15th annual Buddy Walk a success
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- Written by: Kelly Jo Ross - Breese Journal Reporter
Who would have guessed that the first fall Buddy Walk would be a hot day full of sunshine? A beautiful day certainly contributed to the success of the 15th annual Community Link Buddy Walk held at Northside Park this past Saturday in Breese.Hundreds of friends and families gathered to celebrate Community Link’s vision that all people are valued.
The Buddy Walk was established by the National Down Syndrome Society in 1995 to raise awareness and support programs for those with Down syndrome.
Community Link was proud to host this sacred walk to celebrate all of their participants who, each in their own unique way, have something to teach us about compassion, perseverance, diversity, hope, and strength.
The morning began with the 5K race; the overall winners were Stacy Holthaus with a time of 23:46 and Josh Mahlandt in 22:40.
Breese seeks support for at-grade crossing
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- Written by: Bryan Hunt - Breese Journal Editor
In his report at the end of the Oct. 5 City Council meeting, Breese Mayor Kevin Timmermann thanked Breese Township and the Clinton County Board for their letters of support for an at-grade crossing at New U.S. Route 50 and Koch Lane.Timmermann said he and others met with Illinois Department of Transportation officials — director Omer Osman and Region 5 engineer Keith Roberts — in Nashville in September.
“There’s some promising note there, and we’re gathering support from businesses, from manufacturing, and everything that we have out there on Holy Cross Lane,” Timmermann said.
The added crossing would give the city another emergency access point for life safety for the hospital.
He said in late October 2020, Holy Cross Lane was shut down for around 8-10 hours because of a ruptured gas line. Alderman Tim Schleper recalled the incident happened around lunchtime and the closure went until 9:30 or 10 p.m.
Board of Health discusses how to reach the unvaccinated
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- Written by: Bryan Hunt - Breese Journal Editor
The Clinton County Board of Health received what appears to be a favorable update in the county's COVID numbers during their regular meeting on Oct. 5 in Carlyle.
As of that day, the county's COVID-19 positivity rate was 3.4% and the Illinois Department of Public Health's EMS Region 4 was at 4.3% "so they're continuing to go down," according to Chris Leidel, administrator of the Clinton County Health Department.
As of that day, the county's COVID-19 positivity rate was 3.4% and the Illinois Department of Public Health's EMS Region 4 was at 4.3% "so they're continuing to go down," according to Chris Leidel, administrator of the Clinton County Health Department.
He said what the health department was seeing, for about two weeks, was that COVID-19 numbers remained steady and then they dropped.
"It's good news; we're not seeing any spikes," Leidel said.
Leidel said they are seeing the number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 going down, "Which is great."
Things have been steady at the county health department's testing site, Leidel said, where they're performing at least 100 COVID-19 tests per day.
Testing is done four days a week at the Clinton County Fairgrounds in Carlyle, and takes place Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 9 to 11 a.m. This service has been conducted since May.
Leidel said Clinton and Bond counties are the only two he knows of that are doing testing on a regular basis.
Keeping things the same at the test site is something Leidel likes, that way people know when the health department is out there testing.
Even in the summer, when they were only doing about 10 tests per day, "We felt that it was important to be there, even if people didn't need us, just because then when they did —when August hit — people knew we were out there."
Leidel said they will continue to keep the same testing schedule.
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