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Volume 153 — Number 24
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015
ONE SECTION — 12 PAGES
Firefighters
Deliver
Toys For Tots
The Arcola Fire Department
joined with the Arcola Lions Club
this holiday season to deliver
Christmas toy and food baskets to
Arcola area families in need. In
the photo above are Arcola Fire
Protection District volunteer firefighters with the toys that were
distributed from the new west side
fire station. Firefighters shown
from left are Jake Bales, Tito
Condarco, Bob Clark, Doug
Rardin, Donnie Graven, Derek
Fay, Tim Romine and Dick Bickel.
Photo courtesy of Cammie Clark
ARCOLA CITY
COUNCIL
Mutual Aid
Deal With
ILEAS OK’d
ARCOLA SCHOOL BOARD
PARCC Assessments Coming
By Chris Slack
Arcola School Superintendent Tom
Mulligan provided a timeline to the
school board at its monthly meeting
on January 14 on the Partnership for
Assessment of Readiness for College
and Careers (PARCC) assessment
that will measure student growth at
Arcola.
PARCC is billed as a high-quality,
computer-based
kindergarten
through 12th grade assessment in
mathematics and English Language
Arts/Literacy and is based on
Common Core State Standards.
Mulligan said the performance-
By Chris Slack
At a brief meeting on
Monday night, the Arcola
City Council unanimously
agreed to a law enforcement
mutual aid agreement with a
statewide agency.
Arcola Police Chief Mike
Phillips explained at the
meeting that the resolution
aligns the city with the
Illinois Law Enforcement
Alarm System, which is a
statewide law enforcement
mutual aid system.
Phillips noted that the
alarm system offers several
benefits, including:
• Providing immediate
extra law enforcement manpower and equipment at the
scene of law enforcement
emergencies.
• Providing for an automatic and systematic response of
law enforcement manpower
teams.
• Providing for contractual
responsibilities and liabilities.
• Providing broad area coverage.
• Fostering a cooperative
spirit for law enforcement
emergency planning.
• Providing access to specialized
manpower
and
equipment which no one
department could afford to
maintain.
based assessment (PBA) will occur
between March 9 and April 3, followed by an end-of-the-year (EOY)
assessment from April 27 to May 22.
The focus of the PBA is on effective
writing and analyzing text on the
English Language Arts portion; and
on applying skills, concepts and
understandings to solve multi-step
problems requiring abstract reasoning, precision, perseverance and
strategic use of tools in the math portion.
The EOY assessment will focus on
reading comprehension in English
Language Arts and conceptual
understanding of the major content
and demonstrations of mathematical
fluency.
In his timeline, Mulligan said communications with parents on the
assessment and training of teachers
are slated for early February, followed in mid-February by student
practice.
“We want high quality assessments based on instructional targets,” said Mulligan, who said a committee of administrators and teachers will be setting an instructional
objective based on learning standards.
The Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
(PARCC) is a group of states working
together to develop a set of assessments that measure whether students are on track to be successful in
college and their careers. These
assessments in Mathematics and
English Language Arts/Literacy give
teachers, schools, students and parents better information whether students are on track in their learning
and for success after high school, and
tools to help teachers customize
learning to meet student needs.
Beginning with the 2014-15 school
year, the PARCC assessments are
ready for states to administer.
See School Board...p. 3
Distinguished Alumni Nominations Sought
Arcola Alumni Association is seeking nominations for 2015 Arcola
High School Distinguished Alumni
honorees.
Monday, April 6, is the deadline for
2015 nominations.
Nomination forms are available at
the Arcola Record-Herald, Arcola
High School, Arcola Public Library,
Arcola First Bank, First Mid-Illinois
Bank & Trust and at the alumni
association
website
at
http://www.arcolaalumni.org/.
Forms may also be requested from
Selection Committee members.
See City Council...p. 5
2013 Charter Arcola
Distinguished Alumni Honorees
• Modesta L. Scott (1919)
• Eunice Collins Sourla (1927)
• Robert C. Coombe (1933)
• Thomas B. Blagg (1938)
• Robert H. “Popeye” Pullen (1938)
• John Philip Wesch (1947)
• Carol F. “C.P.” Pullen (1949)
• Byron Lloyd “Brad” Bradford
(1956)
•
DeLane
“Dee”
Ware
Lindenmeyer (1956)
• Robert N. Arrol, M.D. (1957)
• Nancie King Mertz (1970)
2014 Arcola Distinguished
Alumni Honorees
• Elmer Sherman “E.S.” Allen, Jr.,
M.D. (1927)
• Bobby Gene Ghere (1943)
• Russell S. Ghere (1943)
• James Edward “Ed” Fidler
(1951)
• Larry Bushu (1955)
• Phillip Dean Sanders (1956)
• Patrick Hugh Monahan (1958)
• Robert Terry Miller (1964)
Arcola Distinguished Alumni
Award Criteria
The selection of the annual Arcola
Distinguished Alumni award(s) shall
be guided by the following criteria:
• Any Arcola High School graduate, living or deceased, may be nominated.
• The graduation date of the nominee must be at least 20 years prior
to induction. Exceptions may only be
made in extraordinary circumstances by a majority of the selection
committee.
• The number of graduates chosen
for the honor may be sizable in the
early years of the award. A maximum number of annual award winners may then be determined in subsequent years.
• Nominee has used education
and/or life experiences to become a
successful, positive contributor to
society.
• Nominee has record of significant contribution to his/her chosen
field following graduation.
• Nominee has exhibited continued leadership, character, service
and dedication in his/her community,
and/or has continued to support the
Arcola community after leaving the
Arcola area.
• All nominees not selected will
remain in consideration for the following 10 years. While it is not necessary to resubmit a nomination
form each year, forms for prior recommendations may be updated.
The 2015 Selection Committee
members are: Randy Rothrock,
chairperson (Alumni Assn. Board,
60s); Pat Fortney (community, 40s);
Jim Clark (community, 50s); Sue
Stout (Alumni Assn. Board, 70s);
Rick Klopfleisch (community, 80s);
Emily Coombe (Arcola Comm. School
Dist., 90s); Brad Pullen (Alumni
Assn. Board, 90s)
Arcola Alumni Assn. board members are John Fishel, Randy
Rothrock, Judy Thomas, Kris
Graves, Robert N. Arrol, M.D., Jack
Fishel, Brad Pullen, Kendall Moore
and Sue Stout.
WHAT’S ON THE COMMUNITY AGENDA?
Spring Soccer Registration
Arcola Recreation spring 2015 soccer registration
will be held at the Arcola Moore Park soccer concession stand for ages preschool (4 yrs old) through
eighth grade on Saturday, January 31, from 9 a.m.
to noon and Saturday, February 7, from 9 a.m. to
noon. For more information, please visit the website
at www.arcolarec.org/soccer or email: [email protected].
Chamber Community Dance
The Arcola Chamber of Commerce will sponsor
its annual community dance February 21 at the
Best Western PLUS hotel, located on the Green
Mill Village property in Arcola. The dance is open
to the general public; it is not restricted to those
who are Chamber members. The theme of this
year’s community dance will revolve around the
roaring 20s, the Great Gatsby. For more information, call the Chamber of Commerce at 268-4530.
Arcola American Legion Meeting
The next meeting of the Arcola American Legion
Post 639 will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, January
26, at the Arcola Public Library. All veterans are
welcome.
call the Food Pantry at 268-5122 during that time
for further details.
Mackville At Nazarene Church
Arcola Rotary Club Meeting
Mackville, a bluegrass group from Atwood, will
be singing at the Arcola First Church of the
Nazarene at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, January 25. The
church is located at 418 E. Madison. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
The next meeting of the Arcola Sunrise Rotary
Club will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, January 22, at It’ll
Do in Arcola. The Rotary Club meets each
Thursday. For membership information, contact
club President Bill Wagoner at
[email protected].
Jaycees Regular Meetings
The Arcola Jaycees have their meetings every
first and third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at
It’ll Do. All persons age 21 to 41 are invited to
attend.
Arcola Food Pantry Volunteers
Volunteers are needed to help unload trucks at
the Arcola Food Pantry from approximately 3 to 5
p.m. on the first Monday of each month and from 8
to 10 a.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Duties include moving boxes, stocking shelves,
dividing large amounts of food into smaller packages, etc. Heavy lifting is not a necessity. Volunteers
are also needed to fill in occasionally from noon to
2 p.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Please
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Locations
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week at these area locations:
In Arcola: Casey’s General Store, Arcola IGA,
Browne’s Pharmacy, Arcola Country Store &
Gas, Vyverberg’s, Dutch Kitchen, Country
Charm, Hen House and Jack Flash.
Rural Arcola: Country Salvage.
In Chesterville: Korner Cafe.
In Hindsboro: Quick Gits (formerly Five N’s).
In Tuscola: Tuscola IGA.
IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
Classifieds ........................................10
Courthouse News..............................4
Obituaries ..........................................6
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