Community Notes
Ice cream social
PRINCETON — Liberty Village of Princeton will have an ice cream social from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the activity room to celebrate Grandparents Day. This special day allows family members to honor grandparents with a special visit. Ice cream, pie and coffee will be available.
Drill team performance
PRINCETON — The South Shore Drill Team will perform in the Sheriff’s Department parking lot after the parade today, Saturday.
Concert planned
PERU — The Shooting Park Road Baptist Church in Peru will host the Warren family singers at 10 a.m. Sunday for a joint Sunday service. The Warren family from Springfield, Mo., sings southern gospel music and plays various musical instruments including the piano, guitar, bass, fiddle, harmonica, melodica and the saw. Pastor Ronnie Warren has been in full-time music ministry since 1993 and visits as many as 150 churches a year. The church is located at 4281 Shooting Park Road, Peru. For more information, call the church at (815) 223-2800.
Book fair
TISKILWA — Reagan Middle School will host a scholastic book fair Monday through Friday. The book fair will be open each day from 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the school library. Evening hours will be available from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, during the school open house. Anyone planning to visit during school hours must remember to check in at the school office.
Book club meeting
PRINCETON — The Princeton Public Library Book Club will meet at 4 p.m. Oct. 8 in the community meeting room at the library. The group will discuss “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer. The staff at the library will be glad to assist anyone in borrowing this book. Anyone is invited to join the group, sponsored by Friends of Princeton Public Library, in discussing this book.
Anniversary celebration
MANLIUS — The First Baptist Church of Manlius will celebrate its 110th anniversary on Sept. 20 at the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Roger Larson, a former member, is the guest pastor. The theme of the anniversary is an “Old Fashioned Sunday”. Everyone is encouraged to come dressed in attire of the era. A potluck dinner will follow the service. Drinks and table service will be provided. Games for all ages are planned for the afternoon.
Meeting
OTTAWA — The National Alliance on Mental Illness will hold its “Caring and Sharing” session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the North Central Behavioral Health Services Office, 727 Etna Road in Ottawa. All sessions are held at 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month. For additional information, call (815) 667-4689 or (815) 433-0430.
IVADA meeting
PRINCETON — The Illinois Valley Activity Director’s Association will meet at noon Monday at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.
Groundbreaking
OTTAWA — The local Habitat for Humanity affiliate will hold a ground breaking ceremony for its next home building project at 10 a.m. today, Saturday, at 1038 Catherine St. in Ottawa. The public is welcome to attend. The home will be built by the ecumenical non-profit Christian organization. Within the past 12 months, the local affiliate for Habitat for Humanity completed a home in Princeton and Spring Valley, and is currently building one in Granville. For further information, or to volunteer labor or materials for this project, contact the Rev. Chuck Maney at (815) 252-2792.
