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Getting the the preliminaries down first.

See page A5 Life returns to normal for White Hall residents.

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SPORTS

Lady Tigers lose to Routt 40-21.

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Greene County continues mega-vaccination clinics

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Last Thursday’s COVID19 vaccination clinic at the KC Hall in Carrollton saw 638 individuals receive vaccinations, the second largest to-date. The previous drivethru clinic vaccinated 758 for a total of 809 for that week.

This time around, though, marks the first time that the clinic was held indoors. All of the other clinics have been drive-thru clinics with health department workers and volunteers forced to work in the cold, while patients remained warm in their cars, drove up, got their shot and continued on home.

Praised by Gov. Pritzker for their efficiency in this process, such efficiency was just as impressive inside the building as in the drive-thru clinic.

But the weather the past couple of weeks has been anything but kind to

the health department and its workers who have had to schedule, and sometimes cancel, appointments on a moment’s notice.

Greene County Public Health Administrator Molly Peters recalls one example.

“There were 500 second doses of the vaccine stuck on an airplane in an ice storm,” she said. “One of our staff trucked it through the snow to attempt a pick-up, but only ancillary items (needles, wipes, cards) supplies were there.”

That was on a Saturday, and Peters said they thought the vaccine would arrive by UPS on Monday, but it was not on the truck.

“At that point, we didn’t know when we would receive the shipment, so we had to cancel the clinic scheduled for Tuesday,” she said. “That meant we had to call everyone on the list to receive the vaccine and cancel their appointment.”

Some were concerned whether this delay would affect the effectiveness of their vaccine, especially those scheduled to receive their second doses.

According to the CDC, the second dose should be administered as close to the recommended interval as possible, which for the Pfizer vaccine is 14 days and for the Moderna vaccine is 21 days.

However, if this is not feasible and a delay is unavoidable, the second doses can be administered up to six weeks, or 42 days, after the first dose. There is limited data of the efficacy of the vaccine beyond this 42-day window.

So far, the county has administered 3,247 doses of the vaccine with 839 individuals fully vaccinated. This represents 6.43 percent of the total population of the county.

(See, CLINICS, A2)

Billy’s Furniture and Clearance Center opens in White Hall

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Billy’s Furniture and Clearance Center opened for business on Friday, Feb. 19 in the old Alco building in White Hall with a wide selection of household furniture to choose from. The store is owned by Billy McCurley, who grew up in White Hall. Left to right are co-managers Tim Evans and Ben McCurley and Billy McCurley.

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fter months of anticipation, the doors to Billy’s Furniture and Clearance Center were opened for business last Friday, Feb. 19 for a soft opening.

Owner Billy McCurley, who owns several other stores all across the state of Illinois, said it was, by far, the best opening he has ever had.

“I have six other stores, and for the past two days, the sales here have been probably better than at any other store I have ever opened,” McCurley said Saturday afternoon. “People started coming through the doors the minute we opened them at 10 a.m., and I bet we have had at least 150 people come through here today, and we are still two hours from closing. We have had a lot of merchandise moved off this floor in the last two days.”

Perhaps this opening is going so well because the people in this area know McCurley.

“I went to school at North Greene through eighth grade before transferring to Routt for high school,” McCurley said. “So, opening this store is like coming home to me. Jamie Martin (owner of Martin Lanes in Roodhouse) and I were in the same class, so it’s kind of cool that both of us are trying to come back to our stomping grounds and give back to the community we grew up in.”

McCurley, 46, started his business empire 25 years ago at the tender age of 19 when he opened a used furniture store in Jacksonville.

“I started in 1995, and I got all my inventory by going to auctions and garage sales,” McCurley said. “I did that until 2001, which is when I started getting into the new furniture, and I have been in new furniture ever since. But for the first six years, I got my start buying and selling used furniture.”

From that first store in Jacksonville, he expanded to Beardstown, then to Carlinville. Business was so good that next, he opened a store in Canton, followed by Macomb, then on to Morton in December of last year, just prior to committing to coming to White Hall.

“We had just opened that sixth store in Morton when the gentleman that owns this building contacted us about leasing it, again,” McCurley said. “They have been pretty aggressive with us about coming here for the past two years, but we knew that Jeff and Kim Fansler had their furniture store here, and we didn’t want to compete with them.”

But once the Fanslers closed J & K Furniture in October of last year, that opened the way for Billy’s Furniture to come to White Hall. But the question on everyone’s mind was what in the world was he thinking opening not one, but two stores during a pandemic.

“What a lot of people don’t realize is that a lot of this stuff has been in the works for two years,” McCurley said. “This isn’t something that once the pandemic happened that we said, ‘Well, let’s go out and open a store.’

This has been in the planning stage for a couple of years.”

McCurley started out his empire as Billy’s Bargain Barn, but as he began to get into more high-end furniture. In 2009, he changed the name to simply Billy’s Furniture.

“When I first started out, I was selling stereos, TVs – just about anything I could to make it work,” he said. “But in 2009, most of what we were doing, and doing now, is furniture, but people still refer to us as Billy’s Bargain Barn, and that is fine. We still get checks made out to that name.”

The White Hall store is located in the old Alco building, which is a huge building. McCurley said there are 10 semi-truck loads of furniture in the store, from recliners, couches, bedroom sets, rugs, lamps, tables, just about any type of furniture for the home. Best of all, it can be taken right off the floor – no wait.

“Right now, if you put in a special order for a piece of furniture, they are saying that you are looking at a wait of at least four to eight weeks before you get your furniture,” McCurley said. “A lot of people don’t want to wait that long – they want their furniture now.

You can buy it today and take it home today, or we can deliver it.”

They also offer in-house financing for those with less than perfect credit.

(See, BILLY'S, A2)

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Health Department Nurse Julie Bandy gives the COVID-19 vaccine to a patient during Thursday’s clinic inside the KC Hall. It was the second-largest clinic held so far with 638 first- and second-dose vaccinations given.

E-learning doesn’t come into play with snow later, which is why districts are now

By CARMEN ENSINGER having to use their snow or emerGreene Prairie Press gency days.

While one might have thought the The district still has two remaininclusion of e-learning in the curric- ing snow days left, but who knows ulum for school districts would make what the coming month might bring. the need to use snow days obsolete, “Should we go over our five snow they would have been wrong. days, there are Act of God days that If the roads are too bad to have we can use at that point,” Bowman school – just have it remotely. But said. “But we have our calendar set that isn’t the case. so that we will make up the three Greenfield Superintendent Kevin snow days we have already used, and Bowman told his we will end up addschool board at their ing in days on some Feb. 15 meeting that “It doesn’t make a of those Fridays we they had used three lot of sense on our had off, which will of their five allotend up being school ted snow days in part to do that.” days. the last severe cold “When it is dansnap and snowfall. gerous out or could Kevin Bowman “Technically, we be dangerous out, Greenfield Superintendent could use a remote we can always go learning day, but to school on another you have to have a cafeteria serv- day, and that is what we choose to ing food or delivering lunches on do.” that day,” Bowman said. “If the While North Greene had to cancel roads are so bad that we are going classes all of last week because of to call off school, we know that our the natural gas shortage, Greenfield parents probably aren’t going to be did not have such worries. able to come and get those lunches.

“We have got a set contract with And, why would we want our cafete- our gas supplier with a set price, so ria workers and other non-certified we didn’t have to worry about anyworkers to come in as well? So it thing,” Bowman said. “If we would doesn’t make a lot of sense on our end up going over our usage, which part to do that.” we historically do in February anyBowman said the State of Illinois way, we might be subject to some didn’t mention the fact that the higher prices, but we have a set conschools had to offer lunches when using a remote learning day until (See, E-LEARNING, A2)

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The perfect snowman

Members of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Roodhouse came down to White Hall Nursing and Rehab to entertain the residents by building a snowman.

The administration had asked for the community to come and entertain the residents by building snowmen in the yard in front of the residents' windows, and Emmanuel Baptist answered the call. Left to right: Pastor Rob Brogdon, Sam Hetrick and Johanna Hetrick.

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Let’s talk about my vaccine experience For a month now, I have been seeing Facebook posts about how efficiently the Greene County Health Department’s vaccine clinics are being run.

Heck, Gov. JB Pritzker even commended them on it, but until you experience something yourself, that is only secondhand information.

I had the opportunity to experience it for myself last Thursday when I got my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. It was funny the way it happened, too. I was sitting at home watching TV – pretty much a normal occurrence these days – when I get a text message asking me if I’m available at 3:30 p.m. the next day to get the vaccine.

Uh, I guess.

I’m instructed how to go online to get the consent form to fill out to expedite the process. There is only one problem – my printer is out of ink. That is OK– I can fill it out there.

Lucky for me this is an inside clinic and not a drive-thru clinic because it was colder than a well digger’s behind in January that day. I walk through the doors, and there is a line of about 10 people, and I’m thinking, well, this is gonna take a while.

Nope, it took about three minutes, I was asked two or three questions, had my temperature taken, then given the consent form to sign and all the information on the vaccine and ushered into the banquet hall to fill out the consent form.

That took all of another two minutes, and then, I was ushered into another line of another 10 people who were waiting to get the actual shot. At the front of the hall, there were three ladies on the stage who were systematically filling the syringes with the vaccine.

The vials contain 10 doses each, and this time, they had vials of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and people scheduled for both of these vaccines. Honestly, I don’t know how they

kept it straight, but they did.

As quick as those vials were filled, they were taken to the three tables set out in front of the stage, which had two nurses at each place. The health department worker at the head of the line looked at your card, saw which vaccine you were to get and pointed you to the right table.

I was in that line of 10 people for less than five minutes – more like three I would say, before I was pointed to table two. Silly me had worn a T-shirt under a long-john shirt under a hoodie, and I was asked to roll up my sleeve to the top. Yeah, right. I had to almost disrobe right there to get to the top of my arm.

I haven’t had a shot in the arm in probably 20 years, so I’m expecting the worst. At the same time, I also planned to make use of the opportunity to grab a photo so I positioned my camera in my other hand. The darn thing was over so quick not only didn’t I even feel it, I barely had a chance to get a shot.

That was the most painless shot I have ever gotten. But, it goes to show that placement is important. The last shots I have had in the last 20 years were in the buttocks.

Anyway, the 15-minute wait after the shot to see if there were any side effects was the longest part of the entire process. I was out of there in less than 30 minutes.

It was run like a well-oiled machine.

I heard they gave 638 doses of the vaccine that day. That is absolutely amazing, especially when you read where people are having to wait two and three hours to get vaccinated in other places.

It was a bright moment in what turned out to be a crummy day.

I had a very bad day that day. My kitty, Arial, had passed away that morning after a month-long illness. I took her to the vet, and he ran tests and could not figure out what was going on with her. I nursed her for a month, and she

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fought a good battle, Much Ado but that morning, About with her head in one hand and her paw in Nothing the other, she took BY CARMEN her last breath and ENSINGER crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

So, I decided maybe some Chinese would cheer me up. Halfway through my dinner, my arm where I got the shot started feeling sore. I had heard this was a common side effect, so nothing shocking there.

Next morning, however, I woke up with a terrible headache. I would say a migraine ‘cause my eyes hurt something terrible, but I wasn’t throwing up, and I could barely move my arm.

