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Community Service League meets May 10
May 11, 2021
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Pictured is Suzanne Lagomarcino, 2020-2021 Silver Bowl Recipient, accepting the Silver Bowl from Janet Hansen, Placement Chairman of Alton Community Service League.
ALTON The Alton Community Service League met May 10 at Camp Warren Levis for their first in-person meeting this year.
Thanks to the hard work of Cathy Droste, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, and the members at large, the ACSL was able to fund the following grants to the community totaling $5, 508: Serving Area Kids, All God’s Children, Alton Youth Symphony, Girl Scouts of Southern Il.,Thrive Metro East, and Alton Juneteenth Committee.
Elsah developing plans for the Riverview House
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Cindy Verseman joins others in helping to clean up around the Riverview House that the village of Elsah recently acquired from the Great Rivers Land Trust, a Riverbend nonprofit organization that saves historic lands in perpetuity.John Badman|The Telegraph
ELSAH The Great Rivers Land Trust has deeded a historic property in Elsah to take care of in perpetuity, according to Elsah Mayor Mike Pitchford.
The Riverview House dates back to at least 1853 when the village was founded. The home faces the Mississippi River along the Great River Road at the entrance to the village in Jersey County. A few weeks ago the village board received official word of the gift of the house.