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QUINCY — The Quincy Service League is offering seven $1,000 scholarships to residents of Adams County. Applicants may either be traditional or non-traditional students seeking to further their education. Applications are available from area high school guidance counselors, local college admission/financial aid offices, or by emailing qslscholarship@gmail.com. Applications also are online at www.quincyserviceleague.org. Scholarship applications…
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QUINCY — April 7th is the start of a 10-week study entitled Recovering From Losses in Life offered at the Tri-State Area Center for Women’s Ministries, 522 S. Eighth, a non-profit inter-denominational peer counseling ministry for women and girls (ages 18 and up) which helps women focus on emotional, mental and spiritual wellness. Life is…
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QUINCY — Quincy Brewing Company teamed up with St. John’s Parish in August to brew an easy drinking cream ale named “Red Door.” Proceeds of $2,000 were recently donated to My Brothas My Sistas Keepers, which mentors and trains youth while encouraging them to become leaders themselves and give back to our community. To find…
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QUINCY — Blessing Health System continued its long-time support of Quincy Catholic Charities MedAssist program with a $10,000 donation on March 3. As many as 18 million American cannot afford their prescription medications. The MedAssist advocate works with patients, their healthcare providers and the financial assistance programs of pharmaceutical companies to secure prescription medication for…
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QUINCY — Cullan Duke of Klingner & Associates, P.C., recently earned his professional landscape architect license from the Kentucky Board of Landscape Architects. Duke, the firm’s site development department manager, has 29 years of experience designing for parks, educational facilities and industrial clients. He is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and…
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QUINCY — The St. Rose of Lima Parish Hall, 715 Chestnut, will be the site of the annual St. Patrick’s Day drive-thru only dinner from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 17. Corned beef and cabbage or German sausage and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and apple or cherry pie will be served. Meals with half beef and…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Kroc Center’s Education and Fine Arts Department is offering new education courses to the community in the coming weeks. Discovering Computers and Tablets will help particpants ages 14 and up to brush up on their skills with today’s technology. The class will be offered on Thursdays from March 17-April 7 from 11…
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Adams County, Ill. — An accident in rural Adams County on Friday has claimed the life of a Baylis. Adams County Coroner Scott Graham said Michael R. McDowell, 43, was killed Friday afternoon in an accident on Illinois 104 near 3000th St. in Beverly Township. The incident remains under investigation by the Adams County Sheriff’s…
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QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County is having its first trivia night at 7 p.m. March 19 at the St. Francis Parish Center, 1721 College. Categories will be general trivia, music, movies, television and special categories on Quincy and local history. Tables are $100, and teams may have up to eight players. Participants should bring…
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QUINCY — The Wilhelm Johnson Scholz STEM Lab will be the site of the first Rube Goldberg Science Fair from 1:15 to 2 p.m. March 11 at St. Peter School, 2500 Maine. This fair will be prepared by students in grades 4-6 who learned of Rube Goldberg during STEM class. The students have created machines…
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QUINCY — Parishioners of Quincy and Hannibal’s Catholic churches will be asked to contribute funds to the Quincy Notre Dame Fund Drive during the school’s Commitment Weekend on March 5-6. More than 4,000 Catholic families will hear testimonies from QND students during Mass and be asked for pledges and donations. This year’s fund drive has…
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QUINCY — A spring cleanup at Greenmount Cemetery, 1701 S. 12th, will be from March 14-18. Everything should be removed by March 13 and not replaced until March 19. A spring cleanup of Roman Catholic cemeteries in Quincy (Calvary, St. Boniface and St. Peter) will be from March 27 to April 1. Everything should be…
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QUINCY – Quincy University has rescheduled its fourth annual QU Alumni Day for Tuesday, March 1 in remembrance of the university’s first day of classes on Feb. 6, 1860. QU alumni are encouraged to wear a QU Alumni button and QU gear to work and attend the day’s events. “Alumni day has become a tradition at QU, and we…
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QUINCY — Registration for the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge will be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at the Quincy University football field, with the plunge taking place at noon. The Polar Plunge is for any person or team who would like to support Special Olympics athletes. Join members of the Quincy Police Department…
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QUINCY — Scout Troop 1 and Pack 1 will be the host of an Ash Wednesday fish fry on March 2 at Blessed Sacrament School. The Ash Wednesday fish fry has been a tradition for more than 40 years and is one of the larger fundraisers for Scout Troop 1. Serving hours are from 4-7 p.m.…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Family YMCA is partnering with Kelly’s Tavern for the 30th annual Kelly’s Fun Run at 9:30 a.m. March 13. The race will take place primarily on Maine Street, which features a relatively flat track with slight hills. Participants registering by Feb. 28 are guaranteed a T-shirt. The cost to register is $25…
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QUINCY — Quincy City Hall will be closed on Monday in observance of President’s Day. It will reopen Tuesday for regular business hours. The Quincy City Council Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall Council Chambers. Central Services will be closed Monday. However, garbage and recycling will be picked up Monday.…
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QUINCY — Alan Balzer of Klingner & Associates, P.C., recently earned his professional engineer license from the Missouri Division of Professional Registration. Balzer is based in the firm’s Quincy office. He has seven years of experience providing special inspections and structural design for multi-story industrial and manufacturing facilities, port authorities, and water treatment facilities. His…
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UPDATE: At 5:45 PM on 2/01/22, Mayor Mike Troup declared a snow emergency for the City of Quincy. As of 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 2, the National Weather Service reports that Adams County has received anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of snow. Forecasters predict another 2 to 3 inches of snow over the…
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QUINCY — Four long-time employees of the Quincy School District comprised the inaugural class of recipients of the Legend Award, which was presented by Quincy School Board members at its Wednesday night meeting. The board recognized four men who died during a nine-day span last fall. Sayeed Ali, president of the board, presented surviving family…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Public Schools Foundation ended its 2021 Dream Big Annual Campaign by raising a record-breaking $310,551, surpassing the goal by $100,000. “We are incredibly grateful to be supported by so many past and present community members and QHS alumni,” Executive Director Kent Embree said. “We were blown away by their generosity this…
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QUINCY — For more than 150 years, Quincy Notre Dame, as a Catholic co-educational school, seeks to build a community of learners among its faculty, staff, students and parents. Founded on faith in God and trust among its members, this community strives to make Catholic values an integral part of its existence. Quincy Notre Dame…
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The Quincy Service League Appropriations Committee now is accepting applications for grants that are funded with proceeds from the annual Holiday Gift Show. Applications are accepted from not-for-profit organizations located in Adams County to help fund organization projects or specific items. The Quincy Service League awarded grant money to nine area not-for-profit organizations. The maximum…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy City Hall will be closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. It will reopen Tuesday for regular business hours. The weekly Quincy City Council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers. Central Services will be closed Monday. However, garbage and recycling will be picked…
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