Wesclin's Music Department had its first choral concert of the school year Thursday night, a Fall Concert featuring choruses from Wesclin junior and senior high school, St. Mary Elementary in Trenton, and St. George Elementary in New Baden.

The high school chorus opened the show with four numbers, The Autumn Reel by Audrey Snyder, I Will Never Leave You by Mac Huff, Hold On To Your Dreams by Andrea Kluse, and Swing Down Low by Pasty Ford Simmons. Members of the high school chorus are Cyndi Baker, Christina Combs, Briana Collins, Sierra Cook, Sarah Culler, Daniela Davila, Brittney Denton, Hayley Ellis, Kelsey Hallcock, Mary Heggem, Jacob Henss, Alexandrea LoIacono, Travis Major, Alyssa Maue, Nicole McLaughlin, Megan O'Brien, Jessica Page, Corey Ponder, Maureen Riefle, Stephanie Saunders, Alyssa Sigler, Danielle Sotnyk, Amanda Southard, Meagan Turley, Alyssa Wheeler, Nicole Woolbright, and Maria Zagorski.

The chorus from Trenton-St. Mary Elementary followed with Amblin' Down an Autumn Avenue by Teresa Jennings, and I Hope the Teacher Won't Call on Me by Stephen Lawrence. St. Mary chorus members are Miranda Albers, Teah Bliven, Ali Brueggemann, ZoÎ Conley, Madison Daiber, Rachel Ford, Hannah Frerker, Emily Fuhler, Maggie Hale, Allyson Isenhower, Cody Johnson, Willa Kollmann, Morgan Kruse, Courtney Litteken, Vanessa Major, Mariah Marlar, Brooke McDonald, Brennan McVey, Miranda Myers, Katlyn Nikirk, Lexy Paulk, Kallie Peck, Cheyenne Rowney, Jessica Schaeffer, Kimberly Thole, Tricia Totten, Matthew Trimble, Cheyenne Widmayer, Tyler Woods, and Catherine Wolters.

New Baden-St. George's chorus performed two Teresa Jennings songs, Seasons Change, and Dancin' on the Rooftop. Students Justine Wasser and Taylor Lyons choreographed the second song for the group. St. George chorus members are Samantha Alvin, Ashley Billhartz, Ashleigh Brandmeyer, Nicole Carroll, Miranda Cayston, Emily Covington, Bailey Kattenbraker, Sydney Lashbroook, Ashley Link, Taylor Lyons, Hannah Meyer, Erika Mugele, Jessica Renth, Justine Wasser, Taylor Wright, Katie Baker, Mackenzie Bates, Brittany Billhartz, Emily Billhartz, Sally Brunker, Briana Cayson-Roth, Marisa Gonzalez, Chiara Johns, Brandon Kattenbraker, Madyson Locke, Jillian Pratt, Madison Rapien, Jessica Rawdon, Kacie Schaefer, Kaitlyn Spires, Samantha Starks, Rebecca Strong, Megan Washburn, Rachel Washburn, and Taylor Zarbano.

The junior high chorus performed Brand New Day by Christi Cary Miller, Here I Am by Bryan Adams, and Make a Difference by Cristi Cary Miller. Bobbie Ketrow, Nathan Brown, Michele Thole, and Lauren Dowd soloed on Make a Difference, and the group closed with America, Of Thee I Sing by George L. O'Strid. Junior high chorus members are Katelyn Abt, Ashlynn Adrian, Alexandra Billhartz, Mara Blanco, Nathan Brown, Alyssa Carter, Samantha Cayson-Roth, Darby Christopher, Emily Culler, Valeria Davila, Ashley Denton, Danielle Driemeyer, Lauren Dowd, Maggie Finn, Alyssa Forsyth, Kelsey Fox, Sophi Frazer, Megan Frerking, Dara Garcia, Danica Garcia, Lauren Haukapp, Mikayla Hill, Kaitlin Hoeflein, Kelsey Hoffmann, Kala Jeanneret, Caitlin Johnson, Kelley Johnson, Bobbie Ketrow, Tyler Kohrs, Rebekah Kunz, Brennan Little, Elexus Lohman, Ellen Maue, Kathleen McCoy, Caitlan McIntyre, Kayla Miller, Kami Moorhead, Marissa Nast, Casey Paterson, Anna Quitmeyer, Meaghan Ranz, Anthony Robison, Logan Schilli, Caralee Springer,

Kayla Starks, Michele Thole, Sean Turley, Ashley Webb, and Cristina White.

Bonnie Arentsen directs the St. Mary's chorus; Pat Bringaze directs the St. George chorus; and Amy Page directs the junior and senior high choral groups.

Brisk Sanitation, who hauls away trash from Trenton homes, will change its collection day for trash effective the first week of November.

