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April 2011 — Volume 4 - Issue 4

UPCOMING EVENTS

April 16

Ashland City-wide Garage Sale

May 28th Ashland High School 125th

Annual Banquet

May 30th Memorial Day Program

June 4—6

Virginia Barbeque

June 24—26 Ashland Community Days

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Don’t miss this great opportunity to

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CHURCH DIRECTORY BEREA CHRISTIAN CHURCH Minister Edward J.Moretto bereacc@casscomm.com www.bereachristianchurch.com Sunday Christian Education Hour - 9:30 pm Sunday Worship - 10:30 am Wednesday Eve. Prayer Mtg. - 7:00 pm

We’re Open On Sunday!!

CHURCH OF CHRIST Minister Howard Chartier Sunday School - 9:00 am Sunday Worship - 10:00 am

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Rev. David L. McHenry 476.3678 Sunday School - 9:30 am Sunday Worship - 10:30 am Choir Practice - Wednesday - 7:00 pm

ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH Father Chris Brey 476.8856 Ashland Sunday Mass - 9:00 am Beardstown Sunday Mass - 11:00 am Sunday (Spanish) - 12:30 pm Virginia Saturday - 5:00 pm

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Patricia Hutton 476.8858 www.ashlandunitedmethodist.com Sunday Worship - 8:45 am Sunday School - 10:00 am Wednesday Prayer Service - 6:30 pm Choir Practice - 7:00 Youth Second Saturday - 10am - 2pm

NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH, s.b.c. Pastor Terry Beauchamp www.newbeginningschristianfellowship.net Sunday’s 1st Service @ 8:00 am

Sunday School for all ages@ 9:10-10:00 am New Adult Singles Ministry @ 9:10 - 10:00 am at 308 West Washington, Ashland 2nd Service - 10:15 am YOUTH4TRUTH @ 6:30-7:30 pm Tuesday Corporate Prayer @ 7:00 pm Saturday’s Men’s Prayer Breakfast @ 8:00 am

2011 Lenten Services Schedule

4/03 - Ashland First Baptist Church Terry Beauchamp

4/10 - New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Dave Hutton

4/17 - Peter Cartwright United Methodist John Sheppard

4/22 - Pleasant Plains Church of Christ Keith Masten

Good Friday 7:00 p.m.* 4/24 - Richland Creek Baptist Church

Pat Hutton Sunrise Service 6:30 a.m.*

* All other services are on Sunday

evenings at 5:00 p.m. There will be no food

served after the Good Friday service.

Friends, Below is a section of the book, “100 Favorite Bible Verses”. I hope you enjoy and learn as much as I did from reading this.

In your lives you must think and act like Christ Je-sus. - Phillippians 2.5 NCV Modern culture encourages individuals to fight for

their rights, push their way to the top, and always look out for number one. Jesus demonstrated a dif-ferent way to approach life, with the attitude of a servant who lays aside his rights for the benefit of others. In his letter to the church at Philippi, Paul challenged the Philippians to make a countercul-ture choice and to follow Jesus’ example.

To understand what it means to have the attitude and actions of Jesus alive and working within you, read the Gospels. Note how Jesus treated people. Note his patience, his compassion, and his sacrificial perspective on life. He voluntarily put earthly limitations on his heavenly form in or-der to bless others. He continually asked his Father

for “thy will,” not “my will,” to be accomplished. Out of anyone who ever lived on this earth, Jesus had more reason to demand that others put him on a pedestal than anyone else. He deserved to be honored and served. Instead, out of an attitude of humility, he chose to be the servant of all. Your attitude influences your decisions and

actions, and ultimate, the effect they have on the lives of others. A selfish, self-centered attitude will eventually lead to self-destruction. A humble, God-centered attitude will lead to deeper personal peace and a greater positive impact on the world around you. It also will bring joy and honor to God,

who dearly loves you. Help keep your attitude in check by keeping this in mind.

Love is the motivation behind the attitude that you are asked to emulate. The closer you draw to God, the deeper your love will grow and the more like Jesus your attitude will become.

Have a great April! See you in May! What Would Jesus Do? WWJD B. G.

