ORION—Monday, March 22, is the new date for the awards banquet for Orion High School and Orion Middle School wrestlers. It will be held at 6 p.m. in the commons at OHS. The banquet originally was scheduled for Tuesday, March 23.

PEORIA—Orion Charger Tanner Williams will compete in the finals of the state slam dunk contest on Friday, March 12, in Carver Arena at the Peoria Civic Center.

CAMBRIDGE—Through March 26, Henry County Farm Bureau Young Leaders are collecting non-perishable items for local food pantries.

CAMBRIDGE—Illinois State Police will investigate if there were any criminal violations in the removal of items from personnel files at the sheriff’s department, according to a request from Henry County State’s Attorney Terry Patton.

ORION—The Orion school board will vote Wednesday, March 17, on a plan to deal with a budget shortfall of $725,000. According to state law, possible staff reductions have to be announced in March/ Hoping the district will learn more this spring about how much state aid it can expect in 2010-11, Superintendent David Deets said the school board will make final decisions in May.

ORION—The seventh and eighth grade girls basketball teams from Orion Middle School will play on Friday, March 12, in the first round of the Prairieland Conference tournament in Knoxville.