Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • Vol. 135, No. 49

NOTICE: Due to scheduling difficulties, the Argus website may not be updated as often as usual for the next few weeks. We will do our best to at least have the calendars and obituaries updated every week, but the features and sports sections will only be updated as we have time. We apologize for any inconvenience!

VIT Prom Royalty

Photo by David Miller

VIT Prom Court

VIT 2013 Prom Court, front row: crown bearer Lydia Fouts, 2013 Queen Tori Fulton, 2013 King Dustin Hilliard, crown bearer Rylan Reimolds. Back row: Sarah Marshall, Chelsie Heaton, 2012 Queen Taylor Maloney, 2012 King Garrett Strode, Tyler Fulton, Caleb Jones.


Closed Memorial Day/Early Deadline

Stevens Publishing Company and Astoria South Fulton Argus will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day.

Deadline for ALL ads and news for the May 29 Argus will be noon Friday, May 24.


Kathy Cassidy Kathy Cassidy   Cassidy Receives Crystal Apple Award

RUSHVILLE, APRIL 30 — Following 23 years of dedicated service at VIT Elementary, paraprofessional Kathy Cassidy has announced her retirement … (more)

 


Phi Theta Kappa Phi Theta Kappa Derick Higgins   SRC Holds Phi Theta Kappa Induction
A total of 84 new members joined Spoon River College Nu Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa during the 2012-13 academic year … (more)

Serenade Pancake Breakfast Pancake Fundraiser  

VIT MAPS Holds Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
To help the VIT band students with costs of their upcoming Minnesota trip, VIT Musical Arts Program, in collaboration with Table Grove Fire Department, hosted a pancake breakfast fundraiser … (more)


MDH Awards Nursing Awards   MDH and SRC Announce Award Winners
The awards were presented at a reception on April 29 at MDH in honor of SRC School of Nursing students from Macomb campus … (more)

Donation Donation   Herbert Brown Donates to Western Illinois Museum
Herbert Brown of Table Grove recently donated several items to Western Illinois Museum in Macomb … (more)

FFA Greenhouse FFA Greenhouse   Astoria FFA Greenhouse Open

All spring FFA members have been transplanting, watering and keeping an eye on their garden plants and flowers in their greenhouse … (more)

Reading Program Reading Program   Astoria Fourth Graders Report on Title I Reading Program
Astoria Elementary Title I Reading has been busy lately. Enjoy a first-hand look at the program through the eyes of some of our fourth-grade students … (more)