Up Ravioli Alley June 2014

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J U N E 2 0 1V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 9

A John the Barber Founda on Publica on

Nothing but good news ! And Good people doing Great things!

From Arlington, Cherry, Ladd, Seatonville/Hollowayville,Spring Valley,and Dalzell, Illinois

Pozzi Family Comes Through forHoly Trinity Cherry...Twice ..35 years apart!

Grandma Ruth Pozzi donated a beau fullarge rosary and cruci x to Holy TrinityCherry a er her husband Victor passedaway in 1978. The cruci x was o en usedfor various holy day masses and events. Areplacement was recently needed so againthe Pozzis came throughthis me RitaPozzi Mitchell provided a new rosary and

Bill Pozzi Sr. create a beau ful new cross. A Pozzi has lived on that samecorner of Park Ave. and Railroad/Second Street in Cherry for 100 years!Good people doing Great things!

John Bice: He knows that John the Barbersfavorite fruit is vegetables!

A loyal reader of Up Ravioli Alley, John Bice of Cherry got the clearmessage in the very rst issues. I was impressed with the basic mes-sage, said Bice. Everyone should try to do a li le bit something Greatevery day.helping the needy, reaching out to strangers, forgiving oth-ers. Bice, who last fall assisted greatly in the John the Barber PumpkinPatch located along -side the Walter Waite Home, decided this Spring togo all out, expand the garden, and do a true community garden. Iplan to give all the crop away, says Bice. Vegtables seem to be a great

tool for John the Barber.people cangive them to help the needy, theycan be a gi when introducing your-self to a stranger, they can even be ali le way to say Im sorry or I forgiveyou, says Bice. Future issues of URAwill track Johns progress this sum-mer and fall. If you see John around,make sure to say you da man!Good people doing Great things!


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Cherry United Churchof Christ/Holy Trinity

Cherry join churchMonthly Pie & Co ee

Social Hour. First Thursday

of every month1:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m.At the Cherry Church

Hall.Fun, Food, Friendship!

Please come andbring a friend!

(For those that need

assistance walking in ,please pull up to thenorth/side door of thechurch hall, come in

and we will go out andvalet park your car).

Proverbs 13:20He who walks with

wise men will be wise.Ravioli AlleyTransla on:

Find those folks outthere who are trying to

do li le Great thingsand hang with them!Thats the stu you

want to rub o on youman.

The John the BarberFounda on

Box 88

Cherry, IL 61317

One more plug for 2013 Falls sponsors of theSt. Pats Arlington, Holy Trinity Cherry,

St. Thomas More Dalzell Youth Educa on Movie Night

Hey, these local companies really stepped up and made it possible for kids fromRavioli Alley to enjoy the annual Religious Educa on Movie Kick O Night for thstart of the church/parish youth educa on year. We did not get a chance to men onthem this past Fall 2013 and JTB did not want to let this slip by.Lets hear it for these local businesses! Good businesses doing Great things!

Caseys County Store in Ladd E.J. Ca ani and Son North Central Bank State Bank of Cherry St. Margarets Hospital

JTB needs good info from your home townfor Up Ravioli Alley

Hey Ravioli Alley folks, JTB needs your stories, photos, announcements and bits ofnews for Up Ravioli Alley. We are looking for stories about Good people doing

Great things both now and in the past, both in Ravioli Alley and in other parts ofthe country. We could really use your help!

Please email us at editor@JohnTheBarberFounda on.com or write tothe John The Barber Founda on, Box 88, Cherry, IL 61317

Ravioli Alley Alumnidoing something Great in other parts..

Please let JTB know when Ravioli Alleyalumni do something a bit Great out there inother parts of the country. We want to tellRavioli Alley folks what they are up to!Pictured to the right, Ravioli Alley alumniJack Rooney presents a dona on to St.Johns Breadline in Spring eld. The bread-line feeds 300 people every day. Rooneyscompany Capitol Strategies, Inc. holds afundraiser Casino Night every year with

the proceeds bene ng a di erent local charity.
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Heres what people around the countryare saying about Up Ravioli Alley!