The headache lasted most of the day, but was gone by nightfall. Saturday, my arm was fine and my headache was gone. It’s been several days now, and I have not grown a third eye or a third arm, so I would say that the vaccine is relatively safe for all of those on the fence about getting it.

I hear the second round of the vaccine is much worse on your body – I guess you will find out in two or three weeks.

My only disappointment on the experience was I didn’t get a cookie or even a sucker. When I was little, I was sick a lot and was always going to the doctor – two or three times a week, and I always got a sucker, plus a little something extra.

Dr. Fulk knew I loved playing with Play-Doh, and since I always got a shot in the arm, he would take the needle off and give me the syringe to take home to use with my playdoh to make spaghetti.

I had dozens of them laying around the house. My mom should have bought stock in the Play-Doh company – we could be rich by now.

Carmen Ensinger is a pet-lover and a reporter for Campbell Publications.

(Continued from A1) “White Hall is going to be one of our first stores that we are going to do the in-house financing,” McCurley said. “We work with a lot of finance companies and do so much financing with no credit checks already. There are a lot of good people in the world who go through a divorce, so why penalize them for something that might have been the other person’s fault? We don’t do that.

“We go by their income and if they can pay the bill. If they can, we get them financed, which is a level we brought to the table three years ago, and it has increased our business so much by bringing us people that we couldn’t get financed before.”

McCurley said he will deliver anywhere in the state for a flat fee of $50.

Between all of his stores, his delivery drivers are kept busy making between 130 to 140 deliveries a week. He expects the White Hall location to add another 30 to 40 deliveries per week.

But all of this expansion, in McCurley’s eyes, can be attributed to his customer service.

“Our prices are great, but anybody can sell good products at an affordable price,” he said. “But the key is keeping that customer after the sale and keeping them coming back again and again. That is the key to my whole business, and that is what I feel like I have done.”

Great customer service skills was also the quali-

fication he was looking for in a manager for the store. But instead of hiring just one, he hired two.

Co-managers of the store are Tim Smith and Ben McCurley. Both men live in Winchester. Smith has been a car salesman for 33 years, so he knows a few things about making a sale, and McCurley, who is Billy McCurley’s cousin, has been with the company for four months and was formerly a member of the corporate world.

A lot of people couldn’t wait for McCurley to open his doors. Denise Smith, of Roodhouse was one of those people. Smith is looking to furnish her living room and stopped on Saturday morning to look at the stock. She then went to Jacksonville to do some price comparison before stopping back in at Billy’s that same afternoon.

McCurley said he couldn’t be happier with his first couple days of business in White Hall.

“We were sitting here not knowing what was going to happen when we opened those doors, and the next thing you know it has been non-stop both days,” he said. “It is pretty special to me to be opening this store in my hometown, and I feel like I need to be here these first couple weeks. We are just overwhelmed by the response so far.”

McCurley said he plans to have a grand opening in the very near future complete with giveaways, food and everything else that goes along with a typical grand opening.

Super Bowl Jeep ad voted worst

By BILL HOAGLAND How would you like to be a hot-shot advertising executive whose advertisement during the Super Bowl was deemed to be the worst of the bunch—and they were all pretty bad frankly. Well this year, Jeep won that honor.

The Jeep ad featured a senior citizen driving a convertible jeep in the middle of winter in the middle of Kansas. It was cold enough that there was snow on the ground. The really odd thing that stuck me about this ad when I saw it during the game was that this guy was driving with the top down.

At one point in the ad, the driver got out of the Jeep and went into a miniature chapel, lit a candle and gave a speech about unity. The driver looked vaguely familiar. The chapel where he stopped also looked vaguely familiar. So I checked on the internet and discovered that I have been to that chapel before while on a Kansas quail hunting trip. It is located within a half-mile of the exact center of the continental United States.

At some point, I also realized that the guy driving the car and making a statement about unity was Bruce Springsteen, a musical and Hollywood celebrity. I have never been a Springsteen fan because I have never liked his music. As it turns out, he is an outspoken supporter of Joe Biden, but my dislike of

him has nothing to do with his politics.

I assume the point of the ad was to express the need for unity. And what better place to express a need for unity than to do it in a chapel in the exact center of the country? But here is my question: why would you use a partisan figure like Springsteen in an ad promoting unity?

Admittedly, it is difficult to come up with a celebrity these days who isn’t “political” and polarizing. Frankly, to me, the least polarizing celebrities of all are the Budweiser Clydesdales; everyone loves the Clydesdales.

Now we just have to figure out how to work them into this ad for Jeep. No, they are not going to fit inside that chapel. So how about this scenario: Springsteen gets out of the Jeep to go in and light a candle for unity.

When he comes out, he can’t start the Jeep.

Then the Clydesdales just happen to show up, they get hitched up, and they pull the Jeep into town to a mechanic. The theme would still be that we are all in this together, pulling for each other.

E-Learning (Continued from A1) Bowman said Greenfield is locked in at a price of $2.40 per dekatherm, which he was assured was a really good price. Considering at one point two weeks ago, the price had been raised to $600 per dekatherm, that appears to be so. The price at Northwestern, where Bowman is also superintendent, is over $3 per dekatherm.

The board accepted the resignation of English teacher Danielle Dorks. This is

Dorks’ first year with the district, coming to Greenfield from AC Central.

“Unfortunately, that happens,” Bowman said. “She did a good job, and we will miss her.”

The district will be posting for the position of an English teacher. The board also hired John Davidson as a full-time bus driver.

The board approved posting bids for a new bus. The transportation director will decide which bus in the rotation needs to be replaced.

Now that would be a memorable ad for the issue of national unity.

Note: Jeep has declined to reveal how much they paid Springsteen to fly out to Kansas and ride around with the top down in the dead of winter. I am sure it cost Jeep more than a new Grand Cherokee. The irony is that immediately after the Super Bowl, Jeep removed the ad from public viewing because Springsteen had been busted for DWI shortly before the ad aired. Driving while intoxicated could easily explain why someone would be driving with the top down in the dead of winter, but that is obviously not the message Jeep intended to promote.

––––––––––––––––––– Q Bill Hoagland has practiced law in Alton for more than 50 years, but he has spent more than 70 years hunting, fishing and generally being in the great outdoors.

His wife, Annie, shares his love of the outdoor life.

Much of their spare time is spent on their farm in Calhoun County.

Bill can be reached at billhoagland70@gmail.com.

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(Continued from A1) The wait list is now open for all Greene County residents, ages 16 and up. First priority will be given to Greene County residents. If one has not signed up for the wait list, they are encouraged to do so now.

This ensures they will receive a scheduled appointment to receive the vaccine and are on the call list to receive the vaccine in case of no-shows.

As of Feb. 19, the positivity rate for Region 3 was at an all-time low of 1.2. Greene County had a 3.5 percent positivity rate with two positives registered out of 57 tests.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Barbara J. Naber Barbara J. Naber, 80, of Jacksonville (formerly of Carrollton) died on Saturday evening Feb. 20, 2021 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Born at Ft. Sheridan in Deerfield on Sept. 3, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Pete and Mildred “Mickie” (Hawkins) McCadden.

She was married in 1974 to Marvin Naber, former Post Master of the Carrollton Post Office.

Surviving are sons: Kevin Conway of Georgia, Michael (Sheryl) McCadden of Oklahoma, step-son: Steve (Pamela) Naber of Jacksonville, step-daughters: Brenda Garner of Virginia, Jane (Ben) Haugh of Albuquerque, NM, a brother Pete McCadden Jr. of Arkansas, grandchildren: Aaron and Jessica McCadden, Matt, Grady and Ted Kuhnline and Dana Noerpel and a son-in-law: Dan Kuhnline of Jerseyville.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a stepdaughter Judith Kuhnline.

Sunday Feb. 14, services were done online at Calvary. Pastor Carl brought the message.

Message: Truly Understand the Love of Love Scripture: John 3: 16 and 17, Mark 12: 29-31, Psalm 23, Jeremiah 29: 11, Romans 8:25-28, Proverbs 27: 17, Proverbs 16: 23 and James 5.

We can look for love in all kinds of places and in people. Our void can only be fulfilled with our God. A Void only God Can fill, a void only a helpmate may fill and relationships in life with friends co-workers and family – these three are usually the types of love we experience in a lifetime.

Our Heavenly Father’s word can give us a relationship with him. In a

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side riding, motorcycle riding with friends and motorcycle trips with family and friends. He was a big teddy bear to many of us who knew him. He will be sadly missed.

A private funeral will be held for the family. A public walk thru will be held on Friday Feb. 26, 2021 from 4-7 p.m. at the Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Carrollton. Masks will be needed and attendance will be controlled by number of people who may be in the building at one time.

A public graveside will be held on Saturday Feb. 27, 2021 at approximately 11 a.m. at the Carrollton City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Greenfield Tiger Backers or to Greenfield Foundation for Educational Excellence.

Condolences may be left online at: www. airsman-hires.com.

Darrold Dean Jouett, 84, of Wood River, died Thursday, February 18, at his home surrounded by his family.

A funeral service will be held Saturday, February 27, at 12 pm at the Greenfield United Methodist Church.

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relationship with a helpmate, we will not find the love that we will find with our Heavenly Father. Satan does not want us to have a relationship with our Heavenly Father. Satan hates marriage and comes to steal, kill and destroy.

Our relationships with co-workers, friends and family will not give us the relationship that we have with our Heavenly Father.

God never gives us more than we can handle with him. Why? Because he wants us to need him – he is always here for us through everything. We have many promises from God, one is if we belong to God and have accepted him our soul will spend eternity with him. If you do not

belong to him and accept him you will spend eternity in hell.

God promises he will never leave us. We should love others. Not forgiving others is not an option. We can have no excuses to not forgive others. Grace, mercy and love. Bear one another’s burdens; pray for our enemies. When we are weak, he is strong. The law of love is to protect our relationships with others and God. Sunday morning worship is at 10:30 a.m., and Wednesday prayer meeting is at 6 p.m. Children’s church is after song service during morning worship.

Thursday night at 7-8 p.m. is Roots for Youth on second avenue in Whitehall. Come and worship with us, as we grow God’s Kingdom.

Walkerville Baptist Church news From the desk of Pastor David Slagle– 473-1892: Well the snow cometh, and the snow goeth.

Not being a fan of cold weather and snow, I say goodbye. It felt odd not having worship service last Sunday morning, but the safety of God’s family is foremost. We welcomed a good group this morning. The song service was great, and I pray that our God was pleased with the message as well.

We are coming to a close next Sunday filling the baby bottles with

loose change or paper money for “living alternatives’’ of the Jacksonville Pregnancy Resource Center.

Our message this morning was from the 139 Psalm, Verses 7-12. We looked at God’s omnipresence. Omnipresence is probably the most difficult of the “omni’s” to grasp. Humans can only be in one place at a time, but God is everywhere at the same time.

Humans have nothing to compare to God and his omnipresence.

Our recent prayer requests are: Farrell and Jody Ford, Robert and Sue

McMillien, Dale Phillips, Heather Hendrichson, Debbie, Vera, Bob, Carol and Scott Strong, Richard, Nicki, Judy and a praise from Bud and Diane.

