At the  Chester City Council meeting held Monday, March 1, the council approved Lighting Resources Ins.of Bridgeton, MO to install a 600 amp electrical panel and all related work for the Cohen Complex softball fields. Also approved was the OSLAD Grant Committee’s recommendation, All Purpose Erectors Inc. of Lebanon, Il, for the sports lighting proposal for the Cohen Complex softball fields.

 In addition to the large Chester wall map described last week, two more large wall maps will be displayed in the Chester Welcome Center.  A large 4’ x 6’ wall map of the State of Illinois will be matted, framed and displayed near the front  entrance.  This informative and impressive map was donated by Representative Dan Reitz for display in the new facility.
A large Randolph County wall map will also be framed and displayed.  Sites of interest to travelers will be marked and an informative legend will tell about the marked sites.  The sites will be designated by categories with color coded icons to help the visitors plan their stops in Randolph County.

Thomas Spence, M.D., Pulmonologist with Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis and a member of the outpatient specialty consulting staff at Memorial Hospital in Chester, recently passed his Boards with the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is now Board Certified in Sleep Medicine.

As the nation marks National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March, the American Cancer Society is encouraging men and women 50 and older to make getting tested for Colorectal cancer a priority. Colorectal cancer (commonly referred to as colon cancer) is one of only two cancers that can actually be prevented through screening, which allows doctors to find polyps in the colon and remove them before they turn cancerous. Regularly scheduled Colorectal cancer screening can help save lives and help achieve the American Cancer Society’s goal of creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays.