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MCHS Homecoming 2012

The theme of this year’s Midwest Central High School Homecoming is “MCHS: The Places You Will Go!” Each class has a region as its focus: Freshmen: Jungle; Sophomores: Arctic; Juniors: Outer Space; and Seniors: Ocean. This year’s Homecoming has a special community service focus: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We have already started working to raise money and awareness, but will continue through our Homecoming basketball game February 3 at 6:00 P.M. against Mt. Pulaski. Black shirts have been sold to help “black out” the bleachers the night of the Homecoming game with fans not only supporting our Raiders, but also supporting St. Jude. Some shirts will be available for purchase the night of the game for $10 each, but will only be available on a first come-first serve basis. Between the girls’ and boys’ varsity games, the Homecoming Court will be announced.

Homecoming activities will take place the week of January 30 to February 3. During the lunch hour throughout the week, the classes will participate in a volleyball competition with the winning class challenging the faculty team to a match on Friday. Also, on Friday, February 3, additional activities will be held, including hall decorations, cafeteria decorations, lip sync, little red wagon, letter stuffing, and felt banner. Students will also compete in relays and tug of war in the afternoon hours. The lip syncs and relay activities will begin at 12:00 P.M. Those wishing to see the lip syncs may arrive at 12:05
P.M. During the Friday assembly, all winter activity members will also be recognized. The Homecoming dance will take place on Saturday, February 4 in the high school cafeteria from 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
Coronation of the king and queen will be held at 9:00 P.M. Advance tickets will be sold January 23-27 for $5 per person with one dollar per ticket will go directly to St. Jude. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Homecoming is sponsored by the Midwest Central High School Student Council. If you wish to make a donation to St. Jude, please mail it to 910 S. Washington St., Manito, IL 61546.

Forman Community Chorus
presents “The Melody Lingers On”

The Forman Community Chorus will perform a musical revue, “The Melody Lingers On,” on March 22, 23, and 24th, at the Forman Center. Under the direction of Rebecca Switzer and Susan Frank, this musical will include the songs “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, “What’ll I Do?”, “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”, “Heat Wave”, “Puttin’ On the Ritz”, and many other classics. There will be large and small group numbers as well as solos and duets. The chorus is open to all area community members who share an interest in musical performance, regardless of age or experience. If you are not a performer, we always need extra hands for costuming, set design, and publicity.

The Forman Community Chorus will have an organizational meeting for the 2012 spring show on Sunday, January 22nd at 2:30 p.m. at the Forman Center. All who would like to sing, dance, build, sew, or help in some way in front or behind the scenes are asked to attend on January 22nd. If you cannot attend on this date but plan to participate or help behind the scenes, please contact Rebecca Switzer at 968-6139 or Susan Frank at 968-7231.

Disaster preparedness and
recovery presentation

The Forman Ambulance Service is putting on a disaster preparedness and recovery presentation Thursday January 26th for the public. Eddie Weiss ,a national speaker on disaster preparedness and recovery, will be be presenting to the public way to prepare before an emergency and what to do after the emergency. Having first hand knowledge of how disasters affect people and knowing how they made the long road back to a normal life. He will also share tips for responders on their response to a disaster. He will also share tips and lessons learned on how responders can deal themselves (mentally) with disasters.

We are very lucky to be receiving this opportunity and as many members from our community and surrounding areas are welcome to attend. The date of the responders training for anyone in the central Illinois area is Wednesday January 25th at 7:00 pm at the Midwest Central Primary School Gym. The Community member training night is Thursday January 26th at 7pm again at the Midwest Central Primary gym.

Please plan to attend this is for you as a responder or community member! if you want to learn more about the speaker go to www.chasing4life.org

Forman Valley Library - Chris Meeker Afghanistan Presentation

The Forman Valley Library welcomed Chris Meeker, Midwest Central graduate, and currently a Major in the United States Air Force, to the library on Friday, January 6, 2011. Chris was invited by the first Friday book Club to speak about his adventures in Afghanistan. Chris has been in the military for 12 years. He is a civil engineer in the Air Force and has had 3 deployments, 2 of them being in Afghanistan. Chris spoke to the crowd of over 50 attendees about life in Afghanistan; the culture, people, & the rebuilding of the country. As a civil engineer, Chris has been involved in and managed over 36 construction projects in Afghanistan. The goal is to make Afghanistan self-sustainable by the year 2014.

Chris is currently stationed in Virginia with his wife KayLynn and his two small boys ages 5 and 3.

The library and community would like to thank Chris for his commitment and dedication to our Country!

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