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To all persons that have contributed to my “can” recycle

hobby for another years. Many have given their cans since

1989 when I was walking Highways and byways. Special

Thank You to all that brought them to my home, put them

in my truck, and your calls for pick-up, and a special

Thank You to all anonymous givers that bring them to my

“can” shed. All of you have contributed to my “burger”

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the New Year! - Jim Edwards

SEASONS GREETINGS

Happy New Year From the Scoop Committee

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January 2010

Volume 3 - Issue 1

CHURCH DIRECTORY BEREA CHRISTIAN CHURCH Minister Edward J.Moretto Youth Minister, Diann L. Hoagland bereacc@casscomm.com 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 Rev. Howard Chartier Sunday School - 9:00 am Sunday Worship - 10:00 am

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Rev. L. Wayne Mollohan Youth Minister, Alice Kern ashlandfbc@casscomm.com Sunday School - 9:30 am Sunday Worship - 10:30 am Wednesday Night Youth Group - 7:00 pm

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. Patricia Hutton 476.8858 www.ashlandunitedmethodist.com Sunday Worship - 8:45 am Sunday School - 10:00 am Wednesday Prayer Service - 6:30 pm Choir Practice - 7:30 Youth Second Saturday - 10am - 2pm

NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH, s.b.c. Pastor Terry Beauchamp

www.newbeginningschristianfellowship.net contact: rhondabeauchamp@hotmail.com Sunday’s 1st Service @ 8:00 am Sunday School for all ages@ 9:10-10:00 am New Adult Singles Ministry @ 9:10 - 10:00 am at 308 West Washington, Ashland 2nd Service - 10:15 am YOUTH4TRUTH @ 6:30-7:30 pm Wednesday Corporate Prayer @ 7:00 pm Saturday’s Men’s Prayer Breakfast @ 8:00 am

Ashland United Methodist Church

Second Saturday is open to all chil-dren in the community who are between the ages of 3 years old

and in the 5th grade. There is music, crafts, games and

Bible lessons. Lunch is provided. As the name says, we meet on the Sec-

ond Saturday of each month from September to May.

Mark your calendars now!

Second Saturday 10:00 - 2:00

January 9

February 13

March 13

April 10

May 8

SECOND SATURDAY

For Tickets contact Rev. Wayne Mollahan or Judy Savage

Prairie Skies Public Library District is having their Adult Reading Tournament (ART) during the months of January, February and March. Each book returned back to the library will enable the reader to put their name in a jar. Each month, a name will be drawn out for a prize. The Grand Prize will be drawn at the end of March 2010.

Prairie Skies Public Library District

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Remodel Kitchen & Baths

Replace Roof &

Room Additions

Transportation Meeting

January 21, 6:30pm, Baptist Church

This is the group of people who spend their time raising money, planning and work-

ing at the Ashland Summer Days Celebration. The next meeting of this organization

is Thursday, January 7th at 7:00 pm, at the Municipal Building. All interested peo-

ple are always welcome! Ashland Summer Days 2010 will be June 25 - 27th.

Weekend hours by Appointment Bridget Bell 381-8538

116 N Yates - Ashland, IL 62612

Tammy Eskew, Owner

TEASE HAIR

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL UNVEILS CORNER-STONE

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital

(ALMH) in Lincoln, Il celebrated an-

other milestone in the construction of its replacement hospital with a dedica-

tion ceremony. This starts the public

phase of the “Preserve the Mission” capital campaign. Preserve the Mission

has raised $4.17 million or 76% of it’s

goal to ensure that the hospital has the facilities and equipment needed to

provide quality health care to the next

generation.

Several large donations have been re-ceived, one of them being from a for-

mer Ashland High School Alumni.

School teachers John and Helen Ry-man remembered the hospital through

their wills. Their gifts totaled more

than $365,000. John and Helen were Ashland residents until 1950 when

John became coach of Lincoln High

School and where he retired. John

Ryman died in 2007 and Helen in 1994.

ALMH mission campaign honored their donation by naming the new cardiac

rehab area of the hospital in the name.

WHAT IS THE ASHLAND COMMUNITY CLUB?

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.

CHESS CLUB IS BACK... Thursday, 7:00 pm, Church of Christ

Parsonage

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.

SENIOR SAINTS… Ham & Bean supper, January 23 at 5:30 pm.

It will be at the Baptist Church Hall. Every-body bring a dessert.

ASHLAND WOMANS CLUB …

The Ashland Womans Club will not have a January meeting.

THANK YOU…

Thank you to everyone for the expressions of Sympathy extended to my family and I at the

Death of my Mother. I really appreciated all of the cards, calls, prayers, and memorial

gifts in Her memory. God Bless you all. - Kay Handy

ASHLAND CITY WIDE GARAGE SALES…

Help for cabin fever! Mark your calendar and start cleaning your closets now. The annual

Ashland Spring Garage Sales will be Satur-day, April 17th.