Mrs. Edna Peart Struthers formerly of Ladd now of Granville says, Dear Editor, I was given the April 2014issue of Up Ravioli Alley because my brother Cli Peart was featured on the front page. What a nice li lear cle! I will forward it to him. I would like to receive URA via e-mail. Our grandparents, Anton & MinnieBurgoni lived in Cherry by the water tower. My grandfather ran a tavern across the alley from wherethey lived on the main street. Carla Carlson Senica formerly of rural Cherry/Ladd now of LaSalle says, I would love to receive Up Ravio-li Alley. I have read it at my Moms. You are doing a wonderful job! Peggy C. Ali Khan of Spring Valley wrote, I have been reading and enjoying Up Ravioli Alley for the lastfew months. I also share it with my friends and neighbors. Laura Dubbers ne of Spring Valley wrote, I am so impressed! I have just seen this newsle er for the

rst meI love it! Have dreamed of something posi ve like this. Thank you! Elaine Phalen of Depue writes, Currently receiving your ne newsle er by email. Pease keep up thewonderful work you folks do with keeping us abreast of what is going on in our area. Can't tell you howmuch it is appreciate it. God bless you!

WWII Cherry newsle er, grandmother of URA, discovered! Thanks to Ron and Joyce Hoscheid of Cherry for ge ng something very special to JTB. They discovered a copy of"On Guard," a monthly newsle er that began publica on in November, 1942, compiled and published by the Ho-ly Trinity Cherry Young Ladies Society. It was targeted as something to be send to all the service men and wom-en from Cherry who were o gh ng the war. Following are the rst few lines of the very rst On Guard.There were de nitely Good people doing Great things in 1942! "Time out fellows: Tune in on a li le small towncha er. You know those of us on the home front are mighty concerned about all of you who are doing --ge ng ready to do ---a big job for us. We're always anxious for news of you and if it were possible you wouldbe ge ng le ers from all of us. But defense work, swing shi s and such war e orts require a great deal of our

me and we can't quite manage to write to each of you. Therefore when Father Joseph suggested that theyoung ladies society prepare a newsle er for you, their response was most enthusias c. This then is the result.We have tried to include in it everything we felt you would like to hear about. Have any sugges ons for thenext newsle er? Send you ideas to the society or your family. Best wishes to all of you from all of us in Cher-ry!" To see the en re collec on of 18 issues on -line, go to www.CherryHolyTrinity.org and on the home pagelook under Parish Links on the lower right and click on 1942 World War II Newle ers. Those who have seeit so far say that they are looking at them for hours!

Hall Township Food Pantry Did Something GREAT This Summer.....

and need you to be a bit GREAT too! Help! an Mar n at the Hall Township Food Pantry was again on mark....she and her team no ced that needy children andeens, currently receiving breakfast and lunch at school...would be in really tough hungry spots as school let out forummer. These hungry kids are really missing these meals now! So, she applied and won an excellent grant from thellinois Coali on for Community Service so that the food pantry could a empt to help these kids. So, beginning Fridune 13, 2014 through the summer, lunch for all kids and teens up to age 18 will be served Monday - Friday at pring Valley City Hall from noon - 1:00 p.m. Actually fun ac vi es will go on prior to this from 10:00 a.m.oon. They are in good shape with loca on, cooks, food, etc. but are really in need of other volunteers. Would

Great if churches and other charitable organiza ons could sign up in teams of four to help out on certainays! Would be Great if other individual volunteers could sign up. Please contact Jan and her sta at HallFoodPan-

[email protected] or 815.663.2085.

Here you go "Ravioli Alley" folks....a chance to do something reallyGreat!! Please contact Jan today!
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Ravs/Ravioli vs. Tortellini:How did Ravioli Alley folks come to switch them around?

(Third in a series of ar cles on this subject)

Ok, now that we know a li le bit about the European/Italian historical facts about

both ravioli/ravs and tortellini, let's try to dig in a bit on the early history (19001930) of Italian cooking in Ravioli Alley. Italian wives and mothers in the earlydays of "Ravioli Alley" of course made many dishes that they had been accus-tomed to back in the "Old Country." Italians from northern Italy o en made dish-es that included egg based pasta such as the tortellini we are all talking abouthere. It is interes ng to note that other common dishes of this area included var-ious rice dishes (riso o), maise/corn based polenta, and many pork based sausag-es and salami's. "Pasta Fri a" or "fried bread dough" was very common. Youfolks from "Ravioli Alley" know that all these foods men oned here as they havebeen popular for 100+ years up and down old Route 89!. So...let's just go rightwith a cool fact wri en by current URA reader Celia Maggi Murphy (age 97 &1/2): "My mother, Ida Romanelli, was born in Pore a, Bologna in 1893 and

se led in Cherry in 1911. She made tortellinis with a meat lling in a chickenbroth. She also made tortalacchis with a cheese and spinach lling with a meatsauce. She never used the word ravioli. I have taught my daughters, grand-

