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INSIDE NEWS Country music superstar Heath Sanders brings message of hope.

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SCHOOL

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North Greene expecting $2.7 million in ESSER funding this fall grams, hire staff or even pay existing staff,”

By CARMEN ENSINGER North Greene Superintendent Mark Scott said.

Greene Prairie Press “I called the Illinois State Board of Education Another much larger round of funding (ISBE), and they said we can even offer merit will be coming to school districts this sum- pay to teachers, kind of like the government is mer from the federal government through the giving out stimulus money. We can give, say, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency $500 to every employee in the district. We can Relief (ESSER) proalso hire summer gram. school staff, pay bus The grant is due “It is a lot of money, and it drivers, do any type

by July 1, and disof renovations or tricts have already is our job to spend it in the additions, pay salabeen told approxi- most prudent way possible. ries, benefits, offer mately how much before- and afterthey will be receiv- I think we need to look at all school programs ing from this round options.” and buy technology. of funding. This is It is pretty open.” the third round of One idea that ESSER funding.

Scott brought before Casey Nell While Carrollton the board was payNorth Greene School Board member and Greenfield will ing off the bus lease both be receivon the five buses the ing around $900,000, more than double the district has. $400,000 amount they received in round two, “If we did that, we would own them outNorth Greene will be receiving a whopping right, and it would take a lot of heat off the $2.7 million, also more than double the $1.3 transportation fund not to have to make those million they received in round two. lease payments,” Scott said. “I requested the At the April 21 meeting, North Greene payoff amount and it is $341,000.”

School Board members discussed ways to Scott said while the district could hire new utilize this $2.7 million windfall coming their teachers, the problem is once this money is way. gone, the district may struggle to pay those The federal government is being very teachers. The money has to be spent by the end lenient in what school districts can use the of 2022-23 school year. money for.

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Tigers take Super WIVC Champion crown

Greenfield-Northwestern’s coach, Joe Pembrook, talks to the Tigers after they defeat Camp Point Central for the Super WIVC Champion crown. “We have talked about what the world has taken away from you during this last year, but, I am proud of this group for pulling together and giving it everything you had.

I don’t know where we would have ended up in a regular season of play, but, I‘ll say it one time, you could have made it all the way,” Pembrook said.

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Greenfield to host summer school for youngest students

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press For the first time in 10 years, Greenfield School District will host summer school for kindergarten and first grade students.

“Since we are a targeted Title I school right now, they are kind of looking to see what the lower numbers are,” Superintendent Kevin Bowman said. “Being gone last year since March, they are going to try to catch some kids up.”

The summer school is part of the Title I schoolwide plan, which was discussed with the board by Pam Arnold. This schoolwide plan will open services to more students with more flexibility in how funds are spent.

“She has not held a summer school since 2010, but funding has provided this opportunity to help students who are struggling,” Bowman said. “Summer school will run for half days for two weeks.

Transportation and food will be provided to those who participate. At this time, there are seven students in kindergarten and 14 in first grade who are eligible to attend.”

Bowman said a family night is being planned next week to explain the program to parents and to get final numbers. Job vacancies will be posted for three positions to teach in the program.

Board member Elliott Turpin reported on the Greenfield Foundation for Educational Excellence pork chop dinner that

was held recently. The dinner was an amazing success, netting a profit of $4,630.57 for the foundation.

The next meeting will be held on May 13.

Beth Burrow gave an update on the school farm, located at the old Producers Livestock Association plant, south of the junction.

“The kids in our CTE program and our FFA kids have been working together to get everything fixed up out there,” Bowman said. “They have really done a lot of cleaning up out there, and it’s pretty exciting.

They have some chickens and rabbits out there now.”

The facility is currently housing 50 laying hens, 30 meat birds and a family of rabbits. The FFA would like to host their annual petting zoo

at the farm, but the bathroom needs to be finished first.

District architect Tony Audo spoke to the board on the football field lights bid numbers. Two bids were received, one from Pointer Electric for $228,950 and one from All Purpose Erectors for $227,628.

The board decided to go with the low bid from All Purpose Erectors.

Audo explained that soil borings were conducted to determine the depth needed to support new poles and lights. The borings went as deep as 40 feet and were all sand and small amounts of clay. New poles will be set in concrete with specific depths relating to the information obtained from borings.

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Heath Sanders, right, and fellow musician, Casey Pariday, perform at Copper Stills and Mash in Carrollton last Saturday night. The venue was packed with the rising Nashville star performing for nearly four hours and hanging around afterwards to talk with fans.

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Alfonso’s receives Carrollton Hometown Pride Award The Carrollton Lions Club awarded the Hometown Pride Award for April to Alfonso’s Pizza on the square. Last year, Alfonso’s took the lull in business from COVID to have the upper portion of the building tuck pointed, like several other businesses on the square, giving the 100-plus-year-old building a much fresher look. Left to right: Lions Club member John Quandt, Elena Sasieta, Alfonso Sasieta, Lion Nick Graham and Lion Sam Cox.

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Unless one is a true country music aficionado perusing the internet for the newest in country music talent, chances are the name Heath Sanders has never crossed your radar.

But, if one happened to score a ticket to his show at Copper Stills and Mash in Carrollton Saturday night, then consider yourself among the lucky ones to get an opportunity to see one of the Nashville’s fastest-rising stars.

Heath Sanders had no childhood

dreams of becoming a country music star, though music was a big part of his life growing up in a tiny dirt-road community outside Marshall, Ark., known as Zack Ridge, with his lower-middle-class bluecollar parents and grandparents.