LOOKING AHEAD…

In January of 2011, The First Baptist Church of Ashland will be celebrating the 125th

Anniversary of it’s founding.

January Anniversaries

BITS-N-PIECES

24th - Bill & Elaine Roth

January Birthdays

4th - Neal Kesselring

7th - Logan Jokisch

11th - Terri Devlin

15th - Wanda Williams

15th - Marty Lathom

23rd - Helen Danenberger

91 yrs

24th - Wayne Stevens

27th - Timothy Parsons Heather

CONTRATULATIONS…

Deldon Kruger and Jennifer Pinkerton were united

in marriage on Dec. 31st at the Chatham Presby-

terian Church. Congratulations Deldon (Unkle

Tykie) and Jennifer!

DANCE TO THE GOLDEN OLDIES…

On Sunday, January 24, from 2:30-5:30 pm at the

Moose Lodge in Jacksonville (behind Penney’s),

Judy Kaye and Friends will be playing for you lis-

tening and dancing pleasure. The same is true on

Friday, January 22, from 8:00-11:00pm at the La

Force V.F.W. on the Old Jacksonville Road in

Springfield. Come dance with us!

PLEASANT PLAINS COMMUNITY CLUB...

Annual dinner and raffle night, February 27, 2010

at the New Berlin K.C. Hall. For reservations, con-

tact Pleasant Plains Community Club, PO Box 385,

206 W. 4th Street, Pleasant Plains. A $100 dona-

tion covers two dinners, beer, soda, and entertain-

ment. Every 25th ticket will be a monetary winner.

Last ticked drawn wins $1000. Only 200 tickets

sold. Need not be present to win.

JANUARY SCHOOL CALENDAR

Jan. 1 NO SCHOOL – New Year’s Day

Jan. 3 ACV Booster Meeting 7;00 @ Va City Hall

Jan. 4 Return to School

JHB BB vs Winchester

Jan. 5 JHB BB vs Brown County

Jan. 6 HSG BB vs Waverly

Jan. 7 HSG BB @ Athens

Jan. 8 Varsity BB vs ISD

Jan 9-16 HSG BB N. Greene Tourney

Jan. 11 JHB BB @ Meredosia

Jan. 12 Varsity BB vs Beardstown

6th Gr Boys BB vs New Berlin

PTO Meeting 7:00 @ Ashland School

Jan. 13 School dismiss @ 2:11 pm

Jan. 14 JHB BB @ Our Saviours

HSG BB vs Routt

Jan. 16 JH VB ACV Tourney 9:00 am

6th Gr Boys BB vs Beardstown 10:00

Jan. 18 NO SCHOOL – ML King Jr. Day

HSG BB vs Carrollton – Pack the Place

JHB BB @ Havana

JH VB vs Glenwood – Parent’s Night

Jan. 19 JH VB @ Beardstown

6th Gr Boys BB vs Triopia

Jan. 21 HSG BB @ Greenfield

JHB BB vs Bluffs

Jan. 22 Varsity BB @ Greenfield

Jan. 23 JH VB ACV Tourney 9:00 am

Jan. 23-30 Varsity BB – A-C Tourney

Jan. 25 HSG BB @ ISD

Jan. 26 JH VB vs Grant MS

Varsity BB @ Plains

6th Gr Boys BB @ North Greene

Jan. 28 HSG BB vs Bunker Hill

JH VB @ Turner

6th Gr Boys BB @ Riverton

Jan. 30 JH VB 7th grade @ Athens Tourney

The A-C Central School Board will be meeting with

Virginia in a joint Board meeting to discuss the pos-sibility of consolidation. At

this time no decisions of any kind have been made, and both Boards are open to dis-cussions on this topic. The

meeting will be held at Vir-ginia City Hall on January 14, 2010 at 7 pm.

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SCHOOL BOARD

JOINT MEETING

A-C Natural Helpers Visit Walker’s in Virginia

Seventeen students from the A-C Central Natural Helpers organization traveled to Walkers Nursing Home in Virginia, Il on December 8th. In the picture to the top: Jenna Thompson, Chad Homer and Cameron Hager are calling a game of Santa Bingo. The photo in the middle pictures Lauren Pfaffe with her Grandpa Kelly and Courtney Bedka in the background visiting with another resident. The photo to the bottom shows Madalyn Allen marking

bingo with a resident. After the group sing-a-long and bingo game, Drew Hoff-

man, Madalyn Allen, Maggie Allen and Gracie Johnson sang a beautiful rendition of Winter Wonderland. Leigh Ann Allen provided accompaniment on the piano during the student performances as well as assisting with background musical entertainment. Santa brought in his red sack filled with gifts for the students to distribute. In this slow economy, Santa had some help as the students hosted a bake sale to help him fund the presents. Santa said that he had to hurry back to the North Pole as Christmas was fast approaching. Other members in attendance not pictured were: Lindsey

Birdsell, Courtney Cave, Ross Cloninger, Jordan Keyes, and April Leinberger.

