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January 25, 2021
They recently just finished a big portion of the project, the pavilion and community kitchen.
“I think it really brings a new facelift to our community, especially for our businesses right here,” said Village Trustee, Bobby Bishop.
The duo-purpose building has a few more finishing touches.
“The final finish is going on the floor, and just a couple things to wrap up in the spring as far as landscaping goes,” said Village President Harley Wales. “It’s the last thing we need to finish in the whole square.”
The main focal point in the building is the state-of-the-art kitchen.
As it stands now, the small Village of Metcalf (pop 189) in North-Central Edgar County, Illinois, has no candidates on the ballot for the elective offices of Village President and Village Trustee(s).
There is still time remaining for interested persons to file as write-in candidates for the offices coming up for election. The last day to submit a Declaration of Intent to be a Write-In Candidate is February 4, 2021. We suggest any interested persons contact the Edgar County Clerk for instructions on filling out a write-in Declaration.
If there are no candidates on the ballot, and no write-in candidates, then any of the following three events can happen.
By Jeremy Coumbes on January 6, 2021 at 1:07pm
Current Village Trustee and candidate for Mayor of South Jacksonville, Dick Samples filed an “objection to the nomination petition” of the candidacy of his opponent Tyson Manker with the South Jacksonville electoral board.
According to a press release from Manker’s campaign, Samples objection states the “Petition is not stapled or fastened at the top of the petition as instructed”.
Manker told WLDS News he received official notice of the objection on Monday. A Call for a Hearing by the Village of South Jacksonville’s Electoral Board has been scheduled for tomorrow at 6:00 pm, ahead of the village’s regular schedueld January Trustee Meeting.
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