PAST makes plans for a busy 2011

The board of directors of the PAST of Union County organization made plans for 2011 events at a Monday, Jan. 24, meeting.

The schedule of events for the coming year includes:

Feb. 18, annual Lincoln Legacy Dinner at The Edition at 315 east of Anna.

March 11, soup and pie supper, St. Anne's Church building, Anna.

March, date to be announced, family recipe cook off at the Old Feed Store in Cobden.

April 16, "Pieces of the Past" quilt and table show, Anna Heights Baptist Church Family Life Center.

June, date to be announced, "Links for Lincoln" golf scramble, Union County Country Club, Anna.

Oct. 8-9, ColorFest historic neighborhood walking tour.

Nov. 19, holiday home tour, homes to be announced.

Dec. 4, "Carols at Candlelight," St. Anne's Church.

Linda and Duane Hileman represented PAST at a recent meeting of the Looking for Lincoln Story Trail Coalition in Springfield.

Linda reported on plans to include local Lincoln story sites in tourism plans and bulletins.

A bulletin of Union County sites is being prepared to accompany literature of other historic Illinois sites.

PAST and other civic organizations are working on plans for Anna-Jonesboro welcome signs, as well as the improvement of other Union County historic markers.

Anna City Council member Martha Ann Webb presented a proposal to PAST in its role as a civic organization to help with a project to improve and refurbish Anna's Christmas decorations. Her proposal was accepted with enthusiasm.

Union County Courthouse committee member Judy Travelstead presented proposals for assistance in preserving and archiving valuable county records that are to be housed in a new courthouse.

Assistance in the form of time and money is being sought to digitize and record documents for posterity. Friends of PAST are being encouraged to join the organization's board members to help with the preservation project.

Information about membership and activities can be found on PAST's website, <a href="http://www.pastonline.org">www.pastonline.org</a>, or by calling 833-8745.