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4 Ways to Avoid Driving Your Talent to the Competition

 

PBJ is almost here and the Highland Parks & Rec have a GREAT entertainment lineup scheduled!! If you would like to take part as a vendor, you can access the application HERE!

 

Welcome to 
ILLINOISouth!

ILLINOISouth Tourism covers more ground than any other Convention and Visitor's Bureau in the State of Illinois. We represent 21 counties stretching from the Mississippi River east of St. Louis, MO to the Wabash River west of Vincennes, IN. We are both rural and urban, allowing guests to enjoy big city life and simple, country treasures all at once!
Illinoisouth is looking for to help promote your event!  If you have an event that you would like posted, following their link HERE!
 

Catch up on all the latest news and read The Pioneer Newspaper online
HERE!!

MENTORS IN MOTION

What started out as “Book Club” several years ago has evolved into what has now been named “Mentors in Motion”. This like minded group of entrepreneurs with very diverse business backgrounds, meet weekly to discuss their businesses and ways that they can grow both professionally and from a business standpoint.This approach allows them to offer a broad spectrum of constructive insight into your business.They are looking to expand the group and are looking for a few individuals to join.

Kids Bowl Free Program May 1st - Aug 31st
Kids 18 and under can sign up to bowl 2 games a day, everyday during that time frame for FREE!  (shoe rental additional charge of $1.50)
Contact Hi Top Bowl at 654-6283 for more information!

I am SUPER excited to share that Sabrina Luitjohan has accepted the Assistant Director position for the Chamber!  Sabrina lives in Highland with her husband and two boys and is active in the Highland Community. She is anxious to get started and brings an enthusiastic attitude that will be a great fit for our membership.  May 17th will be her first day, so stop in and say Hi and welcome her to the Chamber!

Join me in welcoming the new members and show your support by spreading the word about them and all that they have to offer!!

Highland Emporium
Website coming soon!

501 Blues Club 
Facebook

Shear Bliss
Facebook

6th Street Lofts
Website

Aaron Hodge Allstate
Website

First Student
Website

Next Generation Management Service
Website
 

Sponsored in part by the Highland Chamber of Commerce, First Mid Bank & Trust and Terra Properties, join us for an informative, high energy Lunch and Learn with Mosaic Church Pastor Matt Embry! Matt will be presenting on "The POWER of the Guest Experience." Now more than ever, creating a GREAT experience for others is at the forefront of any successful business or organization and Matt will offer insight into making this happen for you!
 

Highland Sign gets replaced with a Fresh Look!
Made possible by funding from The City of Highland and The Industrial Development Commission, the ‘Highland’ sign off of 143 gets a much needed update!
A huge thank you to Shaun Voegele from Voegele Studios for supplying the great photo of the fountain square, Brian Knobloch for the design and Digitalartz for the development and installation.  Also, thanks to The City of Highland employees for removing the old sign to make room for the new!
 
 

HSHS Hospice Illinois invites community to
Memorial Butterfly Release Ceremony at HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland
 
HIGHLAND— HSHS Hospice Illinois invites community members to join them for a butterfly release ceremony at HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland on Tuesday, May 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the Healing Garden at the hospital.
 
Shawna O’Dell, director of post-acute care, shared, “The butterfly represents the transformation of the spirit as our loved ones transition from this life. We look forward to sharing in this special time with the families in our communities.”
 
Family and friends are invited to celebrate and remember the life of a loved one who has passed.  The ceremony will include a butterfly release and the reading of the names of those being honored.  
 
If you would like to participate in the ceremony, please RSVP to Valerie Engelbart, volunteer/bereavement coordinator, at 217-685-0702 or email valerie.engelbart@hshs.org.  Butterflies will be released for all of those honored, but you are invited to personally release a butterfly for your loved one by reserving a butterfly for $15 to be paid prior to the ceremony.
 
For more information about HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland, visit the hospital’s website at stjosephshighland.org.
 

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Thank a Health Care Worker during National Nurses and Hospital Weeks
 Two years ago, we remember announcing the delay of in-person celebrations of National Nurses Week and Hospital Week at our HSHS Illinois hospitals. Now, as we look forward to our annual spring celebrations, we cannot help but be grateful and relieved that we have finally made it here – to a place where we can once again start looking forward with hope.
As the nursing leaders of nine HSHS Illinois hospitals, we ask that you join us in thanking the exceptional women and men who have shown character, resilience and strength beyond measure. When tested, the nurses and health care workers at all of our HSHS Illinois hospitals dug their heels in deeper and held their heads higher. They banded together and fought for our community. Through relentless waves of change, they continued to do what they do best – they cared for our patients.
Health care never stops.

A HUGE thanks and recognition for the Nurse's During National Nurse's Week

Photo Caption: Our winners of the Nurse Exemplar awards are pictured from left to right: Jenna Long, RN; Emily Duffin, RN; Nikki Flam, case manager; Kathryn Thole, RN; Barb Zaloga, RN; Chief Nursing Officer, Teresa Cornelius, standing in for Michelle Herzberg, RN.
 

Korte & Luitjohan Earns Safety Award
 
Highland, Illinois – Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. (K & L) has received a Merit Award for jobsite safety in 2021 from the Southern Illinois Builders Association (SIBA).  K & L received the recognition for having no recordable accidents on jobsites resulting in lost time. Korte & Luitjohan logged 81,963 manhours last year. The award was recently accepted by John Whitworth, K & L Vice President, during a SIBA board meeting.

You're Invited!!
CHAMBERNET event at Anderson Hospital's NEW GOSHEN CAMPUS in Edwardsville
Thursday, August 4th from 5-7 pm
Invitation coming SOON!!

 

Sign up TODAY at highlandbiathlon.org

May Class Information
Hello!
I hope you are doing well!
It is the month of May already and with that comes a new set of class sessions that begin.  These class session will run 7 weeks, with a break from May 25-31 (for Memorial Day weekend) and then again June 27 - July 5th. 
Attached are the calendars showing the class options. 
Please use the momoyoga.com website to book your class.
 There will be a Park Yoga class that will begin June 1 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 6:30-7:30 am at Silver Lake Park at the large pavilion.  Each of those sessions are 4 week sessions.  
  You may prefer to choose an 8- or 10-class pass option.  This option allows you to choose which classes you attend based on your schedule.  These class passes are good for two months from the time you purchase.  The class passes are good for in studio or park yoga classes only. 
 When you book a class, you will be asked to click "agree" on a waiver.  This is a new feature that was added to the booking website.  It is a very generic waiver.  
 Thank you for your continued support of Heart & Soul Yoga.  I look forward to serving you as your yoga instructor! 
May Schedule
 

The Greg Holthaus Memorial Fund is honored to be one of the recipients of Defibtech’s Be a Heart Champion award. We were chosen in the nonprofit category for 2022 and couldn’t be more humbled. 
Defibtech sells many of the AEDs we have purchased over the last year. 
Defibtech AEDs are bright, lightweight and user friendly. 

For more information, click HERE!

Register for VBS HERE!!

Heartland Community Chorus invites you to the final concert of our ninth season:  “Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song.”  The Pops concert will be presented one time only at Highland Elementary School, Saturday, May 21^st at 7:30 pm.  There’s something for everyone in this popular concert—Jazz standards, Pop classics, Broadway tunes.  Tickets are $15 (age 16 and under are free) and are available at the door, from Chorus members, and at the website:  www.heartlandcommunitychorus.org.