VANDALIA STATEHOUSE IN FAYETTE COUNTY
4387 N. Illinois St., Suite 200 Swansea, Illinois 62226 618−257−1488 www.ILLINOISouth.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOND COUNTY Jes Adam • Dennis Potthast, Treasurer
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CLARK COUNTY Norma Calvert • Bailey Maulding CLAY COUNTY Amy Allen • Doug Spitzner CLINTON COUNTY Jim Sullivan • Sandy Timmermann CRAWFORD COUNTY Lisa Schaefer • Penny Shaw
HOLIDAY 2021
CUMBERLAND COUNTY Billie Chambers • Tania Craig
CONTENTS
EDWARDS COUNTY Debbie Fearn • Dennis Turpin
1 Holiday Happenings
FAYETTE COUNTY Mayor Ricky Gottman
3 Greetings from ILLINOISouth
HAMILTON COUNTY Jerry Prince • Monica Tucker JASPER COUNTY Jane Casey • Mindy Hartke LAWRENCE COUNTY Paige Harvey • Tom Robinson
RICHLAND COUNTY Karen Bell • Belinda Henton, Secretary ST. CLAIR COUNTY Cathleen Lindauer • John West WABASH COUNTY Jim Pfeister • Brenda Bobbitt WASHINGTON COUNTY Dee DeMoss Marvin Steinkamp, Chairman WAYNE COUNTY Gary Sloan WHITE COUNTY Cindy Conley • Kelly Northcott CITY OF HIGHLAND Mallord Hubbard
STAFF MEMBERS ELAINE BYRD Office Manager/Executive Assistant ebyrd@illinoisouth.org DARLENE CHAPMAN President/Finance Director dchapman@illinoisouth.org KATERINA ENGLE Graphic Designer & Social Media Specialist kengle@illinoisouth.org JORDAN JACKOVICH Sales & Marketing Specialist jjackovich@illinoisouth.org CHRISTINE ORR Sales & Marketing Director corr@illinoisouth.org ELIZABETH VATOLE Marketing & Communications Intern ANDY WATERMAN Communications Director awaterman@illinoisouth.org DENA WOODS Web Designer & Content Specialist dwoods@illinoisouth.org
CREDITS ANDY WATERMAN Author KATERINA ENGLE Publication Designer BREESE PRINTING & PUBLISHING Printing To submit an event for Tourism Times, visit ILLINOISouth.org/events ILLINOISouth.org
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Christmas Lights
10 Holiday Listings 14 MADE in ILLINOISouth
MONROE COUNTY Clyde Heller • Jim Hill
RANDOLPH COUNTY Emily Lyons • Ronnie White
Parades and Events
8 Holiday Shopping
MARION COUNTY Sonya Germann, Vice Chairman Ben Stratemeyer
PERRY COUNTY Carrie Gilliam • Judy Smid
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Greetings From The Crew At ILLINOISouth! It’s good to be back! For the first time since 2019, we have released our Holiday edition of the Tourism Times. Whether you’re reading a hard copy or viewing this publication online, we hope you find it to be a handy Holiday tool. Enjoy parades, breakfasts with Santa, Holiday markets and everything in between from the first of November through the end of the year! As a note, events are subject to change due to the ongoing pandemic. If there is something in this publication that you are interested in attending – we highly recommend you do a quick Internet or social media search to make sure that plans are still solid. Likewise, if there is an event you know did not make this publication – that does not mean it is not active. There’s a strong possibility that plans were not finalized by the time the Tourism Times went to print. We recommend you do a quick check or call ahead just to be sure! You can also check our event calendar at illinoisouth.org, where events are updated as we receive information on them. As you read ahead, you will notice that we broke the publication up into different niche categories around the Holidays. If you’re only interested in light displays, there is a whole section about that, complete with a calendar of when each light display is active. If shopping is more your speed, we have a section just for that as well! Hopefully you take this information and plan a trip
or five to ILLINOISouth this Holiday season. If so, we’d LOVE for you to take a ton of pictures of your visit and tag us in ALL of them. We love to see and hear about everyone’s experience while you’re visiting! From all of us here at ILLINOISouth, we hope you have a safe and happy Holiday season.
Left to Right: Katerina Engle, Elaine Byrd, Christine Orr, Andy Waterman, Darlene Chapman, Jordan Jackovich, Elizabeth Vatole, & Dena Woods
Welcome To The Team! We are happy to announce that the ILLINOISouth crew has grown this Holiday season. We’d like to give a warm welcome to three ladies who are playing a significant role in helping ILLINOISouth market our region of the state to the fullest of our capabilities! The first is a familiar face, as Jordan Jackovich returns to the team in a new role. Jordan was an intern at ILLINOISouth, and that role eventually turned into a parttime position as an office assistant. Jordan left ILLINOISouth upon graduating from McKendree University in the spring of 2019, but now she has returned as our new Sales & Marketing Specialist! ILLINOISouth is also happy to announce the addition of Dena Woods, our new Web Designer & Content Specialist. Dena will be playing a key role in making sure that our website it up-to-date and is as engaging as possible for visitors. Another happy and helpful face in our office recently is that of Elizabeth Vatole, a Public Relations Major at SIU Edwardsville. Liz is playing a key role in creating fresh new content for our website and social media pages! Please help us in welcoming these wonderful additions to our team!
Jordan Jackovich
Dena Woods Elizabeth Vatole
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