“memo. News from the Heart of Amish Country .,.,.......,....WT,. m” (_ Small Town ESPN; ED 2n mu: m; 3, Shelmn I, ,s H3“ ADC E313 v.1. 0 ARTHUR GRAPHIC-CLARION Wednesday, May 17, 2017 um In conjunction with the annual Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 29, at Arthur Ceme- “if? The service starts at am. A table will be set up where veterans or their families can fill out a card with the veteran’s name and branch of service The cards will be at- 11 Post 479 planning special ceremony to be held at annual Memorial Day Service tached to flags, and, fol- lowing the service, the flags will be placed by the Veterans Memorial. The card and flag cer- emony is for all veterans, living or dead, and service men and women still serv- ing their country at home or around the world. The Memorial Day Service and the tribute to veterans are open to the public. Village board hears presentation on Google software for government By ROGER W. BONHAM Managing Editor The Arthur community is receiving a lot of attention lately on television. "Our Story: Arthur" airs tomorrow evening (Thurs- day, May 18) on WEIU-TV, and WCIA Channel 3 is com- ing Friday, May 28, to broad- cast live ftom downtown for its “Our'Town” series. The live broadcast will be A to 7 pm, and includes the “C.I. Living" show and the evening newscast. In ad dition, WCIA will feature Arthur throughout the week leading up to the live broad- cast. During the village board meeting on Monday evening, Jerry Hall, a sales represen- tative from WCIA, presented board members information concerning the week—long promotion. Jeremy Rodebaugh, technology coordinator for Arthur Community Unit School District 305, of- fered insight into the use of Google’s G-Suite, which the board is considering to use for day-today e-mailing, re- port writing, record-keeping, communicating, schedule management, and collabora» tion The G~Suite for Busis ness costs $10 per month per user. Mayor Rod Randall es- timated they would have 16 users [or a monthly cost of 99 H A cheaper form of the program is available (Ba- sic) at half the price but does not include the “Vault“ fea- ture that offers the user ex» tra storage and archiving functions, which the city will need. notebooks was confi- dent that G-Suits would be capable of meeting the city‘s needs. To save time, the board approved a resolution pro- viding a consent agenda pro- cedure. The consent agenda includes items historically found on the board’s agenda that are noncontroversial in nature, including approval of minutes, bills, authorizing the village president to act on behalf of the board, oth- er routine items, items that have been thoroughly dis- cussed previously. and non- controversial resolutions Instead of taking the items and seeking motions to approve and seconds for each one, the village presi- dent will ask if any trustee wants to discuss an item on the consent agenda. If some- one wants to discuss an item (Continued On Page 15) Sewing Eastern Moultrie, Western Douglas, and Southern Piatt Counties Visit Champaign County Tourism Council honored Noel Dicks at a special awards pre- sentation held May 10 at the 77 Club a! Memorial Stadium' In Champaign. Jayne DeLuce, president and CEO of Wsit Champaign County, and Mike DeLorenzo, chairman of the VCC Board at Directors, presents Noel Dicks his tourism award. Photo by Stephanie Wlerman Noel Dicks receives Tourism Impact Award from Visit Champaign County tourism group By Stephanie'Wiér’inari General Manager The Visit Champaign County Fifth Annual Toast to Tourism event was held on Wednesday, May 10, at Memorial Stadium. Held during Nation- al Travel 8:. Toursim Week, this year’s theme “The Faces of Travel" shined the spot- light on people who keep this industry strong. The Tourism Impact Awards were created to rec- ognize the Faces of Travel who go above and beyond and go that extra mile for many reasons. Noel Dicks of Arthur was one of five recipients to receive the 2017 Tourism Impact Award and was nom- inated by Bruce Wood. In the nomination form, Bruce described him as ”The Source" for the community and its rich history. Today. when one wants DAR. E. GRADUATION. Arthur