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December 2013 Volume 7 - Issue 12

BUYER NEEDS…

Buyer A: $≤100,000, Springfield, garage and basement

Buyer B: $≤200,000 ≥2 acres, Pleasant Plains School District.

Buyer C: $≤50,000, Springfield, ≥ 2BR, ≥1000 sq. ft.

Buyer D: $≤115,000 Ashland, 3BR, w/large garage, 2 bath

Buyer E: $≤400,000 w/acreage in Cass, Sangamon or Menard County. ≥4BR, ≥2BA

Buyer F: $≤120,000 Springfield, 3BR (large master preferred),

≥2BA, garage.

Buyer G: $≤150,000 Ashland, 3BR, w/basement

SCHOOL DATES TO REMEMBER

December 5 Elementary Winter Concert

December 10

Jr High Winter Concert

December 11 High School Winter Concert

December 20 Dismiss 11:30

Dec 23 - Jan 3 Winter Break

517 W. Mechanic Ashland

Reduced! $89,900

Dawn Stremsterfer Realtor®, Broker Associate

Office: 217-787-7215 Direct: 217-741-1865

2475 West Monroe Springfield, IL

62704 (cell)

217-741-1865

Great 4BR 2BA ranch with over 1600 sq.ft. on a corner lot offering many new updates. Totally remodeled kitchen with new tile flooring, cabinets, and coun-tertops in `05. Roof, siding and exterior doors were replaced in `09. On demand water heater was installed in `07. Fenced back yard with nice outdoor area for relaxing on the deck or in the hot tub that stays. Original hardwood floors in the living room with a new fire-place that was installed in `09. Seller is offering a home warranty.

Ann Martin

Real Estate

Broker

100% Club

Member

Office:

217-787-7215

Direct:

217-652-6193

Fax:

217-787-8957

PROFESSIONALS

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Springfield, IL 62704

(cell) 217-652-6193

Call if you would consider selling a home that meets the above criteria!

PROFESSIONALS

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Happy Holiday

s!

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 Jimmy Coyle

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 ASHLAND COMMUNITY ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY Tuesday Eve. Baptist Church Hall - 7 - 8:30 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. Pam Hoffman 476.8858 www.ashlandunitedmethodist.com

Sunday Worship - 8:45 am Sunday School - 10:00 am NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH, s.b.c. Pastor Darin Peterson Ph. 217-675-2124 www.newbeginningschristianfellowship.net Sunday School for all ages @ 9:15-10:15 am Worship Service @ 10:30 am YOUTH4TRUTH - Monday evening @ 6:30 pm Saturday’s Men’s Prayer Breakfast @ 8:00 am

Bradley J. Ross August 2, 1961

November 19, 2013

Bradley J. Ross, 52, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19,

2013, at St. John’s Hospice.

He was born Aug 2, 1961 to Henry H. “Herbie” and Shirley J. (Burris) Ross. Bradley was formerly employed as a truck driver. He is survived by his mother, Shirley; a brother, Stephen W. Ross; several cousins; best friend, Tim Kelly; and his caregivers, Leland Rhodes RN for 11 years, Jane Pond LPN for 8 years and Bev Byers LPN for 7 years. He was preceded in death by his father in 1987 and a sister, Georgina Rae Ross in 1959. Service were held at noon Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 at Vancil-Murphy Funeral Home with Pastors David and Linda Gessaman officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The Ross Family were formerly from Ashland

LADIES PRAYER BREAKFAST

December 7 - Richland Creek

January 4 - United Methodist

*All ladies of Ashland and Pleasant

Plains communities are invited to attend.

“For where two or three are gathered in my

name, there am I in the midst of them.” Mathew 18:20

THANK YOU……..THANK YOU……..THANK YOU Once again the “Churches” of Ashland have come together and made a memorable Thanksgiving for thirty families The donation of turkeys from the youth group in Beards-town - Dollar Generals generous donation of candy - the donation of time from all who bring it to the Catholic Hall - to the two special persons who sort - and to all of the per-sons who deliver it to the homes, and especially to the families that gratefully receives the baskets. But most of all a great big thanks to the donations of cash that make it all possible.

