Up Ravioli Alley Jan 2015.pdf

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P A G E 2

Always remember we

all have our own opinions

and beliefs. We have

dierent ways of dealing

with lifes troubles and

joys. To survive our

dierences without

hurng each other is

what goodness

(Greatness!) is all about

Dodinsky, On-line web

author

Believe in your heart

deep down that you aredesned to do Great

things. -Joe Paterno,

Football coach

Holding on to anger,

resentment, and hurt

only gives you tense

muscles, a headache, and

a sore jaw from clenching

your teeth. Forgiveness

gives you back the

laughter and lightness

in your life.

-Joan Lunden,

American journalist

The John the Barber Foundaon

P.O. Box 88

Cherry, IL [email protected]

Ladd Teacher Dru Heggen Truly Going the Extra Mile to Do

Great things for the Ladd Children/School Foundaon(Borrowed from the LaSalle News Tribunethanks News Trib!)

Ladd teacher Dru Heggen loves to run. She also loves to teach and work withchildren. And now Heggen has the opportunity to do both things at once. Hegge

who has taught at Ladd Community Consolidated School for the past 37 years

recently ran in the New York City Marathon. Marathon organizers suggested

runners do so to benet a charity. Heggen decided to run and raise funds for the

Ladd School Foundaon, which benets all students at the school. Heggen began

her running career at the age of 35 with the Chicago City Marathon. Thirty years

later, Heggen is sll running. At the age of 65, she wants to show students you ca

do anything you want, and age is only a maer of ones mind. Those wishing to

donate to the Ladd Foundaon via Heggens mission should mail a check to the

Ladd Grade School at 232 E. Cleveland St., Ladd, IL 61329. Heggen said the Ladd

Foundaon is near and dear to her heart, since it oers addional opportunies t

children. It means ... we can request things (for the students) that we might not

be able to get normally, Heggen said.

Check out these Great suggesons on how to do

Something a lile bit Great everyday!

Please LIVE them when you can!

Hope you enjoy making these a bit of your everyday.

Please send us similar lile Great ideas for others to pracce.

Yes! I do want a magazine subscripon !: The next me a young person is

selling magazine subscripons, rather than having it sent to yourself, have it

sent to a nursing home, senior center, veterans home or simply a senior frien

Experts on senior living quickly conrm that smulaon is one of their grea

est challenges. If you yourself remember to do this, please write JTB and tell

the details!

So glad I dialed a wrong number!: Heres an easy, quick way to do someth

just a lile bit Great. Ever dial a relave or friends phone number by mistak

only realizing it when they answer? Next me this happens, rather than sayi

sorry, I dialed the wrong number, instead say hey, I accidently dialed the

wrong number.but while I have you, I wanted to just tell you how much you

mean to me. Great huh?


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P A G E 3V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 4

Heres what people around the country

are saying about Up Ravioli Alley!

Pete Pranzini of San Jose, CA formerly of Cherry writes, What a Great story submied by Gene Baldini in theDecember issue! (Father Anthony, Reaching out to Strangers in 1957) I was there and remember that even

ing as if it was yesterday. Gene was spot on with his recollecon of the events. I'm not sure if that sound and

instrumentaon was ever heard in Cherry before or aer. Great issue! Keep up the Great work! (Pete is a lo

URA reader and watches the mass LIVE from Holy Trinity Cherry every weekend at www.CherryHolyTrinity.org

Kay and Jerry Herrmann of LaSalle formerly of Spring Valley write, We very much enjoy reading Up Ravioli Al

ley, passed on to us by our brother-in-law Ed of Spring Valley. Please add us to your email list and keep up th

ne work!

Catherine Yerly of Bloomingdale, IL formerly of Spring Valley writes, Really enjoy reading Up Ravioli Alley.

Keep up the Great work!

Ed Zeglis of Spring Valley writes, "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all involved with 'Up Ravioli Alley."

Don Wede of Peru formerly of Spring Valley says, Up Ravioli Alley is informave, concise, light hearted, and juplain fun!

Talk about Great news!Check out these 22 young seminarians of the Peoria Diocese

alk about impressive! Wont say too much.will just let the photo speak for itself! Check out the sharp looking fa

the members of this class, all currently studying for the priesthood. Wow! Bet you didnt realize this one huh

Ravioli Alley Alumnus Does Something Really Great

to Help Peoria Based Childrens Hospital of Illinois

Rered Caterpillar exec Jerry Flaherty and his wife Lynn did something really Great in 2014 for the

Childrens Hospital of Illinois and families of children being cared for there. Jerry is originally from

Cherry with many in the area fondly remembering his Mom Theresa and Dad Stanley. All three of

Lynn and Jerrys boys were born 2-3 months premature. They know the Great comfort and relief

the garden will provide families who are going through tough hospital stays. Good rered CATolks doing Great things! Also, CAT itself matched the Flahertys gi! Yeah CAT! Check out Jerrys

1956 Hall senior picture! Great looking young fella huh?
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Dont Forget:Cherry United

Church of Christ/

Holy TrinityCherry Pie& Coee

Social Hour,rst Thursday

of each month.1:30 3:30at Cherry

Church Hall.