At the age of 18, he began working in the oil fields and loved the work since he could work all the overtime he wanted, affording him a lifestyle that he would become accustomed to that would ultimately lead him into the music industry.

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Pentagon ordered to disclose UFO info

By BILL HOAGLAND On Feb. 21 of this year, a pilot on an American Airline flight in New Mexico reported seeing a silver “torpedo” object flying above his plane and at a much greater speed in the same direction.

There is simply no earthly explanation for this sighting, but it is not the only UFO or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in recent months. There have been others, including objects that exhibit no exhaust and that appear to come to a complete stop in the sky and then zoom off at incredible speeds or that seemingly disappear into the ocean.

When questioned about these ongoing observations, the Pentagon has stated they cannot explain these sightings, but they do now acknowledge that they are real and not the result of someone’s imagination.

For years, some folks have felt that the Pentagon, and for that matter, the entire US government, has not been candid about these sightings and that they know much more than they are revealing.

If you are one of those folks, it may interest you to know that all intelligence agencies of the US government are now

required to make a full disclosure to the public of everything they know about UFOs on or before June 25. This is by virtue of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which was enacted in late December 2020.

John Ratcliffe was the Director of National Intelligence when this legislation was enacted. In an interview conducted on Feb. 20 of this year, Ratcliffe was asked what the public can expect to be revealed when the government responds to this reporting requirement. He said that there have been “quite a few” sightings that cannot be logically explained and that these sightings have been occurring “all over the world.”

He went on to say that some of these sightings were corroborated by multiple sources, both human and electronic at the same time, thereby eliminating any doubt that they did in fact occur.

Apparently, the information to be released still must first be declassified.

That suggests that to the extent these sightings may involve something China and Russia are believed to be responsible for, that information will not be declassified and released.

But if the information

does not appear to involve Russia or China, the Pentagon and the rest of the intelligence agencies are supposed to reveal what they know, and it could be unsettling. Ratcliffe suggests that the public will be surprised by the sheer volume of unexplainable sightings that have not been previously revealed.

As I am writing this column on April 16, a video taken by military personnel was released yesterday to the public purporting to show a “swarm” of triangular-shaped UFOs circling and “harassing” a US Navy vessel just off the California coast. This sighting has also been confirmed to be the “real deal.”

As the government declassifies the UFO information on hand, here is my question: what if they really do have something more than a bunch of inexplicable “sightings” on radar?

What if they actually have in their possession debris from a crashed spaceship,

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as suggested by journalist Ben Mezrich, in his book, “The 37th Parallel”?

If the government has something of a tangible nature in their possession — such as debris from a crashed spaceship — leaving no doubt that we are not “alone,” should it be declassified and disclosed? In other words, if such material exists, is the world ready for confirmation that we are not “alone?” When you consider the ramifications of such a disclosure, maybe not. Stay tuned. June 25 is only two months away.

––––––––––––––––––– 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.

(Continued from A1) “Talking with other districts and other financial people, they are suggesting we do things that have long term results,” Scott said. “We would like to bring back band, chorus and art, but where would we put them? Our buildings are pretty packed now. Do you add on to both buildings? Do we build a STEM building at the high school?”

Board member Casey Nell brought up that they are sitting on an empty school building that is only being used to house the ACE school and the CNA program and sitting there talking about adding onto the other two schools when they already have another whole school that could be utilized if they had to.

Board member Stacy Schutz said she would like to see bringing back band, music and art at the elementary become a priority.

“If you do want to bring back the band and music, we have to have a space for it,” Scott said.

One possible way to make more room at the elementary school would be to move sixth grade to the junior/senior high

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Sanders (Continued from A1) Fast forward to 2017 when the price of gas fell. Sanders’ overtime became non-existent and his work was reduced to the standard 40-hour work week.

Unfortunately, the lifestyle he was accustomed to required a much higher income, and he had to pick up a side gig to supplement his income.

The only thing that made any sense to him was to pick up his guitar and start playing music to earn a few bucks on the side. He enjoyed music and had dabbled in writing some songs, so it made perfect sense.

Sanders wasn’t the only one hurting during this time.

One of his first gigs was for a friend who owned a bar and restaurant.

“The first place I ever played was my best friend’s steakhouse and bar and grill in Lesley, Ark.,” Sanders said. “I just played for tips that night because I just wanted to bring people in. I was doing it to let people know he was there because people can’t know you and can’t love you or love your company if they don’t know you exist, so just to be able to get the word out and spread the word – I was helping him out and he was helping me out at the same time.”

He made a Facebook page to promote himself and started getting some paying gigs, and then in 2018, a friend dared him to post a cover of Chris Stapleton’s “Either Way.”

The cover of the song went viral, and one of America’s most popular DJs, Bobby Bones, just happened to see it and requested a phone interview. After the interview with Bobby Bones, Sanders went back and finished a song he started 13 years prior called “Bloodlines” and performed it in Nashville on the Bobby Bones Show in front of a panel of three critics. These critics suggested that Sanders should take his hobby and turn it into a career. As they say, the rest is history.

Sanders signed with the Valory Music Co. in December of 2019 and soon released his first EP titled Common Ground, a four-track project of original music.

Sanders said Carrollton is so much like his hometown, and he is certainly glad he made the decision to perform here.

“It is literally like coming home to me,” he said. “I literally just made an Instagram video this evening about how being from Arkansas you pretty much just go on hearsay about the different states and the kind of cities that represent those states. In Illinois, you hear about Chicago, but then you come to a place like Carrollton, and you realize how many folks are here that are just like the people that you grew up around. These little town squares are all over the place and make up the

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(Continued from A1) “We will be replacing 10 poles with four poles and will be updating the lights as well so we shouldn’t have to worry about lights for a long time,” Bowman said. “But since there will only be four poles, the banks of lights on those poles will be much larger, so they are going to have to use quite a bit of concrete to stabilize it and bore down at least 34 feet.”

Greenfield will be getting around $900,000 in grant funding in the third round of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. While some districts might be making plans on what they are going to spend the money on, Bowman says he remains cautiously optimistic when it comes to free money, given the history of the State of Illinois and their payments to school districts.

“I’ve been around long

enough to worry about the State of Illinois making their payments to districts,” Bowman said. “Since we are getting all of this money from the federal government, are they going to turn around and say, ‘Since you are getting all this money from the feds, we are not going to give you all you are supposed to get in state funding?’ That is a real concern of mine.”

In other action, the board: Q Authorized the superintendent to post for part-time summer maintenance workers.

Q Approved hiring Shannon Cole as junior high boys track head coach.

Q Approved hiring Kayla Gerber as the high school English teacher for 2021-22.

Q Accepted Russ Bishop’s resignation as junior high boys’ basketball assistant coach and pee wee boys’ basketball head coach.

entire country. We carry the entire world on our back, and I absolutely love being here.

If I could do a small-town tour instead of going to all these big cities, I absolutely would.”

And the people of Carrollton were just like the people in his hometown – friendly to the core.

“Everybody I talked to today has been super friendly, even outside of the show,” Sanders said. “Just going out to eat and stuff, folks were super friendly to us and they were good to us just like they are back home and I just love it. I’ll come back anytime y’all want me to because this place is just like home.”

Sanders said Brantley Gilbert said it best in one of his songs.

“In his song ‘Country Must Be Country Wide’ he really hit the nail on the head,” he said. “Because it is everywhere. Before three years ago, I had never been north of Missouri or West of Texas, and now I have seen all of the United States and been down to Mexico and I tell you, there is a lot more of us (country folk) than we think there are – there truly is.”

Sanders went on to praise the resiliency and grit that set country folks apart, even today.

“I guarantee you right now, country folk like myself and y’all – we would survive if something were to happen

Q Accepted Tony Albrecht’s resignation as junior high boys’ basketball head coach.

Q Accepted the retirement of Todd Graham as middle school social science teacher effective the end of the 202021 school year Q Approved Christine Lansaw as junior high track volunteer.

Q Approved the low bid from Prairie Farms for milk and Robert Sanders Waste Systems for refuse collection.

Q Authorized staff to attend the IASB convention in Chicago in November.

Q Approved the IESA renewal.

Q Approved the bus bid as submitted from Midwest Transit for a 2019 bus.

Q Approved the Title I schoolwide plan as submitted.

Q Approved the Title I summer school plan as submitted.

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school. This, however, was not a very popular idea with the board who felt that sixthgraders were too young to be around high school students, even if they are in a different wing of the building.

Scott also said the two boilers in the administrative building need replaced.

“We had two companies come in here and look at them, and they both said we are going to be lucky to get another season out of them,” Scott said. “In fact, only one of them is working right now.”

Another possible way to spend some of the funds is to upgrade the furniture in the buildings.

“We have upgraded our buildings, but the furniture inside is old and ratty,” Scott said. “We can upgrade our current furniture. I just think we need to set some priorities to get the most bang out of our buck.”

Board member Casey Nell agreed.

“It is a lot of money, and it is our job to spend it in the most prudent way possible,” he said. “I think we need to look at all options.”

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Raymond William Westerhold, Jr, 80 of Kansas City, Missouri left this world unexpectedly on April 9, 2021 doing what he loved best. Bill or “Westy” as he was known by many, was a husband, father, brother, grandfather and good friend.

Bill was born July 2,1940 in Whitehall, IL to Raymond William Westerhold, Sr and Addie Seely Westerhold. He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Ruth DiAnn Westerhold, his daughter Heidi and son-inlaw, David Baty of Houston, TX; son Bill and daughterin-law Molly of Roanoke, VA; daughter Tressa & son-in-law Havard Madsen from Fredrikstad, Norway and his youngest daughter, Alicia and son-in-law, Ryan Condron of Parkville, MO. He is also survived by his brother & best friend, John his sister-in-law, Kathy and his ten grandchildren: Tyler, Dane, Kaitlyn, Jenna, Madelyn, Eva, Will, Ella, Reese & Rhett.

Bill spent his childhood getting into mischief with his little brother John on the family farm and graduated from White Hall high school in 1958. From there, he continued his education at Southern Illinois University obtaining his undergraduate degree in Agriculture and earning a fellowship, which sent him to the Ohio

State University where he received his Masters and PhD. He pursued a long and successful career in AgChem marketing & sales with Shell Chemical Company and later, DuPont. In those 33 years, “Westy” made many of his dearest friendships with those he mentored, worked for and worked alongside.

Those that knew “Westy” knew of his hard-working nature - he retired not once, but twice and unlike most, he found that the rest, relaxation and golf that came with retirement just didn’t suit him. In 2001, he came out of his second retirement to begin a new career as a realtor in the Kansas City market. Bill quickly learned the trade and formed many dear relationships amongst

the real estate community over the next 19 years. Last spring, Bill called it quits and OFFICIALLY retired before his 80th birthday.

Throughout his career and many moves across the country, wherever Bill went, he quickly formed friendships founded on his love of storytelling, his audacious humor, hardworking spirit, lawncare regimen and his occasional gentlemen’s wager on his favorite (and in his eyes, the ONLY) football team, the Ohio State Buckeyes.

