It has been a very busy month since the last newsletter. It seems the months of July and August are prime tractor time. Everything from 4th of July at Bonfield to Pull in the Park at Chebanse in early September … Continue reading
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I want to take an opportunity to thank Chuck Quick for setting up the Central Illinois Green Club display at the Kankakee County Fair. The display was top notch and represented the Club very well. I would also like to … Continue reading
It has been a very busy summer. There were 14 CIGC members in attendance at the Morris Tractor Ride. It was 3 days of very warm travel in the Morris, Gardner and Marseilles area. It was really a lot of … Continue reading
If you have been on almost any tractor ride in the area, you will be familiar with the deep infectious laugh of this month’s feature member. John Fahs is a native Peotone farmer. He grew up just northwest of Peotone … Continue reading
I wanted to take a moment to thank Chad Miller from Kankakee Farm Bureau. I think the work of the Farm Bureau is so important right now. If you have the ability to go to their website www.ifb.org or in … Continue reading
By the time you get your newsletter the first tractor ride of the season may be in the books already. Remember the Slow Boys ride is on April 8th. It’s time to get those tractors out and ready for the … Continue reading
I’m going to try something new. I want to bring to the membership short stories from our own group. I hope you will enjoy this. My guests for the first story are Duane and Anna Mae Boyd, Charter members of CIGC. Duane … Continue reading
So far, our winter has been pretty tolerable. Not much snow since December, temperatures that have been respectable and the wind, ok so the wind has been blowing pretty much every day. But, another 30 days will put us near … Continue reading
Welcome to 2017! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Our 2016 was certainly a challenging year for many of us. Let us remember those we have lost here at CIGC and continue to … Continue reading
Ride the River 2016 was a great success. This year a $9200.00 profit was raised from the Ride the River 2016 and it has been distributed to eight local FFA Chapters for use in their chapter activities. The eight chapters … Continue reading