Great opportunity to rid yourself of unused electronics and help Troop 281
Carlyle, IL Boy Scout Troop 281 has a Electronic Recycling Drive Scheduled for Saturday, March 31. The location is the Carlyle City Pool Parking Lot on Lake Road.  Do not throw your old electronics away, instead “donate” them to the Boy Scouts for recycling.

The Boy Scouts will be at the Carlyle City Pool Parking Lot on Lake Road in Carlyle between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to accept your recycled electronics. Junk items to be accepted include computers, keyboards, monitors, external drives, printers, scanners, copiers, adding machines, televisions, radios, and anything else that has a cord attached. The Boy Scouts will also accept your aluminum cans.

In particular, this is an excellent opportunity to get rid of old computer monitors and television which should never just be thrown away due to the hazaradous waste they contain. Instead of paying to throw this stuff away, just give it to the Boy Scouts. Electronics do not need to be working either! What a deal!
Money raised from the recycled items will benefit costs for Boy Scout summer camps.

Germantown Legion Lenten Fish Fry to preceed event
Event Flyer View/Download (PDF)

Exceprt of a forward from Doc Reitz…
In honor of Elijah, we are sponsoring a Euchre and Bunco tournament, Friday, March 2, 2012, at the Germantown Legion. Please see the attached flyer for details. If you have any problems opening the attachment, please call Tina Kohrmann at 618-789-2815 or Dee Ottensmeier at 618-526-4481 for details.

This year we will be collecting aluminum can tabs and making a donation to the Ronald McDonald House. We already have 55 lbs of tabs and are hoping to double this number before the Top Tab Pandemonium in May. Please bring your tabs with you to game night! If you can’t make it, but have tabs, let us know and we’ll make arrangements to pick them up!

Also, if you are interested in eating before the tournament, the Germantown Legion will be having their Friday night Lenten Fish fry in the basement of the Legion. They serve from 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Our team will be walking in the American Heart Association Heart Walk on May 19, 2012, and the Congenital Heart Walk on August 26, 2012. If you would like to walk with us, please let us know. We are always looking to grow our team. You probably have a loved one who has been affected by heart disease; if you share the name of your loved one with us, we will carry that person in spirit as we walk to fight heart disease.

We ask that you forward this invitation to others in your address book.. Although seating is limited we are excited to share this event with as many people as possible. If you are unable to join us, but would like to make a donation, you can do so by sending a check payable to the American Heart Association or to The Children’s Heart Foundation. Donations can be mailed to Tina and Jason Kohrmann, 7695 State Route 161, Germantown, Illinois 62245.

If you are unable to join us and unable to make a donation, we understand and ask for your continued prayers. We have been riding on the kite tails of prayers throughout this journey. We know that as PRAYERS go up, BLESSINGS come down.

We thank you for walking in this journey with us.

We wish you love, peace, health and happiness!

God bless,
Tina, Jason and Elijah Kohrmann

Take your date out for a seafood dinner!
I seldom focus on chain retailers here, but what the heck, a deal is a deal. If you a not adverse to fat, sodium, carbohydrates or unidentified fish, this is bound to be a tasty, budget treat. The link goes to Arby’s corporate site and you must print a coupon. They do ask for your name, but surely you can be creative! In any case, the deal is for a fish sandwich and curly fries for $2.99. I figure that is about $1 off of the combo they usually sell with a drink for $5. Fill your water bottle up before leaving home and you a cool.

The Prize
Arby’s $2.99 Fish & Curly Fries Coupon Link Good 2/08/12  through 2/14/12 at participating locations.

When: January 29, 2012 4pm
Where: Greenville, Illinois VFW
Address: 2043 S. 4th Greenville, IL 62246
For More Info: 618-664-9172

Braxton deployed on three tours in Iraq. He was exposed to depleted uranium and now has a terminal brain tumor. Plus, in the past year he has taken custody of three young children under the age of four, and one is just six weeks old.

Event will include a chili dinner benefit, dance and silent auction to support Braxton Cope a Citizen, Hero, Soldier and father. There will be a silent auction as well. Chapman Brothers will be entertaining. Please bring a covered dish! Dessert, water, tea and coffee to be provided.

Braxton is a true American hero – serving his country. Let us all honor his sacrifice. If you can’t attend the benefit, there is a number you can call to donate or just contact Randy Alderman at Bradford National Bank, 618-664-2200, and he will had deliver your contribution (Braxton is his neighbor). Thank you all for your consideration.

Braxton Cope is just one example of many that will be needing additional assistance with health issues after service to this nation. You don’t have to agree with any war agenda, just understand that duty is above agenda and those inclined to serve deserve our help.

In regards to depleted uranium, this is going to be a challenging health issue for many of our returning soldier-heroes.

It is likely this Citizen Solider was exposed to depleted uranium from shells used in the A-10 Warthog’s 30mm cannon and those shells fired by M-1 tanks. This heavy, radioactive metal shatters armor effectively. Unfortunately a downside is that these shells basically turn to fragments and powder upon contact with targets.

