Proposed Trump administration cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP – which provides food buying assistance for low income people, has officials at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva concerned.
Polo High School juniors researched veterans' stories and then shared those stories with their classmates as part of “The Grateful Nation Project” – a nationwide effort honoring those who gave their lives while serving.
The pull begins at noon with antique tractors, followed by farm stock tractors at 2 p.m., MTTPA trucks at 4 p.m., and finally MTTPA and ISP Trucks and Tractors at 7 p.m.
According to Oregon fire crews, occupants in the vehicles were treated at the scene and did not need to be transported to a medical facility.
The Byron 1,600-meter relay of Neve Schilling, Ashley Potter, Macyn Burris and Skylar Palmgren took home a first place with a time of 4:06. Finishing right behind in second were Stillman Valley’s Saundra Brodersen, Taylor Davidson, Alexandria Hoff and Mackenzie Lamb.
Trustees voted 4-1 to donate the building to the Polo Area Community Theatre following a presentation by Hart DuBois, a PACT board member, who outlined how the not-for-profit group planned to raise enough money to keep the building viable as a performance venue.
Many World War II artifacts will be on display, including tanks, trucks and cannons.
Oregon qualified seven individuals and three relays for this week's state meet at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.