IT COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU!!!!

400 E. Buchanan St. P.O. Box 467 Ashland, IL 62612-0467

PH. 217.476.3325 FX. 217.476.3342

A Full Service Bank

Holiday Greetings from the Adventure Club.

Watch for upcoming trip information for the year 2014.

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

Garrett Savage - Bob Savage

Ron Ahlers - Salesman cell: (217)691-9631

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Jeffrey A. Donnan - Kay Handy Ora Lee Campbell - Kristen Arthalony

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Other Locations:

116 State Street Beardstown, IL 62618

217.323.3018 Debbie Jones

815 W. Clinton Rushville, IL 62681

217.322.6230 Kala Peacock

979 Clocktower Drive Springfield, IL 62704

217-726-9885 Stacey M. Hester

1-800-252-1799

Happy

Holidays

Amity Nail Spa

116 N. Yates

Ashland, IL

415-0558

Lana J. Pfaffe,

Nail Technician

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.

BLACK & WHITE COPIES - 10 CENTS EACH COLOR COPIES - 30 CENTS EACH

111 North Hardin Ashland, IL 62612 (217)476-3547

Office Hours by Appointment Monday and Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Smith Chiropractic Clinic

Dr. Kathie G. Smith

The 9-12 meeting will be showing

Dennis Michael Lynch- film "They

Come To America: The Cost of Am-

nesty". The film will be shown at 220

N Yates St. at the Illini Propane Of-

fice on Friday, December 13th at 7pm.

The public is invited to come and see

this eye opening documentary.

They Come To America: The Cost

of Amnesty

Support you’re A-C Central Senior class. 1/8 page ads for the yearbook can be purchased for $20. For information email: swingo@a0ccentral.us. We are also hosting a meats, cheese, and chocolate fundraiser for the yearbook. These make great Christmas gifts! If you would like to support the yearbook in this way go to www.helpyourgroup.com and en-ter our group number 31714. Thanks for your continued support! Sheri Wingo A-C Central Yearbook Adviser

There are a lot of products (household cleaning wipes, personal hygiene and paper towels) on the market that are labeled “flushable” but most are not “degradable” and end up tangled in our sewer pumps. Unlike toilet paper, some contain plastic and other materials that don’t dissolve quickly in water. We are asking residents to only flush biologic waste and toilet paper. Additionally, we have noticed more grease in the waste water. Please refrain from washing grease down your sink drains because it forms “grease balls” as it rolls down the pipes and plugs the sewer grates. Your help in these matters would be greatly appreciated. The financial costs associated with both of these issues is quite large. There will be a Christmas decorating/lighting contest again this year. First prize will be $50 with $10 prizes for honorable mentions. The judging will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm.

Christmas tree clean-up will be the 6th thru 10th of January. Please have your tree free of ornaments, tinsel, lights, etc. If you are in possession of a stray dog, please call the county sheriff’s office (217/452-7718) and ask them to contact Jim Birdsell. If you see a street light out, call the Village office (217/476-3317) and we will contact Ameren CIPS for repair.

Water Sewer

First 1,000 gallons $27.50 $10.45 Per 1,000 gallons after first 1,000 $14.75 $ 4.40 EPA Testing Fee $ 1.05 Minimum monthly charge $39.00

E-mail: Ashland@casscomm.com Facebook: Village of Ashland

Village of Ashland Board Members & Staff:

Terry Blakeman, Mayor Jim Birdsell, Chief of Police Ron Cave, Public Works Director Phyllis Sutphin, Village Treasurer Vanessa Doellman, Village Clerk Kitty Mau, Deputy Clerk

Kelly Sutphin-Gutmann, Trustee Fadra Birdsell, Trustee Stan Fulton, Trustee Greg Pettit, Trustee Frank Wallace, Trustee

Dave Troxell, Trustee

Email us: RPAFARMERS@CASSCOMM.COM

Richland 3090 Richland Elev. Rd.

