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Dawn
Stremsterfer
Realtor®,
Broker
Associate
Office:
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Direct:
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ranch with 3 bed-
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Large fenced
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updates including Furnace 05, A/C unit 05, hot wa-
ter heater 01, roof & gutters 05, windows 08, sid-
ing, bathroom 05, & 3rd car garage added in 05.
Sliding glass door with deck and patio area. Pull
down attic stairs in garage to access attic for stor-
age. This home is a
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February 2012
Volume 6
Issue 2
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Ashland, Illinois
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Ashland
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and 3 other outbuildings.
CHURCH DIRECTORY BEREA CHRISTIAN CHURCH Minister Edward J.Moretto [email protected] 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
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 Wednesday- Choir Practice - 7:00 Youth Second Saturday - 10am - 2pm
NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH, s.b.c. Pastor Terry Beauchamp www.newbeginningschristianfellowship.net Sunday School for all ages@ 9:10-10:00 am 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
2012 Lenten Services Schedule
* All other services are on Sunday
evenings at 5:00 p.m. There will be no food served after the
Good Friday service.
2012
** 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.
Contact: 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 Schleyhan (First Baptist) 476-8829
Becky King (New Beginnings) 891-3454 Betty Higgason (Church of Christ) 476-3824
Elaine Roth (St. Augustine Catholic) 476-3984
February 4 Ashland United Methodist Church March 3 Richland Creek Baptist Church April 7 St. Augustine Catholic Church May 5 Ashland Church of Christ
LADIES’ PRAYER BREAKFAST
Schedule 2012 “Where two or three come together in My name, I am there with them.”
Matthew 18:20
2/26 Ashland United Methodist Church Ed Moretto 3/04 Pleasant Plains Church of Christ Pam Hoffman 3/11 Ashland Church of Christ John Sheppard 3/18 Peter Cartwright United Methodist Robert Anderson 3/25 Ashland First Baptist Church Howard Chartier 4/01 New Beginnings Christian Fellowship David McHenry
4/06 Richland Creek Baptist Church Terry Beauchamp Good Friday 7:00 p.m.* 4/08 Berea Christian Church Keith Masten Sunrise Service 6:30 a.m.*
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER 2012
Women, men and children in more than 170 countries and regions will celebrate
World Day of Prayer, Friday, March 2, 2012. The women of Malaysia have chosen
the theme “Let Justice Prevail”. They open the service for 2012 with the greeting
“selamat datang” - “peace and welcome” - a reminder that harmony as a people is
rooted in peace and welcome. The women name fair and just governance as the basis
for peace. The stories chosen by the wom-en of Malaysia give credence to the suffer-ing that empowers their prayer. A clear
message emerges: It takes courage, com-passion and active engagement for justice
to prevail. On March 2, 2012, let us resolve to work with God and with each other to
create a world in which each gender, race, culture, religion and state is honored, nur-
tured and empowered.
This year’s service will be held March 2 at 1pm at the Baptist Church, Ashland.
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION This letter is being written in response to a letter in last month’s newsletter regarding school consolidation. Since the failed consolidation attempt with Virginia last spring, the A-C Central school board has been discussing the current and future needs of our district. As we have tried to be far-sighted and proactive about assuring good education, a number of
ideas, including school consolidation, have been discussed. In an effort to gather as much information as possible, letters of interest have been sent to neighboring districts and meetings have taken place with two of those districts. The reason these discussions are taking place is to investigate options to preserve the quality and quantity of educational opportuni-ties for students in our school district. The author of last month's letter, Mr. Atwood, referenced that the main reason a school district would consider consolida-tion was because of financial difficulties, declining enrollment, inability to achieve academic standards, and maintaining quality teachers. He asserted that using those criteria, the A-C Central school district did not have a reason to consoli-date. It is true that the A-C Central school district is in a much more healthy financial position than it has been over the past several years. This improvement is in no small part due to the efforts of the superintendent, the school board, and
the school staff. Costs have been cut and new sources of revenue have been developed while at the same time the edu-cational quality has been maintained and improvements have been made to the physical plant. However, because of the dire financial status of the State of Illinois, the school district has been and continues to be at risk of the State of Illinois failing to honor its financial commitments. For example, the State failed to pay our district 100% of their obliged pay-ments for transportation for fiscal year 2010-2011. The partial payment the State made to our district was received 5-6 months late, in November or December 2011, and the State indicated full payment will not be made. Additionally, the State recently shifted the obligation of the salaries of the regional superintendents from the State to local school districts. Finally, the State currently owes our district more than $192,000 in payments for special education, pre-K, and transpor-tation for the current fiscal year. As a result, though we locally have worked hard to develop and maintain a balanced budget and to be fiscally responsible, we cannot count on the State keeping its financial commitments. State revenue
