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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday, May 23
• Royal Neighbors of America, 1 p.m., Phillips Building.
Thursday, May 24
• The St. Elmo Unit of Home and Community Education, 1:30 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
Saturday, May 26
• The St. Elmo Alumni Banquet, 6 p.m., high school gym. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Those attending are to go in the south doors of the gym to pick up the tickets and name tags.
Sunday, May 27
• A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. at the Old Loogootee Cemetery.
Monday, May 28
• Memorial Day Service, 1:30 p.m., Veterans’ Memorial on U.S. Route 40. Those attending are to take lawn chairs. The speaker will be a St. Elmo High School graduate, Lyndon Willms of Carbondale, who served 27 years in the Air Force.
Thursday, May 31
• Exxon/Mobil Annuitants, noon, Vandalia Ponderosa.
Alumni Raffle Announcement
The St. Elmo Alumni Association is raffling a blue star pattern quilt. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. If a winning ticket is purchased and the person is not at the alumni banquet, the quilt will be shipped to the winner at no cost. The fundraiser helps with the alumni postage and other expenses.
Tickets can be purchased by contacting Laura Feezel at 427-2210.
Town & Country Art Show Announcement
• For the 2012 Amateur Adult and Youth Town & Country Art Show and Professional Art Show scheduled to be held in the Fayette County Museum Artworks Gallery June 16-24, all entry forms and checks must be postmarked on or before May 30 and can be mailed to Artworks Gallery, 301, W. Main St., Vandalia, Ill. 62471.
The fee is $3 per piece for adults and $1 per piece for youth. Forms can be picked up at the museum.
Work must be hand-delivered between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, or between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 10.
Library Cookbook Announcement
The St. Elmo Public Library District is raising funds for the Overdrive program, which will allow patrons to have access to e-books.
The library is putting together a committee to organize the creation of a cookbook, the sale of which will aid toward obtaining the Overdrive program.
Anyone interested in being a committee member is asked to call the library at 829-5544.
Lions Club
Present for the St. Elmo Lions Club meeting held May 14 at Mary Ann’s Restaurant were Don Crawford, John Crawford, Lewis Crawford, Bob Lowe, Richard Lowe, LeMar Marchman, Dave Maxey, Dee Newberry, Lloyd Stanley and Bob Wells.
President Wells led in the pledge of allegiance at 6 p.m., and Richard Lowe gave the meal blessing.
The Fayette County Farm Bureau Federation Food Bank was discussed further for possible future action of the Lions Club.
Maxey gave an in-depth overview of the program and the final decision of the club’s support is pending.
Information will be forthcoming on the Lions Club bringing the eye macular degeneration testing to St. Elmo once again.
Friendship Manor
Friendship Manor Nursing Home observed Nursing Home Week May 13-19 with special activities Monday through Friday afternoons.
The birthday party is usually held in the afternoon on the third Thursday of the month, but this month it was changed to the fourth Thursday, May 22.
May birthdays of residents are the following: Ruby Meadows on May 4, Delores Weaver on May 7, Carol Chatham on May 10, Julie Dasenbrock on May 13, Bonnie Haslett on May 20  and Jennie Alice Harner on May 26.
Mrs. Rademaker’s class ice cream party was the afternoon of May 7.
Some new activities – an arts and crafts class was in the afternoon of May 3, and on Thursday, May 31, an arts and crafts make a quilt placemat is scheduled at 2 p.m. A crochet class is at 2:30 p.m. each Friday.
A memorial ceremony is set for 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29.                                     
Vit-Em-In Potluck
The Vit-Em-In Sunday school class potluck was held at 6 p.m. on May 17 in the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall with the following present: Elizabeth Bail, Bob Cox, Pastor John Eisfelder (who gave the meal blessing), Frank and Delva Krost, Ed and Barb Lane, Richard Lowe, Bob and Joanne Owen, Rosemary Owen, Anna Jean Rhodes, and Jack and Marilyn Sproat.
After the potluck, Delva Krost presided over a short business meeting.
The class voted to donate $100 for the elementary classes to use for the Bible school expenses.
Delva Krost and Rosemary Owen set the tables with purple placemats and made the tea and coffee. Several of the men helped with the dish-washing and cleanup.
Lighthouse Pregnancy Center
The May newsletter of the Lighthouse Pregnancy Center reported that the annual fundraising banquet was blessed by the individuals, businesses and churches that sponsored it. Their generosity paid the expenses. The banquet had 224 guests.
Executive Director Patricia Farris said the result of this year’s fundraiser was $45,158, from sponsors, pledges, cash and checks.
There comes a time when every hone, business, church, etc needs a facelift or major maintenance to keep functioning. The Lighthouse Pregnancy Center is not any different – a new roof was installed in 2010, the front parking lot was blacktopped and the back building entrance was improved in 2011.
In 2012, the interior is being face-lifted with new paint and a few other major updates.
Also, two major projects are on the list for this year – painting the building exterior (to go along with the new roof) and a much-needed renovation of the parking lot in the rear of the building.
Anyone or group of individuals interested in helping with these two projects can call the office at 283-8750 and speak to Farris.
The mission statement: The Lighthouse Pregnancy Center of Fayette County is a Christ-centered ministry that acknowledges the absolute worth of all human life and exists to provide accurate information, compassionate care, and practical assistance to those affected by a crisis pregnancy and related issues.
Staff Administrative Assistant Erin Klug answered, “What’s Your Perspective?”
“A year ago, when I first came on staff at the Lighthouse Pregnancy Center, a friend of mine gave me great insight into her perspective.
"When I told her where I worked, she asked me, ‘So what do you guys do there – do people just fill out worksheets on Jesus or what?’
“I was a bit taken aback that this was her view of our center. I calmly and lovingly explained to her that we have a variety of services that are very helpful to expecting mothers, including classes about what to expect throughout pregnancy and important parenting tips.
“We are a Christ-centered ministry, and we do offer Bible studies and sexual integrity classes for those who are interested, but we would never push our beliefs onto our clients. We are here to help people.
“My perspective: If we believe that abortion is not an option, then we better be willing to help those who are pregnant and need our help, whether or not they are interested in Jesus. And when you show love by helping people unconditionally, then perhaps they will find that they are interested in Jesus after all.”
 

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