We are looking forward to having Bible study beginning in March. We invite you to join us each Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. for our worship service. Remember God wants to draw us closer to him. Through prayer, Bible study and worshiping with the family of God, we are able to learn more about our Lord.

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She was a speech therapist and changed the lives of many elementary and secondary school students by treating them for speech defects.

No services are scheduled at this time. Williamson Funeral Home in Jacksonville is assisting the family at this time.

Any memorials may be given to a charity of one’s choice in Barbara’s name.

Condolences may be left online at: www.airsmanhires.com.

Larry Don Garrison, 65, of Carrollton died on Saturday February 20,2021 at 12:45 P.M. at Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville.

Born in Carrollton on July 12, 1955, he was the son of the late Raymond L. and Annetta (Monroe) Garrison.

He married the former Linda Hoyt on August 2, 1975 and she survives. Surviving are their children: Scott Garrison of Wrights, Stacy Garrison of Greenfield, Phillip Garrison of Carrollton, Bethany (Matt Lauman) Garrison of St. Louis, MO, Brad (Michelle) Garrison of Athensville, grandchildren: Clayton (Cassidy Ruble) Fernandes, Logan (Morgan Rogers) Fernandes, Kolby (Megan Jones) Fernandes, Jealee Clark, Tanner Garrison, Trevor Garrison, Nicole Donahue, Aubrey Garrison, Hayden McGowen, Macy Garrison, Andrew Garrison, great grandchildren: Rilen, Braysen, Lennox, Kinslee, “Our Little Nugget” Lynnon, brothers: Raymond Lee (Edwina) Garrison of Carrollton, Ronnie (Debbie) Garrison of Batavia, Steve (Laura) Garrison of Jerseyville.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brotherin-law: David Hoyt and a niece Leslie Garrison. Larry worked for over 26 years for the Greene Co. Highway Dept. He loved Demo Derby, Mud racing, side by

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tary rites provided by the Tri County Honor Guard, will follow at the Oak Wood Cemetery north of Greenfield. Memorials are requested to the Tri County Honor Guard. The ShieldsBishop Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Please leave a memory or condolence at shields-bishopfh.com

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press With warmer temperatures expected all this week – almost a heat-wave compared to last week, the emergency Operational Flow Order issued to the city of White Hall by Panhandle Eastern to gas customers was terminated.

“We were notified yesterday (Saturday) from our gas engineer that our sacrifices paid off, and we did not exceed our anticipated natural gas usage,” Mayor Brad Staats said. “Therefore, the city will not be penalized for going over our normal usage.”

Last week, the city was

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Cooperating With God “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”

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rust that God has everything under control and that the plans he has for you are beneficial. At the same time, we should realize that we must cooperate with those plans and be active participants in our success and our salvation. There is an old joke about a man needing to be rescued from a flood and praying for deliverance while up on the roof of his house. He turns away one rescuer after another, first turning away two boats, and then a helicopter, saying that he has faith that God will rescue him. The man is finally swept away by the rising waters and drowns. Upon entering heaven, he complains to God that he was expecting to be delivered by God from the rising waters, to which God replies “I sent two boats and a

helicopter. What more did you want?”

God works in the world through worldly means, and we should work in the same way to both effect our salvation and to bring about the kingdom of heaven on earth. We do this by acting charitably and loving our fellow man, and generally, obeying God’s law. It may not always be clear exactly what we need to do, but we almost always know when we aren’t doing the will of God. That is, when we are sinning, we almost always know it and the voice of God (i.e., our conscience) is clearest when we are not cooperating with God. –Christopher Simon

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notified by their natural gas supplier that suppliers were running low on natural gas because of the extreme cold weather conditions. With the supply reduced and in such a critical state, the city and its customers could have been assessed penalties on top of the already increased costs of the gas for excessive use.

The city asked all industrial businesses, large users and schools to shut down to protect the gas systems and for residential gas customers to turn down their thermostats to 69 degrees or below.

While the normal price of natural gas hovers around $3 per dekatherm. Last week, it got as high as $600 per

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dekatherm before closing at the end of the same day at $224.56 per dekatherm.

This marked a 7,500 percent increase in prices in a single day.

North Greene Superintendent Mark Scott estimated that should the district have gone over its usage during the extremely cold weather, that it could cost the district as much as $100,000 per day. It was for this reason that the district decided to cancel classes all of last week, using emergency days

instead.

Many businesses, such as Pharmacy Plus, also had signs on their doors that they would be closed and would reopen on Monday.

“Myself, the council and all of the employees of the City of White Hall would like to thank our customers for their patience, understanding and cooperation during this recent natural gas crisis,” Staats said. “Especially since it occurred during some of the coldest days of our winter so far.”

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Carrollton School District receives Farmers Grow grant donation

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Carrollton Superintendent Mark Halwachs informed the Carrollton School Board at their Feb. 22 meeting that the district would be receiving a $2,500 donation thanks to the America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation, sponsored by the Bayer Fund.

The district was gifted the award by board member Rodney Reif. This was the second time Reif has received the designation and donated it to the school. The first time was in 2012 in the inaugural season of the program.

Each year, eligible farmers, such as Reif, can enroll for a chance to help a rural non-profit organization with the $2,500 donation. To date, the Bayer Fund has awarded more than $35 million to thousands of different organizations across the country.

Halwachs said this time Reif wants to use the money to purchase the Pixellot video camera system for the gym at the high school and the grade school.

“This system will allow us to not only live stream our sporting events in the gym, but also any other event that is held in there,” Halwachs said. “We can use it for concerts, graduations, anything. It will be great for the grandparents who maybe can’t get out but want to see their grandkid play basketball or perform in the spring concert.”

The Pixellot system is a subscription service that costs subscribers $10.99 per month, but will allow them to view thousands of games across the country, not just games played in the home gym. If the Hawks are playing in Calhoun and they have the system, the subscriber can log in and see the game.

If a grandchild is playing in California and the school has a system, the grandparent can watch them play.

It is an automated system, which doesn’t require a camera person to video the game. Operators just program the date and time of the game, and the camera turns on 15 minutes before game time.

Also in the meeting, Halwachs had a bit of good news to report in the area of finances. The County One Cent Sales Tax continues to be on the rise.

“Our monthly revenues from the One Cent Sales Tax continues to be over $13,000,” he said. “This month, it was $13,781. At this time last year, we were around $12,000, so it is a significant increase, which is a good thing for us.”

After accepting a $5,000 donation from the Eldred Harlan Charitable Trust, one

board member asked if the district had spent all of the first round of the CARES money it received.

“We have spent all of it except the $18,000 being held back, and once they release that, we will spend it,” Halwachs said. “I am going to watch a webinar next week on what we need to do with the second round of CARES money. We are looking at getting around $400,000 this round and are looking to get a bid on upgrading the ventilation system at the grade school with that money.”

Another board member asked about the status on the Chromebooks the district ordered last year.

“We ordered 180 Chromebooks in June of last year, and we just received them a week or so ago,” Industrial Technology Director Andy Thomas said.

“My wife and I worked, Friday, Saturday and Sunday getting those out to the teachers, and so far, we have all of the students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades supplied.”

Halwachs said the plan is to also use some of the CARES money to replace some of the older Chromebooks so they can keep a good rotation going.

According to Thomas, the lifespan of a Chromebook is around three to four years.

The board voted to remove former high school secretary Sarah Cook, who retired at the end of last year, from the High School Activity Fund and replace her name with Cassie Cox and Ashley Varble.

Halwachs told the board that he would like them to at least entertain talks about the status of track and field at the junior high level and potentially look at co-oping with another nearby school.

“I talked to Mark Scott at North Greene to let him know we might be discussing a long-term co-op with someone,” Halwachs said.

“It would have to be with someone fairly close, and there are not a lot of options.

We do need to talk about what we want to do with junior high sports to make sure we can field teams.”

Following an hourlong closed session, the board returned to open session where they approved the appointment of Erin Weinmann as a teacher’s assistant and accepted the resignation, at the end of this school year, of Title I Reading Interventionist Jenny Arnett. They also accepted the resignation of bus driver Jeff Walden, also at the end of this school year as well as volunteer coach Kyle Price. Doug Steinkuhler was hired as a volunteer assistant junior high boys’ basketball coach.

Quincy University releases Fall 2020 Dean’s List

Quincy University released its Dean’s List for the Fall 2020 semester. Honorees must earn a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale to

be included in the biannual dean’s list. In total, 361 students received the honor during the Fall 2020 semester.

Among that group was Cameryn Varble of Carrollton.

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Tiger Tales Reminder to students and parents: there will be no school on Monday, March 1 in observance of Casimir Pulaski Day. There will be lots going on for the next couple of weeks as we reschedule games that were canceled because of weather and as the next set of sports start practices.

Please remember that if you are attending events at the gyms, we need for you to keep your mask in place while in the building, and you need to stay in your assigned seats.

This is in order to follow IDPH guidelines, so we can continue to have spectators at our events. Have a

great week. Go get ‘em, Tigers!

Here is the schedule for the week’s upcoming games: Q Feb. 25 – High School Girls’ Basketball vs. North Greene at Greenfield, 6:15 p.m. and Junior High Boys’ Basketball vs. Triopia at GES Gym, 6:15 p.m.

Q Feb. 26 – High School Boys’ Basketball vs. North Greene at Greenfield, 6:15 p.m.

Q Feb. 27 – High School Girls’ Basketball at Litchfield, 11 a.m. and Junior High Girls’ Volleyball vs. St. John’s at GHS Gym, 10 a.m.

Q March 1 – Junior High Girls’ Volleyball vs. North Greene at GHS

Gym, 6:15 p.m.

Q March 2 – High School Girls’ Basketball at Calhoun, 6 p.m.; High School Boys’ Basketball vs.

Carrollton at Greenfield, 6:15 p.m.; Junior High Girls’ Volleyball vs.

Pleasant Hill at GES Gym, 6:15 p.m. and Junior High Boys’ Basketball at St. John’s, 6 p.m.

Q March 3 – High School Boys’ Basketball vs. Pawnee at NW, 6:15 p.m.; Junior High Girls’ Volleyball vs. Griggsville-Perry at GHS Gym, 6:15 p.m. and Junior High Boys’ Basketball at North Greene, 6 p.m.

Tutoring on hold at North Greene

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press The proposed tutoring program at North Greene Elementary is not going to happen right now – not because of a lack of interest from the students, but from the teachers.

“We just do not have any staff interested in giving up their prep time to do it,” Principal Jackie Kuchy said at the Feb. 17 school board meeting.

“However, we do have a couple who are interested in doing something like a homework hangout, but we don’t have enough interest to launch that yet.”

The homework hangout is something that is currently being discussed in the PLT (Professional Learning Teams) sessions, specifically who should be allowed to attend.

“We are afraid if we just open it up to everyone, it won’t be as productive,” Kuchy said. “We think it should be by invitation to start with – with those kids who need the most help invited to attend first.”

Choosing Educere as the remote learning option for students who did not want to come back to the classroom for in-person learning was supposed to take all of the pressure off of the school administration and teachers.

However, that hasn’t been the case.

“We are finding ourselves calling them weekly, and I felt like that wasn’t necessarily part of the deal,” High School Principal Amanda Macias said. “We are making those calls to the parents and getting emails out to them to update them to let them know what percentage of classwork their student is supposed to have completed by now.