April 2011

“A SERVANT’S HEART”

1 Peter 2: 21

John 13: 14,15

Philippians 2: 5-8

Mark 10: 43-45

John 13: 34

APRIL SCHOOL CALENDAR Apr. 1 ACV HS JV Gsb @ Porta 4:30 Apr. 2 ACV HS Bbb Redbird Classic Apr. 4 ACV HS Gsb vs. Griggsville-Perry 4:30 Apr. 5 ACV HS Bbb/Gsb @ Brown County 4:30 ACV HS B Track @ Rushville 4:00 Apr. 7 ACV HS Bbb/Gsb vs. Brown County 4:30 ACV JH Track @ Greenfield 4:00 Apr. 8 ACV HS Bbb @ Rushville 4:30 Apr. 9 ACV HS Gsb @ Porta 4:30 ACV JH Travl @ Waverly 9:00 Apr. 10 ACV Athletic Booster Mtg 7:00 @ Va City Hall Apr. 11 ACV HS Bbb vs. Beardstown 4:30 ACV HS G Track @ New Berlin 4:00 Apr. 12 A-C PTO Mtg 7:00 @ Ashland ACV 5th/6th Track @ Williamsville 3:45 Apr. 13 ACV HS Bbb/Gsb @ NewBerlin 4:30 ACV HS G Track @ Jacksonville 4:00 Apr. 14 ACV JH Track @ Waverly 4:00 Apr. 15 11:30 Dismissal – SIP Day

Virginia Prom

IHSA Organizational Contest Apr. 16 HS Musical 7:00

ACV HS Gsb @ Rushville Tourney ACV HS Bbb @ Lutheran Tourney Apr. 17 HS Musical 2:00 Apr. 18 ACV HS Gsb vs. South Fulton 4:30 ACV JH Track @ Havana 4:15 Apr. 19 ACV HS Bbb/Gsb vs. Triopia 4:30 ACV JH Track @ ISD 4:00 Apr. 20 ACV HS Bbb/Gsb @ Athens 4:30 ACV HS G Track @ Greenfield 4:00 Apr. 21 ACV Bbb/Gsb @ Triopia 4:30 ACV HS G/B Track @ Rushville 4:30 Apr. 22 NO SCHOOL – GOOD FRIDAY Apr. 23 ACV HS Gsb @ Beardstown Tourney ACV JH Track @ Rushville 10:00 Apr. 25 NO SCHOOL – SPRING BREAK ACV HS G/B Track @ Carrollton Apr. 26 ACV HS Bbb/Gsb vs. Routt 4:30 ACV HS G/B Track @ ISD 4:00 ACV JH Track @ Porta 4:00 Apr. 27 ACV HS Bbb vs. Plains 4:30 ACV HS G Track @ Greenfield 4:00 Apr. 28 ACV HS Bbb/Gsb @ Routt 4:30 ACV HS G/B Track @ ISD 4:00 Apr. 29 IESA Organizational Contest ACV HS Gsb @ Plains Tourney Apr. 30 ACV HS Gsb @ Plains Tourney

A-C Central High School located in Ashland, Il has been

awarded for the second year in a row the for the Illinois

State Board of Education’s Academic Improvement

Award. This award honored 93 schools for substantial

gains in test score over the past few years. A-C Central

was only one of 18 high schools that earned this award

and was also named to be one of the Ten Most Improved

High Schools. Earlier this year, A-C Central High School

was honored for being one of the top 100 High Schools

by the Chicago Sun Times. A-C Central’s High School

Principal is Mr. Dan Williams.

Do you have a flowerbed that is getting a little too crowded with those perennials? The A-C Central FFA is looking for spring plants and perennial donations that we can use at the

school and for our spring sales. This winter there was a frost in the greenhouse and we are a little short on plants this year and we hope you can help. All donations will be wel-comed! Donations can be dropped off at the greenhouse or call Jennifer Waters at 217-476-6025 or e-mail jwaters@a-ccentral.us. Thank you for your continued support of our greenhouse project. The spring sale will be held April 16th in conjunction with the town garage sales from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The middle school students at A-C Central (grades 5-8) have raised $2,413.10 for the children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in

Memphis, Tennessee. This is the largest amount ever raised! This hospital treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases, regardless of financial need, and conducts research to find cures. There were 51 stu-dents participating this year. That is outstanding for a school of our size. Over the last twelve years, A-C Central has raised $15,947.20 for this

