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The Paxton Church of Christ at 400 W. Ottawa is having their clothing/miscellaneous drive April 8 and 9 starting at 9:00 am each day at the church. This is a wonderful program for the people of our community and all items are free. If you would like to help with donations, you can drop off items at the church or call 841-0068 for pick up. And if you would like to help with time, I know it would be much appreciated!

Cant believe it’s Wednesday already and hard to beleive it is going to get  COLD, so put another log on the fire, and hopefully this is the last of the artic weather.

We did some behind the scenes changes to make the weblog more full featured and more choices for backgrounds and layouts,  Also we now can have mutiple blogs once the fine tuning is complete. We didn’t have that before. In addititon we  are going with a premium calender subscription starting April 14th. Same calender just more features. We also added more info to the website and we try to add little bits each day. remember, if youwant your Business or Organization listed its absolutely free and you  can get webspace as well. Just contact us at nrk@yourtown2.com

Survey voting is heating up and starting to get popular. The totals so far  12 votes for a Restuarant, 11 votes for a County Museum, 8 votes for a Bed/breakfast and 4 undecided. Have you voted? What do think would be a good use for the old County Jail? You can find the survey on our main page HERE

Saturday is the IGA Cook out and this week is Pork sandwiches with the proceeds going to the Relay for life. IGA contributes $10,000 per year to local Organizations that take part in these cook outs.IGA Homepage Here

April 4th, This is the Meeting for the TIF district. The community is welcome and encouraged to attend. This is when you can ask your questions about how this will affect taxes and how this will benefit the community. Alot of folks have worked real hard to make this a reality.

The Legion Riders you can contact Mr Bill Goben at 217-379-3449 They also have a group Page is HERE

We are motorcycle enthusiasts as well as strong supports for our Troops and Vets. You can find us participating in parades, charity events, supporting our community, and much more.

Theres still time to register to vote if you have not already. The grace period runs until March 29th. You can go to the Ford County clerks office. You should be prepared to vote at that time. For more info call 379-9400

Yard…..here I come!!! You are going to get pulled, raked, and pretty much smacked around…..and yes you will like it!!

seems that alot of folks  (myself included) are having a hard time gettin the calender page to load so I got us a New one.  will update the link later tonite or tomorrow AM you can Access the New Calender Here

     It appears that the City of Paxton is cracking down on Property owners who don’t keep their property clean. Tickets are being issued to property owners for ordinance violations. This is a relief to many homeowners who do keep thier properties clean and have neighbors who just refuse to do the same. I do applaud this action but we must also be ready to help any property owner who is physically or financially unable to keep up thier properties. We have many eldery homeowners on fixed incomes that may just need some help fixing things up around the House/yard.And as Paxton hopes to fill up those 200+ new homes being built  by the interstate, we should make every effort to insure that these ordinances are enforced fairly. That means ticketing Businesses as well as residents. we have several properties as you drive into Paxton from ANY direction that need to be spruced up. I know that the Mayor is well aware of this and is trying to encourage these owners to clean up. Perhaps they too should be ticketed..This would also help encourage Homes sales in other areas of Paxton. There are many lovely homes in Paxton but some propective buyers have expressed concern over the neighboring properies.

Our heartfelt sympathies and prayers for the people in Japan after the terrible tragedy today.  If you are interested in helping, here are some ways you can do so:Using your cell phone, you can text-message donations of $10 to the Red Cross. Text the letters REDCROSS to 90999 to make the $10 donationThe Salvation Army, which has had a presence in Japan since 1895, is sending an assessment team from Tokyo to the city of Sendai “to assess damage and will begin providing basic necessities (food, water, etc.) beginning as soon as possible tonight or tomorrow,” a spokesperson said. In Tokyo, the Salvation Army “opened its main building to help shelter commuters who were unable to reach home. They served hot drinks and packed meals.” You can text JAPAN or QUAKE to 80888 to make a $10 donation to the Salvation Army’s relief efforts.Facebook has a Disaster Relief page with lots of good information about organizations that are offering aid, and that you can help, in turn.If you would like other ways to help, visit the msnbc.com website at this url:  http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/11/6246445-japans-earthquake-how-to-help