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Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
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By Ryan Keith/ RK PK Solutions The state’s premier organization representing gas stations and convenience stores today announces the hiring of an experienced state government relations professional as the new CEO of the Illinois Fuel and Retail Association. Nate Harris, of Springfield, replaces Josh Sharp as the leader of IFRA. Sharp left IFRA for another advocacy leadership role in early July after five years as CEO. Harris joins the IFRA from the Health Care Council of Illinois, where he served as legislative director for the membership assoc...
Supply lists can be found on their website at https://www.stauntonschools.org/documents/registration-documents/supply-lists/61219 Pre-K Supply List: 1 full-size backpack - labeled with your child’s name (the backpack needs to be large enough to fit a standard size folder, will be supplied in the first week of school.) Your child will receive a folder from the program the first week of school A 4x6 family photo, (please write your child’s name on the back. Please send it in your child’s folder within the first two weeks of school) Compl...
School is almost here! Kindergarten families, have you considered doing a packed lunch trial run? • Pack a lunch for your child exactly as you plan on packing one on school days, using the same containers, packages, and drink style. • Set a timer for 30 minutes, and have your child open their own containers and eat. Teach them how to get started and focused on eating right away. • Make sure they can open everything. If they struggle, consider replacing the container to make it easier for them. • Teach them to raise their hand if they need he...
The Staunton Band Boosters will be having a Aluminum Can Fundraiser. They are asking the community to save aluminum cans to help support the Staunton Band Program. They have one drop-off day set up for Friday, Aug. 9, 2024 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The location for drop off will be the corner of Deneen St. and W. Prairie St. To donate aluminum cans at any time between now and Aug., contact Jennifer Daugherty, the Band Booster President, at Jenni- [email protected] or (618) 910-4153....
Staunton Elementary School is still seeking new Terriers for their preschool program. For those that have a child who will be 3 or 4 years of age by Sept. 1, 2024 and live in the Staunton School District, screening will be held Thursday, Aug. 1. Screenings must be scheduled so please email Mrs. Horn to schedule a screening at: bhorn@ stauntonschools.org. Screenings will be located in the Community Room of Staunton Elementary School which is lo- cated at 801 N. Deneen St. Students in the program learn academic skills as well as social skills....
The Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) has released its annual Domestic Violence Homicide Report for 2023, noting a dramatic increase in the number of deaths resulting from domestic violence in the state. ICADV reports 120 people died in 94 separate incidents, an increase of 121% over 2022. Of the 120 deaths in 2023, 56% of victims were female. Victims range in age from under one year to 86 years. Firearms were the means of death in 68% of the incidents indicating that removal of firearms is a life-saving effort. 13 deaths...
Dana Carr Skinner, 52, of Gillespie has announced her candidacy for Macoupin County Circuit Clerk. She will be on the November 5, 2024 General Election ballot. The Circuit Clerk is responsible for establishing, maintaining and keeping all records of the court, as well as several administrative, financial and public services. Dana, a lifelong Macoupin County resident was born and raised in Wilsonville by her parents, Barb and Van Baker. She graduated Gillespie High School in 1990 and attended SIUE before starting her family. She has raised 8...
The breakfast and lunch program is available daily to all students. Breakfast service begins at 7:30 a.m. The Kindergarten - 9th grade students have closed campus for lunch. This policy is a safeguard for students. Free and reduced breakfast/lunch applications are available in the school office. It is required that new applications be completed each school year to determine eligibility. Completed applications should be returned to the elementary or high school office. The cost of meals for students in grades K-12 is $1.90 for breakfast per...
1. Stay in your car when in the loading/unloading lane. If your child needs assistance getting into the vehicle, please park in a spot. 2. Do not walk up to the door or wave your child to the vehicle. The teachers on duty will get your child to your car when they deem it is safe. 3. Children should enter the vehicle on the passenger side to avoid crossing a lane of traffic. If they must get in the driver’s side, please park in a spot and walk over. 4. Please discuss with your child about not running out into the parking lot. Again, there is a...
Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Recipients Will Now Receive Full Pass-Through Payments Beginning in July, all child support collected on behalf of Illinois’ low-income families with children who are current or former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients in Illinois will be passed through to the family for the care and support of the child or children and will no longer be retained by the state, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) announced. All families who are currently receiving or formerly rece...
People plant gardens for food, flowers, and function, but planting for the birds can be beautiful and beneficial to the environment. What if instead of storebought bird seed in a feeder, gardens could include a buffet of different foods for birds while also being a beautiful addition to any landscaping? How to Attract Birds to Yards Gardeners sometimes have to make tough choices. Should we try growing hot peppers this year? Do we go with a climbing hybrid tea rose or along the fence? Is that spot too shady for coneflowers? Sometimes the...
Class of 1986 Basketball (Girls) The 1985-86 basketball team finished the season 7-14 overall, including 2-8 in the South Central Conference. Coach Larry Kuba’s squad included seniors Dana Anschutz; Alison Kuba; and Darla Sievers. Junior Dana Sievers had an outstanding season for the Lady Bulldogs. In addition to leading the team in scoring, she captured All-Conference Second Team honors and was a member of the All-County First Team. Darla Sievers took home All-SCC Honorable Mention status, as well as All-County Second Team honors. She also w...
The ICC and IDNR were awarded $8.3 million dollars to improve the siting process for several long-range transmission planning projects in central and southern Illinois. Last week, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) was awarded $8.3 million from the Department of Energy (DOE)'s Grid Deployment Office to improve the review process for several transmission projects running through the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) territory. High voltage transmission is a critical piece of America’s energy infrastructure that works to send po...