Brandon Eskew wins 3rd place trophy as he is the third

generation of racing go karts.

Starting in the 1960’s Brandon’s grandpa, Randy Es-

kew won many checkered flags in go kart racing. In

the 1980’s Shawn, Shannon, and Shad followed in

their dad’s footsteps as they won several checkered

flags as well. In the 1990’s Anthony Eskew carried on

the family tradition as he also won

several checkered flags in his own go kart.

November 28th, 2009, Brandon Eskew entered his 1st

race at the Coliseum at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

After a lots of long nights and a lot hard work, the kart

was finally ready to be raced. Brandon’s dad, Shannon

raced the same kart in the adult class and Brandon

raced in the kids class where he won 3rd place. The

owner of the kart, Shawn Eskew was very proud of

him.

A second go kart owned by Shawn was also raced in

the adult class by a good friend, Mike Myers of Spring-

field.

Special thanks to: Paul Cambell, S & M Kart Supply,

Printers Ink, Josh heather, HMR Kart Shop of St. Louis,

House of Custom of Danville, Il, Lomelino Signs and G-

Man Kart Works

Great job Brandon, we are very proud of you!

ESKEWS RETURN TO

RACING ROOTS

FOR THE 50TH TIME!!

“HAPPY NEW YEAR” Allen’s Market - Since 1960!

Register for a $50 gift

Certificate to be given away each Week in the month of January 2010.

Junctions 123 & 125

Ashland, Illinois 62612

First Place

Jeff Kunz

Second Place

Ed Johnson

Mike Ratliff

Larry Ratliff

Ron Willis

Tracy Hopkins

Carrie Grieme

Melissa Eskew

Jackie Spradlin

VILLAGE OF ASHLAND

CHRISTMAS CONTEST

WINNERS When...

Remember

Gene Reynolds had a restaurant and

pool hall where many card games were played?

Riding the train from Jacksonville to Prentice and the bus Springfield west

to Macomb?

Going to the theatre on a Saturday

night and watching the latest mov-ies?

Band concerts in the downtown streets?

Remember all of the gas stations: Shell, Blondie’s Phillips 66, Standard,

Bob Douglass’ Mobile Station, Skelly, Meyers Locker Plant and Texaco?

NICK BENEFITFRENCH

DATE: Saturday, January 9th, 2010

PLACE: Fairway Hills Golf Course

TIME: 11am – ? Live auction will start at 3:00 PM

Raffle & 50/50 drawings will be after live auction Events: food, live auction, DJ, kids face

painting & activities, gun raffle, processed

hog raffle, 32 inch flat screen TV raffle, 50/50

drawing, t-shirts & more!

GO TEAM FRENCH!!

Nick is the 9 year old son of Jason & Jennifer French of Virginia.

He was recently diagnosed with a form of brain cancer and has

been transferred to

St Jude’s in Memphis TN.

2010 A-C Central Invitational Tournament Playing Schedule

Pool – Black Pool - Gold A-C Central Auburn Lutheran Calvary Hart-Em Franklin

Monday 1-25-10

Game 1

6:15 - Auburn vs. Calvary Game 2

7:45 - A-C Central vs. Hart-Em

Tuesday 1-26-10

Game 3 6:15 - Auburn vs. Franklin

Game 4 7:45 - A-C Central vs. Lutheran

Thursday 1-28-10

Game 5

6:15 - Franklin vs. Calvary Game 6

7:45 - Lutheran vs Hart-Em

Friday 1-29-10

Game 7 6:15 - Winner Pool Black vs. 2nd Place Pool Gold

Game 8 7:45 - Winner Pool Gold vs. 2nd Place Pool Black

Saturday 1-30-10

Consolation Championship

Game 9

1:00 - 3rd Place Pool Black vs. 3rd Place Pool Gold 3rd/4th Place Game

Game 10 2:30 - Loser of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8

Championship Game 11

6:00 - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8

TOM

SCHLUETER

Paid for by Committee to Elect

Tom Schlueter, Cass County

Sheriff

Put Tom Schlueter’s experience, leadership, and record of accomplishments to work for you.

has 22 years law enforcement experience including Beardstown Chief of Police.

advocates ZERO tolerance of illegal drugs.

has taken more than $1 million in drugs off Beardstown streets with his police team.

sends drug dealers to prison.

has secured federal law enforcement grants totaling over $1 million, including funds to improve the Cass County 911 System and modern-ize Beardstown Police Department.

is a founder of Cass County Crime Stoppers

FOR CASS COUNTY SHERIFF FEBRUARY 2, 2010

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