Member Event Notices
Lewis and Clark Events Calendar
Recurring Event: Hiking Through the Holidays: 6-9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 30, walking trail, located behind the Andy Simpson Tennis Complex, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-7000.
12/7 – Applied Student Recital, Featuring L&C Music Students: 2 p.m., Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4731.
12/8-9 – L&C Veterans Club KSHE Blood Drive: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Gallery, Hatheway Cultural Center, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-5312.
12/8 – Piano Recital, Featuring the Students of Victoria Sowders: 7 p.m., Ringhausen Music Building Atrium, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4731.
12/9 – Alton Symphony Orchestra, Joyous Jollies and Jingles: 7 p.m., Ann Whitney Olin Theatre, Hatheway Cultural Center, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. www.altonsymphonyorchestra.org.
12/10 – L&C Occupational Therapy Assisting Pinning Ceremony: 2 p.m., The Commons, McPike Math and Science Complex, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4419.
12/11 – Alton Youth Symphony Concerto Competition: 9 a.m., Ringhausen Music Building Atrium, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4731.
12/11 – L&C Jazz Band Concert, An Evening of Jazz: 7 p.m., Ann Whitney Olin Theatre, Hatheway Cultural Center, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4731.
12/12 – L&C Board of Trustees Regular Meeting: 6 p.m., Ahlemeyer Atrium (TR 141), Trimpe Advanced Technology Center, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. Virtual option via Zoom, ID 936 5686 3561, Passcode 489747, or by phone at (312) 626-6799. For more information, call (618) 468-2001 or visit www.lc.edu/bot.
12/12 – L&C Rock Ensemble Concert: 7 p.m., Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4731.
12/13 – L&C Nursing Pinning Ceremony: 7 p.m., The Commons, McPike Math and Science Complex, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4401.
12/13 – L&C Music Department Holiday Concert, Featuring Music Students and Faculty: 7 p.m., Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4731.
12/14 – Pride Celebrity Roast: 5 p.m., The Commons, McPike Math and Science Complex, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 467-2375.
12/15 – Alton Academy of Dance Christmas Show: 7 p.m., Ann Whitney Olin Theatre, Hatheway Cultural Center, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 973-6812.
12/16 – Dental Hygiene Pinning Ceremony: 11:30 a.m., The Commons, McPike Math and Science Complex, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 468-4411.
12/16 – DK Dance Holiday Show: 3:30 p.m., Ann Whitney Olin Theatre, Hatheway Cultural Center, Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Rd., Godfrey. (618) 433-9774.
Grafton Chamber Calendar
Fri Dec 8, 2023
10am – 4pm Edward Amburg Museum & Visitor Center Open, Grafton Visitor Center, 950 E Main
5pm – 10pm Ice Rink Open, The Loading Dock, 401 Front St
6pm – 9pm Fireplace Fridays Potluck Night, Grafton Winery the Vineyards, 21028 Eckert Orchard Rd
Sat Dec 9, 2023
10am – 4pm Edward Amburg Museum & Visitor Center Open, Grafton Visitor Center, 950 E Main
12pm – 10pm Ice Rink Open, The Loading Dock, 401 Front St
3pm – 11pm SantaCon Pub Crawl 2023, Grafton
3pm – 7pm Tragg Band – Live Music, Grafton Winery Inc, 300 W Main
Sun Dec 10, 2023
10am – 4pm Edward Amburg Museum & Visitor Center Open, Grafton Visitor Center, 950 E Main
12pm – 8pm Ice Rink Open, The Loading Dock, 401 Front St
1pm – 5pm Danny Kalaher-Live Music, Grafton Winery Inc, 300 W Main
Thu Dec 14, 2023
10am – 4pm Edward Amburg Museum & Visitor Center Open, Grafton Visitor Center, 950 E Main
Fri Dec 15, 2023
10am – 4pm Edward Amburg Museum & Visitor Center Open, Grafton Visitor Center, 950 E Main
5pm – 10pm Ice Rink Open, The Loading Dock, 401 Front St
Sat Dec 16, 2023
10am – 4pm Edward Amburg Museum & Visitor Center Open, Grafton Visitor Center, 950 E Main
12pm – 10pm Ice Rink Open, The Loading Dock, 401 Front St
2pm – 4pm Paint & Sip with the Painting Bee/Tickets Required, Grafton Winery the Vineyards, 21028 Eckert Orchard Rd
3pm – 7pm TBD – Live Music, Grafton Winery Inc, 300 W Main St
5:30pm – 6:30pm Grafton Lighted Christmas Parade Hawg Pit to the Loading Dock
Sun Dec 17, 2023
10am – 4pm Edward Amburg Museum & Visitor Center Open, Grafton Visitor Center, 950 E Main
12pm – 8pm Ice Rink Open, Where: The Loading Dock, 401 Front St
2pm – 6pm Rewind-Live Music, Where: Grafton Winery Inc, 300 W Main
Tue Dec 19, 2023