Grade School held its 30th Drug Abuse Resistance Edu- cation (D. A.R. thoE') graduation on Tuesday evening, May 9. Thirty- -two fifth graders who and t-shlrts. Some of the studentsthe and adults participating In 0the many are, left to right, Marita Mast, who led everyone in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to begin the ceremony: Charlene Smith of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 142; Jaylon Herschbergsr, Jaydon Yod- er, Derrick Schrock, Kendall Burdick, Robert Hostetlsr, and Police Chief Mike Goodman, who has bought the D.A.R.E. class since 1997. Mast, Burdick, and Martha Herschberger were the winners of this year’s poster comest. Herschberger is not In the photo. The program is sponsored by the Village of Arthur, Arthur School District 305, and Indepen— dent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 142 who provided the t-shirts. A story and additional photos will be published in next week’s GraphichIarion. Photo by Roger W. Bonham l i l “to‘Ih-mw the history of some- thing in Arthur, Noel is of~ ten called upon for informa- tion. Jayne DeLuce, president and CEO of VCC stated, “Long before Google and the internet, people had to go door to door to gather infor- mation about businesses. In this case, we’re talking over 500 countryside and in-town Arthur area businesses. “Noel Dicks, along with Abe Schrock. completed this arduous task and then for- mulated the first business directory, which has become an invaluable asset for visi- tors to Arthur and is appro- priately called ‘Connecting the Dots.” DeLuce Went on to say, “Noel’s passion for the Vil- lage of Arthur is legendary, and along with his wife, Iris, continues to serve as gra» cious and wonderful ambas- sadors for the community." The four other recipi- ents of the Tourism Impact Award included Jessica Ba- salay, Esquire Lounge; Rod Lovett, Parkland College Athletic Department; Cam< eshia and Curtis McGhee, C&C Kitchen: and Dawn Van Buskirk, Berkshire Ho~ thaway Snyder Real Estate. Cory Jobs, director, 11- linois Office of Tourism, was also present and gave a great overview about tour- ism in Illinois. Jobe also announced two new inductees into the Illinois Made program. The Great Pumpkin Patch and Prairie Fruits Farm 8: Creamery This program is de- signed to feature the people and places that create, craft, and invent in Illinois. Arthur Area Tourism Council is a regional mar- keting partner with Visit Champaign County. Tractor cruise to roll along 46-mile route to fund scholarships The Eighth Annu- al Amish Country Tractor Cruise will be held on Satur- day, June 17, in Arthur. The 46vmile route will take riders on a picturesque tour through the Heart of Illinois Amish Country to raise funds for scholarships. Featured tractors for this year’s cruise are the John Deere 3010, 3020, 4000, 4010, and 4020. Registration will begin at 6:00 am. at Yoder's Kitch- en. located on Route 133. Tractors will depart at 8:00. A 9:30 rest stop will be made at Berle and Linda Casteel‘s farm north of Lov- ington on Coal Mine Road. LUnch will be served at noon at the Terry Warren farm south of Sullivan. The cruise is expected to return to Arthur by 3:30 .m, Each year the cruise takes riders on a different route through Amish Counv try. A suggested donation ! of $25.00 registers a driver and tractor and includes one lunch, one t»shirt, and ball cap, Additional lunch tick- ets and t-shirts may be, pur- chased for $10.00 each. Sponsors for the 2017 cruise are The Equity, Kate's Kars and Trailer Sales, Kuhns Equipment, Okaw Farmers, Sloan Implement, Windswept Farms—Beck‘s Hybrids, and Yoder Seed CompanyiDuPont Pioneer. Money raised through sponsorships and donations help fund scholarships for students. Since starting the schol~ arship program in 2016, Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond FFA Alumni have invested in the lives of eight students attending college or special FFA programs. For more information and to request a registra- tion form, please contact Jim Fleming at (217) 791-1026 or by email at ijf1964@consol» idatednet Arthur, Illinois 6191 1 News Briefs Basketball camps to be held May 30 thru June Coach Dale