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A year after Gibson City’s Dairy Queen was severely damaged by flooding, Paul Patel is back to business as usual.
While there is no flood insurance coverage to cover the damage, Patel said he is grateful for the support of the community to get the store back to full operation.
“The people have come forward,” he said.
Last month, the Gibson City Dairy Queen helped raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network by donating $1 for every small, medium or large Blizzard treat.
It will donate 15 percent of its daily sales Dec. 13-14 to help with the Christmas Baskets program on Facebook, which was provided by American Legion Post 568 after the floods in December.
“It’s a great community,” Patel said. “We are grateful for that.”
Holly Country Kitchen staff at the Taste of New Orleans Dinner Train event at the Monticello Railroad Museum in May.
Eating on the train
If you’re not stopping for a meal at Holly Miller’s restaurant or grabbing a take-and-bake dinner from her to go, you can dine on her cuisine aboard a historic dining car.
This year there will be two more Monticello Railroad Museum’s popular Dinner Train events, both presented and served by Holy Country Kitchen, Monticello.
Tickets are on sale for the Italian Dinner Train event on August 27. On the menu are chicken parmesan, pasta primavera, lasagna, shrimp alfredo or chicken alfredo, accompanied by garlic bread, salad, toasted dot bread and cheesecake.
For the upcoming Oct. 1 Falls Sunset Dinner Train Ride, Miller said she plans to serve pecan-roasted chicken, herb-fried beef, scalloped potatoes, green beans, salad, soup, appetizers and desserts.
Museum board member Dylan Cantrell said the dinner train rides generally sell out, and tickets for the Donut Train rides — featuring breakfast on the train featuring industrial donut treats and other breakfast items — are sold out five Saturdays all week this year.
All proceeds go to the museum.
Miller hosted all dinner trains this year except July 3rd. Some others featured the All American Barbecue Train in late July and the Roaring 20s Dinner Train in June.
Miller recently opened Holly on Main event space at 315 W. Main St., Monticello. Her restaurant, located at 1204 Bear Lane, Monticello, is open Tuesday through Saturday for breakfast from 8-10 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The restaurant space is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday for retail shopping and cake baking and freezer meals, and the event space is available for meetings, baby showers, receptions and other events, Miller said.
Premier is expanding again.
The ADM elevator in Farmer City is purchased by Premier Cooperative.
Premier has announced that it has reached an agreement with ADM on the acquisition and that the transaction will close later this month.
“This acquisition complements our long-term strategy of building grain facilities with the scale and capacity to meet the needs of farmers today and into the future,” said CEO Tim Hughes. “The Farmer’s Town area is well equipped to meet these needs. It’s a great opportunity for all Premier League fans. We are excited to work with the current Farmer City location staff and farmers in the Farmer City community.
It has been recognized
Strategic Health Care Programs OSF HealthCare Home Care and Hospice in Urbana demonstrated superior performance in overall caregiver and family satisfaction.
OSF placed in the top 20 percent of eligible Strategic Health Care Programs clients for the year 2021.
The SHPBest Awards Program recognizes hospice providers who consistently provide the highest quality service to families and caregivers of hospice patients.
OSF Home Care and Hospice serves Urbana, Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Ford, Edgar, Iroquois, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and Vermilion counties.
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