great cause. The Math-A-Thon sponsor is Carrie Jo Donnan. The following student raised over $250: Izeyar Lincoln $264. She is getting a portable MP3 stereo speaker with FM scan radio, a certificate, t-shirt, one ticket to Six Flags, and a backpack. The following students raised $125 up to $250: Kolby Vandenbergh $186 (game set), Hoaby Hoagland $125 (dartboard), Paul Price $125 (FM ra-dio), and Logan DeFord $125 (dartboard). They will receive a certificate, t-shirt, one ticket to Six Flags, a backpack and a special prize of their choice mentioned above. The following students raised $75 up to $125: Phillip Wessel $109, Grace Danner $85, Austin Cuba $80, and Brock Pettit $77. They will receive a certificate, t-shirt, one ticket to Six Flags and a backpack. Phillip Wessel donated his ticket and backpack back to the children at St. Jude’s. The following students raised $35 up to $75: Carrie Allen $60, Destinee Jones $57, David Miller $55, Hailey Allan $40, Brandon Eskew $40, Dee Eilers $38, Hallie Greer $35, Erin Kelly $35, Chenoa Butler $35, Cheyenne Kesselring $35, Jessie Millner $35, Samantha Koehler $35, Bailie Devlin $35, Christopher Nicholas $35, Nicole Newcomer $35, Briley Eilers $35, Jewel Reed $35, Kayla Witherell $35, Nicolle Correll $35, Andrew Gleason $35, Alexis Brewers $35, Kyle Winkelman $35, Megan Anderson $35, Braden Eilers $35, Alexandria Simmons $35, Hannah Ratliff $35, Jennifer Adkins $35, and Robert Tungate $35. They will receive a certificate, t-shirt, and one ticket to Six Flags. Carrie Allen donated her ticket and Brandon Eskew donated his t-shirt and ticket back to the children at St. Jude’s. Be sure to check the expiration date of the Six Flags ticket. If possible, the tickets can be donated back to the 8th grade class for them to use on the 8th grade field trip. These students raised less than $35: Brittany Smith $30, Kara Osborn $27, Quinlan Mahoney $20, Kobe Turner $15, Kendra Escudero $15, Brit-tany Graham $14, Lexi Carlock $12, Lauren Pinney $10, Kirby Cowman $10, Emily Koch $10, Cadence Smith $5, Taylor Hamblin $5, D’Arcy Buker $3.10, and Julia Peters $1. They will receive a certificate. All students who participated receive extra credit in math and have Ca-sey’s pizza for lunch at school.

Thanks to everyone who has made a contribution. You are truly making a difference in the lives of children around the world.

Press Release from Becky Canty

A-C Central FFA Looking For Spring Plants & Perennials!

A-C Central Middle School Math-A-Thon Sets a Record Raises over $2,400

Hours: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm Tuesday - Saturday Closed Sundays & Mondays

217.741.3874

NEAL’S BARBER SHOP

Ashland, IL 62612

Prentice Farmers Elevator

2303 Elevator Avenue

Ashland, IL 62612

217.476.3516 or 1.800.255.8659

prenticeev@casscomm.com

prenticeelevator.com

James R. Blakeman, Manager

4 locations to serve you: Prentice, Philadelphia, Strawns Crossing, and Tallula.

Dealers in Grain, Seed and Kent Feeds.

Gardner Construction Co.

2878 Panther Grove Road Ashland, IL 62612

Cell: 217-341-3415 Leave Message 217-476-8135

Remodel

Kitchen & Baths

Replace Roof &

Room Additions

The A-C Central PTO is asking the community mem-

bers of Chandlerville and Ashland to start and con-

tinue clipping Box Tops for Education. This is a

great way to bring additional funding to our

schools. The money earned from Box Tops goes

straight into A-C Central classrooms!

You can help by clipping Box Tops from products

you purchase and dropping them off at the following

locations:

A-C Central Middle/High School Office – Ashland

A-C Central Elementary Office – Chandlerville

Allen’s Market – Ashland

West Central Bank – Ashland

Peoples State Bank – Chandlerville

Cheryl’s Best Cafe – Chandlerville

The A-C Central PTO appreciates your support!

BRITTANY STRIBLING NAMED FEBRUARY

STUDENT OF THE MONTH AT A-C CENTRAL Congratulations to Brittany Stribling for being selected Stu-dent–of–the–Month for February at A-C Central High School. Miss Stribling is the daughter of Beverly and Shawn Stribling of Ashland.

Brittany is a leader both in and out of the classroom as evi-denced by her involvement in various school activities. She

is a member of the National Honor Soci-ety, FFA, Spanish Club, S.T.A.R., and Natural Helpers. Brittany is also a member of the Volleyball team as well as the Cheerleading

squad. Miss Stribling plans on attending the Univer-sity of Illinois at Springfield majoring in Accounting. Congratulations to Brittany Stribling

on this significant honor!

MADALYN ALLEN

NAMED JANUARY

STUDENT OF THE

MONTH AT A-C

CENTRAL Congratulations to Madalyn

Allen for being selected Student–of–the–Month for

January at A-C Central High School. Miss Allen is

the daughter of Jennifer and John Allen of Ashland.

