Loaves & Fishes To Collect Food During Parade
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry will be collecting non-perishable food donations during the Labor Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 6. Cans will also be available for monetary donations, which will be used to buy food for the pantry and distributed to the clients. The pantry has no paid employees or board members. Remember, “Don’t Come to [...]
Food Commodity Delivery Wednesday
The government food commodities delivery will be available from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 25, at Pana Bible Baptist Church annex building, south side of the church, 203 N. Poplar. The Aug. 25 delivery includes extra food for children under 18 (TANF food). This is the last month this will be available. Rules for [...]
PAWS Meeting This Wednesday
PAWS (Pana Animal Welfare Society) will meet Tuesday, Aug. 24, at First United Methodist Church, 619 Kitchell. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Digital Mammography Fundraising Efforts Announced
MEMBERS OF THE Digital Mammography Fundraising Committee display a new goal sign in front of Pana Community Hospital. The pink ribbon on the sign shows that fundraising efforts currently total $25,000. As money is raised the ribbon will be filled pink. From left are Linda Dunseth, Dr. Carmel Soller, Melissa Rybolt, Deb Stalets, Vickie Holthaus, [...]
Fire Drill at Parkway Apartments
RESIDENTS OF PANA’S Parkway Apartments have a bird’s-eye view of the action Tuesday evening, Aug. 17, as members of the Pana Fire Department rehearse what they would do in case of an emergency at the location. Firemen practiced with fire hoses and apparatus, such as the aerial truck as it approaches the third floor of [...]
School Starts Thursday; Bus Schedules
Classes in the Pana Community Unit No. 8 School District will begin the 2010-11 school year this week. Students will report for their first day of classes on Thursday, Aug. 19. Thursday will be an abbreviated day of school with Friday, Aug. 20, begin the first full day of attendance. A Teachers’s Institute for district [...]
Pedal Tractor Pull Rolls Out
THERE WERE A number of takers who came out to try their luck in the first Pedal Tractor Pull during the Old Tyme Tractor Show in Kitchell park in Pana on Saturday, Aug. 14. Tommy Justison, 13, of Hillsboro tries his luck at the pull and finished second with a pull of 10-feet, nine inches. [...]
LLC Announces Honor’s List
Lake Land College recently released the 2010 spring semester full-time academic honors list. To qualify for the president’s list, a student must have completed at least 12 credit hours per semester in courses numbered 040 or higher, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.8-4.0. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have [...]
Post Prom Meeting Aug. 23 At High School
A post prom meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 23, in the Pana High School library. Anyone interested in helping should attend. For more information contact Joni Foor, 567-3443.
Township Funds will be More Equal, Supervisor Says, Wednesday
Pana Township Board met Wednesday evening, Aug. 11 at the township office, Rt. 16 west, during which Supervisor Tom Latonis said that not enough tax monies are going into two accounts. He told members that he was striving to equal the balances of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund and Social Security over the next few [...]
