News headlines 2005

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January 03: • City approves TIF payment to SMF
January 04: • Local restaurant to donate 10% of proceeds to tsunami aid
January 04: • Fitness center opens in Minonk
January 06: • First Baptist Church choir to present program
January 06: • General Assembly Scholarship applications available
January 08: • John & Marga Ahrens to celebrate 50th anniversay
January 11: • Rutherford: Illinois curfew law to be amended
January 13: • Local residents on IVCC Fall President's Honors list
January 17: • Chief Butler withdraws retirement request
January 20: • Fieldcrest Board revisits attendance centers
January 26: • Norman and Marlene Falk to celebrate 50th anniversary
January 27: • Local cattleman wins top honors at National Show
January 28: • Spencer and Koos to run for mayor
February 04: • Fieldcrest hires new superintendent
February 04: • Senator Rutherford visits Minonk
February 07: • Senate Week in Review: January 31- February 4
February 07: • Minonk citizens complain about litter
February 08: • School board candidate replies to editorial
February 08: • Channel 13 to replay Fieldcrest title game
February 17: • Fire Department receives $54,000 grant
February 17: • Fieldcrest Board approves limited consolidation
February 18: • Fieldcrest West State Finals game to be replayed on Channel 13
February 21: • Rutland Cemetery Association announces fund drive
February 21: • Council accepts demolition for Kent Lbr building
February 23: • Senate Week in Review: February 14 - 18
February 24: • MDR alumni hold reunion in Phoenix
February 25: • Interview with Mayoral candidate Bill Koos
February 25: • Interview with Mayor Mark Spencer
March 01: • Rutherford: State Fair Gate Admissions must be paid
March 01: • Rutherford: State Fair Gate Admissions must be paid
March 02: • Illinois nursing homes to receive increased financial support
March 04: • Fieldcrest's Kindergarten Round-Up announced
March 06: • Minonk may get racetrack
March 07: • Rutherford Advocates College Illinois!
March 07: • CIty announces talks with racetrack developer
March 10: • Fund drive started for Westside Park gazebo
March 10: • Raceway developers to make presentation on March 17
March 11: • Youths admit to damaging signs
March 11: • Memorial fund for Donna Cumming announced
March 11: • Local insurance man wins awards
March 14: • CIty of Minonk announces press release on raceway
March 15: • Rutherford: Supportive living facilities receive ongoing support
March 15: • Cub Scouts raise money for tsunami victims
March 16: • Minonk Town-Wide Garage Sale April 23rd
March 17: • Enthusiastic crowd attends raceway presentation
March 18: • Bingo Night to be held for Alzheimer's Memory Walk
March 20: • Meet the Candidates Night set for March 29
March 21: • Rutherford seeking owners of unclaimed property
March 21: • Senate Week in Review: March 14-18, 2005
March 21: • CIty gives raceway developers green light
March 22: • Minonk candidates meet the public
March 29: • Interviews with School Board candidates
March 29: • School board candidates meet the public
March 30: • Rutherford: Illinois curfew law amended
April 05: • Son of Minonk resident named East Peoria Fire Chief
April 06: • Koos defeats Spencer - Minonk gets 1 on school board
April 11: • Senate Week in Review: April 6 - 8
April 12: • Villageaires Spring Show set for April 30- May 1
April 18: • City Council discusses amusement tax
April 20: • Local lawmakers tour Pontiac Correction Facility
April 20: • Map available for this weekend's townwide garage sale
April 23: • Fieldcrest elects new officers for Board of Education
April 25: • Senate week in review: April 18 – 22
May 02: • Minonk summer events announced
May 02: • Villagaires Spring Concert pictures
May 02: • New mayor and city council sworn in
May 03: • Cubscouts hold "Raingutter Regatta"
May 03: • Grass/Weed Removal notice given by city
May 12: • Raceway progress "on track"
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May 13: • Fieldcrest High School Spring Band Concert on May 16
May 13: • Cub Scouts help transplant flowers
May 16: • SENATE WEEK IN REVIEW: MAY 10 - 12
May 17: • CIty Council approves annexation for raceway
May 25: • Memorial Day services to be held on Monday
May 25: • Local girl graduates with honors
May 26: • Memorial Day message from Sen. Rutherford
May 30: • Rutherford votes “no” on Governor’s plan to raid the Illinois pension system