Madalyn is a leader both in and out of the classroom as evidenced by her in-volvement in various school activities. She is a member of the National Honor Society, FFA, Span-ish Club, S.T.A.R., Natural Helpers and Yearbook. Madalyn is also a member of the Volleyball and Softball team as well as the Cheerleading squad. Away from school Madalyn is active in her church Youth Group at the First Baptist Church in Ashland. Miss Allen plans on attending Illinois College majoring in Busi-ness and also wants to play Volleyball on the college level.

Congratulations to Madalyn Allen on this significant honor!

Smith Chiropractic Clinic

Dr. Kathie G. Smith

111 North Hardin Ashland, IL 62612 (217)476-3547 Office Hours by Appointment Monday and Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Friday a.m. by Appointment

220 N. Yates - Ashland Office: 1-866-225-8126

Garrett Savage - Bob Savage

Ron Ahlers - Salesman cell: (217)691-5492

**GIVE US A CALL**

LLC Propane

Illini

DON'T MISS IT! Be sure to be here when Ashland comes alive for the annual Ashland Sum-

mer Days on June 24-26. Of course, the Saturday parade will be a highlight of the week-end, followed by an I.T.P.A. sanctioned tractor pull, which Cowmans tell us has a couple of

new classes. Saturday night will find Hip-Bone Sam and his friends on stage, followed by CONFEDERATE RAILROAD, a popular Nashville recording group. Make plans now for the

volleyball tournament--get your teams organized--it's only four months away! The Ashland Community Club will soon be selling chances on tickets for a Cubs/Cardinal game week-end

get-away package. The money from this will help support our celebration. Get involved--offer to help. Give us your ideas. Let's make this year's celebration the best one yet!!

Ashland Community Days Celebration - June 24, 25 & 26 2011

Robin S. Krone, Library Director Prairie Skies Public Library District 125 West Editor, Ashland, IL. 62612

Coming soon to Prairie Skies PLD 2011 SUMMER READING PROGRAM

Mark these dates on your calendars:

June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 11 & 18. Programs will be held on Mondays

at 10:00 AM in Ashland and 1:00

PM in Pleasant Plains. This year’s theme is ―A Midsummer’s Knight

Read‖.

Prairie Skies

Library

Phone: (217)476-3595

115 W. Freemont St.

PO Box 136 Ashland, IL 62612

We Do It All

In Just 1 Call!

Jim - Todd - Travis

Wallbaum

Development

Inc.

Plumbing - Heating - Air Conditioning

Backhoe - Trenching

Several of us senior citizens take time out of

our lives to help keep the town we love cleaned up a little. One of the biggest prob-lems we have is how trashy the parks are af-

ter several (not all) teens throw bottles, cans, candy wrappers, beer cans, sandwiches boxes,

and everything else they can throw on the ground. There are barrels in both parks, but evidently they don’t know what they are for.

Some of us older folks think maybe if these

kids want to hang out in the parks maybe one of the parents should be with them. Oh, wait,

these kids who trash the parks parents would say ―My kid wouldn’t do that!‖ This is part of the problem with these kids today. All you

teenagers that use the parks PLEASE USE THE BARRELS!

For those of you who couldn’t make the Firemen’s Reunion last Sunday, you

missed it! You missed a lot of laughs

from us old guys. The meal was TERRI-FIC and FREE. Some of the older guys

had stories from the past and the fire-men on the department now had a lot of

laughs at the way it was run back then.

It was interesting how the first fire truck

came about, and how far the department

has come since then. It is really hi-tech! I believe, and this is just my opinion,

that we have the best fire department anywhere! I want to thank everyone who

came and the present fire department

who brought this about!

THANK YOU!!!

A MESSAGE TO THE KIDS

WHO USE OUR FINE PARKS

Thanks from all the

old geezers and geezerettes!

A MESSAGE FOR THE FORMER FIREMEN

Old Sale Barn, can stand no more...

1931

2011

Due to the deterioration of the Ashland Sale Barn, the current owners, Kent & Karen Gutmann are having to

tear it down. ―It saddens us tremendously to have to do

this, but it simply must be done.‖ With record-breaking snow fall this

year, the building just

could no longer stand

the test of time.

OPEN HOUSE

April 16th, 8AM—NOON

Junctions 123 & 125 - Ashland, Illinois 62612

SPRING IS ALMOST HERE!!! The Garden Center & Lucky’s both opening in mid-April, come see us!

“Thank You” for 51 years of business!