daughters and great -granddaughters and greatgrandson to make both." So according to Celia, in theearly days of "Ravioli Alley" tortellini were of coursecalled tortellini. Celia's comments suddenly shouldmake something very obvious come to the front of ourminds........it seems very unlikely that the great manyItalian households in "Ravioli Alley" would suddenlystart calling tortellini ravioli for no reason would they?It would be like them suddenly calling polenta or

gnochi's (potatoe dumplings) something else. Wedon't want to give away what the next ar cle is aboutbut it is quite interes ng that Celia Maggi married aMr. Murphy, much like many other Italian women who

married Irish, Sco /Irish boys from "Ravioli Alley." (And vise -versa with Italianmen marrying Scotch/Irish women). Bet you are already guessing where we aregoing in the next ar cle in this series..

James 2: 14 -26Thus also faith by itself, if

it does not have works, isdead. You see then that aman is jus ed by works,

and not by faith only.Ravioli Alley Transla on:Say your prayers and go

to church buddy.Remember every day alsoto help the needy, reach

out to strangers,and reach way down and

really forgive youenemies.

Dont hit the sheets nighta er night and not get

that done.

Up Ravioli Alley Needs Your HelpFinding Assistant Editors/

Field Reporters Now that we have been producing Up Ravioli Alley for several months, we arege ng a good feel for what our strategic goals and challenges are. We could useyour help! If you or anyone you know has a bit of journalist skill or interest, wouldgreatly appreciate your help. Wave a magic wand it would be nice to have anassistant reporter out there in each town, digging up stories about Good peopledoing Great things. Please email editor@JohnTheBarberFounda on.com if know of someone who would like to join our team! Thanks!
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Heres a few quick Rav -notes...Be y Templeton Raasch of Milwaukee, WI formerly of Cherry writes, Just a thank you to Good people doingGreat things. My sister Mary Ellen and her husband Dick Storkman, my brother Bob and cousin Al Templeton,along with Beatrice and Harold Dober for keeping the west side/Cherry Congrega onal/Cherry United Church

of Christ of the Miners Memorial Cemetery so well and beau ful for so many years. My Dad Charlie Temple-ton would cut with a hand mower. My brother Charles took over with Bob and Al for many years. John theBarber lies there. Keep up the good work guys as I have a plot there! Hats o to Arlington residents who are de nitely Good people doing Great things these days, speci callywith e orts to build a new community shelter for residents, friends, and family members. The Arlington ParkProject Commi ee is targe ng to have the shelter done by the end of this summer. Folks from neighboringtowns have been assis ng in the e ort too.that is de nitely Great! Hey, do something Great and bring afriend any Saturday evening to Jackpot Bingo on the frontage road headed east of the Plank Road (site ofthe old O Track Be ng). Proceeds go to the park shelter fund! Trevor Urbanski Signs to a end Illinois Benedic ne: Say congrats to Trevor next me you see him! TheHall football standout is headed to Illinois Benedic ne University next Fall. No doubt Trevor received somegreat ps from his Dad Ted who was the hard hi ng linebacker and Red Devil team captain in 1980.

Kaitlyn Padge Signs to a end Lindenwood University: Halls tremendous bowling talent likely wont need it,but drop Kaitlyn a note and wish her the best of luck. Coinisidently, Kaitlyns Dad Jim was the super hardhi ng defensive partner with Ted Urbanski at Hall in 1980. Ravioli Alley Fire ghters De nitely Doing Something Great for a Future Fireman: Wow! Hope you saw therecent May 22, 2014 Bureau County Republican ar cle en tled Fire ghters to the Rescue. The Great ar cletold the story of how eight local re departments got together to and created a very special experience for afour year old Clinton, Iowa boy su ering from congenial lymphodema. Kellen Seifert spent a wonderful daywith the remen and their equipment and even went home with his own remens helmet. Great job RavioliAlley remen! Great job Bureau County Republican for the super ar cle! Ladd's 124th year of incorpora on birthday party will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2014. Birthday cake, icecream, co ee and lemonade will be served in Ladd's Community Center at 6:00pm. Thanks to the generosityof the John & Dena Bussa family, plans are underway to show video footage of Ladd's 50th and 75th Anniver-sary Celebra ons taken by John in 1940 and 1965. The winners of the 50/50 drawing and the handmadethrow donated by former Ladd resident Ann Koenen will be drawn during the evening.Follow-up: Hey, in regard to those Cherry Grade School kids that reached the State History Exposi on inSpring eld May 8.they did Great! The following kids received a Superior ra ng: Kaitlynn Donovan, TaytumHahn, & Payton Kerper. Excellent ra ng: Madison Solda . Great job!

