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Two Shelby County Students Named John Culumber Scholarship Winners
Shelby Dennis, daughter of Tony and Carol Dennis of Herrick, and Kaleb Pruemer, son of Brian and Karen Pruemer of Shelbyville were recently named the first winners of the John Culumber Memorial Scholarship.
Dennis is a senior at Pana High School and will be attending Lake Land College in Mattoon in the fall to pursue a degree is pre-veterinary medicine.
Pruemer is a senior at Shelbyville High School and will be attending the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana in the fall to pursue a degree in animal sciences.
Georgia Culumber and her family presented the scholarships in the amount of $1,000.00 to Shelby Dennis and Kaleb Pruemer at the Pana and Shelbyville High School awards programs in May.
Dennis and Pruemer were both selected for the scholarships based on their academic accomplishments, activities in school and community, self analysis and recommendation letters.
The John Culumber Memorial Scholarship is being perpetuated through the Shelby County Farm Bureau Foundation. Applications for the 2010-2011 school year will be available January 1, 2010.
For more information on the Shelby County Farm Bureau Foundation, please call the Shelby County Farm Bureau at 217-774-2151.
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Seasonal Flu Clinics at Shelby County Health Department
The Shelby County Health Department will begin Influenza and Pneumonia vaccination clinics for adults ages 19 and older on Friday, Sept. 3, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Health Department.
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Relay Total Tops $67,000 Mark
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Shelby County ended its 2010 year more than $12,000 over its fundraising goal.
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Grigsby Named Ass’t State’s Attorney
Bringing with him experience as a public defender, state’s attorney, and in private practice, Gregory Grigsby has been chosen Shelby County Assistant State’s Attorney.
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Langan Donates Hair to Pink Hearts Fund
Kary Langan, 11, recently donated 10 inches of her hair to the Pink Hearts Fund. She said that she had always wanted to grow her hair long to donate to a child that has lost all their hair.
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Farmers Already Picking Corn
After still working to bring in the harvest in November last year, this year many farmers have started cutting corn before Labor Day.
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Shelbyville Schools to Dismiss Early Wednesday
Shelbyville schools will dismiss at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, due to the heat index, according to the Shelbyville Superintendent's office.
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Local Diabetes Walk Set for Sept. 11
A group of parents of diabetic children and other supporters have formed a Walk to Cure Diabetes in Shelbyville fundraising event.
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Watershed Association Talks 'Tourism, Water, and Habitat'
The tenth annual Kaskaskia Watershed Association (KWA) held their meeting on Thursday, August 26 at the Yoder Kitchen Restaurant and Convention Center in Arthur, IL.
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Cowden Pioneer Days Has Great Start
The Cowden Pioneer Days got off to a great start, the weather was great, the crowds were huge, and the organizers were very pleased.
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Animal-a-Thon Pledges to Help Shelby Humane Society
The Shelby Humane Society is looking for a few good animal lovers willing to pledge to help keep the facility running.
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Seasonal Flu Clinics at Shelby County Health Department
