ment or specialty equip-ment when the family lacks sufficient resources to do so.

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LOSTANT — Lostant School students decorat-ed their homeroom doors again this year for Red Ribbon Anti-Drug and Anti-Bullying Week.

Each classroom door was judged, and this year there were two classes tied for first place, Angela Walgen-bach’s fifth-grade class and Cindy Boldt’s kindergarten

class.Fifth grade did a “Don’t

do drugs or you might look like this” (zombie) theme for their classroom door, and kindergarten did a “Welcome to our drug free pumpkin patch” theme. Other themes for the doors were: Amy Olson’s eighth grade, “The best me is drug free;” Marjorie Archdale’s sixth grade, “Love yourself, be drug free”; Jill Newbold’s fourth grade, “Twinkle, twinkle little star, don’t do

drugs or you won’t go far;” Amy Roach’s first and sec-ond grade, “Don’t monkey around, say no to drugs;” Patty Bernardoni’s seventh grade, “Use your brain, don’t do drugs;” and Melis-sa Einhaus’ third grade, “No bones about it, drugs and bullying are not for us.” RuthAnn Brizgis also deco-rated the library in a “Drugs can make you batty” theme.

Visit www.lostantcomets.org to see pictures of all the door themes.

Blood drive set for Dec. 1TONICA — Illini State Bank will host a community blood drive from 2:30 to 6

p.m. Dec. 1 at the United Methodist Church, 423 Wauponis St., Tonica. For more information, or to make an appointment, call Joyce Obermiller at 815-856-3430. Walk-ins are always welcome.

Wreath-laying ceremony plannedLASALLE — National

nonprofit Wreaths Across America is working to ensure no veteran from the Illinois Valley Area is forgotten this holiday sea-son.

On Dec. 13, which is National Wreaths Across America Day, live balsam remembrance wreaths will be placed at the head-stones of fallen veter-ans at nearly 1,000 loca-tions across the country and overseas. Locally, a remembrance ceremony will be held at the Vet-erans Home in LaSalle, followed by a wreath lay-ing ceremony at Forest

Lawn Memory Gardens to ensure the more than 700 individuals buried there, who served to protect the freedoms of our country, are not and never will be forgotten. Simultaneously, ceremonial wreaths will be placed at St. Hyacinth’s Cemetery in LaSalle.

Major sponsors for the Illinois Valley area chap-ter are the LaSalle Rotary and the LaSalle Speed-way. Location leader Toni Lucas has been involved with Wreaths Across America since 2007, both in Kentucky and Illinois.

“I have seen over and over again how much it

means to veterans and their families just to be remembered,” Lucas said. “It’s so little for us to give back for all our servicemen and women have done for us. I am proud to be part of the Wreaths Across Ameri-ca family.”

In spite of rigorous fund-raising efforts this year, the Illinois Valley area chap-ter is only halfway to its goal. The group will con-tinue to accept donations (each wreath costs $15) through Nov. 24. Checks may be made payable to Wreaths Across America and mailed to 1147 Tonti St., LaSalle, IL 61301-1637.

BriefsBake sale

LOSTANT — The Lostant Richland United Methodist Women will have a bake sale from 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 22 at the Illini State Bank in Lostant. Pies, breads, cookies and other baked goods will be featured.

Christmas saleLOSTANT — An “Everything Christ-

mas” sale will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 22 at the American Legion Hall on Main Street in Lostant. There will also be a bake sale to benefit the Lostant Library.

Hundreds of items are expected, most gently used, but some new. All items will be at garage sale prices, including cards, lights, ornaments, arrangements and more.

There will be a book sale at the Lostant Library at the same time, including all books from 2000 to 2014. Prices start at $5 for a new hardcover with older paper-backs selling for $1.

Senior citizen holiday dinnerLOSTANT — Lostant School District

will host the annual Holiday Luncheon for senior citizens beginning at noon Dec. 11 in the school cafeteria. All Lostant senior citizens are invited. Reservations are required. Call the school office at 815-368-3392 by Dec. 2.

Preschool storytimeLASALLE — Preschool Storytime

Express, for ages 3-5, will be at 11:45 a.m. Nov. 25, at the LaSalle Library.