“Westy’s” work ethic is hard to rival, but one that has had a lasting impact on those he’s had the pleasure to be around – his colleagues, his children and even his grandchildren. He was quoted as saying, that the secret to his success is that “you just have to work a little harder than the next guy.” -- And that’s exactly what he did, even in his final days riding his tractor mower with his faithful dachshund by his side. “You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy.”

He will be greatly missed.

The family will be having a celebration of life in early July and welcome friends and family to attend. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Heart Association in his name.

Richard Reno

Richard G. Reno, age 92, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by loved ones on Monday, April 19, 2021.

He was born November 24, 1928 in Kane, Illinois.

He was the son of the late Georgie S. and Cecilia (Berry) Reno.

Richard married the love of his life, Dorothea Mae Cope, on February 28, 1949 at Kane Baptist Church three years after they met. They enjoyed 72 years of marriage.

He was a lifelong member of Kane Baptist Church. He attended Woodberry Grade School and started high school in Kane, finishing his high school career at Carrollton High School, graduating in May of 1946.

Richard was a lifelong

dairy & grain farmer. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family.

Richard is survived by his wife, Dorothea, his children, Sharon (Ron) Albrecht, Beverly (Ken) Lake and Rick

(Ginger) Reno, a sister, Retha Vi Carr, as well as 77 grandchildren.

Richard was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Sue Reno, two grandsons, Marty Albrecht and Henry Coats, brother, Buddy DeWitt and brother-in-law, Raymond Carr.

Per his wishes, cremation services were provided by Crawford Funeral Home.

There will be a private burial at a later date. Memorials can be made to Kane Baptist Church.

Instead of a visitation, his family has requested family and friends stop by his home whenever they can to visit and share their memories.

Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by visiting www. crawfordfunerals.com

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Country music superstar Heath Sanders brings message of hope

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Sanders appeared in concert at Copper Stills and Mash Friday night to a sold out crowd and wowed the audience with a mixture of his own works plus covers of well known favorites for almost four hours.

Sanders was brought to Carrollton by Nick Graham, who first heard of him while surfing the internet one day.

“I saw him on the Bobby Bones Show on Youtube where he played one of his original songs called ‘Blood Lines,’” Graham said. “This song spoke about dirt roads and barbed-wire fences and so many things that we can relate to in Greene County. That video led me to watch more videos of his singing his original songs that could have been written about Greene County.”

So, Graham decided to take a chance and reach out to Sanders and see if he would be willing to come to Carrollton and do a show.

“I figured it doesn’t hurt to try, so I took a chance and asked him if he would come to Carrollton and do a show and he said yes,” Graham said. “His songs all have similar messages that small towns all over are facing challenges, but small towns are also filled with people who believe that their future is brighter than their past and have to grit to go make a change. So for one night, we had this guy roll in and sing a bunch of these songs and maybe it would make an impact on all of us.”

One of Sanders’ original songs that really speaks to Graham is called “We Still Here.”

“That song is like an anthem to what we are going through right now with Kroger closing and all,” Graham said. “There is a line in there that goes ‘we still here, holdin’ it down, in this little old, middle of nowhere town, still tough, steel toed, still raisin’ ‘em up on them ole dirt roads, tractors and trucks…we still here.’”

Graham said that song contains a message that we all should heed. When Graham booked Sanders, he had no idea Kroger would be closing. Just the fact that

Sanders’ songs bring a message of small town grit and perseverance at a time when it is needed most could be called just a twist of fate.

“Yes, Kroger might be leaving, but we are not going anywhere,” he said. “One of the messages that I think we need to send out, loud and clear, is yes, we are facing challenges and those challenges are real, but we are presented with a unique opportunity to redefine what a grocery store in rural America looks like in 2021 and moving on.”

Bringing Sanders to town was just one small way to let the community and all of Greene County know that there are others out there facing the same challenges – this is not something unique to just this area.

“Heath was a little shot of inspiration for everyone I think,” Graham said.

“He was a little bit of, ‘We don’t live in Carrollton, but we got your back and we year ya, and there is a bunch of other good folks out there that are struggling with the same things, but just know you are not alone. You matter and although you may be physically isolated, you are not alone.’”

It has been almost two weeks since Kroger made the announcement they were closing, and Graham feels it is time for the pity party to end.

“Kroger leaving is one tough pill to swallow, but it doesn’t do any good to sit here and wail and complain and whine,” Graham said. “We have lost some important stores over the last few years, but it is time to focus on the fact that we have the Weller’s opening a state-of-the-art wedding venue on the edge of town, the county is getting ready to light up the courthouse.

There are so many positives that are coming and can come out of this, but we have to get out of this victim mentality and start being the survivors and not the victims.”

Easier said than done one might say.

“It is going to be tough and maybe a bit scary, and we are all a little bit insecure, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t do any good to sit here and mope in it,” Graham said. “We have got to pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and get back to work.”

Barrow Baptist Church news News from Barrow Baptist Church and Bro. Mancel Day. Our service times are 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, followed by 10:30 a.m. morning worship with kids church and nursery service available.

On Sunday, April 25, we had 26 attending Sunday school and 43 attending morning worship.

Remember our men and

women in uniform and the leaders of our nation in your prayers. Others to remember include Gerald and Junia Day, Connie Sturgeon, Lois Hart, Judy Cannon, Sandy Griffin, Brenda Pollard, Brad Fundel, Donnie McGee, Lucy Yerion, Chuck Roberts, Nichole Hambrecht, Gina Graham, Keith Wells, Amy Allen, Ray Steele and Shane

Jefferson. There were also several unspoken requests.

