Indian Creek Newsletter
January/February, 2008
on the web at frontiernet.net/~indiancreek
compiled by Helen Mogill, hmogill@frontiernet.net,
(There will not be a separate
February newsletter – please make note of important dates)
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Library News Jan. 9 (Wed.) Cindy will speak about her wartime
experiences at Jan. 22 (Tues.) Sponsored by the Mid-Illinois
Talking Book Center, this program will show you how you can interview or be
interviewed for the Veteran's History Project through the Library of
Congress. Denise La Grassa from WILL-TV's
Central Illinois World War II Stories will also be present to preview a
segment from her series (part of the "Prairie Fire" series in
February on WILL-TV) and share her experience of collecting oral history from
local WWII veterans. Friends of the Library and Towanda Reads
The next meeting of the
Friends of the Library will be Wed. March 12 at Towanda
Library Board Meetings The Towanda Distrist Library
Board meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of the month at |
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Annual Indian Creek Homeowners’
Association Meeting The annual Indian Creek Homeowners’
Association meeting will be The agenda will include, but is not limited to:
The board position of water commissioner
is open. Please consider volunteering
for this important community service. Please
contact association president, Brian Krause (email briankrause@frontiernet.net), with
additional items you would like discussed at the annual meeting.
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Friday,
January 11, The Sons of
the Legion are hosting a steak dinner on Friday,
January 11 from |
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Towanda Area Historical Society |
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Instead
of our regular meeting in January, please plan to attend the Tue, Jan 22 program "A Salute to Veterans: Honor Their
Service, Preserve Their Stories" at the Towanda District Library at Remember,
you can join with the Towanda Area Historical Society and the Library of
Congress’ Veterans History Project to preserve and honor the memories of
local veterans. Fill out our veteran
information form at the library or at the TAHS website: www.towandahistory.org. How you
can participate: ·
Provide your service information for the Towanda Area
History book and website. ·
Allow us to interview you and have the recording of the
interview archived and available to the public at one or more of the following
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WWII Veteran Albert Miller was captured by the Germans at the Battle
of the Bulge in Dec., 1944. He
returned home safely at the end of the war |
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Towanda Area History: www.towandahistory.org ·
WILL TV: will.atlas.uiuc.edu/index.php/WWII/stories ·
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Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/vets ·
Volunteer to organize, document, record, interview, or in any other
way join in this exciting project. The next regularly
scheduled meeting of the Society is Tuesday,
February 26,
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Indian
Creek resident and |
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Fire Department
On December
14 the fire department held their annual dinner. John Lueschen was
presented an award for Rookie of the Year and Tom Wagner was named
Firefighter of the Year. For the
year ending Nov 30, there were a total of 186 calls. The ambulance has
had much use, and we are happy that we have gone to a transporting
department, so we can give you the best level
of care. Calls
this month... vehicle accidents - 11, Medical - 1, Mutual aid - 4, semi
fire - 1, investigation - 1.
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Girl Scout Cookies
Be on the
lookout for your local girl scouts!
Several neighborhood girls will be selling girl scout cookies from January 11th through January 27th.
If you are craving some Thin Mints or another favorite girl scout
cookie and a Girl Scout has not contacted you please call Martha Rients
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Unit 5
Two referenda
for Unit 5 are on the ballot for the General Primary Election to be
held on The
Citizens' Committee will KICKOFF the campaign at
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Towanda PTO Meeting submitted by As always,
everyone is invited to Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) meetings. The
PTO meeting for January will be held January
8th at Please
take a few moments to browse the website at www.expandandexcel.org
for more information on the referendum and vote Yes for Unit 5 on
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General
Primary Election –
You can
register to vote by mail. The form is
available online at http://www.mcleancountyil.gov/CountyClerk/VoteMailIN.htm. If you prefer to register in person,
Principal Sarah Edwards There is
a grace period to register and vote in person at the McLean County
Clerk's office between January 9 and January 22. An
application for an absentee ballot is available at online at http://www.mcleancountyil.gov/CountyClerk/Absentee_ballot.htm. Simply fill it out and mail it in. An absentee ballot will be mailed to
you. You must return it to the McLean
County Clerk by election day. For more
information about the upcoming election, visit the League of Women Voters
website http://www.lwvmclean.org/voting.html
or the McLean Country Clerk’s website: http://www.mcleancountyil.gov/CountyClerk.
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Towanda Scouting Organization’s Pancake Breakfast Saturday, February 9 -
Advance tickets: Adults: $5.50, K-12:
$3:50, pre-school: free At the door: Adults: $6, K-12: $4, pre-school: free Contact Scouts, Read's, Grain Co., Advance
Meat Orders may be made through Mike Potts, ·
Whole hog, 2.95/lb: bulk
sausage, 2 lb packages; links, 5 lb; back ribs, 5 lb; bacon, 1 lb packages ·
Italian sausage, 2.95/lb: bulk,
2 lb packages; links, 5 lb packages ·
Chicken breasts, boneless/skinless, 5 lb packages, 4.00 / lb |
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Annual Chili Supper and Basket Raffle Thursday, February 21 – 6:00, at the school
A full
list of available baskets for the basket raffle will be listed on the school
website www.unit5.org/towanda
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HCE submitted by Pat Pulokas
Hostesses for the evening will be Dorothy Jones and Debbie
Kinsella. This is also the traditional Snowman Show & Tell. Members and
guests may bring snowman related items to display. For more information about the Towanda HCE group contact
Robin Pearson, There will be a Read & Share on January 22,
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Towanda Boy Scouts Receive Recognition |
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Indian Creekers
Jacob and Keanan Schroeder, Preston Brown, Matthew
and Jeremy Fahling, Matt Bly,
and Ian Todd were among the members of the Towanda Boy Scout Troop 56 who
celebrated achievements and rank advancements at the bi-annual Court of
Honor. The boy scouts were recognized for merit badges, rank
advancements, and special awards. In total, 17 scouts were
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Mickey
Lang, Troop 56’s Scoutmaster, was awarded with the honor of the highest
achievement for adult leaders – the Wood Badge. The Wood Badge is a training course for
leaders involved in the scouting A
commemorative Eagle Scout plaque was dedicated to the troop's current and
past Eagle Scouts. In the Towanda Boy
Scout troop, there are scouts from Towanda, |
Scoutmaster Mickey Lang, on right, receiving the Wood Badge |
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Wanted to buy Judi
Doubet, used treadmill For Greg & Becky
Powell, Weslo Cadence Treadmill
825, 0-6 Cost $25.00 (Buyer responsible for
picking up merchandise) Help wanted Judy Schulthes, Reliable, non smoking, female caregiver needed Saturday
and Sunday mornings for approx 1 to 2 hours to assist Mom with
bathing/dressing, making the bed, doing dishes and other miscellaneous tasks.
Also needed on a weekly basis is someone to do laundry, ironing, change
linens, and other small jobs. (Washer/dryer on-site) Transporting to and from
doctor appointments as well as light grocery shopping would be a great help
also. I’m also looking for a used C-
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Tracks in the Snow After a
fresh snow you can find many tracks in the snow. Here are some you might find when you walk
the streets and nature trails of Indian Creek. For more on animal tracks, see http://www.llbean.com/outdoorsOnline/outdoorSports/winterSports/feature/snowshoe/tracks.html# |
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