Schur- ing has announced times and dates for the annual Knights Boys Basketball Camp. The camp will be held in two sessions be- ginning Tuesday, May 30, through Friday, June 2, at ALAH High School gym, 301 East Columbia Street, Arthur. Session A meets 8:30 to 10 am. daily and is for boys entering filth grade through those entering eighth grade. Session B meats 10:30 am. to noon daily and is for boys entering the ninth grade (fresh- men). Camp fee is $40, which includes a t-shirt. A family discount is available: Add $20 for a second child, and $10 for a third child, and so on. Checks should be made to ALAH High School, Forms are available at the grade school and should be returned to the oflioe by main“). Anyone vin tions about 319 {W ket< ball camp should contact Coach Schuring at schur- ingd@cusd305.org or call (217) 543—2146 (work) or (217) 273-7787 (cell). Blessing of the Bikes to be held Saturday, May 20 at Southern Baptrst Church Arthur Southem Baptist Church will con- duct its Fourth Annual Blessing of the Bikes at 9 arm. on Saturday, May 20. The event will be held in the church park- ing lot at 530 North Vine St treet Following the Bless- ing of the Bikes, rid- ers will embark on this year’s tour which will take them to Moonshine Store southeast of Casey for lunch, Historical and Genealogical Society to meet Moultrie County Historical and Genea- logical Society will hold their monthly general meeting at 7 pm. Thurs- day, May 18, in the Her- itage Center located at 117 E. Harrison in Sulli- van, The topic of the eve- nmgwill be “Rural Elec- trification. There will be a very interesting video of how one farm family, the Parkinsons, were liv- ing in Ohio before elec- tricity came to their farm and how life changed for them when President Roosevelt made Rural Electrification Adminis- tration possible In 1935. Life took a sharp turn when electricity changed the way folks on the farm lived and worked. Come and join us as we watch this informa- tive and historical video, and share your memo- ries. , OCR Text: “memo. News from the Heart of Amish Country .,.,.......,....WT,. m” (_ Small Town ESPN; ED 2n mu: m; 3, Shelmn I, ,s H3“ ADC E313 v.1. 0 ARTHUR GRAPHIC-CLARION Wednesday, May 17, 2017 um In conjunction with the annual Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 29, at Arthur Ceme- “if? The service starts at am. A table will be set up where veterans or their families can fill out a card with the veteran’s name and branch of service The cards will be at- 11 Post 479 planning special ceremony to be held at annual Memorial Day Service tached to flags, and, fol- lowing the service, the flags will be placed by the Veterans Memorial. The card and flag cer- emony is for all veterans, living or dead, and service men and women still serv- ing their country at home or around the world. The Memorial Day Service and the tribute to veterans are open to the public. Village board hears presentation on Google software for government By ROGER W. BONHAM Managing Editor The Arthur community is receiving a lot of attention lately on television. "Our Story: Arthur" airs tomorrow evening (Thurs- day, May 18) on WEIU-TV, and WCIA Channel 3 is com- ing Friday, May 28, to broad- cast live ftom downtown for its “Our'Town” series. The live broadcast will be A to 7 pm, and includes the “C.I. Living" show and the evening newscast. In ad dition, WCIA will feature Arthur throughout the week leading up to the live broad- cast. During the village board meeting on Monday evening, Jerry Hall, a sales represen- tative from WCIA, presented board members information concerning the week—long promotion. Jeremy Rodebaugh, technology coordinator for Arthur Community Unit School District 305, of- fered insight into the use of Google’s G-Suite, which the board is considering to use for day-today e-mailing, re- port writing, record-keeping, communicating, schedule management, and collabora» tion The G~Suite for Busis ness costs $10 per month per user. Mayor Rod Randall es- timated they would have 16 users [or a monthly cost of 99 H A cheaper form of the program is available (Ba- sic) at half the price but does not include the “Vault“ fea- ture