Every year thousands of Americans are injured or killed in swimming and boating accidents. The Staunton Fire Protection District, in conjunction with the National Safety Council encourage you to take proper precautions to prevent swimming accidents. You can protect yourself and your family from such accidents by following these guidelines: Drowning is one of the leading causes of death of children. Most drownings occur when a child falls into a pool or is left alone in a bathtub. To prevent drowning: •Never leave a young child alone in a b...
For those that may have a child entering the following grades, they may need required immunizations for school: Kindergarten, Sixth grade and Twelfth grade. At the Mobile Medical Unit in the Maple Street Parking Lot located at 109 E. Maple Street, Gillespie, Ill. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., patients will be seen on a rst-come, rst-served basis. However, pre-registration is preferred but it is not mandatory. Walk-ins are de nitely accepted as well. There will be Pop-Up Immu- nization Clinics on the following dates as well: Monday, July 29; and...
Macoupin County Public Health Department is hosting Heartsaver and BLS CPR Cer- ti cation Classes. Everyone is welcome and these classes are open to the public. Heartsaver Classes (General Public) are Tuesday, Sept. 10, and Tuesday, Dec. 10. The BLS Class (Healthcare Staff) is Thursday, Oct. 17. The times for classes are 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sign-up on line at https:// forms.of ce.com/r/RFAyYQTt- gk, email safefamilies@mcphd. net, or call (217)854-5322. Classes are located at 205 Oak- land Avenue in Carlinville, Ill....
On July 16, 2024, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) visited the Macoupin Center for the Developmentally Disabled and presented the Center, MCDD Director Debi Lyons, MCDD Development Coordinator Kim Wing, with a $500,000 check to build a new facility and expand its offerings to the community. Budzinski secured the funding in a recent bipartisan government funding bill after submitting a request for the resources during the House of Representatives’ Community Project Funding process. In t...
By CAMERYN BARBEAU/ STAR-TIMES During the city council meeting on Monday, July 22, the council recognized the courageous and heroic act of Andrew Cisler by his quick thinking and heroic actions, saving Jadien Huhsman, his 21-year-old cousin. On Sunday, June 30, Cisler saved Huhsman, his cousin, from a potential tragedy that was brewing. Huhsman had a seizure in the deep end of her family’s pool which caused her to disappear under the water. Luckily, Cisler was there not only to save the day, b...
By Brett Allen On Monday, July 15, Staunton's Board of Education held their July meeting where two outstanding students were recognized. 2023 SHS graduate, Riley Kessler, presented a plaque to the Board of Education and shared her recent experience serving as the FFA Secretary for the state of Illinois this past year. Also, recent SHS graduate, Max Eldred, was recognized for earning the Commendation of Biliteracy, which is awarded because he demonstrated significant progress toward achieving a high level of proficiency in English and in...
Pets generally may seem like carefree animals with nary a worry, but the truth is that companion animals may suffer from many of the same mental health issues that affect humans. ASPCA® Pet Insurance says that pets experience certain mental health issues, including anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviors and fears or phobias. Some pets also experience depression, with similar symptoms of social withdrawal, lethargy, loss of interest in food or activities, and more. Some animals are predisposed to mental health conditions. For example, small...
By: Jill Pertler When my kids were little, they often came to me with “what ifs.” What if the school bus starts to fly? What if we ate dessert first? What if God never invented rabbits? Or ice cream? Or trees? Or bikes? Or the rain? What if my hair turned into spaghetti noodles? What if all the grass turned purple? What if broccoli tasted like candy and candy tasted like broccoli? What if the person we see in the mirror isn’t the same as the person everyone else sees? Attending to these what ifs often proved difficult because they were, for t...
By Christian Hasselberg Registration started at 7 a.m. and all was well. We had a large group from Staunton and the Boeing Bike Club! We set about things as normal until we realized that some of our numbers were missing a barcode. Fleet feet jumped in a solved that problem for us. At the last second, we had the Star Spangled Banner right on time! The race was off! The start was largely ceremonial and uneventful. We hit Reservoir Road and the racing commenced. Things got gnarly very quickly when a turtle crossed the road! With terrible timing,...
The Library of Congress provided the following information: On July 19, 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention convened. Heralded as the first American women’s rights convention, the two day event was held in the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention had been advertised on July 11, 1848 in the Seneca County Courier. Despite the minimal amount of publicity , there were an estimated 300 attendees at the inaugural meeting. It is not surprising that many of the convention attendees lived locally, as there were a number of a...
Issue of July 21, 1999 The 11th annual Tour de Donut bicycle race was held July 17 in Staunton with a record 388 bicyclists participating. A.A. and Dorothy Ross announced plans to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 24. Shirley M. Kuethe (70) of Staunton died July 15 at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton. Mary Magdeline Karlovic (91) of Mt. Olive died July 16 at Litchfied Health Care Center in Litchfield. Issue of July 22, 2009 Staunton is to receive $1.07 million in grant...
Dear Star-Times, I was surprised to see so few spectators watching the Tour De Donut this year. I can remember seeing people lining the streets from St. Michael's Church and Bill’s IGA to the turnoff at Sullivan’s. I was one of maybe 50 spectators this year. Many bike riders still talk about how nice and motivating it was to ride with all the spectators and the Rib Fest contestants cheering you on. I’m not sure why the Rib Fest was moved to a different day and location. I would like to suggest to the different committees in charge of these...