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Indian Creek Newsletter April, 2007 on the web at frontiernet.net/~indiancreek compiled by Helen Mogill, hmogill@frontiernet.net, |
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Election Vote on Tuesday, Apil.17 - |
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Five Cent General Fund Tax Rate
Increase Referendum The
Towanda District Library is seeking a five cent tax rate increase. This question will appear on the This
increase is being requested to cover the costs of inflation and rising
electric costs. The library also seeks
to keep up with expenses associated with dramatic increases in library usage
while revenues decrease due to shrinking boundaries as Five
cents is $0.05 per $100 of assessed value of a home. The Towanda District Library Board of
Trustees believes that this increase in funds will allow the library to
continue to provide the current level of service. The following table lists examples of how a
5 cent tax rate increase would increase monthly and yearly tax bills:
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Unit 5 Board of Education
Election – April 17
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Red
Carpet Corridor Weekend Event
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Order Your Route 66 T-Shirts Now
You may
order by calling Jodie at |
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Garage Sales
The
Annual Spring Area Garage Sales will be held during the Red Corridor weekend Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6....and
on Thursday, May 3 and Friday, May 4
for those who want to hold them earlier.
By Monday, April 23 send Gail Ann Briggs, |
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Nature Club
The next
meeting will be in May – date, topic, and host to yet to be determined. Please call or email me, Helen Mogill, with
ideas or suggestions. |
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TAHS-TDL / LSTA Grant by Gail Briggs |
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Work on the
grant from the Illinois State Library to the Towanda Area Historical Society
/ Towanda District Library to digitize Towanda area history on the web is
preceding in fine fashion! Numerous
volunteers have dedicated many hours to sorting the artifacts that area
residents have so generously loaned or donated to the Historical Society,
writing descriptions and/or entering the information into the database. A 'thank you' is inadequate for their
contributions to this project - but I'll say it anyway. Thank you!! Our work
with Milner Library's digitizing center at ISU is proceeding well and we are
very pleased, and appreciate, their advice, collaboration and their
invaluable assistance! On
Thursday, March 22 a site visit by the state monitor from the Illinois State
Library met with Project Manager Gail Ann Briggs, Library Director Mary
Williams, Technical Advisory Helen Mogill and Researcher/Interview
Coordinator Pat Pulokas to discuss the status of the grant work and general
issues. During the meeting we learned
that the state monitor is very pleased with the work that is being done, that
ours is the most organized digital imaging grant project he has seen, and
that we are their first comprehensive local history digital imaging project
at the small town level (most are limited to a specific category such as
buildings, cemeteries or other). We are in
the proofing stage of our posters, brochures and bookmarks. You can expect to see them in April. Information about the grant, contact
information and general appearance is accessible now at www.towandahistory.org.
Another
aspect of the grant work is the oral interviews of long-time residents. We know you'll be excited to hear them
'live' when you access our website.
Their comments are being transcribed so those who have difficulty
hearing will be able to learn what has been said by reading their stories. The history they bring to life is rich and
awesome!! Please
don't feel left out - we are still soliciting artifacts, volunteers and
suggestions. Call and offer - Mary
Williams, |
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Towanda
Area Historical Society by Gail Briggs The
Towanda Area Historical Society (TAHS) will meet at |
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by Water
Commissioner, Kurt Patti Saturday,
March 24, during the mid-morning thunderstorm, lightning struck at or near
the water tower tripping the breakers and burning out both chemical feed
pumps (chlorine and fluoride) and damaging the starter relay for the
pumps. We caught the power outage
within a couple of hours of the strike thanks to the ‘green’ light on the
tower being out. We never
lost water pressure, and no boil order was required. Frank Cottrell and Mike Laesch were called
out and all necessary repairs and pump replacements have been made. |
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THCE News by Pat Pulokas,
The
Towanda Home and Community Education will be meeting on Other
April activities will include a local leader school on "Ground
Covers" presented by UI Horticulture Extension Educator, David J.
Robson. This class is open to the
public and will discuss ways to reduce mowing, save water and add color and
texture to your landscape. The class
is held on Friday, April 13, |
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Towanda Busy Bees 4H Club from Brandon Bonner, Club Reporter
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Farewell I regret
to report that neighbors Patti and Neil Walsh and their son Tyler are moving from
Indian Creek. I spoke with Patti
yesterday. She told me that they have
loved living here in Indian Creek and loved the wonderful neighbors here, but
found that their home was too small to comfortably accommodate visits from
their adult children and their many grandchildren who continue to accumulate. Here’s a
note that Patti asked me to share with you:
“We have enjoyed the area and the people. Since our family is growing with new
babies, we need more space. By this
time next year, I will probably have two new grandchildren on the way. We are so blessed to have such a big and
loving family. “Our new
address will be |
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Classifieds
Bob
Herman, v
Woodstove, $175 Patti
& Neil Walsh,
Solid oak, made by Whitacre’s: v Dining room table and chairs v Bench v Hutch v Roll top desk |
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Month-by Month Gardening in 2007 Master Gardener Second
Thursday Classes The
following classes are offered by the McLean Country Extension Office, April 12 – Designing for Low Maintenance May 10 – Salsa Gardening (small scale
vegetable gardening) June 14 – Keeping Your Garden Lush in the Summer Heat July 12 – Leaf Casting (make concrete
castings of leaves) August 9 – Think Cool (late season
gardening) September 13 – Butterflies (how to attract /
tagging Monarchs for research) October 11 – Houseplant Clinic November 8 – Bonsai |
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Native Plants in the Garden Workshop Saturday, April 14th, Admission
is free. Call
Native Plant Saturday, May 19th, Not only
are native plants beautiful, they are adapted to our long, cold winters and
hot, dry summers. They require no
fertilizer and, once established, do not require watering.
Spring Nature Day Admission
is free; however there will be a small fee for some activities. Music in the Woods, throughout the day. Leaf Case Stepping Stones Workshop ($3.00 fee per stepping stone) Items for
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