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July 2, 2009
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Champion Rich in Nat'l Rodeo competition Doug and his parents Lonnie and Cindy Rich of Herrick are in Gallup, New Mexico, this week. Doug has been in competition since Monday and events continue daily through Saturday evening's Short Go. Doug placed 9th among 800 competitors in the Short Go last year. To be named Illinois State Champ, Doug and partner Cole Gibson of Petersburg won the Team Roping, he and partner Katelyn Eike of Glenarms won Ribbon Roping. Doug also won the Goat Tying event, took 2nd in Boys Breakaway Roping and 2nd in Chute Dogging. More than 1000 contestants are in New Mexico for the Nationals. They compete to finish among the top 20 for more than $75,000 in prizes and $50,000 in college scholarships. Bloodmobile
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'Victory
in the Park' Pastor Myron Kirk explained that God's word and joy can be shared by open travel as well as in church. A similar party was previously hosted by Grace Fellowship in Herrick's Carroll Memorial Park. A well mannered miniature pony was enjoyed by all the youth. Lance and Mary Mallory of Fillmore brought the pony. Youth minister Jonathan Simburger gathered a group for a football toss while others got involved in a balloon toss. Prizes were offered. Personal testimonies were provided by several individuals including one lady who explained how she got free from meth-amphetamine GAMES IN THE PARK. Jonathan Simburger, youth minister of Fillmore's Grace Fellowship Church, is left with a smile after playing with youth in Lions Park during Victory In The Park, Saturday. Independence
Day parties It is a three-day bash in Herrick's Carroll Memorial Park, starting tonight at 6:45 with the traditional flag ceremony, crowning of royalty and church service and gospel music. In the park are concessions, craft, flea and food vendors.. Music is a staple in Herrick and this weekend will have lots of it. Friday's band is "Almost Country." "Misdemeanor Band" takes the stage Saturday at 11:00, followed at 4:00 by "Renegades." Of course, Saturday is the full day of fun. Boy Scouts offer breakfast from 6-9 a.m. then the popular Herrick Fourth Parade comes down Broadway at 10:00. Fireworks at Tom Davis Park at dusk. Oconee avoids the Saturday hubbub by celebrating on Sunday. The 14th annual Independence Day celebration starts with a parade at 4:30 p.m. Sons of the American Legion host a barbecue dinner until 7:30 during which a Garden Tractor Pull and Waterball are going on nearby in Lions Park, then fireworks. There will be a carnival Thursday through Saturday in Pana's Kitchell Park. Entertainment will be easy to find in the Chautauqua building, along with food and drink. Fireworks Saturday evening. Progress
on new studio A Volunteer Texas Baptist Men group will arrive July 5 to construct the building in three weeks. Citizens are welcome, says Wheeler, to each evening's campfire and to watch the progress. June
was hostile If your well was going dry, June was your month. For most everyone else, it was 30 days of repeated disappointments due to persistent rainfall that helped fill wells, rain barrels and cisterns (do you still use those?). Fayette County was under the single thunderstorm in central Illinois last Wednesday. Another 1.02 inches of rain. Along with Saturday night's shower, June rainfall came to 7.69 inches. Not a record but it brought yearly rainfall to 25.9 inches which is some 5.8 inches ahead of normal. The wettest June on record was in 1970 with 9.16 inches. A wet final week of June was not the last straw for planting corn. That came weeks earlier. Soybeans are being planted a little late and are also going into fields that were supposed to be corn. Farmers throughout southern Illinois were cutting wheat last week while driving in water. Wheat quality is generally poor in a wet spring. But there is the potential for a great harvest of straw! Japanese beetles hatched in last week's heat wave. Ten out of the last 14 days in June heated to the mid 90's. The month overall averaged 83.7 which was close to normal, along with normal nights that averaged 63.7 degrees. June 23 was the longest day of the year. By July 1 our days are already five minutes shorter. But today's 15 hours and 13 minutes is still a much longer day - by four hours-than the winter solstice!
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