Bring a friend!

When strangers start

acng like neighbors.

communies are instantly

re-invigorated.

-Ralph Nader,

American Polical

Acvist

Heres a few quick Rav-notes...

Hall Students, Sta, and Friends Come Together, Drive to Victory!: Did yo

catch that very cool story where Hall students, faculty, and friends of all kindscame together to help Hall win big in the State Farm Drive Campaign? As a

commitment to driving safely every day, tons of Great people entered their

name on-line in mid-October. In the end, Hall's grand total saw them earn a

$25,000 award from State Farm! Way to go Hall! Thank you State Farm! T

money will come in very handy!

Thanks Eileen for all the Great things you do for the Cherry Library! Larry a

Janet Keutzer of Ausn, TX submied the following kind message: In a rece

visit to Cherry for a family wedding celebraon, my brothers and I had the op

portunity to visit the Cherry Library where Eileen Pinter showed us the Cherry

Mine Diorama. We thank you Eileen for taking the me to show us the DVD

tell us about the display. I certainly urge all of you Up Ravioli Alley readers

who haven't seen this display to stop by the library and view it. A lot of eor

has gone into this and should be appreciated by all. I believe this has all been

supported by volunteers, so I am sure donaons are welcome. Thanks Eileen

Michael Manning of Ladd 2014 HOBY leadership award winner: St. Bede so

omore Michael Manning of Ladd, son of James and Jennifer Manning, is the w

ner of this years Hugh OBrian Youth Associaon Award. On top of being a

Great student, Michael is also a three sport athlete! Wow! Congrats to Mi-

chael! Congrats to Mom & Dad!

Peoria Diocese Directory Contains lots of Great info: An interesng lile bo

that comes out every year from the Catholic Diocese of Peoria is the diocese rectory. It contains a wealth of informaon and photos about all the church

priests, deacons, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, everything, everyone. T

2014 edion contains tons of pictures and contact informaon. To obtain a

copy, send a check for $21 (includes shipping and handling) to The Catholic P

PO Box 1722, Peoria, IL 61656, make check out to "Catholic Post.

Ladd Anniversary DVDs For Sale: A DVD featuring Ladd's 50th and 75th Ann

versary Celebraons is available for sale at the Village Clerk's Oce. The DVD

($20) contains footage transferred from 8mm lm that was shot by John Buss

1940 and 1965. The 50th Anniversary is featured briey, but there is extensiv

footage of the75th Anniversary parade, the commiee, and the Main Street

businesses and proprietors in 1965. The Bussa family graciously provided the

8mm lm to be transferred to DVD. All proceeds from the sales will benet t

125th Celebraon to be held in 2015. For more informaon, contact the Villa

Clerk @ (815) 894-2440 or [email protected]

DO SOMETHING GREAT! Have your family or business sponsor the prinng of Up Ravioli Alleyfor one mo

Email or mail John the Barber to learn how to do it!
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Cont...Heres a few quick Rav-notes...

Doing something a lile bit Greatthank you Harry Nuer for your help with the HTC Filipino Christmas

mass/potluck: Thanks Harry for providing Holy Trinity Cherry with access to your professional audio/video/

sound equipment for the Filipino Christmas party/potluck. It was awesome! So Great to have quality equip-

ment like that!Hey Dalzell Fire Departmentthanks for remembering seniors this Christmas! Hey Dalzell Fire team!

Thanks for bringing fruit trays to area seniors this Christmas! What a Great thing to do!

Yow, Alan/Alice Ring and Lee Kirkmanthanks!: Thanks to Alan/Alice and Lee for hauling all the items down

to the Ladd Community Center for the Christmas Virtual mass! Cant do anything without JTB seeing you!

Thanks too to Marcia Pinter of Ladd for allowing the eort to use her Internet router/access from across the

street! Good people doing Great things baby!

Ladd 125th

Commiee Looking for Local Quilts: The Ladd 125th

commiee is looking for "Quilts from the

past". They would appreciate hearing from anyone from Ladd and the surrounding areas who had a family

member who quilted. Quilts will be shown at the Ladd 125th Anniversary Celebraon Quilt Show on July 9-

12, 2015. Please contact Debbie Bicke at 815-

894-

2855 or 815-

302-

7891 or Sandy Grive at 815-

884-

3222to make arrangements.

