Aviston High School Class of 1952 marks 70th anniversary
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- Written by: Kelly Jo Ross
A group of eight classmates from Aviston High School's Class of 1952 gathered at the Old Hot Springs Hotel in Okawville a few weeks ago to reminisce about "the good ole days." Yes, it was the 70th anniversary of their graduation.
Rich Heimann, originally from Aviston, and a member of the Aviston High School Class of 1952, said they were originally a "Class of 34" and started the evening on Saturday, Sept. 3, by remembering the 19 classmates who were no longer with them.
"It became an evening of reminiscing about the many experiences and activities we had 70 years ago," said Heimann, who now lives in San Juan Capistrano, California.
The classmates recalled the nuns who were their teachers, especially the late Sister Hermias, who never failed to provide memorable antics, and Sister Stephanie, the "stern superior."
The group remembered the bus rides from Germantown and Albers; the senior play called "Forever Albert" (what a strange choice); the boys-only parties; and of course, the always interesting review of those who were high-school sweethearts.
On the later topic, the very interesting and welcoming news was that two of the old sweethearts were together again — Marvin Hegger and Rita Roettering Clark, who were a couple again after both lost their spouses a few years ago.
Naturally, the group all wished them well and a lot of happiness.
After an opening prayer by Dan Rosen and after commemorating their fallen classmates, Marv Hegger officiated as the mistress of ceremonies for the gathering.
The group had a "delicious meal, all thanked the Lord for their health and later for some, a nice time at the hotel bar."
Carlyle native brings holistic health coaching to hometown
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Quela (pronounced Kayla) Minard calls herself different "and a little weird." But she is serious about helping her clients figure out what might be troubling them, through a holistic approach to wellness.
Minard is the owner of The Holistic Nerd, at 951 Fairfax St., Suite B, in downtown Carlyle.
Minard opened for business in August and plans to be open, at first, on a part-time basis, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
As Minard's hours will vary, you'll want to contact her first before stopping by the office. The Carlyle native is a holistic health coach, something she can perform in-person or virtually.
Minard held an open house at her office on Sept. 15, to showcase what it is she does, and how her training and knowledge might be able to help those in need of her specialties. Minard is married to Aaron Minard, also a Carlyle native. The health coaching is something she did online when she and Aaron lived in New Mexico, moving there for his job.
Minard has been a certified health coach for two years, but said she's been on "this journey of learning more about health and medicine for years. "Moving back to Carlyle, that's when Minard decided she wanted to open a place like she has, "because I think community's very important, just being able to do more hands-on, in-person activities."
The title of her business is "very against the grain," even though she came up with it. She said she had to mentally prepare for that one.
Minard's background includes working as a certified nursing assistant in a hospital setting, in a pediatrician's office and time in a pharmacy.
It's experiences in some of those settings that also contributed to Minard going in the health-related direction she has.
Germantown Road resurfacing project is awarded
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The Clinton County Board approved a resolution to add rumble strips to County Highway 16 (Huey Road) at the stop intersection with Illinois Route 161.
At their Monday meeting in Carlyle, County Engineer Dan Behrens said the state maintains the stop signs on Illinois Route 161. The county maintains the "Stop Sign Ahead" signs.
The addition of the rumble strips is a step toward getting drivers to stop running through the intersection and causing accidents.
Behrens said what would be used in this situation is similar to what's used in the state of Iowa, where the strips are cut into the pavement.
He said you can't really build them up because the elevated strips cause a problem for snowplows in the winter.
The strips are a series of two: the first set are 200 feet in front of the "Stop Ahead" sign and the second set are about three-quarters of the distance between the "Stop Ahead" sign and the actual stop sign.
County Board Chairman Larry Johnson recalled asking, and asked again if there's anywhere else in the county that might need similar treatments, "before we have another bad accident or fatality," but didn't need an answer right away.
Behrens said he would look into that. He'd also be cautious about using them in cities — he only recommends their use in rural areas — because they are loud.
Case in point, Behrens said he thought a motorist had driven through the intersection at Shattuc Road and Illinois Route 161 this past weekend or recently.
Paving project awarded
The Illinois Department of Transportation has awarded the Germantown Road resurfacing project to Christ Bros. Asphalt of Lebanon.
That would be a standard overlay of 3.45 miles of the road, .03 miles south of the CSX Railroad tracks in Breese to Henry Street in Germantown, at a cost of $1,250,000.
The project falls under IDOT's pavement rehabilitation and is in IDOT's FY2022 Rebuild Illinois Highway Improvement Program.
Following a pre-construction meeting, the company would like to start that project the first or second week of October, Behrens said. There are 25 working days on that project.
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