During morning worship, Rich Caskey sang “The Big Deceiver.”

Enjoy the nice weather this week, but also be aware of farmers and their equipment on the road.

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North Greene to co-op with Carrollton for cross country

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press North Greene School Board members discussed co-oping with Carrollton for cross country next year at the April 21 meeting, but first, the district has to create the program at the high school.

“We have had cross country at the junior high level but never at the high school,” Superintendent Mark Scott said. “Before we enter into an agreement with Carrollton, we need to create the activity and make it official.”

Scott said they also need to get an agreement with the teacher’s union on whether they go status quo for a year because the same person will be coaching both track and cross country until the next negotiation. Title 9 will not come into play because it is a co-ed sport.

The cross-country program at the junior high, along with the girls’ softball program at the junior high were self-funded sports. Athletic

Director Brett Berry asked if the stipend for the coach would be paid for by the school and if it would continue to be a self-funded sport.

Scott said he understood the need for selffunding sports at one time, but frankly, it is more work than it is worth.

“I get the whole thing about self-funding at the time the programs were created, but it is a nightmare,” he said. “We spend more time and effort billing the parent organizations for the transportation, officials, any supplies they might have, etcetera. We need to just make them official school sports and move on. I understand when times were tough, but that was several years ago.”

The co-op agreement is just for high school cross country and does not include junior high cross country, though both districts said they would be open to the idea of co-oping those as well.

Discussion was held on graduation. A date of May 28 at 7 p.m. has been set and the board was

unanimously in favor of an outdoor ceremony.

“By having it outside, we will not have to regulate the amount of people who can attend,” Scott said. “If we have it indoors, you will be limited on how many people who can attend. On the other hand, you are at the mercy of the weather. I’m just glad that we are going to be able to have a ceremony this year.”

Plans are to have the ceremony at the football field with chairs set up on the field for the parents and the bleachers to serve as seating for the graduates. A rain date would be the following day on Saturday.

High School Principal Amanda Macias has concerns over the outdoor ceremony.

“I love outdoor graduations, but if we do have to have a rain date, my concern is that we have presenters coming to give out the awards and scholarships who might not be available the following day,” she said. “If we do have it outside, we could give tickets to the kids

Carrollton honors State Scholars

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Carrollton School Board members, in their first open board meeting in more than a year, honored this year’s Illinois State Scholars at the April 19 board meeting. They are: Ellen Kangas, Emma Reynolds, Jenna Reynolds, Hannah Rhoades, Ella Richey and Daniel Vandersand.

Superintendent Mark Halwachs reported that the district received $16,366 for the month of March from the one-cent sales tax.

“That is a pretty good amount to receive – I think the most we ever received was around $17,000,” he said. “However, losing Kroger is going to really affect that amount in the coming months.”

On a more positive note, the district received a $750 donation from Tracey Schmidt of Country Financial. Halwachs said the grade school plans to use the money to purchase materials for their positive behavioral program.

The district received bids from CTS for HVAC replacement at the grade school and some abatement and upgrades in the ‘60s wing.

“We received a state construction maintenance grant which will pay for the first $50,000 of it,” Halwachs said. “The remainder will be paid for out of CARES money.”

The district received right at $400,000 in Elementary and Secondary School

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From left to right, Jenna Reynolds Emma Reynolds, Hannah Rhoades, Daniel Vandersand, Ellen Kangas and Ella Richey were recognized for being State Scholars.

Emergency Relief (ESSER) II funds.

These funds are to address the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Illinois received $569.4 million in ESSER I funding and an additional $2.2 billion in ESSER II funding. Additional funding is expected later in the year through ESSER III. Halwachs said the ESSER II funds will be used to replace the HVAC units at the grade school.

“I know since I have been here, we have had the heat pumps fail at the grade school at least five or six times,” Halwachs said. “Our plan is to upgrade the units with new heat pumps. The cost is about $550,000. We will use the ESSER II funds and some of the ESSER III when we get them.”

Halwachs said they will get around

$900,000 in ESSER III funds when they are distributed later in the year.

The district is looking at co-oping with North Greene in a cross-country program at the high school. North Greene, whose board meeting was two days later, did not have a high school cross-country program, but approved creating one and also approved the co-op with Carrollton.

The board approved increasing the substitute aide pay from $85 a day to $95 per day. This will keep within the minimum wage increase.

The district hired three volunteer coaches for the high school baseball program – Justin Pohlman, Jim Cox and Craig Sessions.

A special board meeting was called for April 27 for canvassing the votes for board members and picking new officers.

White Hall mayor recalls first job at Kroger

By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press While no one is happy to see Kroger closing their doors after more than 75 years in the communities of White Hall and Carrollton, no one is more upset than White Hall Mayor Brad Staats.

Why? Because Kroger was his very first job as a young man in high school and taught him some valuable life lessons during the six years he worked there throughout high school and afterwards.

When he received the news of their closing, he said it almost made him ill.

“When I got the call that day, I was literally sick to my stomach,” Staats said. “Eric (Halverson) called me and said, ‘Brad, I want you to know first hand because we got guys at Kroger in Carrollton and here in White Hall that are making the announcement to the employees right now,’ and I said those same exact words to him as well. This is a real devastation to this town and there is no rhyme or reason behind it.”

Staats was only 16 years old when he started working at Kroger stocking shelves and bagging groceries and taking them out to people’s cars.

“I got out of school at 3:25 and had to be at work at 3:30,” he said. “Back then, we had to wear a long-sleeve, buttondown shirt and a tie, so on the days I worked that is what I would wear to school so I could go right from school to work. I would work 'til 10 p.m. and sometimes till midnight stocking shelves.”