Pleasant Plains, IL 62677

217.626.1551

Ashland 220 North Niagara Ashland, IL 62612

217.476.3318

Pleasant Plains 300 N. Washington Pleasant Plains, IL

62677

217.626.1331

RPA Farmers Co-op

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.

DUPLEX APPARTMENT FOR RENT

604 S. Sylvan, duplex for rent. 1-bedroom, updated. $475 per month. No Pets — OR buy entire duplex for $300 per month. Call Julie or Donn

at 217-652-1449 for details.

8 - Brett & Jackie Kesselring 2 - Forrest & Carol Duncan 29 - Don & Kaye Parsons

December Anniversaries

02 - Shawn Eskew 05 - Julie Jokisch 06 - Travis Wallbaum 09 - Jim Heather 10 - Alex Gardner 16 - David Bryant 15 - Dena Mae Davin 18 - Harry Blakeman 18 - Ramona Douglass 20 - Cheyenne Kesselring 25 - Baby Jesus 28 - Jim Handy 30 - Charlee Ratliff 31 - Kelsey Gardner

December Birthdays

The Ashland Volunteer Fire

Department would like to thank

everyone in our community for

their support of the recent fund-

raiser. All profits from this event

will be set aside for the purchase of

a new fire truck. We will be updat-

ing the "thermometer" in the

village square periodically, so

check out the progress. Our goal is

$250,000. This will upgrade our 41

year old pumper with a 7 to 8 year

old replacement. This will probably

take many years to complete, but

with your continued help, we be-

lieve it's an attainable goal. Thanks

again for your continued support.

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

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

Plumbing - Heating Air Conditioning

Backhoe - Trenching

WALLBAUM DEVELOPMENT

INC. ASHLAND, IL

ASHLAND WOMAN'S CLUB

WOMEN OF THE ASHLAND COMMUNITY & SURROUNDING AREA

Are you bored? Are you looking for a little fun?

Are you in need of some intellectual

stimulation in your life?

Join the Ashland Woman's Club

The club meets the first Tuesday of every month (September to May), 1:30 p.m., First Baptist Church Hall. A cultural program is followed by light refreshments. Membership is only $10 for the year. The club was organized in 1898, provides scholarships to area stu-dents and supports many local organizations and charities. The ladies play bridge and pinochle throughout the year.

Some of the upcoming programs will be:

December 3

Winter Olympics

February 4 Your Health - Cass County Public

Health Educator & Nurse

May 6

Spring Luncheon - Noon (reservations required)

Contact Judy Mills 476-3469 if you have questions.

ALLYSON QUICK named

Student of the Month at A-C Central

Congratulations to Allyson Quick for being selected Stu-dent – of – the – Month for October at A-C Central High School. Miss Quick is the daughter of Gary and Claudia Quick of Ashland. Allyson 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 Honor Roll, Marching, Pep and Concert Band, Natural Helpers, STAR, Student Council, FFA, Pro-ject 2000, Foreign Language Club, Scholastic Bowl, Na-tional Honor Society, Fall Play Cast, Spring Musical Cast and is on the Swimming team.

Away from school Allyson enjoys volunteering at New Salem, tutoring students, weekly Bible meetings, and her piano, horn, guitar and voice efforts. Miss Quick is undecided at this point as to a college choice and major area of study.

LADY JAYS HAVE TWO

SELECTED TO ALL

CONFERENCE TEAM

Sydnee Henry was selected to the Sangamo Conference 2nd Team and Kaitlin Throgmorton was selected to the Honorable Mention Team. Congrats, ladies!

