12-06-2007

CO BOARD APPROVES ROCK LETTING AND SALARY SCHEDULE

 

At Tuesday's Bond County Board meeting. Highway Department Engineer Mike McCormick requested two resolutions regarding rock letting for county and township roads and County Aid for a culvert on Timberline Road.  The board approved all requests. George Shaw, County Zoning Administrator presented the final plat for the Joe-El Subdivision, to be located in the Old Ripley Township.  Board members approved the final plat.

 

In other business, the 2007/2008 Salary Schedule was adopted and approved by the board, along with the Sheriff's Report for October.  Board President Jill Franks commented at the end of the meeting, that the first meeting in January will be held on Wednesday, January 2^nd and that Patrick Engineering will be present at the meeting.  The Engineering Firm will be answering public questions and providing information relating to landfills and recycling.

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2007 HOLIDAY BAZAAR WRAP-UP

 

The 50^th annual Greenville Regional Hospital Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar established a new sales record of $46,232 last Saturday, December the 1^st, thanks to the over 210 volunteers who staffed the booths, area business are that donated funds, anonymous contributors, and of course the holiday shoppers. 

 

This year’s proceeds, from the 28-booth event, were up 19% over the 2006 total.  Over half of the booths reported sales increases from the previous year.  The highlight of the auction was the sale of a football commemorating the Greenville High School Comets 2007 season, including autographs of the team.  The football sale is thought to have set a record for the highest price paid for a Holiday Bazaar Auction item. 

 

The Soup to Go booth, which sold frozen soups and dry soup mixes, was new to the Bazaar and generated a little over $1,600.   Funds from the bazaar will be used to fulfill the auxiliary’s three-year $600,000 pledge to the Greenville Regional Hospital Laboratory and Imaging Services renovation project. 

 

Remaining Bazaar items will be sold Saturday, December 8^th, at the Greenville Kiwanis Club Pancake and Sausage Day at the Saint Lawrence Catholic Church from 7am to 2pm.

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SENIORS REMINDED OF MEDICARE PART D DRUG PLAN OPEN ENROLLMENT

 

Seniors and those eligible for Medicare and Medicare Part D, that open enrollment for the Part D prescription drug program is open until December 31st.   Medications, over the past year, may have changed for participants, therefore, a new plan may be cheaper. And those who have not previously applied for the prescription drug program, can do so now.

 

Each year, new plans are offered and changes are made to existing plans.  If you decide to stay in the plan that you're on now, you don't need to do anything. For more information call 1-800-548-9034 or visit www.medicare.gov.

 

 

GENERAL SAFTEY RECALL INFORMATION

 

Due to the recent multiple safety recalls, consumers may want to sign up for e-mail alerts about government recalls at www.recalls.gov.  There is also a hotline available to help you identify recalled products and contact companies to repair or return products at 888-414-7678. You can request a Safe Shopping Guide, a color directory of hundreds of recalled children’s products, free of charge, by calling this hotline, or you can pick up the guide at the Attorney General’s main and regional offices.

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