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News and information from Sauk Valley Community College

Wednesday was National Principal Day, the day we honor school Principals for their dedication and leadership. Local 3rd Grader Nolan gave us The Good News about School Principals. 

The Stark County Farm Bureau is celebrating their work on Ag in the Classrooms. Karen Scott with the Stark County Farm Bureau joined Wake Up Tri-Counties this week to talk about helping students learn about the importance of Agriculture in most aspects of their lives. The month of April was pizza month and the Farm Bureau took students through how the work of farmers results in their favorite kinds of pizza. The month of May is Dairy Month and the Stark County Farm Bureau will be in Stark County classrooms stressing the importance of famers and farming in getting milk on to their table. The Stark County Farm Bureau is also excited to announce soon, $8000.00 worth of scholarships for Stark County students. Hear all about it in this Wake Up Tri-Counties interview with Karen Scott from the Stark County Farm Bureau. 

IL SBDC 40th Birthday, National Small Business week

Next week, beginning May 6th, OSF Saint Luke Medical Center and OSF Saint Clare Medical Center will be celebrating Nurses Week. Lisa Garcia joined Samantha Rux on Wake Up Tri-Counties to talk about the many ways OSF will be celebrating nurses across numerous departments and specialties. Among the the celebrations will be the collecting of nominations for the Daisy Award, an award given to Nurses who go above and beyond to help patients. The nurses are nominated by their patients who submit stories about the nurses who helped them get through their time at OSF Hospitals. The winner or winners of the Daisy Award will be announced next month. 

Week 7 of our Spring Sports show, The Boiler Shop, featuring the voice of the Kewanee Boilermakers Russ Hughes. This week, Russ and Sean recapped the week's worth of Baseball and Softball action. We looked at the latest results from Kewanee boys and girls track. And, this week, Russ traveled to Chicago to attend the Chicago Bears draft party where he celebrated the Bears' number one overall draft pick Caleb Williams. Speaking of the NFL Draft, over the weekend former Orion Football star Logan Lee was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Before we knew where Logan was headed, Russ reflected on getting to see Logan play for the Orion Chargers on his way to the Iowa Hawkeyes.