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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Summer Solstice Princeton Chamber organizes ‘hot’ shopping event By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON – The Princeton Chamber of Commerce has planned a “sizzling” event to help kick-off the first day of Summer 2013. This Friday more than 25 Chamber businesses will keep their doors open a little later to attract shoppers looking for a good deal, a good time or just a reason to check out what Princeton’s downtown has to offer. Summer Solstice will promote local shopping while featuring wine, food tasting and savings. Princeton Chamber of Commerce Director Kim Frey said the goal is for shoppers to fill Main Street and enjoy a nice summer evening. “Our shoppers will be welcomed into the participating businesses during special hours, many offering specials of their own and great savings,” Frey said. “In addition to the benefits for the shopper, we are hoping this event will boost sales for our retailers.” The event will kick-off at 4 p.m. The shopping journey begins at the Chamber office where a complimentary wine glass and passport will be waiting for each shopper. The passport will list participating locations. Shoppers who visit a listed location will have their passport punched. At the end of the journey, passports will be turned in for a chance to win a $100 Chamber gift card. “Whenever there is an opportunity to encourage ‘shop local,’ the Princeton Chamber of Commerce wants to act on it,” Frey said. “We want to see our community support our local businesses as Main Street is the heartbeat of our community.”
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Are you really registered? It’s not too late to register for federal assistance By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON —Bureau County residents should make sure they have correctly registered for individual federal disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
On Monday, Bureau County ESDA coordinator Kris Donarski said the preliminary gathering of information, taken after the spring storms and flooding that occurred between April 16 and May 5, is not all that is needed for individuals to be registered with FEMA for individual disaster assistance.
“After the spring storms and flooding that took place between April 16 and May 5, many affected residents have spoken to representatives from insurance companies and state and local agencies about disaster assistance and may be under the mistaken impression they have registered with FEMA’” Donarski said.
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Baking it ... or winning it Adjusting to mom as primary breadwinner By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com
BCR photo/Becky Kramer
Finding the treasures Gary Buzard of Walnut examines a unique star ornamental piece during last weekend’s More on 34 multi-community garage sale which stretched 140 miles from Galesburg to Kewanee through Bureau County and eastward through Mendota to Aurora. Hundreds of shoppers took advantage of the eighth annual More on 34 garage sale with a wide range of vendors ready to sell their treasures, crafts, antiques, household furnishings and collectibles.
PRINCETON — An estimated 40 percent of households with children now have the mothers as the primary income providers, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. To help people make adjustments to that changing work role for couples, John Reinert, a licensed clinical professional counselor with the North Central Behavioral Health Systems, said there are things which couples can do to make their adjustments as easy as possible. The North Central Behavioral Health Systems serves the counties of Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, Fulton and McDonough. There are a broad range of factors which enter into an individual’s or a couple’s attitudes and feelings about the woman being the primary provider, Reinert said. Those factors include whether the situation was forced upon the couple by the market place or was created by the couple’s preference. Other factors can include the couples’ ages, socioeconomic status, education level, cultural beliefs, levels of support from family and friends, and the emotional willingness to go “counter the current,” Reinert said. In his experience and study, the greater degree of choice for a couple yields fewer problems and concerns in most situations, Reinert said. If both partners “buy into” the decision they will “live it” more easily and with fewer problems, he added. The Pew Research Center study, with a focus on married breadwinner mothers, also showed that younger, more highlyeducated couples will better accept “running counter to the current.” Also, these couples will frequently be more flexible in their acceptance of the situation even if it is imposed on them. But regardless of their age and acceptance levels, men generally seem to face some loss of self esteem and self worth if they are either under-employed, less well-employed than their partner, or are stay-at-home dads, Reinert said.
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