Allen’s Market - Since 1960 Monday - Saturday 7:00 am to 8:00 pm

Sundays and Holidays 8:00 am to 6:00 pm

Amity Nail Spa

116 N. Yates Ashland, IL

Phone: 217-416-7615

Lana J. Pfaffe, Nail Technician

Tease Tanning & Hair Salon 116 N. Yates

Ashland, IL Call: 217-476-3764

for appointments Tammy & Shawn Eskew

Owners

Amity Nail Spa &

Tease Tanning & Hair Salon

Various vendor booths

Come celebrate Amity’s 1st Anniversary and

Tease Tanning’s re-opening with us!!

**Prayer Breakfast meets on the first Saturday morning of the month

from September - May @ 9:00 am with the host church providing

breakfast and devotions. If your group has a conflict in schedule,

please arrange to trade dates with another group and notify the rest.

Contacts: Call contact person from each church to change schedule or start

prayer circles in case of emergency or during the summer months as needed.

Dorothy Taylor (AUMC) 476-3581

Marcia Masten (Richland Creek) 691-5469

Glenda Schleyhahn (First Baptist) 476-8829

Becky King (New Beginnings) 891-3454

Betty Higgason (Ash. Church of Christ)

Elaine Roth (St. Augustine Catholic) 476-3984

2011

April 2 - Richland Creek Baptist Church

May 7 - Ashland First Baptist

LADIES’ PRAYER BREAKFAST

SCHEDULE 2011

“Where two or three come together in My name, I am there with them.”

Matthew 18:20

Contact

Rich

Edwards

476-3577

or cell

371-3793

Richland Office 3090 Richland Elev. Rd.

Pleasant Plains, IL 62677 217.626.1551

Ashland Office 220 North Niagara Ashland, IL 62612

217.476.3318

Email us: RPAFARMERS@CASSCOMM.COM

Pleasant Plains Office 300 N. Washington

Pleasant Plains, IL 62677 217.626.1331

RPA Farmers Co-op

Norm Bryant Enterprises

Distributor of Fine Quality Vacuums

Carpet Cleaning Furniture Car Interior

Cell (217) 741-3758 Phone: (217) 476-3508

608 W. Franklin Ashland, IL 62612

117 S. Front Street Virginia, IL 62691

217.452.7717 Kristen Arthalony

A SUBSIDIARY OF THE WEST CENTRAL BANK E-mail: wcins@casscomm.com

108 W. Editor Street

Ashland, IL 62612

217.476.3354

Jeffrey A. Donnan - Kay Handy Ora Lee Campbell

Other Locations: 210-A Washington St. Beardstown, IL 62618

217.323.3018 Debbie Jones

815 W. Clinton Rushville, IL 62681

217.322.6230 Kala Peacock

MATT GREER

President

Located at West Central Bank 400 East Buchanan, PO Box 467

Main: 217-476-3653 - Fax: 217-476-3342 Email: matt.greer@ingfp.com

A Full Service Bank

400 E. Buchanan St.

P.O. Box 467

Ashland, IL 62612-0467

PH. 217.476.3325 FX. 217.476.3342

April 14 - 15

Creation

Museum

in

Petersburg,

Kentucky

Reservations with

final

payment due

two weeks

before trip.

Designed by Brock Pettit Son of Greg & Robin Pettit

Mrs. Kesselring’s 5th Grade Class

SENIOR SAINTS…

Sr. Saints will be attending the Jacksonville Theater for the performance of ―Spelling

Bee‖ on Sunday May 1st. Tickets are $13:00 in advance. RSVP by April 18th to

476-8848

GARAGE SALE… Ashland annual spring city wide garage

sales to be Saturday, April 16th. Call John Jones at 476-3914

GARAGE SALE...

April 16, 2011 at 108 N. Alta Antique Tea Cart, Ladies 5-Speed Bicycle

Gasoline Leaf Blower, Troy Electric Garden Tiller, Jig Saw, Puzzles, & Christmas Village

Tools and lots of miscellaneous items.

BITS-N-PIECES ASHLAND VFW POST 3546…

Meets monthly at 7:00 p.m. on the 3rd Monday at the Firehouse.

AMERICAN LEGION POST 498... Meets monthly at 7:30 p.m. on the 3rd Monday at the Firehouse.

ASHLAND U-HELP... Any student may apply for up to $500 loan

with an interest rate of 3%. Applications are available at West Central Bank in Ashland.

ASHLAND WOMAN’S CLUB… April 5th at Baptist Church Hall. The program

will be ―The Hagg Sisters‖.

THANK YOU…

Thank you to Daniel Meyer (and Harold) of Al-len's Market for recovering and returning our flash drive lost in their parking lot during the

big snow. Your honesty does not go unno-ticed! - The Masten family

ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS OF 1961 REUNION

The 1961 class of Ashland high School will be having their 50th year reunion with a social

gathering at the Catholic Hall on may 28th at 3:00 pm. They will attend the 125th annual Ashland High School Alumni banquet at the A-

C Central Pete Gutman Memorial Gym that evening. They would like to extend an invita-

tion to the classes before and after ours.

