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Lucken set for All-Star Game

Two college-bound football players from the 2013 graduating class of Vandalia Community High School have been invited to play in one last high school game on Saturday.

Ryan Ambuehl and Jeff Lucken have been selected to play in the 25th annual West-Central Illinois All-Star football game at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in Springfield.

The game – which features 91 players from 34 schools – will be this Saturday at 5 p.m., with the gates to open an hour before the game.

Evergreen Outreach

By Sharon Mueller
Mary Crawford, 90 years young, was honored at Evergreen Outreach on Monday with a beautifully decorated birthday cake, provided by her daughter-in-law, Sue Harrison. Mary wore a “spring chicken” apron, and after all had sung “Happy Birthday,” she was given a plastic dancing chick by the leader of the day, Beulah Brown. Beulah then had Mary come forward and tell about her early life, which was very interesting. (It was the days when all children had chores before play!)

Ehrat to continue tennis career...

A 2013 Vandalia High School graduate will be continuing her athletic career as an NCAA Division III tennis player at Millikin University.

Paige Ehrat will join the Big Blue tennis team after two strong years of play with the Lady Vandals varsity squad.

“I am excited at the opportunity to coach Paige,” said Millikin tennis coach Dustin Forman. “While recruiting Paige, many things impressed me, including her passion for tennis, the desire to work hard and improve, and her enthusiasm for Millikin.

Pension reform must be faced

It’s time. In fact, it’s well past time.
Illinois legislators must deal with the state’s pension crisis.
They had an opportunity during the recent legislative session, but left Springfield without any meaningful progress.

Smith – Runge

Jessica Hope Smith and Andrew B. Runge, both of Sheridan, Wyo., have announced their engagement.

Lady Vandals hosting shootout...

The Vandalia High School girls basketball team will be hosting its only summer shootout next Tuesday.

Participating teams in the 12-game shootout are Vandalia, Mt. Olive, Olney, Shelbyville, two teams from Central A&M and two teams from Newton.

The Lady Vandals will play at 12:15 p.m. in the elementary school gym, facing Central A&M’s No. 2 team.

Lady Vandals sweep DH against...

VANDALIA – The Lady Vandals got their first win of the summer on Tuesday, sweeping a doubleheader against the alumni.

Rising senior Megan Godoyo tossed a shutout in an 8-0 win in game one, and Kelsey Swain scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the sixth inning to secure a 6-5 win in game two.

A team of different alumni players had swept the Lady Vandals in a doubleheader one week prior.

MGHS Class of 1953 Reunion
College News

EIU
Tori Hagy graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston on May 4.

Rich, black soil draws farmers...

While leafing through a back issue of the genealogy quarterly of the Montgomery County Genealogical Society, headquartered in Litchfield, a series of letters written by Jacob Cress and Daniel Ludwick in the 1830s caught my attention.
Addressed to family members still living in  Cabarrus County, N.C., the men, who were brothers-in-law, wrote letters encouraging their family to leave the “old wourn out red fields” of North Carolina and come to Illinois, were the land “is as rich and black as you wold want it.”

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