accounts for 36.1% of our budget. The State of Illinois has also considered forcing the consolidation of school districts in order to cut costs. The A-C Central school board is attempting to be foresighted, as much as it can be in these uncertain times, in order to minimize its vulnerability to sudden and drastic financial shifts and to continue to play a primary role in the choices of delivery of our children's education. Though the A-C Central school district is not currently experiencing significant declines in its enrollment, over the past several years the enrollment has declined to the extent that several classes have a very small teacher to student ratio. This would seem to be an ideal educational situation, however such small classes (four to six students) make it difficult to offer a wide variety of classes that meet the needs of students ranging from remedial through average through gifted. It especially makes it difficult to offer high level classes for college bound students. By the time many students become
seniors, their choices of classes are very limited and several are taking some classes simply because nothing else is avail-able or fits in their schedules. This is one of the primary reasons that the school board has been discussing the prospect of consolidation - in order to maintain an appropriate and adequate range of course curriculum. A-C Central students have achieved a high quality of academic standards. The public has the educational staff and ad-ministration to thank for this performance, as well as the fine efforts of the students. We are all proud of the performance of our students and wish for them to be able to continue to experience the educational opportunities that have enabled them to achieve such performance. A comment was made at a recent school board meeting that since the students were achieving good academic performance, we should wait to consider consolidation until the students' standardized test scores decline. In my opinion, it is a disservice to the students to allow the district’s resources to decline to the extent
that student performance and achievement suffer. I believe that it is our obligation to the students and the general public to be foresighted enough to assure the needs of each class of students. It seems unjust to allow one or two or three years of student performance to decline before the school board takes action to assure adequate educational opportuni-ties. Mr. Atwood referenced the fear that our communities may become ghost towns. I am certain that all the Ashland and Chandlerville residents wish to maintain the quality of life in our communities. I can assure you that the A-C Central school board is very concerned about the health and livelihood of our communities and recognizes the importance and desirability of the presence of schools in our communities. It must be noted however that the school board is charged with the responsibility of assuring the appropriate education of its students. It is our responsibility to consider all options
to achieve this goal. In my opinion, ruling out options before they are fully examined would be a disservice to our stu-dents and to our communities. In discussing consolidation with our neighboring districts, the A-C Central school board is gathering information in order to make informed decisions about education in our communities. I want to assure the community that the A-C Central school board is exploring educational options on an ongoing basis with an open mind. We are neither committing to consolidation nor ignoring it. We are attempting to guide and manage the school district in light of available resources, opportunities, and trends. I encourage all community members, whether or not one has children currently attending school, to attend school board meetings, to attend school activities, and to be open to information that would allow you to make an educated decision about the future of our school district.
Ginny Thompson, President, A-C Central School Board
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Foundation Created for A-C Central School District #262
On September 15, 201I seven directors were seated on the board of the A-C Central Schools Foundation. The Foundation is classified a SA 501(3Xc) which is a tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code. Tax exempt status has been granted both for the foundation and its donors. The purpose of the Foundation is to provide financial or other resources in sup-port of the curricular and co-curricular activities of A-C Central Community Unit District #262 and to aid and assist in general the cause of education, extra-curricular and interscholastic pro-grams in the school district. Appointed as officers for the Foun-dation were Scot Atwood/President, Homer Rieker/Vice-President, Mathew Greer/Treasurer and J.R. Blair as Secretary. The other board directors seated were V. Todd Jokisch, Milton Edge and Harold Hoagland Jr. An ex-officio member of the board is the current superintendent Rebecca Canty. President Scot Atwood stated, that schools across the nation are faced with increasing demands and diminishing resources and we have seen an explosion in foundations created to assist their local schools. This project has been in the planning stages for the last year and we as a board would like to thank West Cen-tral bank of Ashland for Donating $2500.00 to the Foundation. It is because of their generous donation that we were able to get this project off the ground. We are committed to seeing a vi-brant and financially secure education environment in the A-C Central School district. We are in the process of contacting alumni, community members, businesses, corporations and anyone who has an interest in helping the school in Ashland and Chandlerville.
