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F E B R U A R Y 2 0V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5

A John the Barber Foundaon Publicaon

Nothing but good news !

And Good people doing Great things!

From Arlington, Cherry, Ladd, Seatonville/Hollowayville,

Spring Valley,and Dalzell, Illinois

Italian Choir From Ladds Sister-cies

hopes to be there for the Ladd 125th

in June 2015!

In 2012, the men of the villages of Alto Reno Valley in the EmilanoRamagnoli providence in Italy formed a choir.all men who love the

mountains and popular songs. The villages include Porrea Rerme, Gag-gio Montano, Lizzano in Belvedere, Montese, Castel di Casio Granglione.The group of twenty-ve is hoping and planning to be in Ladd for the

125th

anniversary celebraon in June, 2015. Charles Bernardini of Chica-go, with roots to both Ladd and Cherry, will assist with escorng the

group. HELP: Here is a Great chance to step and help the needy (ofsorts) and reach out to strangers. Members of the group would very

much appreciate being put up by folks in the Ladd area for 3-4 days.

What a Great opportunity to do something Great and help out.plus getto know this wonderful people from Ladds sister area in Italy. Email or

mail JTB if you are interested in having a guest or two!

Cherry Monthly Pie and Coee Reree Social Hours Step-

ping Up Their Game: The Templeton Family Band Appear-

ing at the Thursday March 5, 2015 EventIf you have not had a chance to make it to the Cherry Monthly Pie and

Coee Reree Social Hour, Thursday March 5, 2015 would be a Great

day to make your rst visit! The successful eort is in its third year, be-

ing held every rst Thursday of the Month from 1:30 3:30 at the Cher-

ry Church Hall, providing guests with a couple hours of fellowship, fun,

and entertainment. The Templeton Family Band is well known and

growing in popularity throughout the local area and Midwest region.

The Chrisan based group specializes in Bluegrass and Gospel. The

event is free and no reservaons are needed. Please come and bring

someone!

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P A G E 2

* Luke 6:32-36 If you love

those who love you, what

credit it that to you? Even

sinners love those who

love them. And if you dogood to those who are

good to you, what credit is

that to you? Even sinners

do that. And if you lend to

those from who you expect

repayment, what credit is

that to you? Even sinners

lend to sinners expecng

to be repaid in full. But

love your enemies, do to

them, and lend to them

without expecng to get

anything back. Then your

reward will be great, and

you will be children of the

most high. (Ravioli Alley

Translaon: Dont pat

yourself on the back for

being nice to easy going

folks, people you know,

and your friends. Even sin-

ners do that, its easy! You

really score points withGod when you are good to

people you have fought

with. Pat yourself on the

back when you do that!

The John the Barber Foundaon

P.O. Box 88

Cherry, IL [email protected]

Heres what people around the country

are saying about Up Ravioli Alley!* Dave Barra from Washington, DC formerly of Ladd writes, Thankslove readin

and catching up on news back home.

* Kenneth Lund of Tucson formerly of Ladd writes, Please give me the cost deta

to sponsor an issue! Will see if my local relaves want to kick in!!! I am from th

area, living now in Tucson, but sll a Ravioli Alley Kid from years past.

* Barbara Marchiando Hillesheim of Tavaras, FL formerly of Cherry writes, I love

the arcle about Jerry Flaherty. I too am a Hall High 1956 graduate and it is gre

to see what he has accomplished. Also, my cousin Peter Pranzini is oen men-

oned in the paper and I love that connecon as well. Thank you!

* Mike Fion of Homer Glen, IL formerly of Spring Valley says Would like to be p

on URA email list! Irishmen like Ravs, but my Wisconsin wife says they are Torte

lini. Whats up with that! We went to a wedding in Oawa and had Fried Chicke

and Ravs. Of course she said they were Tortellini. She stood alone amongst the

300 or so in aendance.

* Paula Lenz of Omaha, Nebraska writes, Thanks! In Omaha, Nebraska we love

your news, homemade sausage and of course the BEST TORTELLINI ever! Keep

the Great work!

Carol Fraher formerly of Ladd writes, My brother, Dave Barra, told me about U

Ravioli Alley and I was wondering if you can add me to your e-mail distribuon

list. He found out about it through Pete Lunn. I grew up in Ladd and have been

gone for 27 years.