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Items $1,000 or lesscan run FREE for 1time. Limit of 5 lines.Up to 3 items with priceand price totaling under$1,000. 1 ad per house-hold per week.No commercial ads,firearms oranimal sales.

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****************PUBLISHER'S NOTICEAll real estate advertis-ing in this newspaper issubject to the FairHousing Act whichmakes it illegal to ad-vertise “any preference,limitation or discrimina-tion based on race, col-or, religion, sex, handi-cap, familial status ornational origin, or an in-tention, to make anysuch preference, limita-tion or discrimination.”Familial status includeschildren under the ageof 18 living with par-ents or legal custodi-ans, pregnant womenand people securingcustody of children un-der 18.This newspaper will notknowingly accept anyadvertising for real es-tate which is in viola-tion of the law. Ourreaders are hereby in-formed that alldwellings advertised inthis newspaper areavailable on an equalopportunity basis.To complain of discrim-ination call, HUD toll-free at 800 669-9777.The toll-free telephonenumber for the hearingimpaired is800 927-9275

FOUND: Adult neuteredmale mixed breed. Friend-ly, housebroke, approx.65#, short nosed, tan withblack mask. Found nearQuaker Church and Rt. 89.Owner or interested partyplease call 815-882-2000

YOU NEVER KNOW WHATYOU MIGHT FIND righthere in the Bureau CountyRepublican Classified!You could find furniture,appliances, pets, musicalinstruments, tools,anything. You might evenfind a kitchen sink!

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Menus and ActivitiesLostant Grade

SchoolBreakfast

Nov. 24 – Breakfast pizza, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

Nov. 25 – Banana mini loaf, string cheese, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

Nov. 26 – Pancakes, sausage patty, syrup, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

Nov. 27 – No school.Nov. 28 – No school.

LunchNov. 24 – Beef stew

in taco bowl, cinnamon apples, milk.

Nov. 25 – Tortellini in broth, broccoli, peaches, bread sticks, milk.

Nov. 26 – Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, pumpkin pie, milk.

Nov. 27 – No school.Nov. 28 – No school.

Tonica Grade SchoolBreakfast

Nov. 24 – Breakfast pizza, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

Nov. 25 – Pancakes, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

Nov. 26 – Scrambled eggs, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

Nov. 27 – No school.Nov. 28 – No school.

LunchNov. 24 – Shredded

turkey and gravy or peanut butter and jelly, mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit, bread, milk, margarine cup.

Nov. 25 – Hot ham and cheese slice on bun or Goldfish bread, baked beans, flavored, Chex mix, fruit, milk.

Nov. 26 – Cheese or sausage pizza, carrots, strawberry cup, cookie, milk.

Nov. 27 – No school.Nov. 28 – No school.

Putnam County Community

CenterNov. 24 – Special $3

meal. Vegetable beef soup, sandwiches, sliced apples.

Nov. 25 – Roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, pumpkin bars, rolls and butter.

Nov. 26 — No lunch served.

Nov. 27 – PCCC closed. No lunch served.

Nov. 28 – PCCC closed. No lunch served.

Call 800-757-4579 at least 24 hours before to make lunch reservations. Menu subject to change. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m.

Bridges Senior Center

Nov. 24 — 9 a.m., Tai Chi; 10 a.m., Sewing Cir-cle; 12:45 p.m., Bingo; 1:30 p.m., blood pres-sure checks; 1:20 p.m., open cards.

Nov. 25 — 9 a.m., Forever Fit; 10 a.m., Soldier’s Angels; 10:15 a.m., Eating Smart, Being Active.

Nov. 26 — 9 a.m., For-ever Fit.

Nov. 27 — Center closed, Happy Thanks-giving.

Nov. 28 — Center closed for the holiday.

Lostant Grade School students participated in a Halloween costume parade on Oct. 31

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Rt. 89, McNabb, IL • Jack Bima, Owner

815-339-4108815-481-2639

David PassiniLicensed-Bonded-Insured

PASSINI PLUMBING & HEATING

116 South 2nd St.Standard, IL 61363

230 S. LaSalle St., Tonica(815) 442-8211

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