This was before the days of the plastic bags when all there was were paper bags, so there was an art to sacking up groceries. One had to be fast and good, and Staats prided himself on being both.

“We would bag the groceries and take them to the car for people, and most of the time I would be back in the store before the lady got done writing the check,” he said. “They would say to me, ‘Where are my groceries?’ and I would say, ‘They are in your car, ma’am. Have a good day and thank you.’”

Staats said he even had one lady who wrote a poem about him and his buddy, Kelly Goodman.

“Her name was Rosalie

Beiermann, and she wrote this long poem about me and Kelly,” he said. “We worked together a lot, and she wrote about how we would fly by and how we were very friendly and how we took care of her and bagged her groceries and were two very polite young men. I still have that poem at home.”

Staats said like many young men back then, he had to work.

“I worked so I could pay for my senior pictures and my class ring and stuff like that,” he said. “My parents didn’t have a lot of money, so I had to work for the things I wanted.

I didn’t get them handed to me like many of the kids do today.”

He learned a lot in his time on the job.

“I think the most important thing I learned while working there was to treat people the way I wanted to be treated,” he said. “That and to never take anything for granted because it could be gone tomorrow, just like this store is going to be gone — maybe not tomorrow, but very soon. You think something is going to be here forever, and the next thing you know it is gone. It can happen in the blink of an eye.”

As mayor of White Hall, Staats is forced to deal with all aspects of the closure – that of the financial loss and the loss it means to the residents.

“I can only imagine the financial loss this is going to

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mean to the city in tax revenue loss,” he said. “We lost the revenue from the water sale to the boot camp, which we hope will be opening back up soon, and now to lose this, it is going to hurt us financially.”

Then there is the loss to the residents.

“We have a lot of residents who don’t have transportation and rely on this store,” he said. “There is this one little lady who rides her scooter up here every few days, gets her groceries. She puts them on the back of her scooter and goes back home. What is she going to do now? She can’t get to Jacksonville or Jerseyville.

Then there is the cost of gas, which is $3 a gallon right now.

There are so many factors that are going to hurt so many people in this closure.”

Then there is the food pantry, which is located just half a block down the street.

Gale Custer, who works with the North Greene Food Pantry said the loss of Kroger will be devastating to the food pantry.

“Between the two stores, they donated about 500 pounds of meat to our food pantry every month,” Custer said.

“Also, at Thanksgiving and Christmas, they would give us a really good deal on turkeys and hams. I don’t know what we are going to do now. They were a big asset to this community.”

and give them so many tickets if it had to be moved indoors that day.”

Junior high promotion is set for Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m., also at the football field.

Should it rain for this ceremony, there was talk of holding it prior to the high school ceremony the following day on May 29.

The board agreed to pay the $10 per credit hour for the dual credit courses offered at the high school through Lewis and Clark Community College next year. LCCC paid for the tuition previously through a grant, but they did not receive the grant this year.

The dual credit courses offered include welding, criminal justice, ecology and the CNA program. Cost for each student would be $30.

Total cost to the district will be between $1,800 to $2,500, depending on how many students take the classes.

“It is not that we have to pay for it,” Scott said. “I just don’t want someone not to take the class because they can’t afford it.”

Tiger Tales What an awesome end to an awesome season!

The victory, the fireworks, the tears – football season was certainly worth the wait. The GNW Tigers football team ended the year undefeated, 6-0, and the GNW Lady Tigers volleyball team lost only once. We had a lot to cheer about.

You are encouraged to come see the GHS play this weekend – 6 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday in the GHS Auditorium. The cast and director of “A Night at the Bistro” have been working hard and would love to perform for you.

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April 29 – HS Track at North Mac, 4:30 p.m. and HS Baseball/Softball at Triopia, 4:30 p.m.

April 30 – A Night at the Bistro at GHS Auditorium, 6 p.m., HS Track at Jerseyville, 3 p.m. and HS Baseball/Softball vs.

Southwestern at Greenfield, 4:30 p.m.

May 1 - A Night at the Bistro at GHS Auditorium, 2 p.m. JH Track at Greenfield – Little Six, 10 a.m.

May 3 – HS Baseball/ Softball at Carrollton, 4:30 p.m.

May 5 – HS Baseball/ Softball vs. Auburn at NW, 4:30 p.m.

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Carrollton Grade School dresses for success

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Harnesses win Carrollton Hometown Pride Award

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These four young lads and lasses have chosen the career of construction workers. Left to right: Cole Greene, Nola Steinacher, Kaydince Morrell, Knox Snyder and in the back, Sam Droste. On Friday, April 23, Carrollton Grade School invited students to wear clothing that would represent a career that they may be interested in exploring as an adult. This was the final day in a week-long exploration of careers in the modern economy. The students really embraced the opportunity and demonstrated the diverse skills and interest in the student body. More photos can be viewed at c-hawks.org.

Everyone wanted to be a medical professional it seems. Front row: Blair Steinacher, Amelia Pohlman, Hildey Shaw, Collins Newton and Alyssa Avila. Middle row: Meah Gernigan, Rylee York, Serenity Hodges, Brynna Huff, Hannah Hoaglin, Kinze Whitlock, Amrin Blumenstein and Raylynn Parker. Back row: Marlee Dunham, Adison Lewis, Lauren Flowers, Harper Darr, Jayla Campbell, Vanna Holmes, Maddi Brannan and Aaryanna Kordela.

