The other finalist for this year’s award was Sara-Ann Rosen.
Elizabeth Ribarsky of Springfield, associate professor of communication at UIS, was honored with the Star Staff Award.
Ribarsky has chaired the annual Illinois Humane Trivia Night and in two years, she raised an additional $25,000 for the organization with this event.
Reagan Weichold of Chatham was honored with the Youth Volunteer Award. She was nominated by the Animal Protective League.
Weichold is a mentor for the APL’s Junior Volunteer Program.
Other finalists included Tyler Lancaster and Audrey Lupton.
Twenty volunteers were also honored with the Heart of Gold Award. Individual recipients were: Dennis Ahlberg, Anne Anderson, Stacey Austin, Jim Barr, Sandy Bellatti, Sally Cadagin, Becky Gabany, Paula Harris, Dorothy Hart, William G. Holland, DeeDee McCarty, Allison Montney, Traci Moore, Kristie Parkins, Megan Philpot, Renate Selby, Teressa Shelton, Kate Ward and Laura Winkelmann.
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A decision will be made this year on one annual Plaquemine event, while a longtime tradition is set to make its return.
The International Acadian Festival will be back on schedule this year, barring any unforeseen circumstances that could lead to cancelation of the fall tradition.
“We are on track for a full festival on the fourth weekend in October, if nothing changes,” said Steve Smith, speaking on behalf of Knights of Columbus Council No. 970, which has organized the event since its inception in 1969, when it was held as “The Cajun Festival.”
The Mark A. “Tony” Gulotta Waterfront Park has been the host site for the festival during the past several years.
It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Robert Michael (“Bob”) Carroll announces his peaceful passing on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021 at the age of 91, at Hogarth Riverview Manor, in the loving arms of his family.
He is survived by his wife Helen (married 67 years); son, Danny (Laura) Carroll of Winnipeg, and their children Lindsay (Nathan Rochford), Hilary and Dora Carroll (Ryan Connor); daughter Norine Carroll and her children Daniel and Kathleen Johansen; daughter Alison Carroll (Paul Maydo) and her children Mackinley, Abbey and Sophie Steinhoff; and siblings Theresa Stolz of Thunder Bay; and Patricia Austin (George Newton) of Winnipeg.
The Public is Invited to Attend the Quarterly Meeting Friends of the Agawam Veterans Cemetery MassLive.com 1 hr ago Pam Mastriano, masslive.com
Agawam - The public is invited to attend the quarterly meeting of The Friends of the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Agawam (The Friends) to be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 460 Granby Road in Chicopee on Wednesday April 14, at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.
Due to COVID-19 this is the first public meeting of The Friends since January 2020.
The meeting will include a PowerPoint presentation reporting on the activities of the past year as well as upcoming events.