The trash-hauler now picks up yardwaste in Trenton on Mondays, trash on Tuesdays, and recycling on Fridays. Beginning in November, trash day will be Wednesday. Yardwaste and recycling pick-ups will remain unchanged.

This represents the third time the company has asked for an amendment to its contract with the city.

When Trenton initially contracted with Brisk, the contract called for the city to pay for 1,000 households per month. At that time, yardwaste was collected on Mondays, and recycling and trash were both picked up on Fridays.

Subsequently, the council consented to changing the trash pickup day to Tuesdays, and agreed to increase its payment to Brisk each month to reflect the actual pick-up locations.

Council members Gary Sellers, Tom Harpstrite, and Kim Trame did not object to the change, since the net result will still be three days a week in town. Kristi Blackman of Brisk Sanitation said if the council resisted the change, the company won't finish trash pick-up until around 9 p.m. on Tuesdays.

Blackman said the change is part of an overall organizational restructuring that will have the company open a new base of operations in Fairfield in addition to its Centralia facility. The switch in trash pick-up days will also allow the company to pick up yardwaste earlier on Mondays, she said.

Council members Randy Reibold and Margaret Conley both opposed the move.

"Just for the record, I'm against it," Reibold said. "Nothing personal, but we have a contract, and I think we've given enough. In the first place, I don't like your trucks in town three days a week, but we've already allowed that."

"People are just getting over the confusion from the last change, and now they're going to be confused again," Conley said.

Beckmann said the idea behind separating recycling and trash pick-up days was to prevent commingling of items and boost recycling. "Your bulk of recycling has gone up dramatically since the change," Beckmann said. Brisk will take care of the notification process, and council members asked that notices be sent to each individual household rather than simply advertising in local newspapers. "Not everybody gets the Trenton Sun," said council member Kim Trame. Brisk will also post flyers in high-traffic areas in town.

Beckmann said the complaints the company receives don't relate to confusion over pick-up days, and said the company appreciates Trenton growing with them. "We're not Allied Waste, but we came in here with a price that was lower, and we really appreciate you growing with us."

Trenton mayor Bob Koentz said that he doesn't like the idea of another change, but will support it in the interest of avoiding more dire consequences. "I really don't like the idea, but in the interest of getting it picked up I'll vote for it."

New Baden's village board had their first-ever "committee at large" meeting Monday night, holding informational discussions on a number of matters that are expected to come before the board at their next regular meeting November 5.

From now on, the board will meet regularly on the third Monday of each month for updates on items from the previous meeting's agenda and information on upcoming issues. The committee system will remain the same, except there will now be four rather than three members of the board on each committee.

The goal of the new alignment is to better coordinate information among all board members and allow for more in-depth discussion of various topics. The village also expects to save a small amount of money each year by mitigating the need for individual committee meetings.

Board members will be paid $35 for their attendance at "committee at large" meetings, the same rate of pay as for past committee meetings.

Here are some of the matters the board discussed on Monday.

The board decided to refrain from placement of a stop sign at Peach Street and Jillian Drive, a new intersection created by the developments of Eastview and Caylin Ridge subdivisions. The village is in the midst of a legal dispute with Roger Fuehne, who developed an adjacent subdivision, over some drainage and street issues, and have been advised by their legal counsel that placement of a stop sign in an area for which the village has not yet accepted responsibility would constitute acceptance of the subdivision's maintenance.

Village administrator Bob Nielsen explained that the Peach-Jillian intersection is not part of Fuehne's subdivision, but Public Works chairman Leonard Fiedler and mayor Tim Hoerchler said the village should wait until the dispute with Fuehne is resolved.

Earlier this month, the board voted to suspend all building and occupancy permits for which Fuehne applies.

The village will also hold off on a painting project at Village Hall. While agreeing the building's interior needs to be painted, board members felt it wise to wait and consider the project as part of an overall renovation at Village Hall.

"It's getting crowded here," said village trustee Dave Brandmeyer, in suggesting the board might seek another venue for its public meetings and convert the lobby at Village Hall into additional office space.

Brandmeyer said the village may be able to convert an unused room at the library into meeting space as a stopgap measure before considering building a new Village Hall. "I'm not suggesting it's the solution, but it would buy us some time," Brandmeyer said.

Trustee Bill Malina said he didn't object to the room being used, but the board needs to consider that an upcoming renovation at the library will open up the interior and could allow people to wander from meetings into the library when the library isn't open. "The room's usable, and it should be used, but it could cause some problems," Malina said. "I think we should address the problem if it's something we want to go forward with."

Brandmeyer also said the board should begin assessing its goals for public facilities in the long-term, including the consideration of a new Village Hall and an assessment of the value to the village of a number of empty lots and properties the municipality owns. Brandmeyer said he envisions eventually building a new building between the civic center and library.

