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Indian Creek Newsletter March, 2008 on the web at frontiernet.net/~indiancreek compiled by Helen Mogill,
hmogill@frontiernet.net,
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Daylight
Savings Time Begins Sunday,
March 9 at Set
clocks ahead 1 hour |
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The first standard times
zones in the During the oil crisis in 1974, daylight time began on
January 6th and in 1975 it began on February 23rd. After those two years the starting date
reverted back to the last Sunday in April.
Beginning in 1987, the starting date of daylight time shifted to the
first Sunday in April. Beginning in
2007, daylight time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the
first Sunday in November. For a more
detailed history of daylight savings time, see http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/daylight_time.php.
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Friends
Group To Sell Kringles!
time for your Easter celebrations! Kringle is a Danish coffee cake known for its feather-light flaky texture and delicious butter pastry. The pastry is rolled into a ring shape and is filled with fruit or nuts and then covered with icing. Cost: $8.00 per Kringle (choose from eight flavors); $10 for the “7 Sisters Coffee Cake”. Orders must be paid for in advance and will be delivered the week before Easter (date to be announced). The deadline for ordering is March 10. You may order Kringles at the library or through any
Friends members, including Indian Creek residents Kay Liebenow Funds raised will help support special library projects, which in the past have included a digital projector and screens, a copier add-on, and chairs for the library’s computers.
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Towanda Lions Club - Ham & Bean Supper
Cost: $4.00 per person in
advance $5.00 at the door Menu:
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Towanda Library News (on the web at towandalibrary.org) Friends of the Towanda District Library
Wed., Mar 12,
Next regular meeting at the library. All are welcome! TOWANDA READS book discussion group Wed., Mar 12, The next meeting of the Towanda Reads book club will be Wednesday,
March 12, at Wednesday Morning Story Time for 3-5 year olds, Spring Session: Mar. 5—May 19 Story Time exposes preschoolers to library books and introduces them to socializing in a small
group setting. Story time runs from 11-11:30am. Parents are
encouraged to accompany their child until the child is comfortable sitting on
their own. Please register.
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Welcome New Neighbor
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A Public Meeting
will be hosted by McLean County Soil & Water Conservation District to
review the Lake Bloomington Watershed Plan Draft--Thursday, March 6th at The report includes
recommendations to reduce stream bank erosion and to increase urban awareness
of lawn care practices that do not contribute excess nutrients to the
watershed. It also includes a brief write-up of our very own Indian
Creek Nature Area. See it at http://mcleantmdl.com |
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Towanda Area Historical Society By Gail Briggs We plan to become engaged in 3 projects that will go on simultaneously: |
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· Developing a collection of Veterans' histories. These will be written stories, audio and/or video interviews. Forms are available on our website and at the Library for those who have not yet added their name, or their family member's information, to our contact list. ·
Formalizing our organization with Bylaws and
as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit State of · Updating our history book. This project will include securing additional contributions, sorting artifacts and determining the content, and publishing the book and companion CDs. Fundraising for this project is necessary. |
Jacob and Sarah Moats
cabin home, built ca 1856, northeast of the present location of the Indian Creek water tower. |
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These projects are aggressive - they will take a large number of volunteers to accomplish! Please be in touch with us about your ability to help! Thank you! Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Contact us at: Gail Ann
Briggs, hmogill@frontiernet.net, Pat
Pulokas,
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Scholorship
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Minutes of Indian Creek Home Owners Meeting submitted by Barbara
Ulbrich
The Annual Meeting
of the Indian Creek Water and Homeowners Association was held January 23rd at
the Jim Russell gave
the groundskeeper report. We continue to engage Gene Heitz to mow the
ditches and soccer field area; Gene's done a good job and cost is
reasonable. VP/Secretary Barb Ulbrich thanked Helen Mogill for preparing
Indian Creek's Newsletter, which is now available
electronically. Residents should feel free to provide Helen with their
email addresses for electronic receipt. Discussion turned
to water activity. Outgoing Water Chair Kurt Patti reported that in
2007, 8,226,000 gallons of water were used. In 2006, 7,838,400 were
used; in 2005, 9,161,000 gals. were used. The high month in 2007 was
May - 854,800 gallons used; low was February- 589,200 gallons
used. Treasurer Dave
Schulthes reported that this summer's incident at the water tower was
investigated by our insurance company and the painter's insurance
companies. OSHA has yet to weigh in with its report, so the insurance
claims are still pending. Our insurance company has reimbursed us
$5,785 for the clean up after the incident at the water tower. Dave reported
that we began the year with $102,960 and ended with $18,743. Water
tower expenses were $93,953. We continue to invest money in interest
bearing CD's, which currently receive 4.4%. Joe Mikulecky
from Farnsworth Group spoke to history, and also future projected
cost, of water tower maintenance. He recommends a warranty inspection
this June, as well as a washout and inspection in both 2010 and 2013, at a
cost of $3000-$5000 each time. He also recommends an interior repaint,
assessment, and exterior maintenance in 2016-17;
cost estimate--approximately $175,000. Given our low
reserves and these projected future costs, the Board recommended an increase
in the water assessment. Currently, homeowners pay $75 each quarter
($65-water $10-grounds). If the assessment was increased to $100
each quarter ($90-water $10-grounds), this would generate enough revenue over
the next five years to allow us to pay for the recommended tower
maintenance. There was agreement that this made sense and that the
increase should take effect in third quarter billings.
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Spring Break in
Unit 5 begins with the dismissal of school on Thursday, March 20 and ends when school resumes on Monday, March 31. There is also no
school on Monday, March 3 for Casimir Pulaski’s Birthday. |
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Towanda Lions Easter egg Hunt
The Egg Hunt is open to youth all ages thru 5th grade; bring your own basket and register for prizes. Meet at the community building. The egg hunt will be held in the city park. Baked goods,
donuts, juice and coffee will be available at the Seniors Breakfast
Bake Sale (prior to and during the egg hunt) at
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McLean Country Home/Community Education from Pat Pulokas The Towanda Home & Community Education Unit will hold their meeting
at the Those interested in knowing more about HCE and the Towanda Unit should
contact Robin Pearson, This month is the IAHCE Annual Conference in Effingham on March 11-13.
The McLean County HCE has an April 23 day trip planned to
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Red
Carpet Corridor Weekend Event
Planning meetings
for the Route 66 event in Towanda are held on the 1st Tuesday of the
month. The next is Tue. Mar. 4, If anyone is interested in being a vendor or wants to be
on the committee, please contact Jim or Sharon Arteman at
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The Towanda Area Spring Garage
Sales will be held during the 2nd Annual Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor
Event again this year. Published sale dates will be Thursday, May 1 through Sunday, May 4. Details about participating, including
the fee for shared advertising, will be available in the April
newsletter. |
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PTO News by Karen Showalter
We also want to
say thank you the community for their support with the annual Chili Supper
and Basket Raffle. It appeared to be another successful year! We
hope everyone enjoyed themselves!
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Fire Department
TFD calls for February: Car accidents - 4,
Medical - 2, Alarm - 1, Mutual Aid - 3, Car fire - 1
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For The Smalleys v 3 or 4 bedroom home at
Asking Price: $280,000
Square Footage: Main Floor = 2,100 (not including four
season room) Fully finished basement =
2100
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Winter Weather What a long and
wet winter this has been! Jim Ferrier
took this photograph by the bridge after the heavy snows and rains in early
February.
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The
Friends of the Library is taking orders for Kringles, to be delivered from 
Applications
for the 2008-2009 General Assembly Scholarship are now available. Anyone who
lives in our Senate District and will be attending a state university
next fall may apply for the scholarship.