“A lot of students are getting on the ball, but some aren’t. I don’t want them taking classes over.

Some of the kids are already done with classes though.”

The high school is offering tutoring; however, there are not a lot of takers – at the moment, that is.

“They usually wait ‘til about two weeks before the report cards come out,” Macias said. “Then they all come in for help.”

One thing that has seen a big increase since the holidays is student discipline.

“Most of the time, the kids use the Christmas break to rejuvenate and they come back fresh and ready to learn,” Dean of Students Brett Berry said. “Instead, what we have seen is that the kids have come back tired and stressed and that carries into more problems in school.”

Berry said he thinks a lot of the students thought once the election was over and the calendar rolled over into 2021 that everything would return to normal again.

“We have had more issues with the masks in the last two weeks than in the entire first semester,” he said. “The kids are just tired of it. We have also had some vaping issues, and we have not had them for quite some time. We’ve not had anything severe, but we have had a lot of disciplinary issues since the Christmas break.”

Students got an extra week’s vacation last week as the district shut down because of the extremely cold weather and in an effort to conserve natural gas amid the natural gas crisis. The City of White Hall asked its natural gas customers, especially its largest users, to shut down, as the city faced possible penalties if it went over its usage. Natural gas prices increased 7,500 percent, and Superintendent Mark Scott estimated that

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We would especially like to make mention of the three schools: staff and students at St John’s, Carrollton Grade School and High School who did a fabulous job with their canned food drives especially when we were faced with many challenges. Your efforts did not go unnoticed!

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if the district were to be assessed penalties, it could cost the district as much as $100,000 per day to operate.

“We were not the only school affected by this,” Scott said. “I have reached out to our senator and representative to get some relief and possibly get a disaster declaration and talked with ISBE and some other organizations about their political connections with the state.”

Scott informed the board that the district had been approved for a mental health grant.

“We wrote the grant asking for $66,613, but the final amount notification hasn’t been determined yet,” Scott said. “We just got notification that we had been approved. This will pay for a full-time mental health consultant, if we can find one, to serve both schools.”

The district will be seeking formal bids for running new electric to the vo-tech building. Last month, the district obtained estimates from two different companies to increase the service from 200-amp to 600-amp service.

The district is hoping to partner with Lewis and Clark Community College next year to offer a dualcredit welding program, but the electric service currently in the building will not support the welding machines that will be used in the class.

The bids the district received were around $53,000 to install the service. Lewis and Clark received a grant to help offset the cost of the dualcredit program so the district asked them if they would help with the cost of upgrading the electric.

“They said they would pick up $24,000 of the cost of the electric if we would pick up the rest, but we have to put it out for formal bid,” Scott said.

“When else are we going to have the opportunity to upgrade the electric out there and have someone else pick up half the tab?”

The district will be using some of its $1.4 million in stimulus money to upgrade the remaining HVAC units in the district and try to sync the controls of the units at the grade school with the units at the high school.

When the district did the $4.3 million renovation project two years ago, they tried to get the contractor, CTS, to use Johnson Controls, the same system that is used at the high school, but they didn’t.

“We are now looking at what it will cost to have everything set up on one platform to be able to control on one computer,” Scott said. “We just want to see what it is going to cost.”

At the high school, there are two HVAC units on the 2002 gym that haven’t been replaced yet and at the unit office, the boilers are in need of being replaced. In fact, Scott said they were afraid to shut them down because they didn’t know if they would even fire back up.

By signing an agreement with Johnson Controls now to include all of the above, the district can at least get a cost estimate on these projects.

“We don’t necessarily have to do anything but maybe replace the two units at the high school,” Scott said. “But why not put them all in one project and at least get some numbers on them?”

The district approved the hiring of a full-time aide, free of charge, to the district for next school year. Tiffany Coonrod, a member of the armed forces, will volunteer 40 hours a week for the district and her salary will be paid for by the military.

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FFA Week brings period of reflection of tumultuous year

By CONNOR ASHLOCK Greene Prairie Press Area FFA chapters, like every other organization, didn’t go unaffected by COVID, but with it currently being National FFA Week, it’s worth taking a look into how local members of the organization remained resilient amid tough times while continuing to advance one of the world’s most vital industries.

We’ve seen them in parades, at athletic games, community events and a variety of other places.

They’re the kids in corduroy, working to make a difference in their hometowns and abroad, all while learning new skills that revolve not only around the realm of agriculture, but life in general.

Local members of the National FFA Organization keep themselves busy with career development events (CDEs), fundraisers, conventions, conferences and a variety of other activities.

Except, for most of 2020, and all of 2021 so far, these activities have either altogether halted or have been drastically reimagined to keep in step with health guidelines.

“Being an FFA member this year has been a completely different experience than in the past,” Sarah Nichols, Jerseyville FFA advisor, said. “It has been difficult to show our new members what FFA is, and the students have not been able to meet new people from our section or throughout the state.”

Indeed, Jacalyn Meisner, an FFA alum from Jerseyville who student-taught at Carrollton High School and now teaches at Blue Ridge High School in Farmer City, shared the same feeling as Nichols.

“State convention, national convention, BUILD Conference, 212 Conference and any in-person event has been turned into a virtual event, which has been fantastic; however, it is not nearly the same as getting together with your friends from other chapters, meeting people in-person and traveling,” Meisner said.

Building relationships in an FFA function not only can create long-lasting friendships with fellow members across the state and country, but also serves to develop social capital, especially for those students who go on to study in the broad field of agriculture.

For many students in FFA, the experience they had was so impactful, that when they arrived at college, they got involved with Collegiate FFA (CFFA) in the aim of giving back to the organization.

For Liz Bland, an Eldred resident who is a Carrollton FFA alum and soon to be CFFA alum, that was the case for her.

Bland currently attends Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where she will be graduating with her bachelor’s degree in crop soil and environmental management at the end of this semester.

CFFA strives to provide opportunities for high school FFA members as well as its own collegiate members. Additionally, Bland serves as an “ag-bassador,” which is a student ambassador position for the College of Agricultural, Life and Physical Sciences at SIUC, a position that allows her to go to schools and talk about opportunities in agri-

culture at SIUC. This year, though, her ability to carry out her responsibilities has been made more challenging because of the virus.

“As an ag-bassador, we have a certain number of visits we make every semester,” Bland said. “Last semester, I think I made five visits, one in-person and the rest online.”

Bland’s duties also include working open houses, calling potential students, conducting tours and taking part in online question and answer panels, among other responsibilities.

Due to the virus, Bland was only able to visit Calhoun High School in person. Even her alma mater, Carrollton High School, had to be visited online.

“We’re missing that faceto-face connection with students,” Bland said. “I feel like it’s a lot harder to meet high school and transfer students and build relationships with them because you can’t make that connection online.

I feel that we’re not reaching students on the same level as we have been in the past.”

Still, Bland, as well as Nichols’ and Meisner’s students, are making lemonade out of lemons.

For example, not all CDEs have been canceled.

They have just been creatively reformatted.

“Some contests, such as Dairy Foods and Food Science, are more challenging to do virtually due to the nature of the contest (eating and tasting food and milk defects),” Meisner said.

“In regard to those specific events, they have either been canceled, depending on your section, or in our case and other sections across the state, turned into a learning experience by doing a ‘CDE in a Box,’ and sending out the materials for students to practice with but not hosting a competitive event for it.”

FFA chapters have also been making the best of the situation when it comes to fundraising.

“We typically run the concession stand at the home varsity football games, so we were not able to do that,” Nichols said.

“We went through with our meat raffle sales this fall and were successful with it. We are currently working in the greenhouse to prepare for our spring plant sale.”

Carrollton FFA has been able to hold their strawberry fundraiser, as well as Meisner’s students at Blue Ridge High School in DeWitt County.

“We just wrapped up our strawberry fundraiser, which was a big hit, and due to COVID, we were able to do online payment with the company we go through,” Meisner said.

Still, community involvement across the state has been reduced between FFA students and the communities they are a part of.

“Our FFA chapter likes to be very involved in our community and help out with any event that we can,” Nichols said. “Due to COVID, we have not been able to be involved in the community as we have in the past.”

Also, for students who have made achievements in FFA in the past year, they have not been able to experience receiving the award in the traditional format because of the virus.

“We had four students receive their State FFA Degree in 2020 and one student earn their American Degree. They were all recognized during the virtual

conventions, but they did not get to enjoy the full experience of being recognized in front of thousands of people,” Nichols said.

“We did have yard signs made to recognize our state degree winners, but it still doesn’t compare to how past winners have received their recognition.”

For reference, the state degree is the highest statelevel award an individual can achieve in FFA, and the American degree award is the highest national-level award that an individual can receive.

“I had two students last summer receive their state degrees, be selected as a Gold Rating chapter president and be sworn in as a section president all while virtual due to the convention being switched to a virtual format,” Meisner said.

“This past year, our chapter received Gold Rating at the state convention and was selected to advance to nationals, and the kids were saying how they wished we could have been celebrating that achievement in person at the state convention.”

This year, Meisner has a student who earned her state degree, but she is prepared to watch her name scroll across a screen instead of being able to walk across the stage.

Students have been making the best of the situation, but for these students who have made significant personal improvement in their own lives through the program, it’s hard to not experience the full weight of receiving the recognition they deserve.

FFA advisors have expressed concerns regarding how the pandemic will affect membership, agricultural education and how their students will come to transition from the current format to a more pre-pandemic format.

For Nichols, her concern has been membership.

“Students are not getting the full experience, so they may decide they didn’t enjoy it and decide not to join or participate in the future,” Nichols said.

Nichols is also afraid that, with Jersey Community High School having to hold shortened school days and thus reducing the number of classes that students can take, they’ll have to take other classes next year to stay on track for graduation.

For Meisner, she and her students are concerned about eighth grade recruitment, which relied heavily on in-person communication. Meisner, additionally, is concerned for her freshmen who haven’t been able to fully grasp how involved the FFA organization is.

For Bland, her concern is personal. Being the oldest of four, Bland has had the privilege of watching her younger siblings grow through the FFA organization and wants them to have the same opportunities that they had.

“It’s kind of heartbreaking because I’m friends with people that I’ve met though FFA, and the experiences that I’ve had with them allowed me to get where I am,” Bland said.

“Leadership positions in FFA led to leadership positions in college that have opened the door for future experiences. They’re missing opportunities for the future.”

It’s been a tough year for FFA, but everyone involved is looking forward to 2021 being better than 2020.

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- “Siwinowe Kesibwi” (The Shawnee Sun) was issued as the first Indian language monthly publication in the U.S. - Mr. William S. Otis received a patent for the steam shovel.

- Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain’s Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.

- The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 1100 mark for the first time.

- The Los Angeles Vinyard Society was organized.

- A U.S.congressional commission released a report that condemned the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

- The first shipment of perforated postage stamps was received by the U.S. Government.

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The following individual was charged with a misdemeanor: Roberts, Robyn D., dob 01-24-1983, violate order of protection.

The following individual was charged with a DUI: Becker, Austin W., dob 01-21-1996,

driving under the influence/blood alcohol concentration 0.08, driving under influence of alcohol.