that offers the user ex» tra storage and archiving functions, which the city will need. notebooks was confi- dent that G-Suits would be capable of meeting the city‘s needs. To save time, the board approved a resolution pro- viding a consent agenda pro- cedure. The consent agenda includes items historically found on the board’s agenda that are noncontroversial in nature, including approval of minutes, bills, authorizing the village president to act on behalf of the board, oth- er routine items, items that have been thoroughly dis- cussed previously. and non- controversial resolutions Instead of taking the items and seeking motions to approve and seconds for each one, the village presi- dent will ask if any trustee wants to discuss an item on the consent agenda. If some- one wants to discuss an item (Continued On Page 15) Sewing Eastern Moultrie, Western Douglas, and Southern Piatt Counties Visit Champaign County Tourism Council honored Noel Dicks at a special awards pre- sentation held May 10 at the 77 Club a! Memorial Stadium' In Champaign. Jayne DeLuce, president and CEO of Wsit Champaign County, and Mike DeLorenzo, chairman of the VCC Board at Directors, presents Noel Dicks his tourism award. Photo by Stephanie Wlerman Noel Dicks receives Tourism Impact Award from Visit Champaign County tourism group By Stephanie'Wiér’inari General Manager The Visit Champaign County Fifth Annual Toast to Tourism event was held on Wednesday, May 10, at Memorial Stadium. Held during Nation- al Travel 8:. Toursim Week, this year’s theme “The Faces of Travel" shined the spot- light on people who keep this industry strong. The Tourism Impact Awards were created to rec- ognize the Faces of Travel who go above and beyond and go that extra mile for many reasons. Noel Dicks of Arthur was one of five recipients to receive the 2017 Tourism Impact Award and was nom- inated by Bruce Wood. In the nomination form, Bruce described him as ”The Source" for the community and its rich history. Today. when one wants DAR. E. GRADUATION. Arthur Grade School held its 30th Drug Abuse Resistance Edu- cation (D. A.R. thoE') graduation on Tuesday evening, May 9. Thirty- -two fifth graders who and t-shlrts. Some of the studentsthe and adults participating In 0the many are, left to right, Marita Mast, who led everyone in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to begin the ceremony: Charlene Smith of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 142; Jaylon Herschbergsr, Jaydon Yod- er, Derrick Schrock, Kendall Burdick, Robert Hostetlsr, and Police Chief Mike Goodman, who has bought the D.A.R.E. class since 1997. Mast, Burdick, and Martha Herschberger were the winners of this year’s poster comest. Herschberger is not In the photo. The program is sponsored by the Village of Arthur, Arthur School District 305, and Indepen— dent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 142 who provided the t-shirts. A story and additional photos will be published in next week’s GraphichIarion. Photo by Roger W. Bonham l i l “to‘Ih-mw the history of some- thing in Arthur, Noel is of~ ten called upon for informa- tion. Jayne DeLuce, president and CEO of VCC stated, “Long before Google and the internet, people had to go door to door to gather infor- mation about businesses. In this case, we’re talking over 500 countryside and in-town Arthur area businesses. “Noel Dicks, along with Abe Schrock. completed this arduous task and then for- mulated the first business directory, which has become an invaluable asset for visi- tors to Arthur and is appro- priately called ‘Connecting the Dots.” DeLuce Went on to say, “Noel’s passion for the Vil- lage of Arthur is legendary, and along with his wife, Iris, continues to serve as gra» cious and wonderful ambas- sadors for the community." The four other recipi- ents of the Tourism Impact Award included Jessica Ba- salay, Esquire Lounge; Rod Lovett, Parkland College Athletic Department; Cam< eshia and Curtis McGhee, C&C Kitchen: and Dawn Van Buskirk, Berkshire Ho~ thaway Snyder Real Estate. Cory Jobs, director, 11- linois Office of Tourism, was also present and gave a great overview about tour- ism in Illinois. Jobe