Putnam County

At Saturday’s Illinois Valley Community College commencement, Dr. Holly Novak challenged graduates to “continue to be open, search, dream and pay attention.”

The four winners of the 2022 Hopkins Alumni Scholarship have been announced. The Putnam County High School students who are recipients of the scholarships include Erin Brooker, Isaac Wujek, Renae Ramey and Eli Postula.

Dozens of online summer classes are still available at Illinois Valley Community College for courses beginning Tuesday, May 31, and most are transfer-eligible.

Starting in the month of June, all Putnam County Library Locations will be participating in a summer theme of Oceans of Possibilities.

Watch an air show, salute veterans, taste some food truck fare, celebrate freedom, shop or learn about safety this weekend in the Illinois Valley.

Al Cioni Ford in Granville has been awarded the 2021 Ford President’s Award, which recognizes auto dealerships across the U.S. who deliver outstanding customer service.

Residents of Marshall and Putnam Counties can dispose of unwanted agrichemicals for free this year through the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s agricultural pesticide Clean Sweep program.

Sophomore Hope Beelman, of Peru, won the prestigious Frederick W. Matthiessen Award at Illinois Valley Community College’s 56th annual commencement Saturday.

More information regarding the event will come as the date approaches.

Putnam County Rotary presented five awards to high school seniors at the PCHS awards assembly held on May 11. Each award recognizes academic achievement, extra-curricular involvement and community service.

THE “I.F. Doug Stonier & Ella Stonier Educational Trust” provides for awarding College Scholarships to a number of college students for the school year commencing in August.

Applicants must be High School graduates and pursuing a major in Architecture, Fine Arts, Science, Mathematics or Computer Science who are entering their third or fourth year of college. The students must have resided for a period of three years in Granville Township.

Blunier will be attending Illinois Central College this fall, studying within the Diesel-Powered Equipment Technology Program.

The Chief Senachwine Chapter NSDAR members held a “What is Under There” program on May 7 presented by Florence Finfgeld, Textile Chairman of the Marshall County Historical Society Museum.

Illinois Valley Community College’s Sabrina Belmonte, of Mendota, was a recipient of the highly-competitive U.S. State Department-sponsored Gilman Program scholarship to aid in her study abroad to Costa Rica this summer.