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Buchanan, Drew A., dob 08-02-1993, drivers license expired more than a year.

Decker, Joshua P., dob 06-13-1995, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Fisher, Brandi R., dob 05-14-1973, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Holmes, Wendell D. Jr., dob 04-051954, speeding 26-35 mph over limit, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Becker, Austin W., dob 01-21-1996, speeding 26-34 mph over limit.

Brown, Robert D. II, dob 05-24-1975, driving on suspended license.

Lockhart, India R., dob 12-02-1990, driving 15-20 mph above limit.

Hart, Emily G., dob 12-04-1992, registration expiration/1st & 2nd.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GREENE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF KATHRYN R. GOEDDEY, DECEASED. NO. 2021-P-12 NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Notice is given of the death of Kathryn R. Goeddey of Carrollton, Illinois. Letters of Of¿FH ZHUH LVVXHG RQ )HEUXDU\ 10, 2021, to Chad E. Thomas, 1382 Reining Rd., Chapin, IlOLQRLV ZKRVH DWWRUQH\ is Richard N. Gillingham, 220 Sixth Street, Carrollton, Illinois, 62016.

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TAKE NOTICE THAT THE ABOVE SAID PARCELS WERE SOLD ON NOVEMBER 13, 2018 FOR GENERAL TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2017 AND PRIOR YEARS AND THAT THE PERIOD OF REDEMPTION FROM SUCH SALE EXPIRES JUNE 3, 2021. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT A PETITION FOR AN ORDER DIRECTING ISSUANCE OF TAX DEEDS HAS BEEN FILED IN THE ABOVE SAID CAUSE AS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED PARCELS BY GREENE COUNTY, AND THAT ON JUNE 10, 2021 AT 8:30 A.M. SAID PETITIONER WILL APPLY FOR AN ORDER THAT A TAX DEED ISSUE AS TO EACH ABOVE SAID PARCEL NOT REDEEMED ON OR BEFORE JUNE 3, 2021.

By:/s/Joshua Lawson, Petitioner FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 519 NORTH MAIN STREET, CARROLLTON, ILLINOIS 62016 TELEPHONE: (217) 942-5443

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GREENE COUNTY, ILLINOIS In Probate IN RE THE ESTATE OF VERA ALBERTA PYATT DECEASED NO. 2021-P-11 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Vera Alberta Pyatt, of 337 Locust Street, Eldred, Greene County, Illinois, who died on the 14th day of January 2021. /HWWHUV RI 2I¿FH ZHUH LVVXHG on February 10, 2021 to Margaret Harrop, of 707 Fairway Drive, Moro, Illinois 62067, whose attorney is Kristine M. Tuttle, of Wittman and Lorton, P.C., 123 W. Pearl St., P.O. Box 190, Jerseyville, Illinois 62052.

Notice has been given to all heirs and legatees named in the petition by mail and is being given by this publication to any other heirs and legatees unknown to the executor whose names or addresses are therefore not stated in the petition to appoint an administrator, that an order was entered by the Court on February 10, 2021, appointing the above-named independent administrator, requiring notice and publication, was entered on that date.

Claims against the estate PD\ EH ¿OHG LQ WKH RI¿FH RI the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, Greene County, Greene County Courthouse, 519 N. Main Street, Carrollton, Illinois 62016, or with the representative or both, on or before August 24, 2021, and DQ\ FODLP QRW ¿OHG ZLWKLQ WKDW period is barred. Copies of a FODLP ¿OHG ZLWK WKH &OHUN PXVW be mailed or delivered to the executor and the attorney within ten (10) days after it KDV EHHQ ¿OHG Kristine M. Tuttle, #6230472 Wittman and Lorton, P.C. Attorneys at Law 123 W. Pearl St. P.O. Box 190 Jerseyville, IL 62052 (618) 498-2167 kristine.tuttle@ wittmanlortonlaw.com 2.24, 3.3, 3.10

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GREENE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF BEULAH F. CHAPMAN, DECEASED. NO. 2021-P-14 NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Notice is given of the death of BEULAH F. CHAPMAN of Kane, Illinois. Letters of Of¿FH ZHUH LVVXHG RQ )HEUXDU\ 16, 2021, to ADA B. ISRINGHAUSEN, 310 S. East St., PO Box 404, McLean, Illinois 61754, and Ava L. Schmidt, 6SUXFH +LJKODQG ,OOLQRLV ZKRVH DWWRUQH\ is Richard N. Gillingham, GillLQJKDP /DZ 2I¿FH 6L[WK Street, Carrollton, Illinois, 62016.

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Notice is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Town of Athensville in the County of Greene, State of IlOLQRLV IRU WKH ¿VFDO \HDU EHJLQning April 1, 2021, and ending 0DUFK ZLOO EH RQ ¿OH and conveniently available to public inspection at Athensville Town Hall from and after 7:30 P.M., April 1, 2021.

Notice is further given hereby that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Athensville Town Hall LQ WKLV WRZQ DQG WKDW ¿QDO DFtion will be taken by the Board of Trustees at the meeting to be held at 7:45 p.m., on April 13, 2021.

Ruth Ann Roberts, Supervisor Barbara Grizzle, Clerk NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ROAD DISTRICT BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Town of Athensville in the County of Greene, State of IlOLQRLV IRU WKH ¿VFDO \HDU EHJLQning April 1, 2021, and ending 0DUFK ZLOO EH RQ ¿OH and conveniently available to public inspection at Athensville Town Hall from and after 7:30 P.M., April 1, 2021.

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JAYME E. HALLOCK, DOUGLAS A. WYMAN, ROBERT R. WYMAN, HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF VELMA M. WYMAN (DECEASED), ELLIOT TURPIN AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VELMA M.WYMAN (DECEASED), UNKNOWN OWNERS, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

NO. 2020-CH-9 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 01/26/21, the Sheriff of Greene County, Illinois will on March 5, 2021 at the hour of 10:30 AM at Greene County Courthouse, Main Hallway, 519 North Main Street, Carrollton, IL 62016, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Greene and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commencing at a point 160 feet West of the Northeast corner of Lot Numbered Seven (7) in Piper’s Addition to the City of White Hall, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence West 62 feet, more or less, to the West boundary line of said Lot Numbered Seven, thence South 119 feet, more or less, to a point 28 feet South of the North boundary line of a Lot Numbered Six (6) in Piper’s Addition to said City, thence East 62 feet, more or less, and thence North 119 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, situated in the County of Greene, in the State of Illinois.

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SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GREENE COUNTY, ILLINOIS UNITED COMMUNITY BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

JAYME E. HALLOCK, DOUGLAS A. WYMAN, ROBERT R. WYMAN, HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF VELMA M. WYMAN (DECEASED), ELLIOT TURPIN AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VELMA M.WYMAN (DECEASED), UNKNOWN OWNERS, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

NO. 2020-CH-9 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 01/26/21, the Sheriff of Greene County, Illinois will on March 5, 2021 at the hour of 10:30 AM at Greene County Courthouse, Main Hallway, 519 North Main Street, Carrollton, IL 62016, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Greene and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commencing at a point 160 feet West of the Northeast corner of Lot Numbered Seven (7) in Piper’s Addition to the City of White Hall, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence West 62 feet, more or less, to the West boundary line of said Lot Numbered Seven, thence South 119 feet, more or less, to a point 28 feet South of the North boundary line of a Lot Numbered Six (6) in Piper’s Addition to said City, thence East 62 feet, more or less, and thence North 119 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, situated in the County of Greene, in the State of Illinois.

is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV LV GXH ZLWKLQ 30 days from the date of sale.

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Lady Cougars defeat Lady Hawks in slim win

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press The Carrollton Lady Hawks played host to the West Central Lady Cougars on Monday, Feb. 22 with the Lady Cougars going home with the win by the slimmest of margins, 38-36 in a key WIVC matchup.

Both teams traded the lead in the first, ending the first quarter 11-10 with West Central in the lead. That back and forth continued through the second quarter with the halftime score standing at 22-20, this time with Carrollton on top.

Carrollton’s Kylie Kinser and Ava Uhles scored all 12 of the Lady Hawk’s 12 points (six each) in the second quarter – Kinser with two field goals and two free-throws and Uhles with three field goals.

West Central’s Emma Slagle was tasked with defending Uhles and shut her down in the third quarter giving the Cougars a 9-4 scoring lead in the third quarter to put them up 29-26 going into the final quarter.

Carrollton outscored West Central in the fourth quarter 10-9, but the run in the third by the Lady Cougars was too much to overcome and the final score was 38-36.

Uhles was limited to just three points in the second half after scoring eight in the first for a total of 11 on the night.

Kylie Kinser was the second highest scorer with eight points on the night.

West Central’s scoring was led by Sydney Elliott with 10 points, Bryleigh Fox and Emma Slagle with eight each.

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Cougars gain decisive victory over Hawks

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press It could be said that Feb. 19 was the “Night of the Cougars” as the West Central Cougars, playing at Bluffs, plucked the feathers of the Carrollton Hawks by a score of 69-40.

The Hawks matched the Cougars, point-wise, in the first quarter, 16-12, with the Cougars on top, but fell way behind in the second quarter when the Cougars outscored the Hawks, 22-6, giving them a 38-18 lead at the half.

The Cougars kept up their assault on the Hawks in the third quarter, scoring 23 points, but the Hawks kept battling more than doubling their second quarter effort scoring 14.

In the fourth quarter, the Cougars eased up on the pressure with both teams scoring eight points, leading to the final score of 69-40.

Carrollton ended the night with nine points off of three-point shots. Kaiden Breckon scored six of those points and Gus Coonrod the other three.

High-scorer for the night for the Hawks was Max Arnett with 12 points, followed by Gus Coonrod with 11. For the Cougars, Noah Smith had 21 points, and Ethan Slagle had 16 points as West Central’s high scorers.

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By CONNOR ASHLOCK Campbell Publications Within the five-county region of Pike, Calhoun, Jersey, Greene and Scott counties, six agricultural fairs are hosted throughout the summer every year, consisting of the Jersey, Greene, Pike and Calhoun county fairs, along with the Scott County 4-H and Junior Agricultural Fair and Western Illinois Fair in Griggsville.

One by one, just like with every other agricultural fair in Illinois in 2020, they either canceled or opted to postpone before realizing there was no other choice but to cancel.

Some fair boards stuck it out as long as they could before finally opting to call it, but with mounting factors such as carnivals not being permitted to operate, restrictions on event sizes and concern for public health, fair boards resolved to make 2020 the year without a fair and instead focused on planning for the next fair that would be able to happen.

Ken Tyrrell, president of the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs, being involved in county fairs himself, knew that the desire to hold a fair was strong all throughout the state, but there was more at stake in holding a fair than there was in canceling.

“As the spring progressed in 2020, all fairs came to the conclusion, some sooner than others, they would support the mandates in the interest of public safety and preservation of their organizations,” Tyrrell said.

Public sentiment was mixed, although an overwhelming amount of support was cast in favor of boards deciding to cancel.

Jerry Joyce, the Greene County Fair Association president, shared that his board waited until there was less than a month before the fair should have been held before voting to officially cancel it.

“It was about the last week in May,” Joyce said. “We pushed as long as we could before we actually knew we were going to cancel.”

