Correspondence

It’s always a great week to be a Warrior! The Calhoun Warriors finished out their season undefeated with a 9-0 record Friday night under the lights and a 21-12 win over Brown County. Warriors also honored future Warriors and the championship JFL team. Before the game seniors and their parents were honored. Warrior Seniors are…

GP’s National Honor Society is sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive today from 8:30am-1:30pm in Nichol Gymnasium. To register, you may call Mrs. Conkright at the high school (833-2352) or log on to www.redcrossblood.org. Donors must be 16 years or older and must have parent permission in order to donate.

Time to fall back again, don’t forget to turn them clocks back this weekend! Winter time is here again!

“No one should mind being average, because it means you’re as close to the top as you are to the bottom.” Halloween will be celebrated at the New Salem Town Hall this Friday, Oct. 31, starting at 5:30 p.m. with Trunks n Treats for the kids. This is a safe way for the kiddos to…

Congratulations and Best Wishes to Shirley and Mike Straus who were happily wed on October 18th in Pittsfield. They are making their home in Perry, Illinois. The Buggs’ Family Opry in Pearl will be having a show this Friday, October 24, starting at 7:00. Admission is $10 each, and everyone is welcome.

This is the week that we have been waiting for. The much-needed rain started mid-morning in Calhoun County. It rained heavily with a breeze in the air, then slowed down for a while, and then came back in midafternoon.

Sure feeling like fall now, nice cool down! Just in time for Halloween activities, as the Pleasant Hill Community Club is hosting a Halloween Parade and trunk or treat this coming Saturday starting at 6 p.m. Such fun time for the kiddos and big kids at heart! Contact Jessica Stephenson at (618)535-0391 or Dana Collard…

This Saturday, Oct. 25, , from 9 a.m.-noon, you may recycle your electronics at the Western Illinois Fairgrounds in Griggsville (516 S. Oak St.). For more information call 217-243-6221.

The temperature last week was in the low to mid 80”s until we finally got a nice shower of rain on Saturday and much cooler now. For this week meteorologists have predicted weather to be in the low to mid 60’s, quite a change. Then on November 1 we fall back, always nice to get…

Trunk or Treat/ Halloween Party was a huge success, our trunks reported handing out over 125 treats. So many cute costumes. Thank you so much to the Center for American Archeology for always providing the use of the gym. Thank you everyone that had a trunk, donated for the treat walk, donated for the basket…