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Galesburg City Council is expected to take up a tabled item to study schematics and program designs in developing Churchill Junior High into a community center. The contract for Farnsworth Group was originally brought to the Council in March but was tabled until after a new council was to be seated. This will be the first meeting with three new Council members, all three of whom ran on Churchill not being an appropriate site for a community center. The contract would be for $76,000. If Council does approve the study the initial phase would take 8 weeks to complete, which would be followed by an additional agreement the Council would have to sign off on. The work could go out to bid as early as August and construction could begin in September. New Council considers Rescue Mission as permanent warming shelter Council will also reconsider purchasing the two Galesburg Rescue Mission buildings at E. Third St. to turn them into a permanent warming shelter, and possibly affordable housing. Th
The public will get a preview at the new home for the Galesburg Community Arts Center, formerly the Galesburg Civic Arts Center, Friday night at their new home in the Odd Fellows Building on the corner of Seminary and Main Streets in Galesburg. The opening ceremony for the "Hard Hat" exhibition will be held Friday evening from 5:00 - 7:00 at the Odd Fellows building as renovations have been underway to turn the former Galesburg Antique Mall into a collaborative arts center. Exhibitions of recent works by Art Center members and friends living within 50 miles of the Art Center will be on display through November 27. The member and friends show will include paintings, fiber, sculptures, photography, metalwork, stained glass, and more from over 65 artists. This year's juror is Tyler Hennings of Macomb. He will award $850 in cash prizes. Hennings is the director of the Western Illinois University Gallery. He received his BFA from WIU and his MFA from Northern Illinois Univers