LACON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 - 7

The 2016 Little Tri-County Conference 7th/8th Boys Bas-ketball Tournament was hosted by Fieldcrest Middle School on January 13, 14 and 16, 2016. Par-ticipating schools included Roa-noke-Benson, Putnam County, L-P

Washburn, Midland, Henry-Sen-achwine, El Paso-Gridley and Fieldcrest.

The 7th & 8th Grade Champi-onship games were played on Sat-urday, January 16th at 5:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.

7th Grade Knights Capture Little Tri-County

The Fieldcrest 7th graders cap-tured the title with their win over Roanoke-Benson in the title game. The 8th graders also reached the title game but lost to El Paso-Grid-ley.

Glen Gerard Set To Direct River Valley Players Comedy Murder Mystery “Something’s Afoot”

Glen Gerard will direct the-River Valley Players’ “Something’s Afoot.” (a musical comedy murder mystery.) Auditions will be held at St. John’s Community Center, 1301 2nd Street, Henry, at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 24 and 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26.

Glen is seeking a cast of six men and four women (one of the male roles - Dr. Grayburn - may be cast with a female) in this delightful spoof of classic Agatha Christie detective stories. Set in 1935 with a rousing vaudeville style score , this suspenseful satire is a smashingly good time. Please be prepared to read from the script and demon-strate simple stage movement.

Note: The characters have ac-cents that range from cockney to upper class British accents. Please wear appropriate clothing and shoes that allow freedom of move-ment.

“When I read the script for this show, I was immediately drawn to it because it is really unlike any other show in that the set is actually the star of the show, and is such an interesting concept by combining light musical comedy with tongue-in-cheek murder mystery. Anyone auditioning or operating the spe-cial effects will be included in the most ‘on stage fun you will ever have”’ when you hear the laughter from the unsuspecting audience,” state Jane Knapp.

Jane Knapp, musical director of “Something’s Afoot”, requests those planning to audition, prepare 16 to 32 bars of a musical theatre song that best shows your range. Bring sheet music in your key, as an accompanist will be provided. If you do not have sheet music, a selection of music books of famil-iar songs will be available for you to use

Also needed are 5-6 stage hands to create the magic involving the intricate set and special effects needed for the show. Although the cast is limited to the charac-

ters listed, there is opportunity to be involved with making the show come to life.

River Valley Players production of “Somethings Afoot” marks de-signer/ director Glen Gerrard’s 51st year of theatre involvement, both on stage and behind the scenes. While a student at IVCC in 1968, he was hired as their set designer. He attended Illinois State Univer-sity on a scholarship, earning a de-gree in Art with "Emphasis in the-atre and theatre design." Glen has designed sets and been involved in area community theaters as well as professional theatre productions.

His design credits include “Something’s Afoot,” “Inherit the Wind,” “ The Man Who Came to Dinner,” “Brigadoon,” “You Can’t Take It With You,” “Detective Story,” “ Cabaret,” “Oklahoma,” “Grease,” “West Side Story,” “A Chorus Line,” “Charlotte’s Web,” “Social Security,” “Amadeus,” “Death Trap,” “I Do, I Do” and nu-merous others. Additional credits include directing “The Man Who Came to Dinner” and “Oklahoma,” as well performing in principal roles for both community and pro-fessional theatres.

If you are unable to attend scheduled auditions, please con-tact Charlotte Balensiefen at (309) 364-3563. Copies of the script are available at the Henry Public Li-brary and may be checked out for one week. Scripts must be returned before auditions.

Note: in the event of inclimate weather please check with River Valley Players Face Book Page for Updates. Rehearsals will be held at St John’s Community Theatre and will usually be Tuesday and Thurs-day evenings from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. and Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m until close to tech week. Please bring a list of potential conflicts with scheduled rehearsals to audi-tions. There will be 5 performances April 16, 17, 22, 23, 24.

Director Glen Gerard

Pictured from left to right: Andy Anderson, Ken Weber, Ken

Varna Ambulance Seeks Volunteers To Continue ServiceThe Varna Ambulance service

is in dire need of EMT’s! We are approaching our 40th anniversary, and in order to keep our service go-ing, we need more help!!

Our service was founded in 1976 by Joe and Jan McCall and Don Schoof. The original am-bulance was a van, and the three founding EMT’s covered ALL of the calls in the community. Joe McCall is still an active member today.

We have been fortunate to have volunteers willing to sacrifice their time regardless of what else was going on in their lives. Most of them have full time jobs, families, and numerous other responsibili-

ties, but because of a love for hu-man life and a deep desire to help others they have selflessly devoted themselves to our service.

In recent years our volunteer numbers have dwindled, and we are struggling to cover our calls and provide for our community.

We are extremely grateful to our taxpayers and all of the support that our community and surround-ing communities and services have given us through the years. Whether you have donated mon-ey, time, food, or just come to our fundraisers, we truly do appreciate your support. It is through this support that we were able to pur-chase a new ambulance and AED

in 2015 that has given us the abili-ty to provide the best care possible.

Now we are asking for your help in a different way. In order to keep providing a local ambulance service for our community we des-perately need more volunteers. There is great fulfillment in help-ing someone on their worst day, in their greatest time of need, that out weighs any amount of money you could ever receive.

If you have any interest in be-coming an EMT or First Respond-er for our Varna Ambulance ser-vice please contact Dave Todd at (765) 401-6819 OR Melissa Ko-vach at (309) 361-2746.

Herout, Melissa Kovach, Crystal Horton, Eric Adams, Rich Shank-

lin. Not Pictured: Brittany Fuchs, Angi Whitaker and Dave Todd.

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