Gebelein, Gonzalez honored by Rotary
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ALTON Hallie Gebelein of Alton High School and Hunter Gonzalez of Marquette Catholic High School have been named Students of the Month of December 2020 by the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club.
Because of the Covid-19 cases in the area, the club has chosen to suspend meetings for a short time but is not suspending honoring deserving students from our high schools.
Gebelein, the daughter of Brian and Paula Gebelein of Godfrey, is a member of the National Society of High School Scholars and has a grade point average of 4.259 on a 4.0 scale. She is currently making straight A’s again this semester. She has taken a number of honors, dual credit and AP classes.
Brown seeks Alton council seat
Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com
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ALTON Lifelong Alton resident Rosetta “Rosie” Brown on Tuesday announced she will run for alderwoman in Alton’s 4th Ward in the April 2021 election.
“We must change Alton’s current leadership and begin a new vision that centers on integrity, trust, transparency, and accountability,” Brown said. “I believe Alton’s families deserve better, and I am ready to take action and get results for our city because Alton can be saved, Alton can blossom and be recognized as a city of dignity and prosperity.”
The council seat is currently held by Alderwoman Tammy Smith.
Where there s a will, there s a way
Freer sisters organize way for nonprofits to receive stockpiled gifts
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Taylor Freer loads a sport utility vehicle with items that the Freer Auto Body family purchased with their own money throughout the year to donate to the effort of Community Christmas. This year the United Way promoted a contactless annual Community Christmas, so the Freer sisters organized a way for nonprofits to pick up the items on their own so that families in need could receive the gifts and make their Christmas brighter.For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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A staff member of Riverbend Head Start and Family Services stands with Taylor Freer, left, and Lily Freer, center, last Thursday, with a load of items that the Freer Auto Body family begins purchasing with their own money for Community Christmas as soon as the previous year’s items are delivered. Due to promotion by the United Way for a contactless 2020 Community Christmas, items purc
Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder has offered Police Chief Kenny Winslow a 5% pay raise in hopes of convincing the capital city s longtime top cop to stay on the job.
Winslow, 50, Springfield s police chief since 2013, confirmed in an email to the city s aldermen Sunday evening that he tentatively accepted an offer to become a deputy chief of the police department in Franklin, Tennessee, a mid-sized town about 20 miles south of Nashville.
Winslow s hiring and a Jan. 19 start date were already announced in a news release from Franklin city government last Thursday.
But, Winslow has not yet resigned his position in Springfield, saying that he and his family are truly torn on whether to leave for Tennessee or stay here.
Alden teacher creates QR codes for touch-free browsing in the high school library
School library media specialist Ann Sobol created 150 quick read codes for library books as a way to try and limit the spread of germs among students. Author: Heather Ly Updated: 9:57 AM EST December 10, 2020
ALDEN, N.Y. Sometimes finding the perfect book to read takes a bit of time and a lot of page flipping.
Alden High School s library media specialist, Ann Sobol, wanted her students to read more but touch books less in this age of COVID-19, so she came up with an idea for touch-free browsing.