The Bond County Farm Bureau Foundation Board announced they have awarded their first scholarships since it was started. The scholarships are awarded to local students who are planning future careers in agriculture. Chelsea Marti of Greenville, a senior at Greenville High School, was awarded a $500 scholarship. Ron Marshall from the Farm Bureau told WGEL that Marti had to write an essay detailing what she had done and what she plans on doing in the future with her education.

Marshall told WGEL that the Farm Bureau is very excited that they were able to award Marti this first scholarship because they are a very new foundation. Marshall also said the Farm Bureau is happy they can give scholarships with being so new.

Some factors that were considered when awarding the scholarship were grades, the essay Marti had to write, and activities of what a student has done. Marti plans on attending Southern Illinois University in Carbondale this fall. The Bond County Farm Bureau Foundation gives scholarships to area college-bound students majoring in an agriculture-related field of study.

The Bond County Community Unit 2 School Board is set to meet Tuesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Unit Office Conference Room. On the agenda the Board will discuss air conditioning for the high school and will also review the curriculum. That's the Bond County Community Unit 2 School Board meeting Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m.

KPD RECEIVES TWO BIDS FOR DAM REHAB AND DREDGING

On their second try seeking bids for work at Patriot's Park Lake, the Kingsbury Park District has received two bids. In March, the KPD had one bid, from Blankenship Construction, but they decided to re-advertise the project because that bid exceeded the grant amount set aside for the work. Monday night two bids were opened…one from Blankenship and the other from Slatton Excavating. The base bids were $155,000 from Slatton and $122,471 from Blankenship. Alternates included mechanical dredging of the lake with bids of $186,240 from Slatton and $195,202 from Blankenship. There were also alternates for additional dredging and lowering and maintaining the water level during the project. The IEPA Clean Lakes grant that is providing a large portion of the funding earmarked $100,000 for the dam rehabilitation and $135,000 for the dredging. KPD board president David Barbey commented that both bids were "reasonable" while KPD director Jerry Sauerwein added that the bids were "not far off from where they need to be."

Sauerwein said he will forward the bids to their engineering firm, Cochrane and Wilkens, and a decision could be made at the board's regular May meeting or at a special session prior to then. Sauerwein added that the park district is required to provide "in-kind" services and could do the lowering and maintaining of the lake's water level which would allow some savings.

TUESDAY SPORTS

HS BASEBALL
The Aces won 9-6 over Morrisonville on Monday. Dustin Lindahl got the win. Lindahl and James Lynch each had 2 RBIs.

JUNIOR BASEBALL
The Bond County Cougars were 8-1 winners over Granite City on Friday. Cy Perfetti was the winning pitcher and A.J. Childerson got the save. Dylan Jackson had two hits. The Cougars split a doubleheader against Aviston on Saturday. They lost the opener 10-8 then won 16-0 on a one-hitter by Tanner Sussenbach, Jordan Zeeb, and Dylan Jackson. Brady Huber and Dylan Carr each had 3 RBIs.