Bureau and Putnam County Emergency Management Agency along with BPEPCP/Bureau Putnam Emergen-

cy Preparteness Community Partners to Perform Preparedness Training: Do something Great and go

through this training to allow you to help your family, friends, and neighbors in disaster situaons. Communi-

ty Emergency Response Team (CERT) training is an approximate 20 hour course and will be held on Wednes-

day evenings from 6:00 9:00 p.m. at St. Margarets Hospital starng on February 4, 2015 and ending on

March 18, 2015. To register for training please go to www.bcema.org . For more informaon please call

815.875.2077 or 815.664.1543.

Remember to plant a Trouble Tree near your door!

You will be surprised at the Great things it can do for you!(Story submied by an Up Ravioli Alley reader):

I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse and he had just nished a rou

rst day on the job: a at re made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit, a

his ancient one ton truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony

silence. On arriving at his home, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked

toward the front door, he paused briey at a small tree, touching the ps of the branc

es with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformao

His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gahis wife a kiss. Aerward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curios

got the beer of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier. Oh, that's m

trouble tree, he replied. I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thin

for sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So

just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take ca

of them for me. Then in the morning I pick them up again. Funny thing is, he smile

when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there aren't nearly as many as

remember hanging up the night before. " Sounds like a Great pracce to take up i

ront of your own doors huh? Cute store but really it could be a Great lile exercise for us to actually try in our liv


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P A G E 6

Ironically, a lile bit of

simple fear makes

strangers of people who

would otherwise begreat friends.

Shirley MacLaine,

Actress

We NEED your storiesabout people from your

town doing Great

thingseither now or in

the past. Please email or

mail to JTB.

Wet Pants

An Up Ravioli Alley reader from Peoria writes, Jim is nine and is sing at his de

at school and all of a sudden there is a puddle between his feet and the front of h

pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly ima

ine how this has happened. It's never happened before and he knows that when t

boys nd out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls nd out they'll neve

speak to him again. Jim puts his head down and pray

Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Fi

minutes from now I'm dead meat. He looks up from

prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in he

eyes that says he has been discovered. As the teache

walking toward him, a classmate named Mary is carry

a goldsh bowl that is lled with water. She trips in frof the teacher and inexplicably dumps the enre bowl

water in Jims lap! Jim pretends to be angry, but all t

while is saying to himself, Thank you Lord! At the e

of the day as they are waing for the bus, Jim walks ov

to Mary and whispers, you did that on purpose didn

you? Mary whispers back, that happened to me onc

so I knew the tough spot you were in. God help us to

like Mary! Help us see the opportuniesaround us to

Great things for the needy!

Holy Trinity Cherry, Helping the Needy

Again This Winter

Members of Holy Trinity Cherry are again doing something a lile bit Great t

winter, collecng gloves, hats, scarfs, and socks for those in need in the Rav

Alley area. Items were collected for two weeks in bins at Holy Trinity and dist

uted to enes such as PADS, local schools, and the Spring Valley Food Pant

The eort is a follow up to successful coat and sweater drives done in rec

years. Thanks Holy Trinity members

stepping up! Special thanks to ARing for organizing the eort! Fat

Pat Fixzen commented, One of the c

poral works of mercy le to us by Ch

is clothing the poor. Collecng

gloves, hats and socks helps the peo

of our area to be a lile warmer at su

a cold me of the year. The people

our community have been Great

bringing Christ and His warmth to othe

We are very grateful!
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Ravioli Alley Non-For-Prot OrganizaonsAll Showing that John The Barber Spirit This Winter

Do something a lile bit Great and

TAKE someone who doesnt get a chance to get out too oen.

BRING a carry out to someone new on your block.SEND in a donaon if you cant make it.

Seatonville Congregational Independend hosting The Daniel Plan -40 Days to a Healthier Life: Begi

2015 with a new attitude toward your well-being and health and join The Daniel Plan, a sensible, biblica

approach to a healthier lifestyle. Seatonville Congregational Church, Independent is hosting The Daniel

Plan each Monday evening at 7:00 P.M.beginning with an informational meeting on January 5, 2015. Th

six-week course will begin Monday, January 12 and finish Monday, February 16, 2015. The Daniel Plan

concentrates on Faith, Food, Fitness, Focus, and Friends in this biblical and sensible approach to a healthier

lifestyle. The seminar is free, but the book and study guide are highly encouraged to be purchased for the b

results in the program. The Daniel Plan Bookis $13.99 and the study guide is $8.29 and can be purchasedwww.danielplan.com. For further information call Pastor Bill Jacobsen at 815-228-6717.

