SM Wilson step away from building TheCENTER
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
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EDWARDSVILLE TheCENTER is one goal away from its first hat trick – getting built.
At its administrative and community service meeting Thursday, the committee unanimously picked S.M. Wilson & Co. to build the facility at a cost of $10,828,950. The engineers’ estimate was $11,375,000. All that remains is full council approval at its next meeting.
“I appreciate the mayor’s gumption,” said Alderman William Krause. “This was one of the plans he set out when he first came into office and here we are, a few years later and it’s coming to fruition.
Agriculture education, FFA celebrated during national FFA Week
By Katie Zelechowski
Illinois Farm Bureau
From teamwork used to grow plants in the greenhouse to evaluation skills used to identify flavorful cuts of meat at the grocery store, agriculture education and leadership programs like FFA help students grow personally and professionally.
Agriculture teachers and FFA advisors Jaci Jenkins, who works at Edwardsville High School, and Jerry Brockett, who works at Meridian High School in Macon, have seen firsthand the positive impacts agriculture has had on the students in their suburban school districts.
At Edwardsville High School, Jenkins teaches introduction to agriculture, ag business, horticulture and landscape and turfgrass management. Each day, she sees 65 of the more than 2,300 students enrolled at the school.
By Katie Zelechowski
Illinois Farm Bureau
From teamwork used to grow plants in the greenhouse to evaluation skills used to identify flavorful cuts of meat at the grocery store, agriculture education and leadership programs like FFA help students grow personally and professionally.
Agriculture teachers and FFA advisors Jaci Jenkins, who works at Edwardsville High School, and Jerry Brockett, who works at Meridian High School in Macon, have seen firsthand the positive impacts agriculture has had on the students in their suburban school districts.
At Edwardsville High School, Jenkins teaches introduction to agriculture, ag business, horticulture and landscape and turfgrass management. Each day, she sees 65 of the more than 2,300 students enrolled at the school.
Ag. education, FFA creates knowledgeable consumers, leaders
By Katie Zelechowski Illinois Farm Bureau
From teamwork used to grow plants in the greenhouse to evaluation skills used to identify flavorful cuts of meat at the grocery store, agriculture education and leadership programs like FFA help students grow personally and professionally.
Agriculture teachers and FFA advisors Jaci Jenkins, who works at Edwardsville High School, and Jerry Brockett, who works at Meridian High School in Macon, have seen firsthand the positive impacts agriculture has had on the students in their suburban school districts.
At Edwardsville High School, Jenkins teaches introduction to agriculture, ag business, horticulture and landscape and turfgrass management. Each day, she sees 65 of the more than 2,300 students enrolled at the school.
Two secure TheCENTER naming rights
Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com
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The proposed ice rink, teen center, track and recreational facility called TheCENTER planned in Edwardsville has received naming rights sponsorships from The Korte Company and Contegra Construction Company.
EDWARDSVILLE The proposed ice rink, teen center, track and recreational facility called TheCENTER has recently received $50,000 naming rights sponsorships from The Korte Company and Contegra Construction Company.
The Korte Company has signed on for scoreboard naming rights. Contegra Construction will sponsor the facility’s seating area for rink spectators.
Planned adjacent to Edwardsville High School, Metro-East Lutheran High School, Illinois 157 and Governors Parkway, TheCENTER will include an NHL regulation size ice rink, an indoor four-lane four-lane 175-meter track overlooking ice rink, a teen center with 4,365 square feet (indoor and outdoor) of space and a communit