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What s going on around town today Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Today Produce and Bakery Giveaway: 9 a.m.-noon, Jacksonville Food Center, 316 E. State St. Free | For Morgan County residents. Bookmobile for Kids: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Jacksonville Public Library various locations. | No library card needed. No late fees or registration. Check out two books per week. 10 a.m. Community Park; 11 a.m., Dunlap Court; noon, Minnie Barr Park; 1 p.m., Northwood mobile homes; 2 p.m., Greenbriar Apartments; 3:30 p.m., 1243 E. State St. For more information, call 217-243-5435. Lap Sit: 10 a.m., Jacksonville Public Library, 201 W. College Ave. Free. Free Noon Meal: 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m., The Salvation Army, 331 W. Douglas Ave. | Meals in to-go containers and can be picked up at side door. ....
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A look at the week ahead around town FacebookTwitterEmail Farmers Market: 7 a.m., Lincoln Square, 901 W. Morton Ave. Prices vary. Summer Reading Closing Party: 10 a.m., Jacksonville Public Library, 201 W. College Ave. | Celebrate a summer of fun. Winners will be announced. Christmas in July: 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Pike County Courthouse, 100 E. Washington St., Pittsfield. Free admission. | On courthouse lawn. Bags tournament, vendors, Summer Santa, live dance performance, Seth Wade performs, and more. Bring lawn chairs. For more information, visit PicturePittsfield.com. Brown Bag Lunches: Noon, Congregational Church UCC, 520 W. College Ave. Free | For those who are hungry. Woodlawn Farm/Underground Railroad Tours: 1-4 p.m., Woodlawn Farm. Suggested donation, $4 adults, $3 children. | Educational tour of an 1840s farmhouse believed to be a site on the Underground Railroad. ....
Neighbors: Wanting to see changes in neighborhood drew new alderman Speed into politics David Blanchette, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Jacksonville Ward 1 Alderman Darcella Speed entered politics with the intention of seeing changes take place in her neighborhood. David Blanchette | Journal-CourierShow MoreShow Less 2of3 3of3 Jacksonville’s new Ward 1 alderman wants things in her neighborhood to be different. “I’m really involved with the community and I was just noticing that in my area nothing seems to change, it’s always the same,” Darcella Speed said. “We really do need a change around here.” Speed, 46, a longtime Jacksonville resident, was elected April 6 and was sworn in and attended her first City Council meeting as an elected official May 10. ....