Ladd 125th

Fundraiser Rural Route Comedy Show: Saturday January 24, 2015, doors open at 7:00 p.m.

show starts 8:00 p.m. at the Ladd Moose Lodge. Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Tickets availabl

at Special Effects and the Ladd Village Clerk Office or call 815.894.2855. Fantastically funny headliners

and guests! Take the Back-roads to Comedy!

St. Margarets Hospital Foundaon Lourdes and Fama Pilgrimage Fundraising Trip: Ten day adventure is

scheduled for Friday March 6, 2015 Sunday March 15, 2015. The St. Margarets Hospital Foundaon is

sponsoring a pilgrimage to Lourdes and Fama. The group will visit Marian shrines in Portugal, Spain and FranDesnaons include Fama, Santarem, Alba De Tormes, Avila, Burgos, Loyola, Lourdes, Never and Paris. This

prayer-lled journey during Lent will prepare you for a joyous Easter. For more informaon contact Frank

Kobilsek in the Foundaon oce at St. Margarets 815-664-7268/ [email protected] or visit

www.catholictrips.com. One lucky person will win a free trip being raed by the Foundaon. Watch for volu

teers selling chances or visit the Hospital Gi Shop.

Hey high school/college journalism students!

Up Ravioli Alley needs you!

Up Ravioli Alley is looking for a bright, young junior-journalist to help us create our monthly newsleer part-m

Desire someone with an understanding of Ravioli Alley area culture, current events, history, etc. Need such a p

son to envision potenally interesng stories and do the research, interview, and leg work to put the arcles toge

er. Good resume builder, looks Great on college applicaon, Great experience. To nd out more email edi-

[email protected]. (Hey, Ravioli Alley folksremember Devils Dispatch?)
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Hall Students Again Doing Great Bicycle Restoraon

Work to Help Ravioli Alley kids!

Hall students again this year helped local area children have a Great Christ-mas by collecng and restoring 60+ bicycles. Mrs. Nikki Barto coordinated

this years project that was supported by donaons from the Hall Science

Club, Power Mechanics Club, Student Council, Yearbook, Pep Club, and

sport groups including the basketball, baseball and football team members.

A number of Hall sta and private cizens donated as well. The Project Success Santa's Workshop is made possib

by many giving cizens who make many childrens Christmas memories merry and bright !

Up Ravioli Alley Volume One

Collector Book Available NOW Via Mail

and at Cherry Country Store!Wow! Heres something prey cool that would make a Great present for your Ra

Alley friends and relaves, especially those living now in other parts of the coun

Get your copy of the hardbound Volume One Edion of Up Ravioli Alley. This c

book includes all issues of Up Ravioli Alley from October, 2013 through Septemb

2014 completely in COLOR! A limited number of copies have been printed. Books

sale NOW at the Cherry Country Store or by mailing to JTB at Box 88, Cherry, IL 613

Books are $20/each (plus $4 shipping via mail in orders). Book beaufully produced

St. Bede Abbey Press. (Might want to give Cherry Country Store a quick ring

815.894.2793 to check on store hours before heading to Cherry)

Dalzell Folks Always Doing Great Things!

aithful Up Ravioli Alley reader Carlo Olivero kindly submied the following summary of this years Great eorts

Dalzell: For those people who read Up Ravioli Alley and would like to see Good people doing Great things,

please come and visit the St Thomas More church hall on monday and

wednesday from 7:00 A.M. to approximately noon and watch good peoples

who come to make tortellinis, one tortellini at a me, to support our wo

derful church. These volunteers come from all over the area to give-up the

me and talent to twist and fold these Great tortellinis. This work is actuaan art form that they have perfected and it is a talent we are grateful they

have. We have volunteers not only from Dalzell, but also fromTroy Grove,

Dimmick, Cherry, LaSalle and even some from DePue. We are blest with

many good people doing Great things for our church! Last year we made

over a TON of tortellinis and we are in the process of trying to duplicate

what was done last year. For those who would like to try our tortellinis, we

sk you to call Mary Jean Goodrick at 815 664 4615. Our tortellini ingredients are cooked and made into tortellini

nd sold for $6.00 a pound---dried weight, never frozen before they are sold. Also, I would like to bring back mem

ries of our own CHARLIE the barber, who was like JOHN the barber in Cherry. Charlie was a great guy who liv

ear our baseball diamond in Dalzell and raised beauful chickens along with cung hair. I never really had Charl

he barber cut my hair because my father cut my hair with a hand clipper that would pull out some of the hair at

he same me. Aer your haircut you looked like you had a bowl placed on your head and the kids in school would

augh at you! Later on when I grew older and wanted to look more presentable to the girls, so I went to Yugo Yao

who lived in Dalzell who also cut hair. More recently, many in town went to his son Ron Yaoni to have their hair

ut. Dalzell is a great town with good people doing Great things in many endeavors!

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