Parrish Smith of A-C Central Hs-FFA FFA named national finalist in 2013 National FFA Agriscience Fair at 86th National FFA Convention & Expo INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, Nov. 18, 2013/National FFA Organization) – Parrish Smith, a member of the A-C Central Hs-FFA FFA Chapter from Ashland, Illinois, was a national finalist in the 2013 National FFA Agris-cience Fair at the 86th National FFA Convention & Expo Oct. 30-Nov. 2 in Louisville, Ky. The National FFA Agriscience Fair is a competition for FFA members who are interested in the science and technology of agriculture. It is held each year during the National FFA Convention & Expo and sponsored nation-ally by Cargill, John Deere and Syngenta. FFA members can compete in the national agriscience fair in one of six categories: • Animal Systems • Environmental Services/Natural Resource Systems • Food Products and Processing Systems • Plant Systems • Power, Structural and Technical Systems • Social Systems To qualify for the National FFA Agriscience Fair, students must be in grades seven through 12, conduct a scientific research project pertaining to the agriculture and food science industries and present their findings to a panel of judges with a display and report. All national participants are selected as the state winner at their state agriscience fairs and earn na-tional competition eligibility after being placed in the top 15 within their respective categories. The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 579,678 student members in grades seven through 12 who belong to one of 7,570 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Congratulations to Ty Kesselring for being selected Student – of – the – Month for September at A-C Central High School. Mr. Kesselring is the son of Jackie and Brett Kesselring of Ash-land. Ty is a leader both in and out of the classroom as evidenced by his in-volvement in various school activities. He is a member of the Honor Roll, is President of the Marching Band, a member of Natural Helpers, STAR (Treasurer) and Student Council. He has been a cast member of the Fall

Play and Spring Musical each year and has been selected to the IMEA All-District Band for 2012 and 2013 as well as the IMEA All-State Band in 2013. Away from school Ty enjoys weightlifting, reading fiction and playing video games. Mr. Kesselring is undecided at this point as to a college choice and major area of study. Congratulations to Ty Kesselring on this significant honor!

Ty Kesselring named Student of the Month

at A-C Central

CHRISTMAS FOOD

BASKETS

Community food

baskets for the

Christmas

holiday will be offered

again this year. If you

would like to donate to

the program, please con-

tact any member of the

Ashland Volunteer Fire

Department or call (217)

473-9147.

Thank you!

TOYS FOR TOTS

Our community Toys for Tots

program is in full swing. Drop off a new toy at the boxes

located all around town.

For other donations, contact any

member of the

Ashland Volunteer Fire Department or call

(217) 473-9147.

Thank you! We also need donations of money to

help buy gifts or gift certificates for

Jr. High & High School Age Kids.

New Construction

Remodeling

Gutters

217.741.3874

NEAL’S BARBER SHOP

Ashland, IL 62612

Tuesday - Friday: 7:30 am - 1:00pm

Closed: Saturday, Sunday & Monday

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

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays

MS pic L to R: Hannah Ratliff, John Heath, Kim Webster & Izyer LIncoln HS pic L to R: Sabrena Reek, Hoaby Hoagland, Kim Webster, Ty Kesselring, Cerys Boston & Allyson Quick