A potential new business, DiMaggio's Italian Restaurant, is interested in locating in the former video store building on Hanover, and has asked the village for Tax Increment Financing assistance. The village will contract economic development consultant Gene Norber to draft a proposal for village assistance.

The board agreed to return a planning commission recommendation for reconsideration by that body. The planning commission recommended approval of new 16-lot subdivision, North Ridge Estates, in northwest New Baden, but village board members want the commission to consider requiring future access roads to the north and south from the subdivision, which is now planned as a long cul de sac.

The village's long-term plan suggests a connector street across the north side of town from Highway 160 on the east to Clinton County Line road on the south, but an existing subdivision, Steepleview Estates, precludes such a roadway from current village streets. The next best option is to consider a connector north of the current village limits at some future time and development. Accepting the North Ridge plat as proposed would eliminate that possibility. Making accommodations for the street or streets could cause the loss of two lots in the subdivision.

- 1907 -

The country is filled by enthusiastic hunters with $10 dogs, $50 guns that shoot away $1 worth of ammunition, wear out $5 worth of clothes, and spend $2 worth of time to get 30 cents worth of game.

J.M. Meyer, a member of the U.S.S. Kearsage, was married at Newport, R.I., to Miss Julia McDonnell of that city on Oct. 14.

Frank Niemann and Miss Louise Wehrmann were married in St. Mary Church with Father Bonsel officiating.

Louis Bassler and Miss Mary Kraemer were married in Belleville Tuesday.

- 1917 -

A little daughter was born to Prof. and Mrs. Lewis Bowyer on Wednesday, Oct. 17.

Mrs. Caroline Metzger, a resident of this city for about 60 years, died at her home on Oct. 11 at the age of 84.

New chairs with desk arms have been supplied to be used in one of the high school recitation rooms, They are convenient and comfortable.

Henry Gramann of Aviston was elected president of the Clinton County Catholic District Verbond with A.C. Brefeld as vice president.

Miss Annie Trippel entertained a number of guests at their woods gathering hickory nuts and wild grapes. Everyone had a most enjoyable time but there were even more pickers than nuts.

- 1927 -

Mrs. Frank Leonhard, nee Emig, died Oct. 11 while visiting in Kansas City. She was 77.

Rev. D. Buchmueller, who held the pastorate at St. John's Church for 13 years, resigned to accept the call to the German Ev. Church at Mayview, Mo.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Vaninger on Friday, Oct. 7.

Johann Hohrein, 77, died at his home in Lebanon on Oct. 9 after a short illness.

- 1937 -

Harry Ditto, aged 71 years, died suddenly at his home Thursday night.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bassler last Thursday.

The wedding of Louis Gerardi and Miss Margaret Zollner took place in Corpus Christi Church, Shiloh, Tuesday.

Leonard Schrage and Miss Clara Ratermann were married Tuesday morning in St. Francis Church, Aviston.

- 1947 -

Miss Lois Zahn became the bride of Harold Wessel in St. Mary Church on Oct. 11.

Miss Marcella Book of Albers and Linus Vosholler of New Baden were married Wednesday in St. Bernard's Church, Albers.

D.B. Berger will succeed C. Schroeder as mail messenger on Nov. 1.

Miss Clara Mahlandt of Carlyle and Henry Huffman of Trenton were married Oct. 4 in Carlyle

- 1957 -

Miss Marian Eilering of Albers became the bride of David Sudholt of New Baden on Oct. 8 in St. Damian's Church.

Judy Schaefer won first prize in the National Employ the Physically Handicapped poster contest at Belleville.

Paul Drees returned home last week after being honorably discharged by the U.S. Army.

- 1967 -

Hugo V. Wendell, 58, Illinois Power employee, died Oct. 12 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Belleville.

Darrel Ziegler has been employed by the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center and is enrolled in the Cartographer Training Program, St. Louis.

Herman Rensing, Sr. retired New Baden farmer, died suddenly Oct. 11 at the age of 73.

Wesclin will offer night classes for adults in typing, physical fitness, woodworking and accounting.

Terry Clark is one of 22 seniors at Illinois Wesleyan University chosen by the faculty to participate in the Special Departmental Honors program.

Joseph Love of O'Fallon died Oct. 10 at the age of 66. He was a painter.

Stahl Post 778 of the American Legion has hospital equipment available to those who need it. There are wheelchairs, crutches, walkers and hospital beds.

- 1977 -

Lawrence F. Huber, 61 died unexpectedly Sunday, Oct. 9.

Sieron-Fauss opened its fifth real estate sales office at 113 W. Broadway.

Miss Susan Rakers became the bride of Fred Whitaker on Oct. 1 in St. George Church, New Baden.

Miss Carol Ann Analla was married to John N. Seeley of Lebanon August 19 in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Fairview Heights.

Henry O. Southard, Jr., 46, of Auburn died Oct. 8. He formerly lived in New Baden.

