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News headlines 2004

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2002
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2001
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January 02: • Rob Morris holds election and dinner
January 05: • City to help Motel 6 with interest payments
January 06: • Local men charged with property damage
January 08: • Sequicentennial committee plans celebration
January 15: • Fieldcrest East PTCO Meeting February 2
January 15: • Fieldcrest to support extracurriculars with participation fees
January 19: • City accepts bid for Well #1 repairs
January 20: • Fieldcrest fund raisers looking for NASCAR volunteers
January 22: • New editor named for Minonk Woodford Journal
January 23: • Don Meils to celebrate 90th birthday
February 02: • City debates ambulance squad issue again
February 05: • Sesquicenenntial Committee discusses events
February 06: • Fieldcrest makes cuts in teaching staff
February 09: • Immanuel Lutheran to sponsor Chili Supper
February 13: • Rutherford measure protects potlucks
February 16: • City approves fulltime ambulance staff
February 19: • Rutherford weighs in on FY2005 Budget
February 19: • Minonk native named Manager of Artic Winter Games
February 24: • School Board receives financial report card
February 27: • Rutherford: Downstate priorities being ignored by Gov
March 01: • City council accepts bid to resurface Chestnut Street
March 02: • Town-wide garage sale set for April 24
March 03: • Rutherford wary about education reform plans
March 05: • Fieldcrest South safe for now
March 06: • Fieldcrest Kindergarten Roundup announced
March 10: • Minonk Youths Sentenced for Damaging City Property
March 15: • Minonk Fireman's Association Breakfast set for April 4th
March 15: • City Beautification project announced
March 16: • Cub Scouts learn about cheese
March 17: • Beard growing contest announced
March 18: • Fieldcrest cuts $650,000 in personnel
March 19: • Fieldcrest students recreate "Hoovervilles"
March 20: • Fieldcrest ballplayers clean up diamond
March 25: • Rutherford opposes camping fee increases
March 25: • Rutherford opposes tax on farm chemicals
March 26: • Senate approves potluck protection
April 04: • City hires permanent ambulance squad members
April 07: • Triplets are a family tradition
April 08: • Village-Aires Spring Concert set for April 24-25
April 13: • Group requesting donations for graduation
April 13: • New grain terminal being built
April 16: • Iepa stonewalls public information
April 18: • 50th Anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kapraun
April 22: • Minonk alumni meet in Phoenix
April 22: • Results of Fieldcrest School Board meeting
May 01: • Fieldcrest to study reorganization options
May 03: • City nixes stop sign at 7th and Walnut
May 04: • Sesquicentennial Drawdown to be held
May 04: • American Legion Baseball tryouts to be held
May 05: • Local 4-H club takes field trip
May 05: • Rutherford discloses discriminatory EPA fees
May 06: • Minonk Koozies on sale
May 06: • Cub Scouts planning Pinewood Derby
May 11: • Rutherford: Trucking industry numbers show job loss
May 17: • City considers tougher nuisance ordinances
May 18: • History tour of Minonk included in sesquicentennial celebration
May 24: • Memorial Day services to be held Monday
May 29: • Local government health insurance in jeopardy
May 30: • Rutherford concerned about the Governor’s new hires
May 31: • Heavy rains pelt Minonk
June 01: • Minonk native elected head of Florida statewide group of clubs
June 02: • Chicago Democrat Leader trying to close Pontiac
June 06: • Minonk Remembered video big attraction for sesquicentennial
June 06: • Minonk gearing up for sesquicentennial
June 14: • Westside Park pavilion dedicated
June 15: • Legislative Commission to study impact of Pontiac prison closure
June 22: • Just Stuff Antiques announces flea market
June 28: • Minonk area experiences earthquake
June 28: • Rutherford: Potluck bill heads to Governor
July 01: • Rutherford supports retired teachers, school construction
July 02: • New conference to replace Midstate
July 02: • Minonk to celebrate 4th this weekend
July 05: • Minonk celebrates the 4th
July 06: • Sesquicentennial/4th July donors announced
July 06: • Parade winners announced
July 16: • Fieldcrest to put referendum on ballot in November
July 21: • Sarah Breyne Inks with Culver-Stockton Softball
July 24: • Class of 1944 celebrates reunion
July 27: • Rutherford announces scholarship recepients
July 30: • Another MDR alumni reunion planned for Phoenix
July 30: • Public forums set for presenting grade site options
August 05: • Minonk Town-Wide Garage Sale Sept. 18
August 08: • Open house held for Jeane Hock's 80th birthday
August 08: • Jerry Barth's celebrate 40th anniversary
August 10: • Residents attend grade school site exhibit
August 13: • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lindley to celebrate 50th anniversary
August 21: • Minonk woman plays at Omaha reception
August 26: • Fieldcrest Board of Education meeting
August 27: • Woodworking display to be held
August 27: • MDR Class of 1969 holds reunion
September 01: • Hurricane Charley pictures
September 11: • Minonk 4H announces membership drive
September 17: • Fieldcrest Superintendent Stagliano resigns
September 17: • Class of 54 hold reunion
September 19: • Rutherford Calls Proposed Legislation “Fowl!”
October 02: • Grain terminal starts operations
October 04: • City reaches agreement with Fieldcrest on TIF
October 05: • Minonk and Wenona Pass Resolutions for Fieldcrest
October 08: • Kurt Barth inducted into Eureka College Hall of Fame
October 09: • Westside Park pavilion turned over to city
October 12: • Fieldcrest Pursues Successful Referendum
October 12: • Local woman Initiated into PTK at Lincoln College
October 13: • Local women inducted into honor society
October 13: • Woodford County Provides Free Cancer Screenings for Eligible Women
October 14: • Wibur Rossman woodworking items
October 15: • Fieldcrest Board Meeting agenda
October 15: • Rutherford on Illinois Agriculture
October 21: • Fieldcrest hires firm to search for new superintendent
October 26: • Fieldcrest Citizens Advisory Committee Status Report
November 01: • City approves hotel tax increase
November 08: • Village-Aires to present Christmas program Nov. 20 - 21
November 08: • New food pantry open for business
November 12: • Veterans Day ceremony held at Fieldcrest
November 12: • Senate week in Review: November 8 – November 12
November 15: • City considers Maple Avenue parking restrictions
November 19: • Local man member of international design contest winner
November 22: • Minonk sets date for luminaria display
November 22: • 4H club has "Family Fun Fall Festival"
November 24: • Minonk gets ready for Parade of Lights
November 24: • Minonk hit by Thanksgiving storm
December 02: • Rutherford encourages constituents to complete on-line survey
December 02: • Board of Education meeting minutes
December 02: • Rutherford: Circuit court finds fee increases unconstitutional
December 04: • Parade of Lights held
December 06: • City postphones decision on parking ban for Maple Avenue
December 20: • City approves clarification of residential use in downtown area