CONGRATULATIONS A-C CENTRAL BAND STUDENTS Several students from A-C Central High School and Junior High were selected for the honor of par-ticipating in the Illinois Music Education Associations All-District Bands. Auditions for this honor were held on Columbus Day. Students from all across Illinois prepared selections and performed basic skills and music excerpts for judges. Those scores determined who would participate in the All-District organizations. The All-District festival was held on the campus of WIU in Macomb on Saturday Nov. 2, 2013. Stu-dents from all over west central Illinois gathered to come together to rehearse and present concerts in Western Hall. The talented young musicians got the opportunity to work with very talented clinicians and conductors. The JH band was directed by Mr. John Heath, retired from Batavia HS. John is a past ILMEA president and a very active conductor and clinician. HS students got the pleasure of working with David Maccabee who is currently the director of bands at Unity Township HS in East Moline. Junior High School selectees were: Hannah Ratliff, daughter of Mike and Jenny Ratliff of Ashland. Hannah is a flute player in the A-C Central JH Band and is active in band, choir, cheerleading, volleyball, softball, and Student Council. Izyer Lincoln, daughter of Yarvo Roberts of Ashland. Izyer is also a flute player and active in band, choir, basketball, volleyball, softball and Student Council. High School selectees were: Sabrene Reek, daughter of Sheila Reek. Sabrena is a Junior flute player and is active in band and participates as a member of the PORTA swim team. Ty Kesselring, son of Jackie and Brett Kesselring of Ashland. Ty is a Senior bari-sax player and is active in band, fall play, musical, STAR, and Student Council. Ty is a member of 2012 ILMEA All-District as well as an ILMEA All-State participant in 2013. Cerys Boston, daughter of Samantha and Scott Boston of Ashland. Cerys is a Senior and plays the trumpet in the A-C Central Band and is active in band, fall play, musical, STAR, Project 2000, Natural Helpers, Foreign Language Club, Student Council, Scholastic Bowl 4H, youth group, & FFA. Cerys is a 2012 member of the ILMEA All-District Band. Allyson Quick, daughter of Gary and Dee Quick of Ashland, is a Senior french horn player from Ashland. Allyson is active in band, fall play, musical, Natural Helpers, STAR, Project 2000, Foreign Language Club, FFA, Student Council and swims on the PORTA Swim Team. Allyson was a member of the 2012 ILMEA All-District Band. Hoaby Hoagland, son of Dawn and Ron Hoagland of Ashland, is a Junior tuba player from A-C Central. Hoaby is active in band, fall play, musical and Scholastic Bowl and Natural Helpers.

Congratulations to all students selected… JOB WELL DONE!

Bradley Honor Band Three talented young ladies represented A-C Central at the 2013 Bradley University Frosh/Soph Honor Band. The girls were selected on their past music accomplish-ments. Students from 40 schools across central Illinois participate in this prestig-ious event. The young musicians have the pleasure of working with Dr. David Vroman from Bradley University for 2 rehearsals and then present a concert to the public in conjunction with the Bradley Symphonic Winds. Erin Kelly, oboe player from A-C Central, along with Emily Koch, clarinet player and Alex Brue a flute player were members of this years group. The girls attended rehears-als on Nov. 12 and Nov. 19 in Peoria. They presented a concert in the Dingledine Concert Hall at 7:30 PM. The honor band performed John Philip Sousa’s THE THUN-DERER, THE COWBOYS by John Williams, Tschesno-koff’s SALVATION IS CREATED, and closed their program with Samuel Hazo’s Novo Lento. It was an outstanding concert. L to R: Alex Brue, Erin Kelly, Kim Webster & Emily Koch

A-C CENTRAL SCHOOL CALENDAR

DECEMBER

20th - End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester - Early Dismissal 11:05/11:10 (Elementary), 11:30 (MS/HS) 23rd - Jan 3 NO SCHOOL - Winter Break

JANUARY 1st- 3rd - NO SCHOOL - Winter Break

10th - Early Dismissal 11:05/11:10 (Elementary),

11:30 (MS/HS)-SIP DAY 20th - NO SCHOOL-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

FEBRUARY 7th - Mid-Term for 3rd Quarter

13th - Early Dismissal 1:45/1:50 (Elementary), 2:11 (MS/HS)-Parent/Teacher Conference

14th - NO SCHOOL - Parent/Teacher Conference 17th - NO SCHOOL - We will observe President's Day

MARCH 14th - End of 3rd Quarter-Early Dismissal 1:45/1:50

(Elementary), 2:11 (MS/HS) 17th - 21st NO SCHOOL-Spring Break

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