Former Lady Panther lands first-team all-MVC honors

Maggie Krick has fulfilled the promise she carried with her to Illinois State University.

Krick, the all-time leading scorer in Washington Community High School girls basketball history with 2,089 points, has been a key component of highly-successful Redbird teams for four years.

Although the mild temperatures and sunshine of last weekend seem like promises of good weather to come, the Tazewell County Emergency Management Agency wants people to be aware that storm season is approaching.

This time of year can bring severe weather, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning, damaging winds and even snow and ice.

Washington Skateland, Bill Maher’s Drugstore, the Oliver Thomas Park and Mr. Quick are just a few of the places people are reminiscing about on the Facebook page “I grew up in Sunnyland.”
The page was created by Sunnyland native Cindy Donigian-Miller.

“I made the page last winter because I was getting connected with a lot of friends from Sunnyland on Facebook, and I thought it would be a way to hook everyone up,” she said, adding that another reason she started the group was to locate a friend who moved away after high school.

A fourth-grade teacher at Central Intermediate School is taking steps to inspire his students while ensuring they can keep up with even the most technologically savvy individuals.
Jonathan Smith recently received a grant for $600 to purchase three iPod touches for his classroom.

“The i-touch is basically a handheld device that is Internet-capable,” Smith said.
He added that there are more than 100,000 downloadable applications that can be put on the devices.

RadioShack is looking to expand, and Washington is one of the top five locations in the state of Illinois where the corporation is hoping to open a store.

“Due to the growth, the population and the good size of the city, it would be a good place for us to open a store,” said Bill Bartels of RadioShack Corp. “Washington is one of the top five, maybe better than that, locations where we do not have a store.”

Last Tuesday night at the Washington Citizens Police Academy, I could not get the Bee Gees out of my head. We were being CPR certified through the American Heart Association, and I have always heard chest compressions should be done to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive” to get the speed right.

OK, I admit, the closest I have ever come to being CPR-trained was watching “The Office” episode in which they attempt to become CPR-trained but the class turns into a Bee Gees sing-along.