AUGUST 3RD:
MOVIE NIGHT AT PARK

AUGUST 6TH:
DANCING WITH THE WENONA STARS

AUGUST 7TH:
FAMILY NIGHT AT CITY PARK

AUGUST 8TH:
5K RACE · BEER TENT
CARNIVAL · BATTLE OF THE BARS

AUGUST 9TH:
GOLF TOURNAMENT · AMAZING RACE
BEER TENT · FIREWORKS

AUGUST 10TH:
3 ON 3 BASKETBALL · CAR SHOW
PARADE · DRAWDOWN

FOR THE FULL LIST OF TIMES AND EVENTS,
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WENONACHAMBEROFCOMMERCE.ORG

Her address is:
Viola Nelson
210 16th Ave East
Duluth, MN 55812

During that time, my sister Betty and I can both remember attending a launching of an LST with it impressive "swish" when it went into the Illinois River from its launch ramp.

Both my sister and I now value that move and our time spent as kids raised on a farm east of and "next to Minonk" We also wonder if other readers have connections to the Seneca Shipyard.

Here is a link to an article on the Seneca Shipyards.

Gerry Schmidt

Editor's note: Eldon Cullen, father of Minonk native Jack Cullen, drove to work everyday at the Seneca Shipyards from Flanagan..

1st prize - $150.00 - James L. Liner
2nd prize - $100.00 - Stan Weber
3rd prize - $75.00 - Stan Weber
4th prize $50.00 - Stephanie Fuchs
5th prize - $50.00 - Jim & Elaine Cinnamon
6th prize - $50.00 - Charles Stephens
7th prize - $25.00 - Shary Jenkins,

This is the first year all the winners are from Minonk.
Congratulations to all.

Post 142 greatly appreciates the public support in our annual 4th of July raffle.

Dave Shirley
Finance Officer
Minonk Post 142

As a tax paying member of the Fieldcrest School district I would love an explanation as to why the Wenona TIF was not voted on. Haven't they rob the school district of enough money already? It seemed a no brainer that all of you would vote to eliminate the current situation with Wenona. Dave Uphoff brings up numerous reasons for not continuing this black hole on the Minonk Talk Web site. Apparently none of you read this web site. Why should the citizens of Minonk have to continue to subsidize Fieldcrest while Wenona slides. It is an insult to all of the tax paying people in Minonk that you so callously disregarded something that should have been corrected years ago! Every citizen in Minonk should remember this come election time! You should all man up and do the right thing, which is to eliminate the current Wenona TIF!

Sincerely

We are also in need of dessert donations. Both for the chicken dinner held on the 4th at 11:00am at West Side Park, and for the Cake Walk held on the 4th at 6:00pm at Sutton's Park. Donations for the chicken dinner can be brought directly to the pavillion at West Side Park as early as 9am. If you would like to donate to the Cake Walk, please contact Sue Park 309-432-3269. We welcome cakes, pies, cupcakes, brownies, bars & cookies. Please no cream items or other perishable items. Thank you.

The team will leave bright and early at 6:00am Saturday Aug. 2nd and run through downtown Minonk on Chestnut as a team towards 251. Please help send them off and line the downtown streets and cheer these brave and wonderful runners on. It means so much to them to see not only the financial support you have already given them but also the cheers and support from the community to start this long and special day.

See you Saturday Aug. 2nd 6:00am!!

Flag players will receive their jerseys at practice from their coaches. For those that can not make hand-out, equipment will be given to each parent the night of the 1st practice.

Practice can officially begin August 11th. Head Coaches will be contacting the parents of practice times.

All fund raising tickets are due at 1st practice. Please return all sold tickets to a Board Member: Lanna Ruestman, Heather Pieffer, Jessica Overocker, Amy Stimpert, Lyndsey Perry or Paula Wisenhoffer. All tickets must be sold or your child will sit out a game and will not collect a refund.

All Players (except Flags) must have a physical before 1st practice.

Check us out on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/fieldcrestyouthfootball or our Website: fieldcrestyouthfootball.shutterfly.com for updates.

Dave,

I will be retiring from the Minonk Police Department on July 11. It has been a privilege to serve the citizens of Minonk for the past eight years. I am looking forward to spending more time with my wife and grand kids. I have made a lot of friends since coming to Minonk and would like to thank them for their support. I would also like to thank the Public Works Crew, and Bobbi for helping me out when I needed something. A special thanks to Mayor Koos for his support and faith in me over the past eight years, to make this chapter of my life possible.

Thanks,

Jerry Spencer.

Thanks for the Editorial and all the information you provide. A TIF district can sometimes be the building block a community needs to jumpstart a specific area. However, this comes with a significant financial impact on the schools and other taxing bodies. Without getting into what may be right, wrong or fair, it is simply time for both Wenona and Minonk to allow these TIF districts to expire. Given the financial climate our schools face today, even a vote to approve a mutual agreement to refund some, or most of the surplus would not be in the best interest of the School. I totally understand that new development in these areas could bring in new taxing dollars. However, history has proven that will more than likely not be the case.

I suspect in the end all the Boards will do what is right for our schools and hopefully the Fieldcrest Board can then focus on a long term building plan, which will benefit all our communities.

WE THOUGHT THE TOWN CLEAN-UP DAY WAS A FANTASTIC IDEA, AND ANYONE WHO DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT MISSED OUT ON A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
HOPEFULLY MOST PEOPLE DID TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP THEIR YARDS & PORCHES OF UNNEEDED & UNATTRACTIVE ITEMS. BY DOING SO IT SHOWS THEY HAVE PRIDE IN THEIR PROPERTY & IN THE CITY OF MINONK.

ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE GREAT IDEA!