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The band High South sponsoring golf tourney to benefit Chester music program

If you're a golfer looking for a great tourney in the spring, or if you or your kids are or have ever been involved in the Chester schools music program, then put a "save the date" on your calendar!
By Gwendy Garner Feb 6, 2019 2:29 PM
2019 Randolph Society Honors: Knuckleballer Roger Wolff

Second of five parts. Continuing its mission of honoring outstanding Randolph County people and their achievements, the Randolph Society Foundation Board has chosen five honorees for 2019. These honorees are being profiled over five weeks; and all of them were nominated by citizens of Randolph County.
Submitted by the Randolph Society Foundation Board Feb 6, 2019 2:25 PM
Major contributor to CHS says it's all about keeping kids in school

Professor James Franklin Sharp has several plaques in his honor inside Chester High School and a bench named for him outside the Colbert Gym entrance, but what he has truly given the school is harder to take a picture of.
By Jim Beers Feb 6, 2019 6:02 PM
Bell of Hope will ring at Memorial Hospital of Chester

The chemotherapy and infusion department at Memorial Hospital in Chester has a new addition to their wall of remembrance. A "Bell of Hope," donated by the Gielow family in loving memory of Marvin A. Gielow, now graces the entry wall. The inscription reads, "Ring this bell three times well to celebrate this day. This course is run, my treatment done, now I am on my way."
Submitted by Memorial Hospital of Chester Feb 6, 2019 2:26 PM
Chester High School's 'Wild About Cheer' camp will be held Feb. 11-15

Registration is open for the Chester High School cheerleaders' annual Cheer Camp, "Wild About Cheer," to be held Feb. 11, 13, 14 and 15 at the Juergen Gymnasium. Practices will be held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 11, 13, 14) with a special performance Friday, Feb. 15 at halftime of the JV basketball game between Chester and Sesser-Valier.
BY JIM BEERS Feb 6, 2019 2:19 PM
Eldorado Garden Study Club plans 2019 activities

ELDORADO -- Planning committee members of the Eldorado Garden Study Club met at Morellos on Jan. 11. Adopting the theme "Gardens for All Seasons" the group then began to fill the 2019 calendar with informative and enjoyable presentations, trips and activities.
Submitted by Eldorado Garden Study Club Feb 6, 2019 6:10 PM
Elizabeth Woodworth: Even a sloth probably understands why she is a sloth

Bees look for skunk cabbage when temperatures warm to 50 degrees. Prepare for possible drought by making sure your soil has sufficient potassium and phosphorus. Doves begin mating calls before dawn, joining the titmice and the cardinals. Plant onions directly in the ground as soon as the soil is properly prepared. The Moon enters the 2nd phase and will help to make the middle of February a time of major thaw, and of skunk courting. (Countryside) Feb. 8: Boy Scouts founded, 1910.
By Elizabeth Woodworth Feb 6, 2019 6:05 PM
Carrier Mills-Stonefort thespians travel to Theater Fest in Champaign

Caleb Long, the music teacher and choir director for the Carrier Mills-Stonefort school district, took 10 students to Theater Fest in Champaign earlier this year. The students left on Jan. 10 and returned on Jan. 12. The three-day festival takes place every year in January, with more than 4,000 students, teachers, university representatives, exhibitors, and volunteers coming together to put on over 25 different high school productions and over one hundred fifty workshops.
Submitted by Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School Feb 1, 2019 1:00 AM
Nancy Lambert: 4-H steer weigh-in set for Saturday

Steer weigh-in The Saline County 4-H Steer Weigh-In is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb 2, at the Saline County Fairgrounds. Beef exhibitors who want to participate in the Beef Rate of Gain Contest should plan to attend. The steers will be weighed in Saturday and weighed out again during Fair Week in July. The animal with the greatest daily rate of gain will receive a traveling trophy.
By Nancy Lambert Feb 1, 2019 1:00 AM
Local agriculture teachers update their skills at SIC

HARRISBURG -- High school agriculture instructors from southern Illinois met at Southeastern Illinois College recently for a bit of professional development, as well as updates on Illinois agriculture. According to Section 25 FFA Chairman Cacy Ellis of Harrisburg, agriculture teachers meet three times a year for updates on agriculture education, what is going on with FFA in Illinois, and professional development that they can take back to their classrooms. The most recent meeting was Jan. 18.
Submitted by Southeastern Illinois College Jan 31, 2019 4:53 PM

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