Ladd folks come through in the clutch to helpHoly Trinity Cherry Wine Tas ng Fund Raiser E orts

Always Great when someone comes through in the clutch! Just when you need it! Thatswhat Linda/Larry Kirkman and Tom Malpass both of Ladd did for Holy Trinity Cherry! HTCwas planning their Second Annual Wine Tas ng Fund Raiser for this Friday June 13, 2014t the Cherry Church Hall. One thing organizers felt would make this years even just a bit

Greater would be to have some large round banquet tables like those used at weddingecep ons so that guests could sit and socialize. Linda/Larry and Tom heard the call androvided HTC with some fantas c 6 round banquet tables to match the current chairsnd tables. These tables will bene t Holy Trinity Cherry, other local non -for -pro t organi-a ons, and individual families for years to come! Wow! Good people, coming throughn the clutch, doing Great things! Please remember to ask your church, school, or otheron -for -pro t if there is ever a key item that your family/family estate can check -o their current wish list. Theyways have a couple/few. Such e orts then help them concentrate on their true missions. (Tom is actually lives

awa but operates Tee Group Film in Ladd and o en a ends Holy Trinity Cherry)


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Do Something ali leBit Great this Summer for

Your Church:Ministers/priests will tellyou that the summer

months and all itsac vi es accidently

create smaller crowds atweekend church services.Do something a li le big

Great THIS summeraddress/stamp some

envelopes ahead of meto send in your weeklydona on for when you

are out of town.Signing up for your

churches automated orelectronic giving is evenbe er! Your minister/

priest will really appreci-ate your Great e ort!

UPDATE: Great personal stories come out HTCsU lity Fund for the Needy in May

As men oned in the April issue of URA, Holy Trinity Cherry, working with Tri -CouAssistance, through their annual Spring sh fry fund raiser was posi oned to assistseventeen of Ravioli Alley most needy families who would be facing power shuto s in May. This years e ort really went great, said Linda Wenzel with TriCounty. The the most e ec ve year yet. This past winter made the shut -o sson especially tough. Again, these families were iden ed by Linda and Tri -Couas the neediest of the needy, already formally approved to be part of the federalLiHeap program and facing shut -o s at the end. Following are a few thank younotes that Holy Trinity Cherry received:


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Ravioli Alley Non -For-Pro t Organiza onsAll Showing that John The Barber Spirit This Summer

Holy Trinity Cherry Wind/Beer Tas ng: Friday, June 13, 2014, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Tickets $15.Horsd'oeuvres, door prizes, ra es, music again by the awesome Steve Sharpe. To bene t Holy Trinity Cherry

Church and Hall Improvement Fund. Jim Pozzi and his team promise to top last years super successful event!This is a super opportunity to do something a li le bit Great....bring someone who has been a bit down on theirluck of late as your guest, use it as an opportunity to approach a new person who has moved onto your block,use it as an opportunity to do something with an old friend you have not spoken to in awhile! Dalzell Fire Deparment Schwans Care Fundraiser: May 18, 2014 July 2, 2014. All Schwans regular purchasesgive DFD 20% and all E-Cer cates give DFD 40%. To order on -line go to www.Schwans -Cares.com Search ID#9269 Shop Now. To order E -Cer cates on -line to www.Schwans -Cares.com Search ID #9269 BuyNow. To order by phone call 1.855.870.7208 Campaign ID# 9296 Fundraiser ID 25678. All proceeds bene tthe DFD Training and Equipment Fund.Dalzell Fire Department First Annual Spring Cleaning Garage Sale: Friday June 27, 2014 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.and Saturday June 28, 2014 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Dona ons accepted at the Fire Sta on June 7 2:00 4:00 p.m.,June 12, 19, 25, 26 6:00 p.m. 8 p.m., and June 9, 16, 23 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. All proceeds bene t the DFDTraining and Equipment Fund. Seatonville Congrega onal Church SUNDAE SUNDAY: Sunday, June 29, 2014 5:30 - 7:30 PM.We o er FREE sundae's and banana splits to the community. For the whole community to come and enjoysome ice cream and fellowship with each other. Call Pastor Bill at 815 -228 -6717 for more info. Seatonville Congrega onal Church Vaca on Bible School: Monday, July 7 , 2014 through Friday, July 11 th , 2019:00 AM - 12:00 Noon at the Seatonville Congrega onal Church Independent. SCC will be hos ng a VBS tledGods Big Backyard. All children in Ravioli Alley entering kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to join us for singing, cra s, games, stories, and learning more about Jesus! There will be a nal program on Friday,July 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM for the parents, grandparents, and rela ves to a end and to pick up the cra projectstoo. For further info or to register your child please call Pastor Bill at 815 -228 -6717. 32 nd Annual Jimmy D Golf Ou ng: Sunday July 13, 2014 and Spring Creek Golf Club and Deer Park Country Club.

