In a press release sent out earlier today, the Illinois Conservation Foundation (ICF) announced it has accepted a donation of 750 acres of exceptional wildlife habitat near Pecatonica in Winnebago Co. to serve as the home of the Torstenson Family Youth Conservation Education Center. The site was donated recently to the ICF by the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation.
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29th Semi-Annual Pec Thing Antique & Flea Market will be 9/18/2010 at 8 AM. Enjoy!!!!
Closes: 5:00pm Admission: $3
Children 12 and under Free
Free Parking
Held Rain or Shine
Over a Dozen Food Concessions
Over 400 Dealers Selling Inside and Outside
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The 89th Annual Winnebago County Fair is August 17-22, 2010.
Get all the info and details on the fair website at http://www.winnebagocountyfair.com/fair.asp
The 2010 "Cars On Main" car show with be Saturday July 24th this year. The show is presented by the Pecatonica Improvement Assoc and an application form for vehicle entry and event details can be found on their website at http://pecimproveassoc.org/ and click Upcoming Events and the application form.
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SPRINGFIELD — SPRINGFIELD — It looks like District 16 State Police headquarters in Pecatonica will be staying open after all.
Five of 22 Illinois State Police regional headquarters slated to close later this year because of the state’s financial crisis will remain open, a police spokesman confirmed Saturday.
Even though the agency was appropriated $15.4 million less than the previous year in the recently approved state budget, the money was more than anticipated, said State Police Capt. Scott Compton.
That means the headquarters can stay open and the agency doesn’t anticipate massive layoffs announced earlier this year.
Winnebago County Sheriff Dick Meyers said he wrote letters encouraging legislators to keep District 16 open. Meyers was one of several sheriffs who were worried that potential closures would be a threat to public safety.
“Public safety is an important area and the state police play an important role in that,” he said. “There is a lot of value of having a marked squad car on the streets. It is certainly welcome news that they are going to stay open.”
However, the agency will still see a reduction in troopers through attrition and retirements.
“We haven’t seen all of the ramifications of the budget,” Compton said in a phone interview Saturday.
Quinn signed a $24.9 billion budget Thursday that will trim state spending by $1.4 billion. That includes cuts to schools, hospitals and prisons.
Illinois State Police was allocated $272 million, which is a 5.4 percent reduction from $287.4 million the previous year.
In March, State Police Director Jonathon Monken announced the headquarter closures and plans to lay off more than 460 troopers, saying both cost-cutting measures were necessary because of the state’s financial crisis.
The other four offices on the chopping block were in Litchfield, Carmi, Macomb and Des Plaines.
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Pecatonica Police started a special overnight surveillance two days ago because they heard about church break-ins happening in surrounding counties. So when a patrol officer saw this door open, he knew something wasn't right.
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Illinois Vipassana Meditation Center is having an open house on May 23, 2010 from noon-4pm. It is free and open to the public and they would love to continue to invite our near neighbors to enjoy the site and see what Vipassana is all about. There will be refreshments, tours, and Q&A sessions with assisstant teachers.
Illinois Vipassana Meditation Center
10076 Fish Hatchery Rd.
Pecatonica, IL
Email - spiritofb@sbcglobal.net
webiste - www.pakasa.dhamma.org
Cherisse Bara created a peace garden just north of town on Pecatonica Road that will be open and free to the public this summer. “I’ll have a sign out front when it’s ready,” she said. “People can drive by, see the sign and just pull in.”
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According to the Winnebago County Fair website the first date is May 15 & 16 , 2010.
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PecWeb has introduced live internet broadcasts of the Pecatonica village board meetings. The first one was tested and all went pretty well. Audio was a little low but they are working to try to improve this. Check it out. There is a link on PecWeb that will take you to the broadcast page. The camera is only live during board meetings. Meeting information is on the broadcast page.
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