The Greene County Fair board’s decision to cancel came just a few weeks after the Pike County Fair board announced its fair’s cancelation, doing so on May 5, 2020. The Pike and Greene fairs are the two earliest fairs in the five-county region, both being held in June. The fair that was earliest to make its decision in the region, though, was the Western Illinois Fair board, which initially postponed its fair in February.

“We postponed it with the thought we might be able to reschedule at a later date, but things never materialized,” Lynn Freeman, a 60-year board member of the Western Illinois Fair Association, said. “It’s a lot easier to have it scheduled and know you don’t have to do anything last minute. After we learned there was no way we could participate in a fair, we canceled it completely.”

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June. The board decided to officially cancel in March, although opted to not advertise the decision until April in the hopes that something would change.

Greene County initially decided that they, too, would postpone the fair, but after realizing that multiple factors were mounting against them, the board thought it best to cancel altogether.

“We didn’t want to miss a fair because we’re one of the longest running fairs, so we thought we could postpone and have a two or three day event to at least say we had a fair,” Joyce said. “I think our biggest factor was we were trying to protect the health of the community.”

Now, county fair boards across the state are watching the vaccination progress unfold and are holding out hope that maybe — just maybe — they’ll be able to get back in the game this year, as they are extremely eager to do so.

“My conversations with fairs and fair board members across the state indicate that fairs are moving forward with plans for 2021,” Tyrrell said. “On Jan. 27, during the virtual IAAF meeting, I asked Tim Norman, bureau chief of county fairs and horse racing, for thoughts or plans as to how the industry should proceed. Unfortunately, he was unable to provide any direction. We are proceeding day by day.”

According to Tyrrell, one fair in northern Illinois received an eight-page rule booklet that detailed regulations for gatherings that were given to them by their local health department.

“I would hope that as the crisis lessens these restrictions can be abbreviated to a lesser degree as time passes,” Tyrrell added.

Thankfully, no county fairs in Illinois closed permanently as a result of the pandemic, although as time goes on, finances might get tighter for several county fairs.

Joyce shared that for Greene County, if the fair wasn’t able to go on for another year, any subsequent concerns that would arise would be financial.

“We’re big on building maintenance, and when you’re not there for maintenance for two years, when you go to turn on track lights, they aren’t going to turn on. You’ll have all that expense in one year,” Joyce said.

For many fairs in the state, especially in the local region, they serve as an important cultural and community-building element, and this is especially seen in Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Fair, which canceled on Aug. 5, plays an immensely important role in the community, so much so, that not only was the fair affected, but several community organizations that relied on it were, as well.

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Fairs, CONTINUED FROM PG. 3 “What it hurt the most was the food stands,” Terry Strauch, president of the Calhoun County Fair Association, said. “All of our people that run food stands— the Legion, St. Norbert’s School, the swimming pool association and high school yearbook club— they were missing the income. They run all four of our food stands and that’s where a lot of them make most of their money. It hurt the community.”

Indeed, as Tyrrell pointed out, financial damage, to some extent, has been felt all across the Illinois county fair industry.

“This loss of revenue has affected not only fairs and their long-term interest, but also carnivals, concessionaires and vendors,” Tyrrell said. “All supporting towns and community organizations depend on revenue earned during fair week. For many organizations, this is a major source of revenue for their yearly programs.”

Additionally, young livestock exhibitors count on premium earnings to help them with their college funds, livestock exhibitors of all ages count on shows to help market their livestock, and general projects exhibitions provide a way for exhibitors to make a little money off of their efforts in such areas as gardening, sewing and hobby skills.

Though all ages enjoy them, what most encourages exhibit superintendents is the young people who participate. In fact, it’s the young people that are the driving force behind why county fair officials want to hop back onto the saddle as quickly as they can.

Joyce echoed similar sentiment.

“To me, the biggest thing was losing it for the community, especially the kids,” Joyce said. “Our board is ag-minded. We host the FFA show for the district and the 4-H sale, and we lost that sale, which is a big asset to those kids because they get scholarship money.”

With organizations and individuals eager to get back in the game, such as 4-H and FFA, as well as the countless families that participate in county fairs throughout the region, be it in grandstand events, general project exhibits or livestock showing, it appears that it won’t be too difficult to get

back in the game, despite the fact that people went through a year without a county fair to participate in.

“The last fair we had was a good one,” Strauch, with the Calhoun fair, said. “We had great attendance, everyone made some money for their organizations, there was a good turnout for livestock and the queen contest— everything went very well and I want that to be able to continue. I don’t want to lose that momentum with us having time off.”

Although, with folks not being able to enjoy their yearly summer traditions such as watching their favorite grandstand event, riding some rides or enjoying fair food, as well as the fact that folks will be eager to get out and enjoy themselves again, concerns over a loss of momentum aren’t a pressing matter for fair officials.

Indeed, community support for fairs hasn’t seemed to wane throughout the 2020 season, as was seen at the Western Illinois fairgrounds when two foodstands were able to make a stop to sell fair food to Pike County residents.

“Boy! They did a bang up job and we were excited to have them in,” Freeman said.

“We were fortunate to be one of the few to get them in here.”

People lined up and remained in their cars as orders were taken to provide for social distancing.

Tyrrell noted that some downstate fairs hosted fall events in hopes to garner some revenue and semblance of a fair.

“Some had demo derbies and virtual fairs.

It has been reported the communities were receptive and returned a positive result,” Tyrrell said.

Additionally, Tyrrell noted that 16 fairs were hosted in the United States last year, although they were mostly constrained to the west.

“These fairs reported success, however, these were states with low populations and operated under very strict COVID mandates, and many lessons were learned. There is a way forward. However, many of these fairs had staff and tax money to soften the way,”

Tyrrell said.

Now, as the 2021 fair season looms in the distance, fair officials are waiting to see what the direction from the state will be concerning county fairs, but in the meantime, they are preparing as normal for their annual exhibitions, including all of those in the local region.

“Everybody I’ve talked to seems to feel that they’re planning on having a fair,” Tyrrell noted. “We’ve talked to carnival people and everybody is planning on moving forward.”

Currently, many fair officials believe that fairs are likely, but they might not be what folks are traditionally accustomed to.

Presently, local fair officials are working with their county health departments to make sure that they are moving forward in the right direction, but at the end of the day, it’s all still up in air as to what this summer will look like for county fairs.

Regardless, officials are proceeding as normal with planning their annual exhibitions until health authorities say otherwise.

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Young agrarian brings family full circle with startup

By CONNOR ASHLOCK Campbell Publications Adam Fritz is an up-and-comer in the regional agricultural community, quickly making his mark in the industry that he was raised in.

Brought up on the family farm six miles east of Jerseyville, Fritz is a third-generation farmer with a deep passion for agriculture.

Though he was involved in 4-H for a few years as well as FFA, his time wasn’t as preoccupied with those organizations as it was on the farm.

And even though he didn’t have a lot of projects or career development events to worry about, the life of a farm kid doesn’t ever involve rest and relaxation. After all, that’s what sleep is for.

Indeed, everyone has a different experience in this massive field we call agriculture, and for Fritz, his experience was more hands-on related in the realm of husbandry with a homegrown education on the family farm.

“I always wanted to be a vet growing up,” Fritz said. “I went to SIUE and got my bachelor’s in biology in hopes of going to vet school, but never applied.”

Growing up, Fritz was always more inclined to working with livestock, so it made sense that he would navigate toward the area of animal science.

“I always had animals growing up,” Fritz said.

Whether it was taking care of his goats as a kid, or working for Moore’s Shorthorns as he grew older, hanging around the barnyard just made sense for a guy like Adam.

“I had a lot more hands-on experience as opposed to organizational experience,” Fritz said.

Waking up early to feed before school, helping his dad feed a bale of hay at the end of the day, tagging a calf after school or nursing one in winter— this was Fritz’s world growing up and it was something that he wanted to invest in as a career.

But, after he started to put his nose to the grindstone in college in preparation for vet school, Fritz had a change of heart — not about livestock — but about his career path in general. Even though he had to figure out what his end goal in particular was, he knew it was still going to involve animal agriculture.

“I wanted to be more farm-oriented as a veterinarian, but I knew, at least in my area, that I would probably be more clinic-based, which really wasn’t what I was looking for in a career,” Fritz said.

So, when Fritz graduated with his undergraduate degree in integrative biology in 2016, he decided that he would attend the University of Illinois to obtain his graduate degree in beef cattle nutrition, graduating in 2019.

Currently, Fritz works as a nutritional consultant for Pike Feeds, where he gets to work with like-minded people from as far reaching as Montgomery County, Mo., to Fayette County, Ill., south to Pope County and everywhere in between.

All things considered, Fritz is just your average young farmer. He’s making his way in the world, getting himself established in the region and still

focuses much of his attention on keeping the family place going. Not only that, but he’s fallen in step with the pattern of young agrarians such as himself by keeping up with the Farm Bureau and even getting involved with the Future Directors Board of the Jersey County Fair.

Now, Fritz has recently decided to raise the bar a little bit higher in his agricultural pursuits by starting up his own local business, which has actually served to bring his family full circle back to their roots.

Fritz’s Pork made a quiet entrance onto the scene with Fritz creating a Facebook page for the business in late January. His business plan is to provide fresh, local pork to area consumers.

“I got my first group of pigs in September 2019 and sold that group off in March 2020,” Fritz said. “Then I got another group in April 2020 and sold those last September.”

Now, Fritz is currently raising his third group of hogs that will be sold next month. His pork business, though, wasn’t the product of years of dreaming, but of an idea that sprung up seemingly out of the blue.

“I saw the opportunity and seized the opportunity,” Fritz said. “I have a friend who needed someone to take some pigs off her hands, so we fed them out and butchered them. I had to buy a water tank and feeder, so then I thought, ‘Why not buy some more?’ I ended up with 12. I broke even the first time and I realized that I enjoyed it, so here I am.”

So what started out as goats and cows for Fritz growing up has now turned into pigs, and in this endeavor of his, it turns out that he brought the Fritz family full circle to where they started.

Adam’s grandpa, Herschel Fritz, owned and maintained a Duroc operation back in the day, although this was long before Adam’s time.

“My dad did construction work, so once my grandpa got to where he couldn’t take care of them, they ultimately got rid of the pigs,” Fritz said.

From what Fritz knows, his family had some pretty good Durocs back in the day. Sadly, his grandpa died when he was three, but as is usual for farm kids, the roots run deep, so as Herschel’s grandson works to bring the family back to where they came from, friends of the family have been sure to encourage Adam along the way.

“Honestly, I feel a sense of pride in starting up this operation,” Fritz revealed. “Working for Ron and Tom Moore, it turns out they had hogs too back in the day and bought Duroc boars off my grandpa. I don’t have many memories of him, so it feels good to hear things like, ‘Your grandpa would be proud to see you today.’”

A lot of farm kids know what it feels like to walk the same path to the barn, feedlot or fortyacre tract that their grandparents walked back in the day, and Fritz is no different. Indeed, it often helps drive the point home that you’re working on something bigger than yourself.

“I raise my hogs in the same spot where my grandpa raised his hogs,” Fritz said. “It goes back to when people remind me that my grandpa would be proud of me. There’s a sense of pride I have in building something that’s my own, yet I’m re-building something of the family business

where he built it on.”

