“How Raccoons Saved Illinois from Canada, and Other Frontier Tales” – Janet Roney
April 25 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Elkhart Historical Society is excited to introduce Janet Roney as the featured speaker for our Friday, April 25th dinner lecture. Her presentation, “How Racoons Saved Illinois from Canada, and Other Frontier Tales”, is guaranteed to either enlighten you, or refresh your memory of the formation of our great country. Hint, you may want to review the facts surrounding the Northwest Territory. Speaker Roney is a multi-faceted individual with a background steeped in history, farming, authoring a column, “Remembering Who We Are,” for her local paper, the Sullivan News Progress. An accomplished artist as well, she traveled the Midwest art fair circuit for over thirty years. Her realistic and detailed watercolors, oils, and prints of the central Illinois prairie landscape are in many public and private collections. Her continuing interest is locating early trails of central Illinois and sharing the stories she finds along the way. Janet is a 1959 graduate of Sullivan High School and a 1963 graduate of the University of Illinois, with a degree in the teaching of history and social studies.
The cost per person is $45, which includes the lecture and dinner featuring an entree choice of Baked Chicken or Pork Loin with gravy. For a complete menu and reservation form, please see the website: www.elkharthistoricalsociety.
Reservations are required and must be made by calling 217-947-2238. The deadline for reservations is April 18. The venue for the event is the Elkhart Christian Church’s Fellowship Community Center at 206 South Gillett St., in Elkhart, Illinois. Doors open at 5:00 p.m., and dinner is served promptly at 5:30 p.m.