Hoping you and your kids can do something Great in 2015!

Volunteer to help at your church as a lector,

choir member, usher, server.

Heres a chance for you and your family to do something a lile bit Great in 201

Contact your minister or priest via phone or email and say hey, I want to help!

Do you need an extra lector, usher, server, greeter, anything? Parcipang

the service will allow you to gain just a bit more out of your experience while as

sisng your church along the way. Remember too, your kids and grandkids will s

you doing it! Take a look at these 1995 servers from St. Benedicts Ladd. Recogn

any of them? That was almost twenty years ago already! Wow how me ies

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P A G E 3V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5

Geneseos 52 Game Winning Streak Ended by Hall -

Remember the Feeling in 1971?Most Hall football fans remember and will probably never fo

get the famous Red Devil victory back in 1971 that ended the

Geneseo Maple Leafs 52-game winning streak. This all

-me

upset would catch the aenon of the enre state. It was th

fourth game of the season and Homecoming for the Red Dev

Needless to say, the Devils were big underdogs. The 52-gam

streak meant that the Leafs had gone from 1965 to 1971 wit

out losing. There were people who had gone through high

school without having lost a game. It was an incredible reco

Hall on the other hand had nished way down in the conference standing for several years prior. The Devils hope

to turn things around with their new coach, 24-year-old Kelly Kane. It was clear that Kane had his team were rea

for this game. To the surprise of all fans, the rst period ended with no score. Geneseo was nally able to score the second period on a 23-yard run, but the Devils toughened up and held on the extra point. The score stood 6-

at the half. It was clear that Kane had something going. It was generally agreed that Hall had played tough ball, b

Geneseo would blow it open in the second half. The Devils did not agree. On the rst play of the second half, Ha

QB Rob Chiesi handed o to back Dave Hoover who turned and threw back to Chiesi who raced all the way to the

Geneseo 25-yard line. Coach Kane later says that this was the turning point in the game. It proved that the rst

half was no uke. Following carries by Chiesi and Ted DeSerf, the ball rested on the Geneseo 12. Chiesi faded to

pass and hit Bob Demichelis in the end zone. Hoovers extra point kick was good and Hall led 7-6. Geneseo realiz

that they were in a ball game! The Leafs began to drive into the line and pile up yardage. They were in Hall territ

ry throughout the rest of the third quarter. On the nal play of the period, the Geneseo quarterback scrambled i

from the 12 to give them the lead. Hall refused to give up. The Devils again held on the extra point try. The scor

stood at 12-7. Coach Kane tried to keep his troops moving. Aer the teams traded punts, the Devils found them

selves with a rst down on their own 27 and 4:23 to play. Quickly and surely Hall began to move. For 12 plays th

marched down the eld. Finally the ball rested on the Geneseo 6 with just 49 seconds le. Chiesi faded back loo

ing to pass. He spoed senior end Jim Frey in the end zone. Chiesi threw in the direcon of Frey and a Geneseo

defender. Now came the sight that Hall fans will never forget. The ball was high and both Frey and the Geneseo

back grabbed it. The two struggled for control as they fell to the ground. Frey pulled the ball to his chest and the

referee signaled touchdown. The Hall stands went wild. Hoover again added the extra point and Hall led 14-12.

looked as if the game was over, but Geneseo would not give up. They drove back like the champions they were.

The game came close to being the 53rd

win instead of a great upset. Geneseo ran a ea icker in which the last Hdefender saved the game with a tackle way down at the Hall 24. There were sll 12 seconds le on the clock. Th

Geneseo QB looked to throw but Devils Al Pinter and Ron Fusinao came through for the sack and the end of the

game. As the clock ran out, the Hall stands emped onto the eld. A large crowd of fans remained at the school

congratulate the Devils as they le the locker room. Geneseo dominated most of the nal stats. They has 306

yards rushing to Halls 132. The stat that killed Geneseo was that they were penalized eight mes for 60 yards

while Hall had no penalty yards. Coach Kane gave much credit to his defensive front four who were Pinter, Jerry

Stank, John Campbell and Phil Hocking. The Red Devils would nish the season with a record of just 3-5-1. Gene

seo would go on to win the conference. Sll, it didnt maer. The most important game was over and so was the

longest winning streak in the United States.

