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Happy Fourth of July!
We hope everyone has a safe and happy Fourth of July!
Here’s a list of events going on in Paxton:
Fun run/walk, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, at 8 a.m. on the south side of Pells Park, with a 100-meter “diaper dash” for children 8 or younger, an 800-meter run for children 12 or younger and a 5K run/walk for people of all ages. Breakfast, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., the American Legion building across from park. Flea market opens at 9 a.m. Car show registration, 9 a.m. to noon. Community worship service at 9:45 a.m., with a community choir. Also: Antique tractor show, children’s parade, face painting, horseshoe tournament, kiddie tractor pull, numerous food stands, a preschool penny scramble and children’s county fair games (Paxton-Buckley-Loda High cheerleaders will assist with games and face painting). “Blessing of the bikes” kicks off bike parade at 11:30 a.m. The Back Paiges band perform from noon to 2 p.m. at historic pavilion. Fireworks sponsored by city at 9 p.m., Memorial Field on Paxton’s east side.
Honoring Our Veterans in Paxton, Il.
Honoring Our Veterans
It was an absolutely perfect day for being outside. Today, many Paxton residents started their day at Glen Cemetary to place Flags on the graves of all the Veterans. Most folks in town have done this for decades and it was wonderful to see everyone young and old helping out and having fun. Many of these volunteers from the American Legion Auxiliary post went on to distribute Poppies around town. Quite a busy morning for everyone. Thank you all for supporting our Veterans. From There we went out to the Memorial sign and raised the P.O.W./M.I.A. Flag and did some clean up. From there on to Union Street where we placed Flags down the entire 300 blk of N. Union and Some of E. Pine St. Just our way Paying our respect to the Men and Women of The Armed Forces who served this Nation throughout our history. Though we forgot to take out camera out to Glen Cemetary we did get some photo’s pf the Memorial sign which you can see here
Glen and Ruth, while taking some photo’s I met a couple from the Chicago area who were visiting Paxton. Avery nice coupl who were in town participating in something called Geo- casting ( I think lol) It’s like a treasure hunt. You get the coordinents ( and spell check lol) from a web site and you have to find the Items which are sometimes in the wildest places. When you find the little container you open it and sign the log insde and proceed to the next item. Anyway it was nice to meet you folks and I wish you well in your journeys.
Water Cloudy but no worries
Your water may look a little or maybe even alot cloudy, this is due to the fire hydrants being flushed. the water is SAFE.
IL Honoring Sgt Dean R. Shaffer (US Army) from Pekin
I receive Illinois e-News Summaries periodically & would like to start sharing some of the information with you. Today, I share the following release I received this morning:
Honoring Illinois’ Fallen
United States and Illinois flags at half-staff from Sunrise, Saturday, April 28, 2012 until Sunset, Monday, April 30, 2012.
The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor Quinn’s Office that all persons or entities covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act are to fly the flags at half-staff on behalf of:
Sgt Dean R. Shaffer
United States Army
Hometown: Pekin, Illinois
Please lower the United States flags and the State flags at all buildings occupied by your agency’s personnel from:
Sunrise, Saturday, April 28, 2012 until Sunset, Monday, April 30, 2012
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mike Claffey at
(312) 814-3957 or via email at mike.claffey@illinois.gov.
More information is available at http://www.illinois.gov/news/flaghonors.cfm.
Illinois Flag Display Act
I’d like to share with you (5 ILCS 465/10) of the IL Flag Display Act:
Sec. 10. Death of resident military member, law enforcement officer, or firefighter.
(a) The Governor shall issue an official notice to fly the following flags at half-staff upon the death of a resident of this State killed (i) by hostile fire as a member of the United States armed forces, (ii) in the line of duty as a law enforcement officer, or (iii) in the line of duty as a firefighter: the United States national flag, the State flag of Illinois, and, in the case of the death of the member of the United States armed forces, the appropriate military flag as defined in subsection (b) of Section 18.6 of the Condominium Property Act. Upon the Governor’s notice, each person or entity required by this Act to ensure the display of the United States national flag on a flagstaff shall ensure that the flags described in the notice are displayed at half-staff on the day designated for the resident’s funeral and the 2 days preceding that day.
(b) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall notify the Governor of the death by hostile fire of an Illinois resident member of the United States armed forces. The Department of State Police shall notify the Governor of the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident law enforcement officer. The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall notify the Governor of the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident firefighter. Notice to the Governor shall include at least the resident’s name and Illinois address, the date designated for the funeral, and the circumstances of the death.
(c) For the purpose of this Section, the United States armed forces includes: (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; (ii) any reserve component of each of the forces listed in item (i); and (iii) the National Guard.
(d) Nothing in this Section requires the removal or relocation of any existing flags currently displayed in the State. This Section does not apply to a State facility if the requirements of this Section cannot be satisfied without a physical modification to that facility.
(Source: P.A. 95-596, eff. 9-11-07; 96-436, eff. 8-14-09.)
You may read more of the Illinois Flag Display Act by clicking here.