🌱 How one Quincy educator earned the city’s top community service honor
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In today's newsletter:
- How one Quincy educator earned the city’s top community service honor
- Quincy friends invited to celebrate a couple’s 50th anniversary June 6
- How a closed Quincy church is becoming a national pilgrimage site
Also on today's calendar: Inklight Festival and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: Want to hear a joke about a broken pencil? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 69 and low of 56 degrees.
- Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, temps: high: 65, low: 55.
- Saturday: Warmer with a few showers, with a high of 74 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Dooley to receive Joe Bonansinga Community Service Award (muddyrivernews.com) — A longtime pillar of Quincy education and the arts, Kathi Dooley will receive the 2026 Joe Bonansinga Community Service Award at a May 19 luncheon at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Quincy. Her decades with Quincy Public Schools and continued work with groups like Arts Quincy and the Adams County Bicentennial Commission have shaped students, strengthened local culture, and energized community events. 
2. 50 Years: Gerald and Peggy Koetters (muddyrivernews.com) — A Coatsburg couple with deep ties to Quincy’s Catholic community will mark their 50th wedding anniversary with a June 6 Mass at St. Francis Solanus Church and a reception at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Quincy. Family, friends, and local parishioners are invited to celebrate their milestone and long record of church and community service.
3. New shrine to Father Augustus Tolton established in Quincy (chicagocatholic.com) — A former Catholic church in Quincy is being transformed into a shrine honoring Venerable Augustus Tolton, who grew up, ministered, and is buried here. The $5 million project aims to restore St. Boniface Church as a pilgrimage site, highlighting Quincy’s deep ties to the nation’s first recognized Black priest ordained for the United States.
4. ER visits for tick bites reach nine-year high in the Midwest (wgem.com) — Quincy-area residents are being warned that emergency room visits for tick bites across the Midwest have hit a nine-year high this spring, with Illinois seeing more Lyme disease risk. Local and regional experts urge people heading outdoors to wear protective clothing, use DEET, check their bodies and clothes afterward, and remove any attached ticks properly with tweezers while watching for rash, fever, or chills.
5. 75 Years of Dance: Celebrating the legacy of Larye Deege Eller (mississippivalleypublishing.com) — A beloved Tri-State dance tradition that began with Quincy-born Larye Deege Eller in 1949 is still thriving through her daughters and grandchildren. The family’s studios, benefit shows, and volunteer work continue to bring dance, philanthropy, and community spirit to generations across the region while honoring Larye’s Quincy roots and lifelong commitment to service.
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★ Featured events ★
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Quincy Area Gathering →
Tiramisu, 131 N 4th St, Quincy
11:00 am
Friday May 22
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Other local events
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The Batting Cage Summer Hours
Quincy Park District, 1231 Bonansinga Drive, Quincy
10:00 am -
Permanent Collection - Guest Curated by Terrell & Vicki Dempsey
Quincy Art Center, 1515 Jersey St., Quincy -
Pickleball Lessons at Berrian Park
Quincy Park District, 1231 Bonansinga Drive, Quincy
5:30 pm -
Inklight Festival →
One: Special Event Venue, 600 Hampshire St, Quincy
2:00 pm -
One Connection →
Quincy Public Library, 526 Jersey St, Quincy
6:00 pm
Monday May 25
Tuesday May 26
Thursday June 4
Tuesday June 16
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🗓 Events Nearby
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HS Baseball @ Western
Unity Elementary School Mendon, IL 62351
4:30 pm -
HS Baseball Regionals at Unity
Unity Middle School Mendon, IL 62351
4:30 pm -
The Show & Tell of Shiny Things →
Quincy Public Library, 526 Jersey St, Quincy
6:00 pm -
Candid Conversations →
Quincy Public Library, 526 Jersey St, Quincy
10:00 am -
Live Music with Stuart Smith →
Pointe D'Vine, 276 IL-57, Quincy
2:00 pm -
ESL Conversation Group →
Quincy Public Library, 526 Jersey St, Quincy
6:30 pm
Thursday May 21
Wednesday May 27
Saturday May 30
Sunday May 31
Wednesday June 3
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