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Dont Forget:Cherry United

Church of Christ/Holy TrinityCherry Pie& Coee

Social Hour,rst Thursday

of each month.1:30 3:30at Cherry

Church Hall.Bring a friend!

One of the secrets

of a long and fruiul lifeis to forgive everybody,

everything, every night

before you go to bed.

-Bernard Baruch,

American statesman

and business man

Day aer day,

ordinary people becomeheroes through

extraordinary and seless

acons to help their

neighbors.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell,

American Polician,

current Secretary of the

US Dept. of Health and

Human Services

Heres a few quick Rav-notes... St. Thomas More Dalzell Doing Great things!:Sorry for being a bit late but JT

wants to do a shout out for St. Thomas More Dalzell members helping the

needy and reaching out strangers in 2014! Thanksgiving baskets and a woderful Christmas Giving Tree eort did both! Good Dalzellians doing Great

things!

Great job Hall students! Heres a big Hoo Ray for the following Hall stude

who have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars: Alberto Baldonado, Hal

Cessna, Lindsay Choate, Luke Lee-Brown, Tyler Pullman, and Josephine Wales

Great job students! Great job parents!

Cherry United Church of Christ Helping the Needy!: Heres a shout-out to CU

for all it is doing to help the needy! Their team donated Thanksgiving and Chr

mas baskets to the local food pantry and is on tap to do the same at Easter. Talso collected and donated needed items to PADS during the holiday season.

Awesome!

Dalzell Fire Department Helping the Needy this winder!: Members of the

Dalzell First Department delivered fruit trays to community seniors this winte

providing a Great healthy treat and welcome surprise. Their goal was to put a

smile on the faces of the seniors and also get members of their team out into

the community meeng the resident of Dalzell. They plan on making it an ann

tradion. Hats o to the Dalzell Fire Department gang! Good reman doing

Great things!

Ellen Hermann of Hall Voice of Democracy essay contest winner: Ellen wo

rst place in the Voice of Democracy essay contest sponsored by the Peru

VFW Post 8232. Students in teacher Ann Mallers honors English IV class at Ha

submied essays. Ellen won $100 along the way! Three cheers for Ellen! Thre

cheers for the Peru VFW! Three cheers for Ann Maller! Finally, three cheers fo

Ellens parents Patrick and Charloe Herrmann of Spring Valley!

Hall High 2015 Illinois State Scholar Winners Announced: If you get a chance

drop these students and their parents a lile note, email, text message, Face-

book message, phone call, fax, Hallmark card, Pony express leer, or carrier p

geon and say Great job! Winners and parents include: Alberto Baldonado soof Amber Backus of Spring Valley, Hayley Cessna daughter of Robert and Sue

Cessna of Spring Valley, Lindsey Choate daughter of Melissa McLain of Spring

Valley, Luke Lee Brown son of Barry and Kim Lee Brown of Princeton, Tyler Pu

lam son of Frank and Kathy Pullam of Cherry, Josephine Wales daughter of Ro

ert and Beth Wales of Ladd. These young folks are headed for Great things!

DO SOMETHING GREAT! Have your family or business sponsor the prinng of Up Ravioli Alleyfor one mo

Email or mail John the Barber to learn how to do it!

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P A G E 5V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5

Please spread the word!

Sale of this home in Cherry could help bring URA

to you and your s throughout 2015!

uy this house in Cherry with as lile as ZERO money down, with good

redit and income! USDA/Rural Development loans are available NOW

o help you get it done. We are working with banks in the LaSalle/Peru

who support this program. Email JTB at edi-

[email protected] to nd out more! Buses from the

immick school circle Cherry every morning, picking up kids, coming

traight back to Cherry when school is over. Great! John the Barber is

elling this house and the prots will go to pay for "Up Ravioli Alley"

ewsleer....the highly successful publicaon that is now being read on-

ne and o-line by thousands every month! Please follow this link to check out the house. hp://

www.forsalebyowner.com/lisng/3-bed-Single-Family-home-for-sale-by-owner-208-S-Third-St-61317/23986661.

Would greatly appreciate it if you could spread the word, share, etc. this info and help us sell it. Thanks!

Aenon Ladd Grade School Alumni!

We need your help with upcoming class reunion eorts!n conjuncon with the LADD125

thAnniversary (July 9-12, 2015), the commiee is planning a Ladd Grade School

reunion. We are trying to get the word out to all alumni and are asking for your help. Some classes have already

named a class contact to help plan your reunion weekend. If you have not heard from anyone yet please contact

one of the names below.

Graduang classes:

1949 and previous -Jean Conway at [email protected]

1950-1959 -Mike Grive at [email protected]

1960-1969 -Dave Margherio at [email protected]

1970-1979 -Kay Gallagher Chiado at [email protected]

1980 to present -Linda Jegglie Peterson at [email protected]

Faculty, sta & coaches contacts:

Nina (Caani) Urbanowski at [email protected]

Marie Fiocchi at [email protected]

NOTE: If you do not get a response from your contact above try any one of the other email addresses for more informaon

We are planning an open house at Ladd Grade School onSaturday July 11,2015 from 12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Som

classes are already planning yard pares and group gatherings at bars and restaurants in Ladd. Other ideas includ

classes parcipang in the paradeon Sunday July 12,2015. Some classes are designing t-shirts specic to their cla

graduaon year for the weekend. Have fun and come up with your own unique class plans. If anyone has picture

or collecbles from your school days please contact: Jim Piacen at [email protected]. Don't be le outi

going to be a Great celebraon! Follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/LaddIllinoisCelebrates125Years)we will b

posng the schedule of events soon! Thank you, Dave Margherio, 125th

Commiee

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P A G E 6

The nal test of a

gentleman is his

respect for those who

can be of no possible

service to him.

William Lyon Phelps,

American author, cric,

scholar.

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Translaon:

A truly Great person is

someone who respects

everybody, especially

those folks that dont get

respected too oenand even more yet, A

Great person respects

those folks that could

never do anything for

them. Not as common of

a thing as you might

think.

We NEED your storiesabout people from your

town doing Great

thingseither now or in

the past. Please email or

mail to JTB.

Up Ravioli Alley Volume One Collector

Book Available NOW Via Mail and at

State Bank of Cherry and Cherry Country Store!

Wow! Heres something prey cool that

would make a Great present for your

Ravioli Alley friends and relaves, espec

ly those living now in other parts of the

country. Get your copy of the hardboun

Volume One Edion of Up Ravioli Alley.

This cool book includes all issues of Up R

violi Alley from October, 2013 through S

tember, 2014 completely in COLOR! A liited number of copies have been printed.

Books on-sale NOW at the State Bank of

Cherry, Cherry Country Store, or by mailin

to JTB at Box 88, Cherry, IL 61317. Book

are $20/each (plus $4 shipping via mail in

orders). Book beaufully produced by St.

Bede Abbey Press. (Might want to give Cherry Country Store a quick ring at

815.894.2793 to check on store hours before heading to Cherry)

Hey high school/college journalism students!

Up Ravioli Alley needs you!Up Ravioli Alley is looking for a

bright, young junior-journalist to

help us create our monthly

newsleer part-me.

Desire someone with an

understanding of Ravioli Alley

area culture, current events,

history, etc.

Need such a person to envision

potenally interesng stories and

do the research, interview, and

leg work to put the arcles to-

gether. Good resume builder, looks Great on college applicaon, Great experien

To nd out more email [email protected].

Check out this very cool shot from the Hall Times newspaper from back in 1974

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Ravioli Alley Non-For-Prot OrganizaonsAll Showing that John The Barber Spirit This Winter

Do something a lile bit Great and

TAKE someone who doesnt get a chance to get out too oen.

BRING a carry out to someone new on your block.

SEND in a donaon if you cant make it.

* Seatonville Congregaonal Church, Independent Second Sunday: Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Secon

Sunday is an alternave worship gathering with an eclecc mix of ancient-future worship pracces and eleme

People can expect a unique blend of psalms, spiritual songs, hymns, choruses, music video, The Word, The

Table, and more. All folks and families from the Illinois Valley and Bureau Valley region are invited to come and

experience this unique alternave worship gathering. The Seatonville Church is located on Rt.6 in Seatonville.

further info call Pastor Bill Jacobsen at 815-228-6717 or on Facebook at second sunday.seatonville.