The Carrollton Lions Club awarded the Hometown Pride Award for April to Joe and JoAnn Harness of 724 Sixth St. for the recent work they have done on their home. This includes the new addition of the front porch. Actually, the front porch was original to the home, which was built around 1900, but was removed many years ago. The Harnesses decided to replace the porch and enlisted Dave’s Construction to build it for them. Left to right: Lions Club members John Quandt and Sam Cox, Joe and Joann Harness and Lions Club member Nick Graham.

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What student doesn’t want to be a teacher when they grow up? After all, they get the summer off. Front row, left to right: Bentlie Hunt, Jaylynn Walden, Dixie Harris and Audrey Hill. Middle row: Lydia Booth, Emma Heck, Jon Meza, Morgan Warren, Rebecca Heck, Brooklyn Steinacher and Alaina Flowers. Back row: Caylee Moffitt, Kyle Smith, Lexi Ross, Calie Field and Ronda Smith.

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What little boy doesn’t want to grow up to be a fireman? Front row, left to right: Terry Cordes, Wyatt Gant, Kellen Viator, Oliver Steinacher and Matt Weinmann.

Back row: Joel Rosentreter and Arron Cook.

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Spartans fall short of victory in Routt matchup

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Uhles signs with Illinois College Carrollton’s Ava Uhles signed a letter of intent last week to play basketball with Illinois College. She will continue her education and basketball career as a Lady Blue. Left to right: Assistant Coach Angie McAdams, Head Coach Blaine Hardwick, Ava Uhles, James Uhles and Amelia Uhles.

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After tipping the ball on an errant pass from Dalton Mitchell, North Greene’s Will Merriman makes a valiant effort to recover the ball in Saturday’s last home game of the season against Routt. The game ended with Routt on top, 26-20, over the Spartans.

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North Greene’s Gunnar Speaker takes the ball through the line during Saturday’s home game against Routt.

The Spartans fell 26-20.

Lady Spartans secure straight sets on Senior Night

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Woolsey twins sign to play with Blackburn Carmen Ensinger/Greene Prairie Press

Kailyn Hoesman makes a nice save last Thursday night in a game against the Gillespie Lady Miners. It was Senior Night for the three senior players on the team and also the last home game of the season for the Lady Spartans.

The Lady Spartans came away with a win in straight sets.

North Greene’s pitching/catching duo of Kourtney and Korissa Woolsey signed letters of intent to play softball at Blackburn College next year. Kourtney Woolsey is a pitcher, while Korissa is the catcher and also plays first base. Pictured front row, left to right: Korissa and Kourtney Woolsey. Back row, left to right: Travel Coach Bill Dunlap, Bobby Jo Woolsey, Austin Woolsey, Robert Woolsey, Travel Coach Travis Dunlap and High School Coach Nathan Roberts.

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North Greene’s Rhiannon Hazelwonder makes a save at the net Thursday night in the Lady Spartans’ last home game of the season, which was also Senior Night. The Lady Spartans ended the night with a win over Gillespie in straight sets.

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- Constantius II visited Rome for the first time.

- Villagers in Palermo led a revolt against French rule in Sicily.

- Virginia Governor John Harvey was accused of treason and removed from office.

- The first volume of Isaac Newton’s “Principia Mathamatic” was published.

- Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. constitution.

- A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew took the ship and set sail to Pitcairn Island. The mutineers left Captain W. Bligh and 18 sailors adrift.

- U.S. President James Monroe proclaimed naval disarmament on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.

- The Addressograph was patented by J.S. Duncan.

- A revolution broke out in the Dominican Republic.

- First night air flight was performed by

Claude Grahame-White in England.

- W.H. Carrier patented the design of his air conditioner.

- The British declared martial law throughout Ireland.

- Azerbaijan joined the USSR. - The British Empire Exhibition Stadium (or Empire Stadium) opened to the public.

- The first organized night baseball game was played in Independence, Kansas.

- The yellow fever vaccine for humans was announced.

- The first animated-cartoon electric sign was displayed on a building on Broadway in New York City. It was created by Douglas Leight.

- Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.

- The Allies indicted Tojo with 55 counts of war crimes.

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- Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in Peru and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean.

- Muhammad Ali refused induction into the U.S. Army and was stripped of boxing title. He cited religious grounds for his refusal.

- Charles de Gaulle resigned as president of France.

- The U.S. occupation of Japan officially ended when a treaty with the U.S. and 47 other countries went into effect.

- In Santa Rosa, CA, Charles M. Schulz’s Redwood Empire Ice Arena opened.

- French troops evacuated northern Laos.

- The largest sand castle in the world was completed near St. Petersburg, FL. It was four stories tall.

- Mike Wallace was seen on TV for the first time. He was the host of “Mike Wallace Interviews.”

- Arthur Godfrey was seen for the last time in the final broadcast of “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends” on CBS-TV. - In the Sahara Desert of Algeria, a team led by Red Adair used explosives to put out the well fire known as the Devil’s Cigarette Lighter. The fire was caused by a pipe rupture on November 6, 1961.

- The U.S. Army and Marines invaded the Dominican Republic to evacuate Americans.

- In Maui, HI, one flight attendant was killed when the fuselage of a Boeing 737 ripped open in mid-flight.

- Mobil announced that they were divesting from South Africa because congressional restrictions were too costly.

- The U.S. Agriculture Department unveiled a pyramid-shaped recommendeddiet chart.

- Former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had given U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pled guilty to espionage and tax evasion. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

- U.S. President Clinton gave a 4 1/2 hour videotaped testimony as a defense witness in the criminal trial of his former Whitewater business partners.

