Community Notes
Participants needed
MANLIUS — The village of Manlius has enlisted the help of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University to take a proactive approach to MAPPING the Future of Our Community. MAPPING stands for Management and Planning Programs Involving Non-metropolitan Groups.
Guided by representatives of Western Illinois University, the Community MAPPING process is a participant driven strategic visioning and planning process whereby local leaders and citizen volunteers create a long-range vision for issues like economic development and a plan of action for achieving it. A series of four, four-hour visioning sessions, involving 35-40 community members of various ages and backgrounds, will be held to discuss the questions:
• Where are we now?
• Where do we want to be?
• How are we going to get there?
• How do we make it happen and maintain the momentum?
Members of the community are invited to sign up and become part of this project. The first visioning screening will be from 5 to 9 p.m. March 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Manlius. A meal will be served to all who attend. The names of those who participate in four meetings will be entered in drawings for more than $1,000 of locally produced and processed beef, pork, lamb and chicken.
Questions may be directed to Jerry Neumann at (815) 445-2044.
Appraisal show
PRINCETON — An antique appraisal show will be held March 18 at the Princeton Masonic Lodge, 630 Masonic Drive, Princeton.
Karen Holland, a licensed appraiser who has 30 years appraisal experience, including two years with TV’s Antique Roadshow, will be on hand to appraise heirlooms. A maximum of three items per person may be appraised. Items will be appraised at $6 per item or three for $15. General admission with no antiques to appraise is $5 per person.
Doors will open at noon and appraisals will start at 1 p.m. A number will be given to each person as they check in with their items. Appraisals will be made in numbered order.
For more information, call Carolyn Diller at (815) 509-0957 or (815) 875-6150.
Program set
MCNABB — The Putnam County Historical Society will host a program at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Emmaus Lutheran Church in McNabb.
Greg Cox, records archivist from Springfield, will be the guest speaker. He will present a program on the Illinois State Archives. He will also give a brief overview of the archives, its history, purpose and holdings. He will talk about the archives resources and how to use them as well as discuss their holdings in Springfield, on their Web site, and their system for researching in outlying centers call IRAD.
Cox has been employed by the office of the Secretary of State of Illinois for 17 years. His first job there was as a clerk filming Civil War documents; the last six years he has been an archivist with the genealogical section in the reference unit. He is a native of Cass County and received his Bachelor of Science degree at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He has taught grade school, worked as a legal investigator, was a grain farmer, a claims adjuster and worked on a dredge boat.
Cox has given talks throughout the state to historical societies, civic clubs, fraternal organizations and senior groups.
The public is invited to attend the program. Beverages will be provided and members are asked to bring a finger food to pass.
Diagnostic clinic
PRINCETON — The Princeton Elks Lodge, in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Crippled Children’s Corporation, will sponsor a free diagnostic clinic for children with orthopedic problems on March 15. Appointments will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Roy Pierson, chairman of the local Elks Lodge committee, stated that the clinic will be at Perry Memorial Hospital, north front door. The public is invited to participate in this clinic.
Children with orthopedic problems, including those who have been examined at previous clinics and those physically handicapped in any way, are invited to attend for evaluation. People up to 21 years of age are welcome to attend. They should be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Family physicians are invited to send patients they feel might benefit from this service, as well as patients needing physical therapy. School nurses are urged to refer any child within their area.
For information on the clinic, or to make an appointment, call Pierson at (815) 872-8731.
Quilt show
PRINCETON — The Allen Building at the Bureau County Fairgrounds will come alive March 17 and 18 with hundreds of quilts on display during the Garden Dream Quilt Show when the Covered Bridge Quilters’ Guild hold its seventh biennial quilt show in Princeton.
Show hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Adult admission is $5, with anyone under 12 being admitted free.
Quilts of nationally known, award-winning quilter Millie Sorrells from Macomb will be the featured attraction. Her quilts have won prizes in shows nationwide nearly too numerous to list.
Another specialty of the show, always a favorite at past shows, will be the antique bed turning, featuring antique quilts owned by Guild members and friends. Not only will historical and valued antique quilts be “turned” on a bed, the story accompanying each gives insight to those long-ago ways of life. Some of the stories are serious, some comical, depicting life in these United States more than 50 years ago with some quilts being far older than their exhibitors. The “bed turning” truly gives insight into a history of quilting.
