Events
Watseka Farmers Market
The Watseka Farmers Market is held at the parking lot between the Watseka Post Office and Silo
Pub Eatery in Downtown Watseka. The address is 121 W Walnut St, Watseka, IL 60970. Watseka
Farmers Market is run through a partnership with City of Watseka.
12th Annual Lazy Daze Car Show
12th Annual Onarga Lazy Daze Car Show will be on July 6th. Registration starts at 8a. Show starts at 1pm. Pre-registration is $10 / Day of Show is $12.
Running Over MSA 5K
The 9th annual Dan Cavanagh Memorial - Running Over MSA will be on July 6th starting at 9am at Twin Rocks Farm, three miles south of Chatsworth. This all day family event will include a 5K, kids 1K, atv/golf cart poker rally and fireworks. There will also be live music raffle baskets, kids bounce house and games for the entire family. To date Runing Over MSA has raised and donated over $42,800 for The Multiple System Atrophy Coalition and the Annual Dan Cavanagh Memorial Scholarship. For more information and/or to register please visit https://dannycavanaghmemorial.myevent.com/
Financial Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults
Disasters and other emergencies can disrupt your finances and your sense of normal. In this session, you will learn ways to organize and manage your finances, develop valuable resource lists, and ways to reduce anxiety and stress. With a focus on implications for older adults, we also will explore processes such as building your contact lists before an emergency and watching out for financial fraud following a disaster. Finally, we will review materials to help you build or rebuild your financial preparedness toolkit.
Story Time at Newton Co. Fair
Story Time at the Newton County Fair - Free at the Domestic Arts Building. "Let the Games Begin" will be the them of this year's Story Time at the Fair as everyone is preparing for the excitement of the Olympic Games. Each child will receive a free story book. Contact the Newton County Extension Office for more information.
29th Annual Oxford Vol. Fire Dept. Golf Outing
The 29th Annual Oxford Volunteer Fire Dept. Golf Outing will be on July 13th. Registration does include dinner. Registration is open by 12p & shotgun starts at 1pm. All proceeds go for equipment, training & gear. For questions contact the Oxford Fire Department at 765-385-2525 or Oak Grove Country Club at 765-385-2713.
KVTA’s The Hello Girls
Ragtime, jazz, and tight harmonies help tell the story of the incredible Hello Girls, the women who answered the call and went on to go down in history as the USA's first female soldiers.
The Fuel to Fight Cancer
Nutrition is a tool to support cancer prevention, treatment, and care. This lesson will discuss research on how food can reduce cancer risk and ways to incorporate nutrition to help manage the side effects of treatment.