- 1987 -

Mrs. Elsie Tenney, 87, of Trenton died Oct. 13. She was born in Cisne on Oct. 31, 1899.

Kimberly Ann Weekley and Melvin John Deimeke announced their engagement.

Marie Timmermann, Clinton County Circuit Clerk, after nearly 20 years of efficiently running the office, announced she will not run for re-election.

-1997-

Longtime Trenton Sun editor and publisher John Glazner died early Sunday morning, the result of cancer of the thoracic cavity.

Nic Book and Jaclyn Davis were named king and queen of Wesclin's annual Autumn Magic homecoming Saturday night.

The demolition of the Clinton County Courthouse is complete, and construction on a new courthouse will begin soon.

Mr. and Mrs. John Gudinas of Trenton announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Anne, to Lt. David Seed.

Ella Louise "Sugar" Durkee, nee Reid, 79, of Mascoutah, born March 27, 1928, in Sewanee, Tennessee, died Thursday, October 11, 2007, at St. Elizabethís Hospital in Belleville. Mrs. Durkee was an administrative assistant for Illinois Heart Association in Belleville. She was preceded in death by her husband, Colonel Allen B. C. Durkee Sr., USAF; a son, Edward Durkee; a daughter, Deborah Sivells; her parents, Frederick and Ruby, nee Hall, Reid; a brother, Clarence Reid; and a sister, Hazel Landreth. She is survived by four sons, Allen B. C. Durkee Jr. of Edwardsville, Lance (Debby) Durkee of Marietta, Georgia, Stephen (Caroline) Durkee of New Town Square, Pennsylvania, and Carl (Janet) Durkee of Trenton; three daughters, Ann (Fred) Genge of Peoria, Kathy (John) Banusiewicz of Arnold, Maryland, and Diana (Brad) August of Belleville; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother and sister, Carl (Mildred) Reid and Mary Tucker, both of Sewanee, Tennessee; and a special long time friend, Carolyn "Honey" Haas of Lebanon. The funeral was Monday in Belleville. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery, Lebanon. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.

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Evonne Ruthann Timmermann, 41, of Trenton, died Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at Oregon Health Science University in Portland, Oregon. She was born September 23, 1966 in Belleville, daughter of Andrew B. "Andy" and Ruth, nee Stone, Bruns, and her mother survives in Aviston. She married Rodney S. Timmermann October 26, 1991 at St. Francis Church in Aviston, and he survives in Trenton. Also surviving are three sons, Alex Timmermann, Andrew Timmermann, and Ryan Timmermann, all of Trenton; three sisters, Kathy (Andy) Kamm of Highland, Chris (Gary) Lewis of Aviston, and Elaine (Glennon) Robke of Breese; her father- and mother-in-law, Rich and Anna Jean Timmermann of Germantown; brothers- and sisters-in-law Brad Timmermann of Glen Carbon, and Dean and Andrea Timmermann of Seattle, Washington; nieces and nephews Jesse Kamm, Aaron Kamm, Jordan Kamm, Gary Lewis, Katrina Lewis, Travis Lewis, Cassandra Lewis, Eric Robke, Craig Robke, and Vivienne Timmermann; great nieces and great nephews and many special friends. Mrs. Timmermann was a research coordinator for Washington University in St. Louis, and also worked as a preschool parent coordinator for Aviston School District. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Trenton, a PSR teacher at the church, and was involved in many local organizations. Evonne was a loving and giving person throughout her life and because of her generous gift as an organ donor her spirit will continue to live on in others. The funeral was Monday from St. Francis Catholic Church in Aviston, with the Rev. Dan Friedman officiating. Interment St. Francis Cemetery, Aviston. Memorials may be made to her childrenís education fund or to Shriners Hospital and will be accepted through Hempen Funeral Home in Aviston.

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Lillian E. Faitz, 93, of Summerfield, died Friday, October 12, 2007 at Cedar Ridge Healthcare Center in Lebanon. She was born in Aviston October 22, 1913, daughter of Adolph and Agnes, nee Hartman, Koehler, and they both preceded her in death. She married Earl S. Faitz in October 1937 at St. Joseph Church in Lebanon, and he died January 5, 1986. Other precedents included six siblings, a granddaughter-in-law, Tracey Haukapp, and a son-in-law, Richard Haukapp. Surviving are two daughtes, Darlene Haukapp of Summerfield, and Earlene (Robert) Haag of Breese; nine grandchildren, Brent Haukapp of Trenton, Dana (Duane) Timmermann of Breese, DeAnn (Greg) Boivin of Worden, Rob (Dana) Haag of Trenton, Aaron (Theresa) Haag of Breese, Dorae (Mark) Horenkamp of Chicago, and Mike, Nick, and Mark Haag of Breese; 14 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Faitz was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lebanon. The funeral was Tuesday in Lebanon. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery, Lebanon.

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