CASS COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
ESSAY WINNERS
The 6th grade science classes participated in the Cass County
Soil and Water Conservation Essay contest. Lexi Carlock won
first place for A-C Central Jr. High and Cass County. She will be
invited to attend a banquet to read her essay. Destinee Jones
placed second for A-C Central Jr. High and Baylor Smith placed
third for A-C Central Jr. High. Congratulations to all partici-
pants!!
Pictured:
L-R: Lexi Carlock; Baylor Smith, Destinee Jones
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The A-C Central PTO is asking the community members of Chandlerville and Ashland to start and continue 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!
Ashland Community Club will be
sponsoring a trivia night on Saturday, Feb. 18th from 6:30pm to approximately 8:30 pm, at the First Baptist Church Hall.
Sandwiches and food will be available for a donation. Cost for Trivia is $10 per person,
with 10 or more people per table. Trivia will be lead by Leighann Allen.
To reserve a table call:
J.R Blair 476-3325 Judy Fulton 652-3499 Brian Creed 741-4278
Debbie Greer 741-0656 or Printers Ink 476-3764.
The event is being held to help defray the
costs of Community Days events. Confederate Railroad is scheduled to
appear Saturday June 23rd.
MEETING NOTICE…. Community Club meeting to be held
February 9th at 7pm at the Municipal Building. Community Days and the trivia night will be discussed.
HOG RAFFLE
Winner will receive one half hog pro-cessed
Four winners will be drawn
$1.00 each or 6 for $5.00
Drawing to be held February 12, 2012 Need not be present to win
Proceeds to benefit A-C Central Post Prom 2012
Tickets can be purchased at the
Scoop Office in Ashland or by calling
Missy Eskew 652-6127
New Construction Remodeling
Gutters
Ashland Community Club Trivia Night
Gift Certificates Available! - Call and get Shellacked!!
Amity Nail Spa
116 N. Yates
Ashland, IL
Phone: 217-416-7615
Lana J. Pfaffe,
Nail Technician
Junctions 123 & 125 - Ashland, Illinois 62612 Monday - Saturday 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
Sundays and Holidays 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Surprise Your
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Richland
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Pleasant Plains, IL 62677
217.626.1551
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Ashland, IL 62612
217.476.3318
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Pleasant Plains, IL
62677
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RPA Farmers Co-op
The A-C Central FFA and Horticulture class are pleased
to announce that they are the recipients of a $1000
grant from the Illinois FFA Foundation and Alliance
Pipeline, Inc. The horticulture class members were
responsible for developing the plan to revitalize the
school landscapes and wrote the grant. Students will
be working with their new tools and plants this spring
to continue their landscaping efforts at A-C Central.
Additionally, Parrish Smith received a grant for the
amount of $160 to complete her science fair project
and purchase her FFA jacket from the Illinois FFA and a
$1000 grant from the National FFA Foundation for her
supervised agricultural experience program consisting
of a school garden at A-C Central High School where
she grows food for home use, community buyers, the
school ag program and the Cass County Food Pantry.
Upcoming events for our members in February include
competing for proficiency awards and in the Cass Coun-
ty Envirothon, interviewing for the Illinois FFA State
Degrees, celebrating National FFA Week, cooking with
the Illinois Department of Agriculture and American Egg
Board, an ice skating adventure to Nelson Park and a
tour of Caterpillar in Peoria.
This year Monsanto is once again sponsoring the
“America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education” program to
help provide funding to rural schools such as ours at A-
C Central High School. Once we are nominated by our
local producers we will be able to apply for up to
$25,000 in grants from Monsanto to support math and
science education. The winners of the America’s Farm-
ers Grow Rural Education grant will be selected based,
in part, on community support. The more farmers to
nominate our school district the more support it shows!
Nominations must come from active farmers who are at
least 21 year of age and farm a minimum of 250 acres.
Seed dealers and spouses of seed dealers are unable to
nominate schools. If you qualify you can help by nomi-
nating A-C Central at GrowRuralEducation.com or con-
tact Jennifer Waters at A-C Central High School for
more details. Thank you for your continued support of
our program!