The event is named for Jimmy DeAngelo who passed away in 1983 at the age of 37. This years event will bene tthe Esophageal and Colon Cancer Center currently under construc on at St. Margarets Hospital in Spring Valley.To do a li le something Great by being a $100 hole /$25 cart sponsor, sign up to play, or simply make a dona-

on, please call Diane Janz at 815.664.7260.

Some Memories are truly Great: 1974 Ravioli Alley Li le League All -StRavioli Alley baseball fans s ll talk about the 1974 Li le League All -Star team that advanced deep into the State ofIllinois tournament. Strong at every posi on, the team was lead by Great pitching and catching by Je Sebben and

Dan Carruthers. Every player contributed Greatly, but fans all clearly remember Joe Jablonskiback -to -back walk o home run games. P

tured are: Back (L -R) Coach Bob Mack , Bob Cners/Ladd, Steve Taliani/Ladd, Jim Padge /LaddJe Sebben/Ladd, Dan Carruthers/Ladd, NicEiten/Ladd, Jay Schultz/Seatonville, and CoacJohn Massa . Front (L -R) Brian McAdLadd, Kurt Keutzer/Cherry, Jim Sandrolini/LadDino Gualandri/Dalzell, Joe Jablonski/LadChuck Taliani/Ladd, and Jack Jenkins/Dalzell. you have any other pictures of these Ladd Li lLeague All Star teams from any year, please gethem to JTB. These teams represent Great instances where Ravioli Alley folks all came

gether!)
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John the Barber Doing SomethingA li le bit Great forRavioli Alley

Dining and Entertainment Businesses As you know, people all over central Illinois know Ravioli Alleyfor Great Food, Great People, Great Fun. Some say that sincethe 1940s people from surrounding larger towns such as Prince-ton, Mendota, O awa, and others have traveled to Ravioli Al-ley to have a Great me. Ravioli Alley businesses will quicklycon rm that as much as 80% of their business comes from thesesurrounding towns! For this reason, John the Barber has createdthe ad below to be run in these surrounding towns, hopefullydriving business in Ravioli Alley and of no charge/cost toRavioli Alley businesses. The rst run will go to 60,000 recipi-ents of Junes issue of Market Guide Magazine. JTB stepping uphimself.doing something Great for Ravioli Alley dining andentertainment businesses!

JUNE 2014 ISSUE of UP RAVIOLI ALLEY BROUGHT TO YOU BY

Peggy C. Ali Khan Summit Hea ng & Air Condi oning LLC

216 W. St. Paul St., Spring Valley 815.664.2525

Peggy is making it possible for approximately 5,000 Ravioli Alley residents and alumni to enjoy Up Ravioli Alley this month! Wow!

Next me you see Peggy, tell her thanks! for doing such a Great thing! (Peggy says Thanks to all our customers for being so Great to us these past 20 years!

(If you would like to do something Great and sponsor Up Ravioli Alley one month,please email editor@JohnTheBarberFounda on com)

John Cisco Doing Something a li le big Great every day for Ladd students,parents, residentstoss in a couple strangers too!

John Cisco has been working the school crosswalk on main street in Ladd for four years nowand everyone appreciates his e orts to not only help the kids but brighten everyones day.His two grandkids Chris an and Hunter both a end Ladd Grade School. He really enjoys histask and seeing and talking to all the kids. At the same me, nobody comes through Laddthe morning or a ernoon without John giving them a friendly wave! Rain or shine, even if

he's si ng in his truck wai ng for kids, John is s ll waving and smiling. "John Cisco is suchhappy soul - he is truly kind to everyone, says Rhonda Bezely. There's not a day that goes

by without a big smile and a wave!! I look forward to it." "It's always good to know John isthere making sure the kids are safe crossing main street, says Lisa Trevier. His infec oussmile and wave starts your day o right!" "He is always so friendly. He makes your day

when passing through., says Dawn and Gene Croisant. Make sure next me you see John to say thanks for doingsomething a li le big Great every day for Ravioli Alley. Good crossing guards and Grandpas doing Great things!

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