Hope to see you there!!!

April Anniversaries 1 - Eloise Quinley 1 - Rick Edwards 3 - Marilyn (Fulton) Holmes 4 - Donna Farmer 4 - Adam Blair 5 - Carolyn (Heather) McDonald

9 - Dick Gutmann 13 - Bill Blair 15 - Don Parsons 20 - Jeanne Fulton Holmes

5 - Jeff & Beth Cosner

6 - Harold & Marge Showalter 8 - Dan & Alice Kern

8 - Ron & Don Hoagland 14 - Homer & Carol Rieken

20 - JR & Kathie Blair

20 - Brandon ―Crew Chief‖ Eskew

20 - Jane (Elliott) Speck

20 - Ethan Mayes

22 - Calvin Kelley

25 - Norman Bryant

26 - Dale DeGroot

26 - Amy Christison

26 - Brayden Pettit

30 - Carroll Houston

April Birthdays

The Annual Spring Card Party, spon-sored by the Pleasant Plains Commu-nity Club, will be held on Thursday, April 7, beginning at 6pm. Get your friends together and call to reserve

your table. This event will be held at the Pleasant Plains Community

Club. Call 415-2976 and bring your friends and your favorite game to en-

joy a fun evening.

101 Yates Street

(217)476-3317 April, 2011

The City-Wide Garage Sale is April 16th. No Clean-Up Day has been scheduled so far The Village is looking into the cost of having rock sales this year; we’ll will let you know. If you see a street light out, the Village office (217/476-3317) and we will contact CIPS for repair.

Utility Rates:

Water Sewer

First 1,000 gallons $22.00 $10.20 Per 100 gallons after first 1,000 92.5 cents 41.5 cents EPA Testing Fee $ 1.05 Minimum monthly charge $33.25 Total water, sewer and EPA for 3,000 gallons $60.05. If you have any questions you would like answered in a public forum, please forward them to the Village office and we will try to answer them through this page in The Scoop. Ashland@casscomm.com

Village of Ashland Board Members & Staff:

Dave Handy, Mayor Jim Birdsell, Chief of Police Ron Cave, Public Works Director Alicia Hager, Village Treasurer Linda Stephenson, Village Clerk Kitty Mau, Deputy Clerk

Fadra Birdsell, Trustee Stan Fulton, Trustee Dave King, Trustee Nancy Kyrouac, Trustee Seth Thornley, Trustee David Troxell, Trustee

The month of

March has kept

the A-C Central

FFA Chapter been

quite busy! On March 4th, twenty-

five female mem-

bers of the chap-

ter attended the

Women Changing

the Face of Agri-

culture Conference

at Illinois State University in Bloomington. While there, they met with female leaders in the agriculture industry and made connections for the

future. Internship and scholarship opportunities were also provided for the

students. Prior to the conference, Lauren Pfaffe, Morgan Wessel, Teagan

Smith, Kelsey Handy, Haley Pfaffe and Danielle Bright appeared on News

Channel 20 to promote the event and met with meteorologist Joe Crain for

their interviews that aired at the

end of February.

Seven members also worked at the Illinois Products Expo in

Springfield on March 5th to serve

samples of Illinois Products, pro-

vide maintenance and work with

the public. Pictured with the

Schnuck’s shopping cart are Bre-

ann Knapp, Danielle Bright, Kel-

sey Handy, Teagan Smith, Parrish Smith, Rachel Smith and Carmen

Savage.

Members joined nearly 700 FFA members at the state capitol building on

March 9th to provide agriculture commodity baskets and lunches to our

legislators. Pictured are On this same day, members also delivered nearly

forty flower arrangements to Walker Nursing Home in Virginia that were

made by the A-C Central High School Horticulture Class and over 150 canned goods to the Cass County Food Bank from a previous food drive

held in conjunction with local FFA chapters.

On March 11th we headed to Moline to

visit the John Deere Pavilion and Har-

vester Works Plant. While there we

saw combines in the making and

learned more about the history of the

company. Pictured are the forty chap-ter members to visited the plant.

