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Newspaper
Daily Gazette
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1971
Page
7
Sinnissippi Nation tribes head to the Y camp for a Spring Campout Pow Wow. Activities start Friday with tepee setup, Saturday features rifle and archery, wrestling and a track meet, council fire Saturday night, and a Sunday cave hike after chapel. Braves urged to attend when possible.
The YMCA announces a busy Tuesday with open gym sessions from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Men's and women's classes run mid afternoon, while various youth and parent programs like Indian Guide sessions and Boys and Girls classes fill the evening. Pool hours extend from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. with a buddy system for members and guests.
Open gym hours run from 10 to 12 noon with additional sessions for men's volleyball 12 to 1 30 p m and open gym 1 30 to 4 30 p m Girls grade school gym class at 4 30 p m Special gym class from 5 30 to 9 5 New entries include open basketball 6 to 7 p m pool use for college and above on Buddy System 10 a m to 4 p m Boys swimmers in various groups 4 to 5 30 p m Girls Rec swim 5 30 to 6 p m Family swim 7 30 to 8 30 p m Junio H High and High School Rec Swim 8 30 to 9 30 p m Health Club 10 a m to 9 30 p m Youth Game Room 3 30 to 9 p m Weightlifting 10 a m to 9 30 p m Kickapoo Redskins and Illi Indian Guide Tribes meeting noted.
Hopkins School announces a learning festival pickup day with items arriving and the school open Thursday morning from 9 to 11 a.m. Students may collect their materials during the specified hours.
Emerald Hill Country Club hosted two golf events over the weekend. Scotch foursomes Friday May 28 chaired by Mr and Mrs Jack Thompson. Memorial Day Scramble drew 38 couples with low gross honors to eight couples and numerous putt prizes. Next two ball set for Sunday June 13 chaired by Mr and Mrs Tony Carrino and Mr and Mrs Joe Lewandowski.
Joseph Oller introduced pari mutable betting to France on March 5 1865, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
A joint party marked the fifth birthday of Wagner and the fourth birthday of sister Jody Wagner held 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at 2111 14th Ave the Wagners home. Guests included Shelly Boehm Shana Wilson Debbi Wallace Julie Mitchell and others with gifts from family and grandparents. A note describes the mercy seat as a golden plate atop the Ark of the Covenant sprinkled with sacrificial animal blood.
Cub Scout Pack 306 sponsored by Wallace School PTO held a combined pack meeting and picnic at Sinnissippi Park on May 26. Cubmaster Ray Gierhart led the flag pledge and Cub Scout promise. Awards went to Paul Sandoval, John Sandoval, Billy Parvin, Daniel Brown, and Fernando Sandoval for Bobcat Wolf Gold Arrow and Silver Arrow honors. Prizes for selling Scoutrama tickets were awarded to Joe Moorehead Paul Gierhart and Billy Parvin who chose among rewards including a baseball bat.
Ambulance crews carried Michael Gaumer and Todd Weinrich from a one car accident on the Coleta Blacktop one mile north of Mary Lee Lakes to Community General Hospital. The report notes odd items about turtles and baseballs, a list of names receiving patches, and Pack 306 thanking Mr. Dale Shaw for hot dogs at a Scout-o-rama event attended by about 100.
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