ADVENTURE CLUB
400 E. Buchanan St.
P.O. Box 467 Ashland, IL
62612-0467
PH. 217.476.3325 FX. 217.476.3342 A Full Service Bank
February 9th Bingo & Luncheon
at Beardstown $8.00 per person
February 14th Bingo & Luncheon
at Ashland $8.00 per person
March 3rd Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse
“Greece” (Rock Island, IL) $99.00 per person (deposit required)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY POSTER/PROSE WINNERS
Seven A-C Central Jr. High 6th graders were chosen to compete in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Poster/Prose Contest. Winners of the Poster Contest were Brock Pettit, Destinee Jones, Lexi Carlock, Baylor Smith. Win-ners of the Prose Contest were Izeyar Lincoln, Lexi Car-lock, Cheyenne Kesselring, Andrew Gleason. Their pro-jects will be sent in to compete against 5th and 6th graders across the state of Illinois. Congratulations!!!
A-C CENTRAL FFA NEWS
Solicitors are required to fill out forms and, in some cases, pay a fee at the Village Hall. Please ask door to door sales people if they have checked in with the Village. We are all safer when we know who is visiting in our neighborhood. On February 20th, Extra Innings Bar & Grill will be auctioned by Mike Ryan Auctioneer. Please direct any questions to Mike Ryan (452-7731) or (370-9678). With winter here and snow on its way, it was discussed at the regular Board of Trustee meeting on December 14, 2011, to ask citizens to contact the Village Office (476-3317) if they have a medical condition that would require them to travel on days with heavy snow fall. Village employee(s) will clear your driveway so you can be sure and make any appointments you may have. If you are homebound during the winter months, please give your family members the Village Hall telephone number so they can call and request a member of the police department to check on you if they have cause for alarm. Also, if you have a neighbor or friend you would like someone to check on, do not hesitate to call. Let’s all work together to help one another and be safe during the winter months. If you see a street light out, call the Village office (217/476-3317) and we will contact 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: [email protected] Facebook: Village of Ashland
Village of Ashland Board Members & Staff:
Dave Handy, Mayor Jim Birdsell, Chief of Police Ron Cave, Public Works Director Alicia Hager, Village Treasurer Kitty Mau, Acting Village Clerk Vanessa Doellman, Deputy Clerk
Fadra Birdsell, Trustee Stan Fulton, Trustee Seth Thornley, Trustee David Troxell, Trustee Frank Wallce, Trustee
Terry Blakeman, Trustee
BITS-N-PIECES SR. SAINTS… Sr. Saints will hold a game night at Baptist Hall, Feb. 25th at 5:30 pm. Bring an antique. Bring finger food & any game you might want to play.
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.
OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATION… Attention former patients of Dr. Jack Hollada! There will be an open house celebration and farewell for him on Monday February 13th from 6-8 pm at the Virginia United Methodist Church. Come and help us thank Doc for almost 30 years of service to his patients and
our communities!
ASHLAND WOMAN’S CLUB...
The Woman’s club will meet Tuesday Feb. 7th at the Baptist Church hall.
PLEASANT PLAINS COMMUNITY CLUB NEWS
Annual Dinner/Raffle The Pleasant Plains Annual Prime Rib Dinner/Raffle will be held on February 25, 2012 at the KC Hall in New Berlin. Doors open at 6, dinner at 7. The $100
ticket includes dinner for two, drinks, dessert and a chance to win top prize of $5000. There will also be other cash prizes. Only 200 tickets sold so get your soon!! There will also be a silent auction, sports raf-fle drawing, music and a good time!! Tickets can be
ordered by mailing your check to Box 385, Pleasant Plains, IL 62677 or by contacting Teri at 891-6243. Papa Murphy Cards
Get your Papa Murphy card from any club member or call 652-8299 or 415-2976. These cards cost $5 each and are worth $35.
The Community Club is selling a raffle ticket for
five sports related prizes.
1st ticket drawn
2 tickets to Chicagoland to see Justin Alligaier, transportation included. Also, Justin will donate a signed helmet.
2nd ticket drawn 4 St Louis Cardinal baseball tickets
3rd ticket drawn
4 St Louis Blues Hockey tickets
4th ticket drawn
$25 gift card from the Springfield Running Store
5th ticket drawn
$25 gift card from Scheels.
Tickets are$5 each or 5 for $20. Drawing will be 2/25/12
Need not be present to win Get your Sports Raffle ticket
from any member or by calling
415-2976 or 652-8299.
