This years Memorial Day Parade will start at 10:30 on May 27th at PBL East Lawn School at 341 E. Center St. and towards Glen Cemetery Marching units will form behind the High school Marching band at 10:00 am. Boy scouts and Girls scouts and other orginations are invited to attend. After the Parade arrives at Glen Cemetery the American Legion Post 150 will hold its annual Memorial Day observance at aprx. 11:00 am. Unfortunately there will not be a guest speaker this year, instead there will be a musical tribute performed by the PBL Hisch School Marching Band.
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Satuday, May 11 the United States Postal Service will be holding their annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. How can you participate? It’s easy!!
All you need do is to place a box or can of non-perishable food next to your mailbox before their letter carrier delivers mail on Saturday. The carrier will do all the rest. The food is taken back to the postal office, sorted, and then delivered to an area food bank or pantry. There it is available for needy families.
What a great way to help out hungry families in our community!
Dustin Lynch Concert at Ford County Fair 2013
Dustin Lynch, Country Singer/Songwriter will be having an outdoor concert at our Ford County Fair in Melvin, IL June 25th. Tickets are $15 each person. Click here to buy tickets and check out the great line up for this year’s Ford County Fair running from June 23rd through the 29th.
Honoring our Veterans
PBL High Schools 14th annual “Salute to Veterans Concert” will be May 18th at 7pm at the high school gym. The concert will feature patriotic music and all Armed Forces service songs. Marine Veteran Tim Hess wil direct the band and there will we a color guard courtesy of The American Legion Prairie Post 150.
This concert is free but donations are greatly appreciated. There is also a Lasagna dinnerprior to the concert hosted by the PBL Band Parents Association. The dinner is from 5-6:30 and is $7. PBL Junior High jazz bands will provide live music. The proceeds from the dinner and all donations help the PBL Band program.
This is always an excellent performance so dont miss this…
Dragging Main 2013 Videos – Tech Difficulties Delay
I will have the videos loaded as soon as I possibly can.
Dragging Main 2013 _ Sweet Ride
My plans went awry yesterday, before I even got started getting ready for Dragging Main. I won’t go into detail, but the results were: I did not arrive as early as I’d planned and definitely did not stay as long as I desired.
The weather turned out to be great regardless of a chill wind. I loved every bit of the short time that I was out on our Main Street. I am definitely looking forward to Dragging Main 2014.
The crowd was a bit thin when we got there, and we cruised the strip a few times before slipping back home for about an hour or so. The first few passes, I saw some beautifully restored buggies, antiques, and classics that I missed capturing with my camera. Foolishly, I did not have it out and ready. Lesson learned.
We returned just a little after 7pm, and by then more folks had made it to Market (Main) St. The atmosphere was definitely more lively; however, my companion and I just could not stay for the festivities.
I did not take photos as I stayed with my companion in our PT Cruiser while we cruised the strip. I found that it was much simpler to run the video record on my little Nikon “point & shoot” camera. Though fun, I’m not sure I am satisfied with the quality of the sound on the video clips, though the imagery is average for the equipment that I used.
Personally, I believe I need to upgrade my media equipment to a Digital SLR of some sort and perhaps invest in a small camcorder.
I hope you enjoy the video clips.