ORION—Work on 13th Street will begin in early August, trustees learned on Monday, Aug. 2. New curbs and gutters already have been installed, Trustee Jamie Lawson said. He is chairman of the street committee. Trustees approved paying $7,146 to Phil Thornburg Construction for 266 feet of curb and gutter.
ORION—Senior parent T-shirts have been ordered, and area churches are hosting a film for teenagers and their parents. Also, Orion PTA will have its first meeting in September.
ORION—Find out more about what's going on as the school year gets underway.
ORION—Main Street Orion's very first double feature will be on Friday, Aug. 13, in Central Park, Orion.
ORION—Coal Valley author Jill Kosek will sign copies of her book, “His Words, My Pen, Your Heart,” from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, at Western District Library, Orion. “Not having a lot of ‘extras’ in a family of seven, Jill learned the value of people rather than things,” said a press release. “This became the foundation of her insight into others’ feelings, which has allowed her spirit to be open to the interpretation of God’s words.”
ORION—The village will seek a federal matching grant to help pay for streetscape improvements. Trustees deadlocked 3-3 on a motion to apply for the funds and to proceed with the program if the village receives the grant. Breaking the tie, Village President voted in favor of the motion.
ORION—Mary Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Orion, is sponsoring a performance of “Christmas Belles” on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Richmond Hill Park, Geneseo. The performance is a fundraiser for Father Nimorious Domanzing, a priest from Ghana who is visiting Mary Our Lady this summer. He is a missionary priest in Africa.
ORION—Repairs of the Orion High School roof are underway, superintendent David Deets told the Orion school board on Wednesday, July 21. Later in the meeting, board members approved raising the price of lunch at each school 25 cents.
ORION—“The crisis in state funding is far from resolved,” Orion Superintendent David Deets told the Orion school board on Wednesday, July 21. He said a couple of more tough years lie ahead. Boiling down 120 pages of financial data, the superintendent presented board members with a four-page summary of the district’s financial condition at the end of the 2009-10 budget year. Orion finished with a deficit of $140,000, he said.
ORION—During Orion Fall Festival, the Battle of the Bands and Orion’s Got Talent will bring friends and neighbors to the stage in the band shell at Central Park. After the talent show, the Orion Community Band will close out the festival with a concert.
ORION—Organizers of Orion Fall Festival are releasing information about the pie baking contest and auction, the family run, the arts and crafts show, the parade and other events from Friday, Sept. 3, through Sunday, Sept. 5.
Father Nimorious Domanzing of Ghana, a missionary priest in Africa, is visiting Mary Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Orion, this summer. The church is raising money to support his work by hosting a performance of “Christmas Belles” on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, Geneseo. Dessert is at 6:30 p.m. and the show at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call the church at (309) 526-8347.
ORION—With the schedule for the 2010 Orion Fall Festival in place, organizers are drawing on the 37 previous festivals for the details of each event.
ORION—Tickets are on sale now for the Elvi-Beetle Tribute Tour on Saturday, July 31, at the band shell in Central Park. This tour is the first to bring together tributes to Elvis and the Beatles, according to Elvis impersonator Al Hull.
CAMBRIDGE—Despite all Henry County departments coming in under budget for the past fiscal year, the county still faces a $500,000 deficit, which concerns members of the county board. At the board’s July 13 meeting, elected officials offered suggestions as to ways to cut expenses, but no recommendations were officially made or passed.
ORION—Orion FFA students competed at the annual Section 3 FFA Vo-Ag Fair. The horse show took place Thursday, July 1, at Black Hawk College, Kewanee, with the help of Aaron Callahan and Drew Cotton, the equine science staff members at BHE. On Friday, July 2, the Vo-Ag Fair was held at the Henry County fairgrounds, Cambridge, with help from Fair Board member Jake Young.
CAMBRIDGE—The Henry County Economic Development Partnership (HCEDP) presented its new website to community leaders at a recent workshop. Each community can have its own page on the website, listing vacant commercial properties for sale or lease. The page is free to partnership members.
ORION—Tickets are on sale now for the Elvi-Beetle Tribute Tour on Saturday, July 31, at the band shell in Central Park.
ORION—Mary Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Orion, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the dedication of its building on Saturday, July 17.
ORION—Labor Day weekend will be here soon, and with it the 38th annual Orion Fall Festival. Below are details of the parade, the arts and crafts show and the family walk and run.