- A worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons took effect. Russia and other countries such as Iraq and North Korea did not sign.

- The U.S. House of Representatives rejected (on a tie vote of 213-213) a measure expressing support for NATO’s fiveweek-old air campaign in Yugoslavia. The House also voted to limit the president’s authority to use ground forces in Yugoslavia.

- Jay Leno received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

- A Russian rocket launched from Central Asia with the first space tourist aboard.

The crew consisted of California businessman Dennis Tito and two cosmonauts. The destination was the international space station.

- India set a world record when it sent 10 satellites into orbit from a single launch. https://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/ alldays/apr28.htm

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Greene County police and traffic

The following police reports were filed between April 16 and April 22. These reports are public information and are obtained from the Greene County Circuit Clerk’s office. All individuals have been arrested and charged, or cited in the case of traffic violations. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The following individual was charged with a felony: Winningham, Travis A., dob 02-05-1980, possession of meth less than 5 grams.

The following individuals were charged with a misdemeanor: Green, Jack L. Jr., dob 12-31-1989, manufacturing/ delivery cannabis less than 2.5 grams.

Braun, William L., dob 02-22-1972, criminal trespass to vehicles.

Dawdy, Kyle R., dob 12-08-1994, dump garbage, trash refuse.

The following individuals were charged with a

DUI: Watkins, Gail S., dob 05-24-1959, driving under the influence of alcohol.

Sprague, Robert L, dob 03-19-1973, driving under the influence of any amount of drug.

Pluester, Denise L., dob 09-16-1966, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence/ blood alcohol concentration 0.08.

The following individual was charged with an ordinance violation: Queen, Dakota, dob n/a, dog running at large/1st.

The following individuals were charged with a traffic violation: Strawhun, Shannon N., dob 10-21-1993, driving 15-20 mph above limit.

Krehely, Cathleen A., dob 02-18-1988, unlicensed.

Peters, Randy G., dob 08-26-1964, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Obin, Laura M., dob 07-04-1984, driving 21-25 mph above limit.

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Logue, Aaron C., dob 11-28-1992, driving 15-20 mph above limit, operating wipers without headlights/1/2nd, driving on left/prohibited, failure to reduce speed, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Hopkins, Matthew T., dob 01-25-1983, driving 15-20 mph above limit.

Phillips, Dawn M., dob 12-18-1979, seat belt required/driver.

Bredemen, Zachary M., dob 08-04-1993, drivers license expired more than a year.

Snodgrass, Alyssa M., dob 05-28-1997, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Stambaugh, Brody M., dob 09-08-2001, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Jilg, Justin W., dob 05-161974, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Howell, Dustin T., dob 05-23-1993, improper traffic lane usage, operate uninsured motor vehicle, transportation/carry alcohol liquor/driver.

Leach, Quincy K., dob 03-28-2003, operate unin-

sured motor vehicle.

Watkins, Gail S., dob 05-24-1959, improper traffic lane usage, transportation/carry alcohol liquid/ driver.

Hazelwood, Thomas J., dob 04-11-2003, driving 15-20 mph above limit.

Black, Jasmine A., dob 01-10-1998, driving 21-25 mph above limit.

Jones, William J., dob 02-25-1956, improper traffic lane usage.

Leach, Quincy K., dob 03-28-2003, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Hill, Matthew L., dob 07-08-1982, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Weber, Zachary J., dob 05-18-2002, seat belt required/driver.

Bugg, Abby R., dob 10-31-1973, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Fisher, Brandi R., dob 05-14-1973, driving on suspended license, operate uninsured motor vehicle.

Goodall, Steven R., dob 02-18-1957, driving 15-20 mph above limit.

Bastiem, Christopher J.,

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Greene County issues tentative property assessment Greene County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, director of the Illinois Department of Revenue.

The property assessment equalization factor, often called the “multiplier”, is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties, as required by law.

This equalization is particularly important because some of the state’s 6,600 local taxing districts overlap into two or more counties (e.g. school districts, junior college districts, fire protection districts). If there were no equalization among counties, substantial inequities among taxpayers with comparable properties would result.

State law requires property in Illinois to be assessed at one-third of its market value. Farm property is assessed differently, with farm homesites and dwellings subject to regular assessing and equalization procedures, but with farmland and farm buildings assessed according to standards based on productivity.

The equalization factor is determined annually for each county by comparing the sales price of individual properties sold over the past three years to the assessed value placed on those properties by the county supervisor of assessments or county assessor.

If this three-year average level of assessment is one-third of market value, the equalization factor will be one .

If the average level of assessment is greater than one-third of market value, the equalization factor will be less than one. And if the average level of assessment is less than one-third of market value, the equalization factor will be greater than one.

Assessments in Greene County are at 33.09 percent of market value, based on sales of properties in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

The equalization factor currently being assigned is for 2020 taxes, payable in 2021.

Last year’s equalization factor for the county was 1.0205.

The tentative factor is subject to change if the County Board of Review

takes actions which significantly affect the county assessments or if local officials or others can present data showing that the Department of Revenue’s estimates of the average level of assessments in the county should be adjusted.

A public hearing on the tentative multiplier will be held between 20 and 30 days after the tentative factor is published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county.

A change in the equalization factor does not mean total property tax bills will increase or decrease. Tax bills are determined by local taxing bodies when they request money each year to provide services to local citizens. If the amount requested by local taxing districts is not greater than the amount received in the previous year, then total property taxes will not increase even if assessments may have increased.

The assessed value of an individual property determines what portion of the tax burden a specific taxpayer will assume. That individual’s portion of tax responsibility is not changed by the multiplier.

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