Nine members of the chapter repre-

sented A-C Central at the District III

Proficiency Awards on March 16th in

Jacksonville. Pictured are Zach Fields - Equine Placement, Kelsey Handy -

Nursery Operations, Brandon Smith - Ag Education, Haley Pfaffe - Home &

Community Development, Mrs. Waters, Jordan Keyes - Ag Mechanics, Stacey Eskew - Turfgrass Management, Teagan Smith - Environmental

Science, Nathan Mahoney -

Swine Production Placement,

and Morgan Wessel - Small

Animal Care. Nathan, Teagan

and Brandon were named

winners for District III and will

be eligible to compete in the

State FFA Awards Contest at Urbana on April 2, 2011.

Steps to this award include

our winners winning the Chap-

ter and Sectional FFA 14

Awards.

Finally, the Envirothon team competed at John Wood Community College

for the Region 8 Envirothon competition on March 23rd. Members included Kelsey Handy, Sarah Pherigo, Brandon Smith, Morgan Wessel and Teagan

Smith. The team won the event for the

second year in a row and will represent

West Central Illinois at the state com-

petition at Allerton Park in Monticello

May 12-13th.

Upcoming events include our annual plant sales on April 16th along with

State Proficiency Awards, District III

Public Speaking and Livestock Judging!

A-C Central 8th Graders Attend Reality Store

The 8th graders attended the ―Welcome to the Real World‖ event on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 at Hamilton’s in Jacksonville. The Store, organized by the University of Illinois Extension Office, is designed to help students learn how to budget their

money in real life situations. They chose a profession and what type of car and house they wanted to purchase. Then they were faced with cost of living ex-penses: buying groceries, paying for in-surance, etc., and even some unexpected expenses throughout the day. They wrote a check for every expense. At the end of the day, the goal was to have a positive balance in their checking account. It was a great experience for all of the students to start understanding the importance of budgeting their money.

Pack 125 Cub Scouts

had their Pinewood

Derby Race at the

A-C Central Gym.

Troop 125 Boy Scouts

and Pack 125 Cub Scout

participated in Scouting for

Food. They collected 190.5 pounds of food and

supplies. We would like to

thank everyone for your help.

1st: Cole Fanning, 2nd: Drew DeGroot, 3rd: Alex Trissel, 4th: Carter Logue, 5th: Braden Eilers and 6th: Robbie

Nation. Contratulations to all!

THANK YOU

If you know any woman currently undergoing che-

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while she is in treatment. All she has to do is sign

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range for the service. This organization serves the

entire USA and currently has 547 partners to help

these women. It's our job to pass the word and let

them know that there are people out there that

care. Be a blessing to someone and pass this infor-

mation along.

It was a busy, busy day on March 23 for A-C Central Band members! Band members and their director Kim Webster participated in the Cass County Solo Ensemble Contest

hosted at Our Saviors' School in Jacksonville. Students were required to prepare a selection and also perform scales and basic rudiments for a judge. The judge then scored the stu-dents and awarded a Division 1 or a Division 2 ribbon. Stu-

dents participating in this years contest and their results are as follows:

Austin Cuba – timpani solo – I Christopher Nicholas – snare drum solo – I

Andrew Pherigo – snare drum solo – I Brock Pettit – snare drum solo – I Alexa Waters – clarinet solo – I

Brittani Beddingfield – clarinet solo – I Emma Lynn – clarinet solo – I Ally Simmons – flute solo – I

McKenzie Stephens, Kristin Irlam, Kylie Fields & Brittany

Smith – flute quartet – I Erin Kelly – piano solo – I

Adam Hoffman – bari sax solo – I Adam Barla – tuba solo – I Carrie Allen – flute solo – I

Baylee Smith – keyboard solo – I David Miller – trombone solo – I Lane Newell – trumpet solo – I

Kirby Cowman & Quinlan Mahoney – trumpet duet – I Tanner Stephens – trombone solo – I Megan Anderson – trombone solo – I

Hoaby Hoagland – tuba solo – I Zach Kays – multiple percussion solo – I Chance Richardson – drum set solo – I

Phillip Wessel – snare solo – I

Kayla Witherall – trumpet solo – I

Andrew Gleason – trumpet solo – I Ellen Force – snare drum solo – I

TJ Crumley – snare solo – I Braden Eilers – tenor sax solo – I Jennifer Adkins – alto sax solo – I Ryan Woodard – tenor sax solo – I

Briley Eilers – alto sax solo – I Sabrena Reek – flute solo – I

Christian Warden – flute solo – I Alex Brue – flute solo – I

McKenzie Stephens – flute solo – I Samantha Koehler – flute solo – I

Erin Kelly – oboe solo – I Kristin Irlam – flute solo – I

Haley Greer & Sarena Nicholas – flute duet – I Hannah Ratliff – flute solo – I Izeyar Lincoln – flute solo – I

Cheyenne Kesselring – flute solo – I Lexi Carlock – flute solo – I

Chenoa Butler – flute solo – I Logan DeFord – snare solo – I

Danielle Ratcliff – clarinet solo – I Emily Koch – clarinet solo – I Quinn Allen – alto solo – II

Eric Savage – tenor sax solo – II Molly Betters – baritone solo – II Jewell Reed – trombone solo – II

Jared Curry – tenor sax solo – II

A special thanks goes out to the accompanist for their time and talents: Cindy Bobbitt & Leighann Allen. You are su-per!!!