Not only is Fritz simultaneously building something from the ground up while building on a family legacy, he’s taking steps to ensure that it passes down in the family.

“My niece shows pigs. In fact, she showed in some Illinois Club Pig Association-sanctioned shows last year,” Fritz said. “We were hoping for some county fairs last year, which didn’t happen, so we’re shooting for this year.”

Now that he and his family are moving forward with the family business, Fritz has noticed how more opportunities have become available for him than what he realized.

“So, I wasn’t really planning on breeding, but my 11-year old niece wants piglets, and when your niece is 11, well, she gets whatever she wants,” Fritz said with a laugh. “But I think this will be a good opportunity to not just teach her about agriculture, but life in general. She can learn a little about business and maybe even put some money back for college. I see that as a win, even if we only break even.”

Fritz is even contemplating using the business’ Facebook page as a platform for educating the general public about pig production and the pork industry.

“Another goal of mine is to educate people about animal agriculture,” Fritz said. “I feel like there’s a lot of disconnect between consumers and where their meat comes from and how it’s raised.”

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Adam Fritz feeds his hogs at his family farm east of Jerseyville.

All things considered, from supplementing his income, carrying on a family tradition, being a part of the growing buy-local movement and bringing up the next generation of Fritzs’ in the empowering realm of agricultural education, Fritz is thankful for the spot he’s worked to be in and hopes to continue on the upward slope of growing his business.

In a world where it seems opportunity is harder to come by and where things like tradition and doing things for the love of them seems to become less important, Fritz has learned for himself that for those who put forth some initiative and passion, there’s still a world for people to carve out for themselves if they’re willing to work for it.

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4-H adapts and prepares amid pandemic

By CONNOR ASHLOCK Campbell Publications The 4-H organization, a branch of the Extension, began 2020 by planning for workshops and the upcoming fair season as normal, but when COVID threw a stick in the spokes in March, they had to quickly find their bearings and make the necessary adjustments.

“We start fair planning as early as December,” Jessica Jaffry, the 4-H and youth development coordinator for Jersey County, said. “That’s when we start doing livestock committee meetings, looking for judges for shows and scheduling dates.”

So, when COVID changed the usual way of doing things, Jaffry and her colleagues took a deep breath, “pledged their head to clearer thinking,” and traveled down the uncharted course of virtual 4-H. “Our unit did a great job of embracing the challenge of moving everything virtual. We moved it to offer virtual workshops and opportunities through zoom,” Jaffry said. “It actually worked really well, but a large part of what 4-H shows are for is so that our kids can experience that conference judging or project interview they get with that judge. And, while our judges did a fantastic job providing comments and advice, kids missed that face-to-face experience.”

Indeed, just because one can doesn’t mean they always should, so when things eventually start going back to normal, the plan is to go back to the face-to-face format of project judging.

It’s hard to keep kids focused when they have to do almost everything virtually. It’s especially hard in the 4-H format, given that the program is designed to incorporate a great deal of interpersonal and group communication.

April Littig, who is the 4-H and youth development educator for Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan and Scott counties, expressed that keeping kids engaged has been a prime concern for those who work in the realm of 4-H and the Extension service.

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Left: Jerseyville FFA students who opted for the in-person learning format last fall sit socially distanced in their agriculture classroom.

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Below: Jerseyville FFA students rehearse with the high school marching band in preparation for honoring local veterans last fall. The Jersey Community High School FFA is known for their annual participation in community events, such as the Veteran’s Day parade, where they honor the sacrifices made by veterans through their procession of the American flag while in their official dress.

4-H, CONTINUED FROM PG. 9 “The one thing we wanted to make sure when we were working from home was keeping the kids engaged,” Littig said. “They’re already doing virtual meetings everyday, so you still want to make sure they’re having fun.”

Litton kept things lively with Facebook live videos, covering topics like public speaking and challenging 4-H members to post updates of their projects, be they livestock or general projects.

Littig has been professionally involved in 4-H for 20 years, so from her perspective, it has been an educational curve.

“It was a disappointment [for 4-H members] to not be at the fair with their friends. It’s that socialization– whether it’s school, sports– they missed out,” Littig explained. “For us in Extension, it was a different year, but it was a learning process. I didn’t think I was ever going to do a Facebook live video in my lifetime, but you learn new skills and adapt.”

In Jersey County, Jaffry noticed that, in overseeing virtual workshops that are normally in-person, there was a surprising level of participation.

“All my workshops are offered to anyone in 4-H, but the workshop itself is in Jersey County. Now, I’m offering stuff virtually, which allows kids to participate without transportation being an obstacle,” Jaffry said. “We’ve had kids participate from outside the state because they don’t have to

worry about travel.”

Jaffry is aware, though, that not all workshops can be effectively executed virtually, which is why she doesn’t plan on keeping the completely online format going any longer than is necessary, although it has given her insight into how she might better serve 4-H members going forward.

“I can see in the future continuing with some hybrid options,” Jaffry said. “I see that for 4-H and all of Extension because for areas such as economic development, horticulture and nutrition and wellness, the population targeted can’t get out of the house. Being able to offer workshops in different settings allowed us to expand in different ways we hadn’t originally thought about.”

Though this past year has worked to help expand horizons using a virtual format, 4-H members are eager to get back into a more hands-on, face-to-face format, but that all depends on what state authorities decide.

“All these kids want to show what they’ve accomplished this year,” Littig said. “You’ve got to think positive. This year may be a little different, but we’re going to make it work.”

Of course, it goes without saying that Jaffry, Littig, their colleagues and 4-H’ers are anxious to get back to a normal format, but they’re more prepared this year than last year for whatever may come their way, whether it be virtual, face-toface or a mix of the two.

As of now, local 4-H and Extension professionals are waiting to hear about what the plan is for the rest of 2021, but they are preparing for both the best and the worst outcomes in the meantime.

“To be honest, we haven’t gotten the guidance yet,” Littig said. “We’re hoping to hear soon.”

Jaffry expressed a similar statement. “[The decision] will be made by the state. Now, will that apply for the entire state or will it be local, we don’t know.

We don’t know if it’s month by month, region by region or county by county. We’re hoping the decision will be made soon, but it’s incredibly hard to make that decision,” Jaffry said.

Currently, Littig and Jaffry are preparing for the upcoming fair season, as are Extension and 4-H professionals throughout the state. Though naturally there is some apprehension in proceeding as normal, it’s still the best option for the moment.

“I’m hopeful we’ll put together a great experience for the kids this year. At this point, we’re rolling with the punches,” Jaffry said.

Despite the strangeness of the past year, 4-H is still accepting new members as normal. Those interested in joining the youth development organization are encouraged to contact their local Extension office.

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Property owners still dealing with pipeline issues

By CONNOR ASHLOCK Campbell Publications In December 2019, Spire announced that it had completed its STL pipeline project, which was the construction of a natural gas pipeline that now runs through Jersey, Greene and Scott counties.

But, among landowners in these counties who were affected by the pipeline, there are several that have taken issue with the Spire STL pipeline project and have sought redress for the company’s activities on their properties.

One of these landowners is Kenny Davis, who lives in Scott County. Davis has consistently vocalized for over a year that Spire caused considerable damage to his property.

“They were supposed to put my property back to pre-construction,” Davis said.

“They didn’t do that.”

Davis lives on several acres in southern Scott County that he privately utilizes for hunting and timber. When Spire first approached him about the pipeline in 2017, he was told by Spire that they would be going down the east side of his property.

Davis wasn’t keen on the project coming down his property, but agreed to have the company install the pipeline.

“They were supposed to go down the east side of my property and they didn’t,” Davis

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Davis was informed that the decision was made to go down the middle of his property less than a week before the work began.

“I called the project manager and asked him if they were going down the east side or the middle and he said down the middle,” Davis noted.

What stood out to Davis was the response he received about the decision.

“I was told that they would be going down the middle and there wasn’t a dang thing I could do about it,” Davis said.

Davis hunts deer on his property as well as harvests timber for burning in the winter months. Since the pipeline’s construction on his property, Davis asserts his hunting and wood harvesting activities have been affected. Additionally, Davis planned to eventually build a house on the property, as he has recently retired and was hoping to enjoy the coming years living on the land.

“I was going to build a house on the property. I’ve got rural water that I put in a long time ago because I intended on building a house,” Davis said. “I can’t build a house on it, and my hunting has really suffered for it.”

In going down the middle of his property, work crews had to remove timber that stood in the right-of-way, and Davis claims that he wasn’t allowed to harvest the timber, which was one of the reasons why he initially

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The Illinois Department of Agriculture has been out to Davis’ property to test the soil to determine if any damage was sustained, and according to Davis, there was.

“We dug 36 inches deep and measured how much compaction there was. We found chunks of rocks not natural to the ground, stick and stakes in my crop field, found all kinds of debris, so what IDOA says is to de-rock it 42 inches deep, then put down new topsoil, because it was mixed with the subsoil,” Davis said.

Now, Davis says that Spire hasn’t done anything to fix the problems he claims they caused on his land. Further, Davis expressed aggravation against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversaw construction of the Spire STL pipeline.

“FERC has not done their job at all,” Davis said. “If FERC would do their job, we would get some action. They didn’t enforce any of their rules to begin with.”

Complaints have been filed in court, but thus far, landowners have not seen much progress since they began pursuing legal action. A hearing is expected to be held in March.

A few weeks ago, Davis had to have another soil sample taken from his property, stating that he needed a more up-to-date

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Kenny Davis took this picture of work crews digging in wet conditions on his property during the installation process of the Spire STL pipeline.

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“I’ve got nine to 11 inches of topsoil on my property and it’s a light brown. It’s timber born, not black, but you can still see the difference between the topsoil and the subsoil. Inside the right-of-way [of the pipeline] you can’t determine which is which. It’s all gray clay,” Davis said.

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New pumps to increase Sny Levee’s drainage power

By CONNOR ASHLOCK Campbell Publications The Sny Island Levee Drainage District protects 114,000 acres consisting of productive cropland, cross-country pipelines and an economy that spans over three counties that know the untamable force of the Mississippi River.

About 1,200 residents live in the district’s immediate confines, but thousands have been affected by flooding, as has been seen in 1993, 2008 and most recently, 2019.

The Sny has been making headlines lately for the district’s construction of two new pump houses, one immediately adjacent to Pump Station 1, located at Hull, and another one at Pleasant Hill right next to Pump Station 3a.

With two new pumps being added at each pump house, coupled with the existing pumps that were installed in the 1960s, Mike Reed, district superintendent, hopes that the district will stand a better chance at combating the effects of increased interior flooding due to rainfall and more intense water seepage into the interior from the river.

“There are so many variables that go into this, but we fully anticipate [the new pumps] to be operational this year, hopefully by this summer,” Reed said. “But again, so much depends on weather and the river.”

The levee district’s history formally begins in 1879, when sleds pulled by mules and horses were used to construct the levee system.

“It’s the oldest and first levee and drainage district in Illinois,” Reed said.

Given its 142-year history, it’s seen a lot of change in how the Mississippi behaves.

There was once a time when portions of the river would dry up if the conditions were right. Farmers drove teams of horses through shallow water or even dry land to farm the islands that scattered the surface of the water. Despite this, though, the river was also known to spill beyond its banks, prompting early residents to barricade themselves against its encroachment.