7pm – 9pm Grafton Council Meeting, Where: Grafton City Hall, 118 E Main
Grafton Chamber of Commerce
YWCA NOW ACCEPTING RIVERBEND READING CLUB ENROLLMENT PACKAGES
YWCA is now enrolling students in grades 1-4 in its Riverbend Reading Club program. This program is designed to help struggling readers achieve grade-level proficiency through daily intensive sessions (Mon-Thursday) working in small groups with students at similar reading levels. YWCA utilizes the Fontas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention system that increases reading volume by engaging students in large amounts of daily reading and increases student engagement with books that build knowledge. YWCA collaborates with Alton School District on assessments critical to documenting growth in our students. In our 22-23 program, 81% of students tested showed significant growth in terms of reading.
We strive to offer a positive and nurturing environment to students and provide an excellent teacher-student ratio to increase growth. YWCA is offering the Riverbend Reading Club at our location on 3rd St in downtown Alton and at Alton Housing Oakwood Resource Center. The program runs from Monday-Thursday from 3 pm-5 pm. Student sessions typically last 45 minutes. Enrollment is currently underway with programs starting in October that will run through May 2024. To enroll, please register at https://forms.gle/WWVv9qitpm4XJ5nt8 or give us a call at YWCA.
Survival Flight added as an EMS provider for OSF Saint Anthony’s and OSF Medical Group
Survival Flight provides emergent and non-emergent patient transportation via ground and air transport
Survival Flight is now providing emergent and non-emergent patient medical ground and air transportation to and from OSF Saint Anthony’s Health Center for Riverbend region residents.
“Adding Survival Flight to our roster of EMS service providers only enhances our Mission of serving with the greatest care and love,” says Jerry Rumph, president, OSF Saint Anthony’s. “Local residents have yet another resource available for them to gain access to the health care services available here at OSF Saint Anthony’s.”
Survival Flight, Inc., is a premier emergency medical transportation company dedicated to medical transportation focusing on the quality of care to patients and their safety with aviation and ground medical transportation. Their mission and purpose are serving customers with unsurpassed and rapid medical services to save lives.
“Our top priority is to extend and enhance a patient’s life by safely providing air and ground transport delivery to an immediate in-house medical staff and facility. We passionately serve those who have unexpectedly found themselves threatened by life’s unforeseen situations and devote everything we do to ensure our patients get our full focus and expertise to preserve and enhance their safety until they are transported to the medical care they require,” says Chris Millard, chief executive officer, Survival Flight. “Survival Flight also values the importance of family which is why all Survival Flight aircraft are third rider equipped. This capability allows a patient’s family member to fly with their loved one when necessary. This is a true advantage especially in the case when a pediatric patient is flown because a parent or other loved one can fly with the child.”
YWCA is requesting the public’s help in soliciting nominations for 2024 Women of Distinction.
The community is urged to nominate exceptional women who create real change in our communities. Nomination deadline for the 2024 Women of Distinction program is Tuesday, January 9, 2024, no later than 5:00 pm or postmarked by 5:00 pm January 9, 2024. Nomination materials may be accessed at www.ywcaswil.org or by calling YWCA at 618.465.7774.
A volunteer panel of judges will select the honorees from nominations. Nominees must live, work or volunteer in the YWCA service area of Madison County. Nominees must demonstrate the following qualities: exhibits leadership in her area of expertise, serves as a positive role model for young women in the community, serves as a mentor to other women and girls in her community involvement, demonstrates a commitment to the YWCA mission of eliminating racism and empowering women, supports policies, practices, attitudes and actions designed to produce equitable outcomes for all, and gives back to the community through her time, talent, and resources outside of her employment.
The Women of Distinction Gala will take place on April 25, 2024 at the Lewis and Clark College Commons in Godfrey.