May 31: • Illinois Legislature Approves Medical Malpractice Reforms
June 01: • Beneift planned for Marty Prochnow
June 01: • IVCC's President Honors List announced
June 05: • Benefit to be held for Ellen Stokowski
June 06: • Police Chief Butler requesting early retirement
June 09: • Minonk summer events update
June 17: • New class Page
June 20: • Brownings wed on June 18
June 22: • City sets dates for public hearings on new TIF
June 22: • Country Insurance moving to new location
June 23: • In-Line Hockey Registration Extended Deadline
June 28: • Former Minonk resident Peotone Citizen of the Year
July 01: • Men's Softball League signup announced
July 02: • Local cheesemaker receives award
July 05: • 1951 Minonk graduate honored
July 05: • IVCC Announces Coca-Cola Scholarship Winner
July 05: • New child support laws announced
July 05: • Police Chief Butler to resign July 1, 2006
July 12: • Minonk area beseigned with telephone credit card scams
July 17: • Quilt winner announced
July 18: • Local tax bodies review proposed TIF for Minonk raceway
July 19: • Minonk Co-op Vacation Bible School Location Changed To St. Paul's Church
July 21: • Relative of former Minonk resident gets leading role
July 21: • Senate Republican lawmakers to meet with Illinois’ Congressional Leaders
July 22: • Concert featuring Surrendered at Lostant Saturday
July 22: • Fieldcrest teachers receive 2% pay hike
July 22: • Fieldcrest Registration Schedule announced
July 22: • Fieldcrest District Schedule for 2005-2006
July 23: • Volunteers finish construction of Westside Park gazebo
August 01: • Racetrack developers on schedule for development
August 02: • Fourth of July Parade Winners Announced
August 02: • Update on the Minonk Days festivities
August 03: • Town-Wide Garage Sale set for Sept. 17
August 06: • Minonk Summer Softball Started
August 06: • Tom Toler's celebrate 50th anniversary
August 08: • State Treasurer offers low-interest loans to Illinois farmers
August 13: • Oldenburg-Utech Reunion to be held August 21
August 14: • Musical entertainment featured for Minonk Days
August 15: • Senate Week in Review: Aug. 8-12
August 15: • City hires new part-time cop
August 17: • Minonk Successful Farmers 4H are successful at County Fair!
August 17: • Local girl wins at State Fair
August 17: • Public hearing held on proposed TIF district
August 27: • Rutherford: Governor Approves Medical Malpractice Reforms
August 27: • Drawdown for Dana Fire Dept Saturday night
August 28: • Circus coming to Minonk September 4
August 30: • Senate Week in Review: Aug. 22-26
September 02: • Rutherford: Drought relief available for area farmers
September 09: • City approves TIF # 3
September 15: • Minonk High School Class of 1945 hold 60th reunion
September 23: • Rutherford calls for disaster aid for Illinois farmers
September 25: • Minonk Successful Farmers Begin New 4-H Year.
September 27: • City plans for more stop signs
September 27: • Former resident's children featured on Times Square
October 05: • Mike Phillips seeks nomination for State Representative
October 05: • 4-H Bake Sale this Saturday
October 09: • CIty approves more stop signs
October 19: • Rutherford to support legislation protecting teachers' insurance fund
October 21: • Village-Aires Christmas Program set for Nov. 19
October 22: • Race track developers to go with dirt track
October 26: • Daughter of local woman deployed to Iraq
October 28: • Trick or Treating Hours
October 31: • Teamsters name Rutherford Legislator of the Year
November 06: • Minonk's inline hockey team ends successful season
November 08: • Rutherford : Senate approves legislation targeting Methamphetamine manufacturers
November 13: • City to sell railroad right-of-way land
November 14: • Rutherford: Sign up to begin for Medicare drug plans
November 16: • MDR Class of 85 hold reunion
November 21: • Minonk Luminaria Display set for Dec. 17
November 26: • Minonk 22nd Annual Parade of Lights Dec. 3
November 26: • City announces audit results
December 06: • Rutherford: State assistance available for winter heating bills
December 10: • Former Minonk resident helping Mississippi communties rebuild
December 12: • Fieldcrest Board of Education Agenda
December 12: • Senate Week in Review: Dec. 5-9
December 12: • City approves tax increase
December 16: • Fieldcrest Newsletter
December 17: • Phillips files for State Rep, 106th Dist.
December 19: • Senate Week in Review: Dec. 12-16
December 26: • City to meet with raceway developers for status report