Congratulations goes out to A-C Central Band members for a wonderful showing at the Illinois High School Asso-ciations State Solo Ensemble contest. This contest was

held on Saturday March 5 at PORTA High School. Stu-dents are required to prepare a selection and then per-form that selection and scales or rudiments for a judge. Results for the A-C musicians are as follows:

Ty Kesselring – Tenor sax solo – I Allyson Quick – French horn solo – I

Valerie Escudero – Flute solo – II Haley Pfaffe – Bari sax solo – I

Clarinet Trio:

Lindsay Allan, Maggie Allen & Lindsey Cole- I

Balloon Ensemble: Faith Widdows, Lindsey Cole, Hannah Miller, Kayla Ander-

son & Allyson Quick – I

Football Ensemble: Haley Pfaffe, Courtney Cave, Lindsay Allan, Sarah

Pherigo, Brandon Smith, Cody Miller, Morgan Wessel &

Maggie Allen – I Special thanks goes out to Cindy Bobbitt for accompany-ing the students on the piano! Congratulations to the students for a job well done! Your hard work has paid off!!!

EPA AWARD WINNERS

Four sixth grade students at A-C Central Jr. High were selected to receive special awards from the Environ-mental Protection Agency’s poster and poetry contest. This contest was held for all 5th and 6th graders across the state of Illinois. The students prepared for the contest in Dena Leinberger’s Science class. Emily Koch was selected as one of the top 6 finalists in the Poetry/Prose Contest and Phillip Wessel was selected as an honorable mention in the Poetry/Prose Contest. Emily will receive a $50.00 savings bond. Kirby Cowman was recognized in the top 50 for her Poetry/Prose and Erin Kelly was recognized in the top 50 for his Poster. All four students will be honored at a banquet in Springfield Saturday, April 2nd. Congratulations to all students! Cutline for picture: Erin Kelly, Kirby Cowman, Emily Koch, Phillip Wessel

Happy 90th Birthday

Tom Kofoed

04/17/2011

Have a great day!! Love, Rita & Family

The Ashland Scoop Committee would like to offer the newsletters by subscription. This would be great for out-of-town people who can’t make it in to pick one

up. It also would be make a great gift for those rela-tives who have moved away and want to keep up

with local news. Cost is $20.00 per year. Newsletters will be mailed out the first week of each month.

Please send requests

to:

Ashland Scoop c/o Printers Ink

PO Box 193 Ashland, IL 62612

217-476-3764

ATTENTION ALL WOMEN

“A Women’s Seminar: Healthy vs. Unhealthy

Relationships”

When:

Saturday, April 2nd from 10:00 - 11:30 am

Where:

The First Baptist Church

of Ashland in the Christian Education Wing

Provided by: The Crisis Center Foundation

Sponsored by:

The Young Adult Sunday School Class at the First Baptist Church of Ashland

Light refreshments and childcare are provided.

Contact Cindy Smith at 217-883-1116

if you have questions.

VOTE FOR KEITH GREGORY

A.C. CENTRAL SCHOOL BOARD

CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL BOARD

(due to consolidation vote, you must vote twice)

The A-C Central Yearbook staff has found copies of old yearbooks that we

are offering for sale. We have the fol-lowing hardback black and white year-

books available for $20.00: 1952, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1986,

1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003,

2004, 2005, and 2006.

We also have hardback color yearbooks

available for $30.00 for 2007-2010.

There are also a few paperback year-

books for the junior high school from 2003 and the elementary school for

2002-2007 available for $5.00.

Please contact Jennifer Waters at the

high school 217-476-6025 or jwaters@a-ccentral.us to make

arrangements to get your copies! First come first served - some years we

only have one book while other years have multiple books available.

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“THE SEVEN LAST

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St. Augustine Church

Saturday - April 23rd 12 noon - 3 pm

―Come When You Can -

Leave When You Must‖

Ecumenical Readings

Silent Prayer & Meditation

APRIL 11TH, 2011, 7-9 PM

St. Augustine Church Ashland, Illinois

PLEASE JOIN US ALL ARE WELCOME!