also announced two new inductees into the Illinois Made program. The Great Pumpkin Patch and Prairie Fruits Farm 8: Creamery This program is de- signed to feature the people and places that create, craft, and invent in Illinois. Arthur Area Tourism Council is a regional mar- keting partner with Visit Champaign County. Tractor cruise to roll along 46-mile route to fund scholarships The Eighth Annu- al Amish Country Tractor Cruise will be held on Satur- day, June 17, in Arthur. The 46vmile route will take riders on a picturesque tour through the Heart of Illinois Amish Country to raise funds for scholarships. Featured tractors for this year’s cruise are the John Deere 3010, 3020, 4000, 4010, and 4020. Registration will begin at 6:00 am. at Yoder's Kitch- en. located on Route 133. Tractors will depart at 8:00. A 9:30 rest stop will be made at Berle and Linda Casteel‘s farm north of Lov- ington on Coal Mine Road. LUnch will be served at noon at the Terry Warren farm south of Sullivan. The cruise is expected to return to Arthur by 3:30 .m, Each year the cruise takes riders on a different route through Amish Counv try. A suggested donation ! of $25.00 registers a driver and tractor and includes one lunch, one t»shirt, and ball cap, Additional lunch tick- ets and t-shirts may be, pur- chased for $10.00 each. Sponsors for the 2017 cruise are The Equity, Kate's Kars and Trailer Sales, Kuhns Equipment, Okaw Farmers, Sloan Implement, Windswept Farms—Beck‘s Hybrids, and Yoder Seed CompanyiDuPont Pioneer. Money raised through sponsorships and donations help fund scholarships for students. Since starting the schol~ arship program in 2016, Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond FFA Alumni have invested in the lives of eight students attending college or special FFA programs. For more information and to request a registra- tion form, please contact Jim Fleming at (217) 791-1026 or by email at ijf1964@consol» idatednet Arthur, Illinois 6191 1 News Briefs Basketball camps to be held May 30 thru June Coach Dale Schur- ing has announced times and dates for the annual Knights Boys Basketball Camp. The camp will be held in two sessions be- ginning Tuesday, May 30, through Friday, June 2, at ALAH High School gym, 301 East Columbia Street, Arthur. Session A meets 8:30 to 10 am. daily and is for boys entering filth grade through those entering eighth grade. Session B meats 10:30 am. to noon daily and is for boys entering the ninth grade (fresh- men). Camp fee is $40, which includes a t-shirt. A family discount is available: Add $20 for a second child, and $10 for a third child, and so on. Checks should be made to ALAH High School, Forms are available at the grade school and should be returned to the oflioe by main“). Anyone vin tions about 319 {W ket< ball camp should contact Coach Schuring at schur- ingd@cusd305.org or call (217) 543—2146 (work) or (217) 273-7787 (cell). Blessing of the Bikes to be held Saturday, May 20 at Southern Baptrst Church Arthur Southem Baptist Church will con- duct its Fourth Annual Blessing of the Bikes at 9 arm. on Saturday, May 20. The event will be held in the church park- ing lot at 530 North Vine St treet Following the Bless- ing of the Bikes, rid- ers will embark on this year’s tour which will take them to Moonshine Store southeast of Casey for lunch, Historical and Genealogical Society to meet Moultrie County Historical and Genea- logical Society will hold their monthly general meeting at 7 pm. Thurs- day, May 18, in the Her- itage Center located at 117 E. Harrison in Sulli- van, The topic of the eve- nmgwill be “Rural Elec- trification. There will be a very interesting video of how one farm family, the Parkinsons, were liv- ing in Ohio before elec- tricity came to their farm and how life changed for them when President Roosevelt made Rural Electrification Adminis- tration possible In 1935. Life took a sharp turn when electricity changed the way folks on the farm lived and worked. Come and join us as we watch this informa- tive and historical video, and share your memo- ries. , ZTest Historical Society 12182018,Historical Documents,Newspapers,Scans,AGC Files,AGC Files 1, AGC Files 1