This is especially the case for the A-10′s 30mm gatling gun ammo. Whether the high speed shells hit a tank, personnel carrier, building or miss, the resulting impact turns part of the shell into dust that is hard, if not impossible to clean up. So solider and civilian alike can be exposed to high levels of radioactive dust that is easily stirred up by wind, traffic, and whatever gets dust into the air.

Cancer cases will increase among our troops due to exposure to depleted uranium. If there ever is a case to increase the health care resources of our soldiers, this is a massive one. For more information on how depleted uranium waste affects humans, Google “Balkans, depleted uranium, cancer”. Many of our troops face similar ticking time bombs as did our Vietnam veterans, only this time the poison is different.

Credit: www.carls4wd.com Previous Cruz-In

The suggest plan for maximum coolness at this show is to meet at Carl’s 4wd in Bartelso (MAP) at around 4:30, Friday, the 12th. If you don’t know the landmark, Carl’s is about 1/2 west of the intersection of Slant Rd and Rte. 161. You can’t miss it!

The first 50 that register at Carl’s 4wd get a commemorative car show dash plaque. 

From Carl’s, we will cruise up to the dam and show off our cars. This year’s we will get to cruise over the dam twice, once around 5PM and once around 9PM. Exact time to be determined. As usual, this is a family friendly event that is FREE in a very cool place, Carlyle Lake!

Registration available at Carl’s and for those who come later, at the MicroTel (MAP) near McDonalds!

A quick summary of events for the last half of June into July include:
(For More Details and Events – Calendar Page)

June 23, 2011 – Thursday
- Carlyle, IL – Courthouse Square Farmer’s Market 4PM-7PM
June 24, 2011 Friday
- Lebanon, IL – Haunted Lebanon Tour – 7PM
June 25, 2011 – Saturday
Lebanon, IL - First Annual Lebanon Art Festival & The Spring Fling 9AM-4PM
- Beckemeyer, IL – St. Anthony’s Catholic Parish Picnic – 4PM- 7PM
June 26, 2011 – Sunday
- Lebanon, IL - First Annual Lebanon Art Festival & The Spring Fling 10AM-4PM
- Breese, IL – Central Band Golf Tournament – Bent Oak – 8AM-1PM
June 28, 2011 – Tuesday
- Carlyle, IL – Messiah Lutheran Church Blood Drive 2PM-6PM
June 30, 2011 – Thursday
- Carlyle, IL – Courthouse Square Farmer’s Market 4PM-7PM
July 2, 2011 - Satuday
- Lebanon, IL – Laker’s Car Club Cruise – 6PM-9PM
- Carlyle, IL – Fireworks Over Dam West – Dusk
July 3, 2011 - Sunday
- Albers, IL – Blast Off Celebration Fireworks
- Lebanon, IL – Fireworks & More
- St. Rose, IL – Mike Ribbing Memorial Bocce Tournament – 1PM
July 7, 2011 – Thursday
- Carlyle, IL – Courthouse Square Farmer’s Market 4PM-7PM
July 8, 2011 – Friday
- Lebanon, IL – Lebanon Emerald Mount Fireman’s Picnic – 4:30PM – 1:30AM
July 9, 2011 – Saturday
- Carlyle, IL  - Great Kaskaskia Duck Race
- Carlyle, IL – Movies in the Park – “Despicable Me” – Dusk
- Lebanon, IL – Lebanon Emerald Mount Fireman’s Picnic – 4:30PM – 1:30AM

For More Events or Details, Check the Calendar Page!

Well I don’t just know yet, but you can help. If you are a church, civic organization, school group, feel free to submit your event and a summary by using the provided form!

When I receive one of these event listings, I will post them on the Google Calendar and post up the submitted text as a post! This is FREE for churches, schools and civic organizations. I will also post benefits here for free as well since I have been sick and know how a community can make a difference.

I will limit the Free posts to one a month unless it is an event that repeats in which case the Google Calendar has the capacity to list multiple events.

Non-profits fall under this “Free” events listing for Clinton County. Any group that qualifies for a Free listing can included a verifiable, unique website address. Verifiable means NO SHORTENED URLS or Social Network pages! Please submit the actual address.
I will not post links to Facebook, MySpace or any domain that I cannot verify via WHOIS or other contact information. Unfortunately there are way to many scammers out there and I do want to provide, clean, family safe links.

Finally, the webmaster is king here. Anything not yet defined can be defined on the as the webmaster sees fit. Any participation is voluntary and designed solely for entertainment purposes. Free listings are a courtesy provided by for businesses of and visitors to Clinton County.

If you are a Clinton County business and you have a special event, please call or text: 618-223-6007 for the ultra-low post and banner ad rates. Ultra low is until further notice:
$5 per Google Calendar entry with mapping & web link!
$5 per post write up with web link. (you provide write-up, but I will help tweak for SEO)
Banners as low as $5 per month. Currently 160×160 supported for $5 in rotation.
(Other sizes and low prices available for rotation and static advertising.)