St. Thomas More Lenten Fish Fry: Friday February 20, 2015 evening at St. Thomas More Hall. Times sll being

determined, so keep your eyes on the newspaper, bullen, and CherryHolyTrinity.org web-site. Promises to be

Great me for all!

Ladd Fire Department Smoker: Saturday February 21, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Entry is $12 and that gets you The Be

damn Chicken around, spaghe, beer and soda. There will be plenty of "games" for all to play. Must be 21 to

enter. Also we have our cash rae drawing going on in conjuncon. Anyone interested in a cket just contact

one of our members.

Project Success/Hall Township Food Pantry Dueling Pianos

Fundraiser: Saturday February 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. at the

Peru Eagles Club. $15 ckets. If you have not seen Dueling Pianos

you need to check this out! Super fun me! Get your kids, aunts,

uncles, cousins together and buy a whole table! Call 815. 663.2085for cket informaon.

* Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) Peterstown:Saturday February 28,

2015 Monday March 2, 2015 (Boys) and Saturday March 28, 2015 Monday March 30, 2015 (Girls) in Peter-

stown, IL. TEC is a weekend retreat for teens of all Chrisan faiths, generally from ages 16 23, with a core tar

group of junior year in high school. The weekend includes talks on faith, prayer, reconciliaon, Eucharist, disci-

pleship and love. There is me for reecon on serious quesons of life. There is a long list of local teens and

adults that will quickly conrm that the TEC weekend is truly a Great experience.

Contact Robin Santman, at (815) 915-5395 or (815) 780-8402 or email [email protected] to regi

ter or to nd out more.

St. Patrick's Arlington Spring 2015 Sausage Making: Saturday March 7,

2015 at St. Patricks Hall in Arlington Sausage will be available for pickup on

Saturday at the church hall between 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and on Sun-

day, March 8, 2015, aer the 10:30 a.m. mass. Orders may be placed by

calling Lauren Koch at 815-638-2224 or Ann Hunter at 815-638-2691 by Feb-

ruary 24, 2015. Members have made sausage to benet the church in the

months of March and December for over forty years using the famous

Fonderoli family recipe. St. Patricks Arlington members (L-R) Brian Hewi,

Jim Scully, Dave Weeks doing something a lile bit Great, again helping with

the sausage making fund raiser

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cont.Ravioli Alley Non-For-Prot OrganizaonsAll Showing that John The Barber Spirit This Winter

Boobapalooza Helps Cops 4 Cancer 2015: Saturday March 7, 2015 4:00 p.m. midnight at Celebraons 150 at

740 East US Highway 6, LaSalle, Illinois. This is the sixth annual, highly successful, widely publicized event to ben

t. All funds raised during this drive will be dispersed through Cops 4 Cancer, Inc. a 501 (C)(3) charity. Cops 4 Ca

cer (C4C) assists Illinois Valley area residents nancially who are ghng cancer. Tickets available at Rudys Liq-

uors in LaSalle. Event driven by Ravioli Alley alumna Bey Pape Glynn and her fantasc team.

Ladd Not-so-Junior-Womens Club Luncheon to support the Ladd 125th: Wednesday March 25, 2015 at the La

Community Center. The menu will include items from the groups very popular luncheons from years past. Plea

mark your calendars and keep your eyes open for further details.

Cut this one out and put on your fridge!

Children Learn What they LiveJTB would like to add:If your child lives with a spirt of charity,

He will help the needy

If your child lives with a spirit out-going-nes

He will reach out to strangers

If your child lives with spirt of forgiveness,

He will forgive

Lori Brown Going to the Next Level of

Doing Great Things to Increase

Awareness of Drug OverdoseAs read in previous issues of URA, Lori Brown of Cherry

has been driving ahead in excing ways with her eorts

to advance knowledge and awareness of drug overdose,

primarily through the organizaon Buddys Purpose.

Please email [email protected] ,

call 815. 993.6294, or check out the Buddys Purpose

Facebook page to nd out more. You will soon noce

the fantasc billboards that her and her group have been

able to put in place recently! Wow! Awesome! Some

Great things are going to come out of this eort!