Herscher Labor Day contest, parade results

Following are the results of the Herscher Chamber of Commerce's Labor Day Parade and Celebration contests:

Princess: Claire Chinski
Churches: grand prize — Trinity Lutheran Church, 1st place — Herscher United Methodist Church, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Businesses: grand — Hendrix Town and Country Inc., 1st — State Bank of Herscher
Organizations: grand — Kankakee County G0P, 1st — Girl Scout Troops 70490, 89 and 431, Rocking Country/Boots in Motion Team ZAY; 2nd — Veterans Assistant Commission, Cabery Specials 4-H Club, Herscher High School FFA, Chebanse American Legion Post and Herscher Hustler's 4-H Club; 3rd — Herscher High School Class of 1953, Herscher High School Class of 1963, Kankakee County Democrats, Herscher High School Class of 1973 and Lukow Brothers Farms
Horse winners: Bertrand Miniature Horse Ranch, Illinois High School Rodeo Association, and Debbie Tennant, Tall Oaks Farms
Bicycles: grand — Rylyn Adams, 1st — Mattie Brown and Maya Howdeshell, Dale Guttendorf, and Alexander Nicholos

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Herscher Labor Day parade entry deadline

The deadline to submit an entry form to participate in Herscher's Grand Labor Day Parade is Wednesday.

Forms can be mailed to John Branz, P.O. Box 575, Herscher, IL 60941, or dropped off at the Herscher Village Hall during normal hours or at Centrue Bank, 654 N. Park Road, Herscher by Wednesday.

For more information, call 815-426-6183.

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You're being watched: Herscher installs school bus cameras to catch illegal passers

Since 2011, motorists have disobeyed stop signs attached to school buses nearly 200 times, putting kids boarding or exiting the bus in danger each time.

It's called a stop-arm violation. And the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department is teaming up with school districts to reduce the number of violations with the help of cameras.

When a bus is picking up or dropping off students, lights are activated and an arm with a stop sign is deployed warning motorists to stop while children board the bus or cross the street.

On a single day this year, more than 108,000 school bus drivers in 29 states reported being illegally passed by 85,279 vehicles, according to the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services. While plenty of people are breaking a law put in place to keep children safe, stop-arm violations rarely result in fatalities.

In 2009 — the most recent data available — five children were killed by vehicles passing school buses, according to the 2009-10 National School Bus Loading Unloading Survey.

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Herscher Labor Day parade entry deadline

The deadline to submit an entry form to participate in Herscher's Grand Labor Day Parade is Wednesday.

Forms can be mailed to John Branz, P.O. Box 575, Herscher, IL 60941, or dropped off at the Herscher Village Hall during normal hours or at Centrue Bank, 654 N. Park Road, Herscher by Wednesday.

For more information, call 815-426-6183.

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