Elswood Gruschow School Days are ending for Unit 12 Retirees Mr. Gruschow, longtime science teacher, to retire     When the school bells ring at Jamaica High School next August, one familiar face will not be there. Elwood Gruschow, science teacher for the past 26 years, will be retired and living elsewhere by then.

Seniors to host Baccalaureate
   The Jamaica High School senior class would like to invite the community to Baccalaureate services on May 18 at 3 p.m. in the high school gym. Senior class member Brock Bodine will be delivering the message.

Jamaica Graduations
   Commencement services will be Saturday, May 24, 3 p.m. at the school.
   The elementary promotion is May 22 at 7 p.m. at the school.

Ham and beans, blue grass music on Sidell street May 17
   The Sidell Community Historical Society will hold a ham and bean supper May 17 to kick off a fundraising effort to raise $10,000 to repair a portion of the museum¹s brick wall.
   Dinner will be served from 4-7 p.m. on the lawn and street south of the museum buildings. Entertainment throughout the evening will be by Gale and Dave Lowe of Fithian who will be performing bluegrass and gospel music.

Water woes to be topic at special Indianola meeting
    At its regular monthly meeting Wednesday night, the Indianola Village Board announced a special town meeting at 7 p.m. next Wednesday at the village hall. They invite residents to attend and voice concerns about their water with a representative of the Aqua Illinois which owns and operates the system.

Sidell Village plans auction
   Don Crist spoke with the Sidell Village Board members Tuesday night about auctioning a house. The board has recently acquired a house on North English Street and will sell it through auction. Crist was hired as auctioneer.

Sidell Township to budget more for cemetery addition
    The Sidell Township Board of Trustees approved the new budget Monday night as drawn up by the township attorney, with the exception of the cemetery fund. Supervisor Al Riggle suggested increasing the cemetery fund budget due to the one acre expansion of the cemetery and anticipated expenses associated with the expansion.

Deaths

• Ross Padgett, 96, well known Catlin resident, longtime milk distributor, passed away at 4:38 a.m. Wed., May 7, 2008, at Marshall County Hospital in Benton, Ky.
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• Evelyn Fisher, 88, longtime area realtor and business woman, passed away at 8 a.m. Tues., May 12, 2008, at her home.
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