Through the years, locals have come to learn that not only do they have to account

for the river itself, but water from all sources.

“Obviously our recent past would suggest we’re having more frequent higher-flood events,” Reed said. “There have also been a lot of changes within the Mississippi River Basin within the last 30 to 40 years.”

Reed explained that with more development in area communities, which translates to more non-permeable ground that allows runoff at a faster pace, as well as more drain tile being employed by farmers to more efficiently drain land, the river channel is being fed more water at a faster rate than in previous decades.

Additionally, there has been heavier, more frequent and more intense rainfall, according to Reed.

Reed’s assertion is based on a study by the American Geophysical Union in 2016 that observed the frequency, duration, intensity and volume of rainfall throughout the United States.

An area in which all four of those factors increased was between Rock Island and St. Louis, according to Reed.

These factors, combined with increased development in the Mississippi River Basin, explain why floods such as the 1993 and 2019 floods aren’t as rare as people would like them to be anymore. These factors likewise impact pumping efficiency in the Sny. “The river elevation impacts pumping capacity because the higher the river, the less capacity you have to pump water out of the interior part of your system,” Reed explained.

“So, the increased river stages we have been seeing here the last several years, coupled with more intense and frequent rainfall, has dictated we need additional pumping capacity to keep the interior part of the system dry.”

According to Reed, the river has been gradually increasing in height over the years, which poses a significant problem in interior drainage.

“The pumps we now have were designed for river stages we saw in the 60s, 70s and 80s, when a 22 or 23-foot river was high.

Now, that is almost an every-year occurrence, and some years, it’s much worse than that,” Reed said. “The problem we were encountering with the existing pump stations

Pipeline, CONTINUED FROM PG. 11 Davis would like for his ground to be returned to how it formerly looked, but he knows that it’ll never be that way again.

“I had all timber ground, and it ain’t ever going to come back,” Davis said.

“They had to have workspace, so they had 90 feet of workspace and 50 feet of right-of-way, so they destroyed 140 feet and took all my timber off. I can’t grow trees there.”

Davis commended the Illinois Department of Agriculture for their work, stating that he was glad they got involved.

“I’m glad they got involved and did what they did, but they can’t take it any farther than that. Someone has to enforce it, and FERC is that guy,” Davis said.

As affected landowners such as Davis continue to explore what can be done to rectify the situation as best as it can possibly be, they are aware that the damage is done, but after the matter is eventually settled, at least for Davis, he hopes that in the least, there will be some consideration for what he has gone through because of the Spire STL pipeline project.

were they were not designed to pump against these higher river stages. The higher those stages grow, the less efficient the existing pumps go.”

These higher river stages and more frequent rainfall events are contributing to decreased efficiency of the pumps because they’re getting an extended workout that they weren’t ever designed to handle. The solution, then, has been to bolster the overall efficiency of the Sny through the addition of more pumps.

The pumps at Hull, both the old and the new, are 58-inch diameter pumps, while both the new and old pumps at Pleasant Hill are 72-inch diameter pumps.

“We’re putting in the same size, they’re just designed to be more efficient,” Reed explained.

The incorporation of these pumps into the district’s drainage efforts has been a long time coming, as it’s getting more difficult to keep the water out from the interior of the levee.

Indeed, water seepage was already a serious issue when the third-highest flood in the Upper Mississippi Valley region’s modern history made drainage efforts difficult in 2008, but the situation hardly changed when the second-highest flood on record struck in 2019.

“Seep water is always coming into the drainage district,” Reed said. “There’s always

that pressure from the river, but during flood events it’s even worse— significantly worse.

So the seep water is the issue, coupled with heavy rain events at the same time.”

And, even though the levee hasn’t endured a breach since the Great Flood of 1993, the seepage, which is intensified by higher river stages, as well as heavier rains the last several seasons, have contributed to thousands of acres of crop loss.

“It wasn’t from river flooding, but because of higher river stages,” Reed said. “These new pump stations are state-of-the-art and designed to be more efficient, allowing more pumping capacity during high-river events.”

Once the new pumps become fully operational though, work in the Sny Levee Drainage District will still be a long way from completion, as there will need to be plenty of interior infrastructural work to make sure water is being diverted to the pumps and out into the river.

“There will definitely be different drainage patterns,” Reed said.

Culverts will have to be enlarged to ensure the pumps can be used and steps taken to ensure seep and rainwater have the ability to efficiently move to the pump houses.

But, before those issues are tackled, Reed wants to take care of getting the pumps fully operational first. The new pumps are expected to be in working order by the end of summer 2021.

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Fiber internet to impact Calhoun infrastructure

By CONNOR ASHLOCK Campbell Publications A major infrastructural project is currently underway in Calhoun County that will affect how residents will interact with the internet.

Since 2013, the Illinois Electric Cooperative has been undertaking the enormous task of supplying fiber optic internet throughout the entire county, the largest project ever undertaken by the cooperative in its nearly 85-year-long history in terms of cost and construction, according to Illinois Electric Cooperative General Manager Randy Long.

Fiber optic internet promises faster internet speed than traditional means of internet access like dial-up and satellite, which has proven all the more necessary as society becomes more digitized.

Now, people can earn degrees online, start and manage online businesses, execute official government duties and stay connected with a global community, unless they have a poor internet connection, which is a common problem in rural areas such as Calhoun County.

Though different government agencies define rural and urban differently, the area encompassed

by Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike and Scott counties is classified by the United States Department of Agriculture as rural. The same is largely true for the Census Bureau, aside from the three urban clusters of Jerseyville, White Hall and Pittsfield, which are dubbed as urban by the Census Bureau because they possess populations greater than 2,500 persons.

“Rural residents don’t have the same opportunities as their counterparts,” Long said. “Especially since the pandemic started, people have become more aware of how much broadband is needed in these areas. The need is there and we recognize it more than ever.”

Many people, though, are aware that the internet has a history of making itself scarce.

If multiple people in one area are using the same interest source, it will normally lag. Though it harkens back to the days when someone had to wait to browse the web because another was on the phone, today the situation is a little more serious. As the pandemic has shown, it can be difficult to get much of anything done if you have multiple people under one roof working from home and remote learning at the same time, as the internet will be too slow for people to work efficiently.

As time moves forward, this situation will remain commonplace unless something is done about it, and this is where fiber internet comes in.

“Fiber internet allows individuals and families to do more online at the same time,” according to the frequently asked questions page on calhounfiber.com. “Unlike DSL or satellite internet service, fiber has enough bandwidth to handle virtually any amount of internet use.”

Currently, 56 miles of fiber optic cable has already been installed that spans the entire length of the county.

“It extends up to Pearl, where the fiber source is, and we built south to Brussels,” Long said. “We followed existing poles through the length of the county.”

Long expects that over the course of the next

five years, approximately 700 miles of fiber will be strung or buried in the county, reaching 3,000 consumers. He also anticipates the project to cost about $15 million, although grant monies have been assisting in the project’s funding.

The 56 miles that have already been stretched down the county will serve as the backbone for the whole fiber optic system, which was achieved in part through the help of Brussels Unit School District and Calhoun Unit School District.

“The school districts applied for and received E-rate money that provided partial funding to get broadband service to the school,” Long said. “The Hardin and Brussels schools now have fiber broadband service and we have this backbone running down the county that we can build off of.”

E-rate money is provided through the Federal Communications Commission and is set aside for schools and libraries so they can better their telecommunications systems and internet access.

Additionally, the co-op was awarded a $3,443,670 Connect Illinois grant, which allows it to build in specific areas of the county.

“The grant will allow us to build in Brussels, Hardin, Winneberg, Batchtown and Kampsville,” Long explained. “The requirements of the grant are that we have to build in those areas in the next three years.”

Arguably the mightiest task for the co-op, though, is obtaining all the required easements in order to see the project through, which has taken, so far, five years to get to the point they’re at now.

Long explained that the co-op has met with landowners and has held community meetings to generate support, answer questions and get the necessary easements signed that will allow for the fiber optic to be installed where it needs to be to ensure access to co-op members and other Calhoun residents.

“We have an enormous amount of easements already, and the people of Calhoun have been great about that, but [securing easements] dictates the speed in which we build,” Long said. “A refusal of easements could delay the project or make it impossible to build into some areas.”

But, as time goes on, more easements are expected to be obtained, which will allow the co-op to build into the most rural regions of the county.

Of course, broadband fiber connection benefits the agricultural community as well, especially Calhoun farmers.

Calhoun farmers produce a variety of products that contribute to the state’s reputation for diverse agricultural products, including apples, peaches, beef, pork, pumpkins and grain crops, among others.

Those engaged in farming today, no matter the type of operation, are interacting increasingly more with precision agriculture, and growth in research and use of this technologically advanced approach to farming is dramatically affecting all levels of the economy, from local to global.

In order to engage effectively with precision agriculture, though, strong and reliable internet is critical.

Aside from precision agriculture, farmers in and beyond Calhoun are more than aware of social

media’s usefulness in promoting agricultural products to broader audiences. Online advertising and marketing strategies expand one’s reach from a small locality to an entire region.

And the internet hasn’t served to solely broaden the horizon of farms, but farmer’s markets, county fairs, University of Illinois Extension services and other elements of agricultural life. “[Fiber broadband] opens up another avenue to markets and gives farmers the ability to get the data they need in their industry,” Long said.

Both agricultural and non-agricultural businesses are relying more on fiber broadband access, meaning that it brings an economical edge to the county as a whole.

“It tends to stimulate the economy as a whole,” Long said. “Studies have shown that in rural communities that have adopted broadband access, unemployment tends to fall and employment tends to rise, so it’s probably one of the best economic development tools for today.”

For Calhoun County, fiber broadband access is the best option for internet access for another reason, which is the county’s topography.

Undulating hills, steep bluffs, long hollows and high ridges add to the distinctiveness of the penninsular county, as well as contribute to its issues with internet access.

Julia Eberlin, a Calhoun resident, farmer’s wife and vice president of the Illinois Electric Cooperative’s board of directors, explained that the project has proven to be long and arduous, but in the end,

the board is convinced that the countywide fiber broadband access will positively impact the county in numerous ways, some more obvious than others.

“I think it will bring more people in,” Eberlin said. “What we see in rural areas all the time is our young people moving to other places for bigger and better opportunities, so hopefully this will persuade more of them to stay. As a Calhoun resident, I’m very excited about getting fiber.”

From an agricultural standpoint, Eberlin noted that farm-related activities are requiring faster and more reliable internet than in the past.

“GPS, mapping, precision application of fertilizers and chemicals– it takes more and more internet all the time. For instance, my husband was taking a pesticide application test and it was all online and the licensing was all on the internet,” Eberlin said.

As the world continues to transition into a more online format, giving rural residents the tools they need to succeed in business, education and life will include reliable internet access.

The effort to provide this reliable access to the residents of Calhoun will take several more years to accomplish, but steps like this are those in the right direction to ensure that better opportunities for individuals are found close to home.

Calhoun residents who have yet to sign an easement and are interested in doing so can start the process at www.calhounfiber.com. The website will also be of assistance to those who would like to know more about the project to bring fiber internet to Calhoun County.

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