New family medicine physician joins OSF Medical Group in Godfrey
Susan Reynolds, MD, is accepting new patients Monday-Wednesday & Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
OSF Medical Group – Primary Care (Godfrey) is pleased to announce a new board-certified family medicine physician has been added to its staff to better serve the primary care needs of Riverbend region residents.
Susan Reynolds, MD, is accepting new patients at OSF Medical Group – Primary Care, located at 6702 Godfrey Road, in Godfrey. Dr. Reynolds will see patients Monday-Wednesday, and Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Dr. Reynolds’ family medicine interests include (but not limited to):
- Primary care
- Women’s health
- Smoking cessation
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
- Pulmonary disease (i.e. asthma, hay fever)
- Depression
- Anxiety
As a current board-certified practitioner through the American Board of Family Medicine, Dr. Reynolds has accumulated more than 38 years of medical practice with experience in telemedicine, urgent care, and family medicine; additionally, she possesses full unrestricted medical licenses in Texas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
“I come from a medical family – my father is a surgeon, and I have a brother and two nephews who are physicians,” says Dr. Reynolds. “Growing up, I knew early on that I wanted to be a doctor and practice medicine like my father; he always said once an individual became his patient, they were his patient for life. I chose family medicine and primary care as my specialty because it gives me the opportunity to have contact with patients in a variety of settings. I get to interact with parents, children, cousins – so I get to know entire families and communities.”
Her education began by receiving a Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) degree in Chemistry, History, and Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO). Reynolds then graduated from the Baylor University School of Medicine (Houston, TX). Shen then completed her family practice residency at Lutheran Medical Center in St. Louis, MO.
Patient appointments for Dr. Reynolds can be made by calling (618) 467-1520 or completed online by visiting www2.osfhealthcare.org/providers/susan-reynolds-2673845.
L&C Celebrates the Season with Hiking Through the Holidays Lighted Trail
Lewis and Clark Community College is inviting the community to enjoy the beauty of the season with a free walk through a quarter-mile lighted holiday trail on the Godfrey Campus.
“Hiking Through the Holidays” is in its second year, with even more lights this season and special activities on Saturday nights:
- Saturday, Dec. 9 – Holiday Carolers
- Saturday, Dec. 16 – Santa and Mrs. Claus Visit
The college’s mascot, Blazer the Newfie, will make appearances on Dec. 1, 8 and 15.
“It’s definitely a must-do this holiday season,” said Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Coordinator Debbie Witsken on behalf of the team members who bring the magic to the display each year. “Come down, walk the lighted trail, enjoy hot chocolate, vote for your favorite decorated tree, and find L&C’s elves – Lewis and Clark – hiding along the way. It’s fun for the whole family.”
Christmas Tree Lane – filled with wooden trees representing various clubs and departments on campus – – is a returning favorite this year. Joining Hanukkah Heights and Kwanzaa Corner, Bethlehem Boulevard is the newest addition to the trail and features a handmade wooden manger.
“I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say, ‘This makes me so happy,’ while they’re on the trail,” said Debby Edelman, Director of Development for the Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation. “It is a feel-good experience no one should miss this holiday season. There’s something for everyone to relate to and be inspired by.”
Regular hours are 6-9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 16. Hot cocoa is always free.
High school students and their families are invited to walk the trail during a special High School Night, from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 7.
Hiking Through the Holidays is a campus and community event developed through Lewis and Clark’s strategic efforts to build and support a transparent and inclusive campus culture and broaden community collaboration (Key Directions 3 and 4 of L&C’s Strategic Plan).
Associate Dean of Adult Education Val Harris said she hopes community members feel welcome on campus.
“I love seeing kids young and old enjoying the lights – it’s our gift to our community,” Harris said. “You can feel the Trailblazer spirit at every turn and in every light and decoration.”
Parking is free and is located behind the McPike Math and Science Complex.
There is no cost for this family-friendly hiking adventure, which starts on the west side of campus, near the Andy Simpson Tennis Complex. Visitors can enter the trailhead through the tennis pavilion and follow the lights and signage. Maps will also be available at the entrance.
Because the trail takes place in a natural setting on campus, it is not ADA-compliant. L&C encourages guests to wear sturdy shoes and prepare to walk on uneven terrain.
Should the trail be closed due to inclement weather, please check L&C’s Facebook page or the official website for updates.
For more information, visit https://www.lc.edu/…/hiking-through-the-holidays.html.