Staff report
University of Illinois Extension
Three Logan County 4-H members were selected as Illinois Scholarship Award winners and were recently honored at the 4-H Celebration of Excellence Awards Program. Caroline Ahrends of Lincoln, daughter of Marty Orris and Les Ahrends, was selected in the Civic Engagement and Global Living award area; Cavit Schempp of Atlanta, son of Darin and Cindy Schempp, was selected in the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences award area; and Ruthie Ruhl of Mount Pulaski, daughter of Gena Monical Ruhl and Scott Ruhl was selected in the Personal Growth award area.
The Illinois State 4-H Award recognizes exemplary work in nine major areas, including Animal Science, Civic Engagement and Global Living, Creative and Performing Arts and Communications, Food Systems, Healthy Living & Nutrition, Leadership, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Personal Growth, and STEM & Robotics.
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Mount Pulaski Economic Development and Planning
The Mount Pulaski Economic Development and Planning Board is establishing a COVID-19 relief fund in order to help those in the business community who need financial help due to the pandemic.
In a statement from the EDPB gave details on the program.
“We have allocated $24,000 for this COVID-19 Relief Fund. A business can be granted up to $5,000,” as written in the statement.
Members of the EDPB said their goal was to make the application process easy so a quick turn could take place.
The deadline for the grant is May 1st and EDPB ask the business to work quickly in submitting the application.
Peter Hancock
Capitol News Illinois
SPRINGFIELD Educators, students and families will face a host of new challenges in overcoming the learning loss that occurred over the past year of mostly remote learning as COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available and schools prepare to fully reopen for in-person learning.
To aid in that process, Gov. JB Pritzker announced the release of a new 180-page Learning Renewal Resource Guide to help school officials identify and address the most significant challenges they face.
Pritzker said Illinois school districts can expect to receive roughly $7 billion in federal funds to help them transition back to in-person learning, mainly through the recently-passed American Rescue Plan. About 90 percent of that money will come in the form of direct payments.
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