The Pleasant Plains Community Building
is available to rent for meetings, parties,
family reunions, etc. Please call Shirley at
415-2976 for availability and fees.
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARIES
01 - Kaitlin Throgmorton 02 - Kaeleah Wilder 02 - Carolyn Deppe 03 - Judy Dodds 05 - Debbie Greer 06 - Nance Bryant 07 - Cynthia Gutmann
09 - Graham Reiken 09 - Madelyn Ann Davin 09 - Ally Madison Blair 11 - John Thomas Davin 12 - Abraham Lincoln 15 - John Cosner 16 - Bill Schleyhahn
16 - Connor Hanauer 17 - George Jokisch 17 - Julie Roland 17 - Forrest Duncan 17 - Karen S. Manswoki 22 - George Washington 22 - Elliott Thornley
22 - Jim Davis 24 - Julie Hultquist 24 - John Patrick Davin 25 - Stacey Eskew 25 - Bill Gruen 27 - Ron Plattner 27 - Dan Laraker
10 - Pat & Marilyn Davin
14 - Stan & Jeanne Fulton 20 - Kevin & Vicky Schoonover
21 - Andy & Kirsten Davin 29 - John & Vohnie Bailey
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vinyl, paint, etc. Call 652-1449 for details.
$425.00 per month.
From the 150 Most Important Bible Verses Have A Great February! See You In March.
Only Love 1 John 4:10-16 John 13: 34-35 Matthew 22: 34-40
Isaiah 63:7
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Ashland, IL 62612
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The Cass County Food Pantry
would like to thank the Ashland Community for their
generous giving in the canisters at local businesses
during the Holidays.
YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE!!
Enjoy delicious, refreshing soups and salads on the third Thursday of the month at the
Ashland First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall (221 W. Washington St., Ashland IL)
A delicious soup and salad bar will be offered to individuals 60 years of age or older from
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Reservations are highly encouraged but not necessary (217) 479-4619.
A suggested donation of $4.00 is asked to cover the cost of the meal. No person will be denied a meal due to a monetary contribution less than the suggested donation. More of
a donation is also welcome!
Sponsored by: Prairie Council on Aging’s Bread of Love Program (217) 479-4619
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 rel-atives who have moved away and want to keep up
with local news. Cost is $24.00 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
Alexis Henry
named
Student of the
Month at
A-C Central
Congratulations to
Alexis Henry for
being selected
Student of the
Month for November
at A-C Central High
School. Miss Henry is the daughter of Lonnie and
Ann Henry of Chandlerville.
Alexis is a leader both in and out of the classroom as
evidenced by her involvement in various school ac-
tivities. She is a member of the Spanish Club,
S.T.A.R., Student Council and Volleyball.
Away from school Alexis is an employee at Cheryl’s
Best Café in Chadlerville. She enjoys spending time
with her family and friends.
Miss Henry plans on attending Lincoln Land Commu-
nity College. At this time she has an undetermined
major.
Congratulations to Alex Henry on this significant
honor!
We're Having A Party
February marks 10 years of Second
Saturday at Ashland United Meth-
odist Church and we're having a
party to celebrate. We will meet
from 10 - 2 as usual for kids who
are 4 years thru 4th grade. At 1
pm, we invite anyone who has ever
attended Second Saturday (or who
ever sent their child or grandchild)
to join us for cake and ice cream.
We are very proud of this ministry
and want to celebrate this birthday
ANDERSON AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 110 South Yates Street
Ashland, Illinois 62612
217-476-3450 OR 476-3451
Celebrating 30 years
1982 - 2012
LOOK FOR MONTHLY SPECIALS
Valentine’s Day Special
$20 off all Repairs or Service (for the Ladies only)
February Specials February 1 - 10% off tune-ups
February 6 - 20% off fuel injection cleaning February 9 - Free oil change with the letters & numbers Z & 8 in license plates (most cars)
February 14 - $20 off repairs & service for Ladies only February 17 - 2 for 1 wiper blades
February 20 - Free oil change with the letters and numbers E & 9 in license plates (most cars)
February 23 - $20 off coolant flush February 28 - 10% Military Discount
February 29 - $10 off headlight restoration
Submitted by Gary Flemming
Can anyone identify anyone pictured
here in either photo. If so, please call
Printers Ink @ 476-3764