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NCHS Concert Band Invited To ILMEA All State Conference

Posted June 5, 2013 at 3:58 pm

NCHS Concert Band members applaud after receiving the news that the band was invited to perform at the Illinois Music Educators Association Convention in January 2014.

By Alex Haglund

The Nashville Community High School Concert Band received word on Thursday evening before performing at the first “Summer On The Square” concert that they would be invited to play at the Illinois Music Educators Association’s (ILMEA) state convention.

The ILMEA announcement was made just prior to the start of Thursday’s performance and almost none of the band members knew what was going to happen when O’Fallon High School Band Director and ILMEA District 6 Representative Melissa Gustafson-Hinds took the microphone.

“There are hundreds and hundreds of

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    Okawville School Board Approves Lunch Fee Hike

    Posted June 14, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    By Jarrett Kaufman

    At last week’s meeting, the Okawville School Board approved a motion that will increase all school lunches for the 2013-2014 school year.

    “We had to increase the lunch prices,” Superintendent

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    Nashville City Council Puchases Trucks

    Posted June 14, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    By Alex Haglund

    The Nashville City Council met for their first regular donation for the month of June on Thursday, June 6. The council approved the purchase of new vehicles for the streets department and a donation to the

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    It Happened Here
    June 5, 2013

    Posted June 5, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    It Happened Here

    Seventy-Five Years Ago

    1938

    The Nashville Lions Club was formed with 17 members. Ed Schmitt was elected the club’s first president.

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