PCC Westside AmeriCorps volunteers will discuss 'The Same Inside '& 'If All Who Have Begged Help' by Anna Swir & Anna Akhmatova respectively..

The Meaning of Service (MoS) is a reading and discussion program for Americorps volunteers featuring discussions that use short philosophical and literary texts on the nature of justice, service, and related themes. Meaning of Service presents participants with the opportunity to examine, refine, and regenerate the beliefs underlying their work.

A Road Scholar Program by Friar William Burton

From the dawn of modern biblical study in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, scholars have tried to answer this question: "What can we know factually about Jesus from the evidence found in the scriptures?" Biblical scholars and religious traditions have devised many methods for interpreting the biblical record. Both the data and the myriad methods for interpreting the data are confusing. This presentation will clarify the issues of this "quest" for the Historical Jesus by looking at both the biblical data and at the criteria and methodologies used to review the data.

For the 3rd Brown Bag lunch in the series, "Our Agricultural Heritage and County Fairs" will be explored by a panel including Al Golden and Bill Lenschow.

The Sycamore History Museum presents a series of programs to expand upon themes currently offered in the exhibition, "Memories from the Farm." The series will explore the history of early farming, from Native Americans to John Deere, including a snapshot of the local agricultural history; businesses; clubs; the DeKalb County Fair; women on the farm; the steam show; and other topics, like organic farming, agribusiness, preservation of antique barns, and the challenges of developing and sustaining a family farm.

Believed to affect 4.5 million children, ADHD is one of the most prominent developmental syndromes plaguing America’s youth. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses cites many symptoms of ADHD, including “fail[ing] to give close attention to details or mak[ing] careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities” and being “easily distracted by extraneous stimuli,” but does not state its causes. Researchers therefore can only conduct studies trying to link ADHD with a certain action—TV watching, for example.

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics concludes that exposure to pesticides may contribute to ADHD. This study, which was based on single urine samples of 1,139 U.S. children, has received intense media coverage and could generate a wave of parental concern. Coupled with a 2008 Emory University Study that shows that ingestion is the primary means of exposure to pesticides for children, some news sources are saying that many parents will undoubtedly steer clear of “frozen blueberries, strawberries and celery” and other vegetables known for containing higher amounts of pesticide. Others may opt to buy organic instead.

Believed to affect 4.5 million children, ADHD is one of the most prominent developmental syndromes plaguing America’s youth. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses cites many symptoms of ADHD, including “fail[ing] to give close attention to details or mak[ing] careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities” and being “easily distracted by extraneous stimuli,” but does not state its causes. Researchers therefore can only conduct studies trying to link ADHD with a certain action—TV watching, for example.

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics concludes that exposure to pesticides may contribute to ADHD. This study, which was based on single urine samples of 1,139 U.S. children, has received intense media coverage and could generate a wave of parental concern. Coupled with a 2008 Emory University Study that shows that ingestion is the primary means of exposure to pesticides for children, some news sources are saying that many parents will undoubtedly steer clear of “frozen blueberries, strawberries and celery” and other vegetables known for containing higher amounts of pesticide. Others may opt to buy organic instead.

The New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music exhibit is a cultural history of America's Musical Landscape. It's the story of a diverse mix of people interacting with the New World, a world where cultures and customs met, mixed, and mingled to create new sounds. The distinct cultural identities of all these peoples are carried in song - both sacred and secular - and the music that emerges is known by names like blues, country, western, folk, and gospel.

New Harmonies tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people - Americans. It also promises a fascinating, inspiring, and toe-tapping listen to the American story of cultural exchange with its multi-media components. As a unique traveling exhibition, it is full of surprises about familiar songs, histories of instruments, the roles of religion and technology in shaping new sounds, and the continuity of musical roots from the colonial period to modern day punk and hip-hop.

New Harmonies will display from May 29, 2010 through July 11, 2010.

Join the White County Historical Society in this creative, outdoor program at the one-room schoolhouse near the Robinson-Stewart House.

Cathy Shipley Riley and the Carmi Children's Choir will present an ensemble living history program which will offer a glimpse of life in an 1850s schoolhouse.

The setting: a playground at lunchtime.
The plot: the children will sing a collection of popular tunes, including many Stephen Foster medlies, that reflect the heritage of the families of 1850s White County.

Whether from Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Indiana, families brought with them a slice of Americana to the communities of the Little Wabash.

Larry Kanfer from Kanfer Photography in Champaign will be sharing stories related to his new book, Barns in Illinois.

The Sycamore History Museum presents a series of programs to expand upon themes currently offered in the exhibition, "Memories from the Farm." The series will explore the history of early farming, from Native Americans to John Deere, including a snapshot of the local agricultural history; businesses; clubs; the DeKalb County Fair; women on the farm; the steam show; and other topics, like organic farming, agribusiness, preservation of antique barns, and the challenges of developing and sustaining a family farm.

A Road Scholar Program by Dennis Stroughmatt

The first European culture to establish roots in Illinois, French Creoles along the Illinois, Wabash, and Mississippi Rivers would in many places be supplanted by later Anglo and German American settlers. Instrumental in winning Illinois for the United States during the American Revolution and important to the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Illinois Creoles have a strong cultural history that opens a door to their effect in the Midwest. This presentation will explore what brought the French here, their fiddle music, a few of their exploits, and their lasting influence on the Illinois Country.

A Road Scholar Program by Dennis Stroughmatt

The first European culture to establish roots in Illinois, French Creoles along the Illinois, Wabash, and Mississippi Rivers would in many places be supplanted by later Anglo and German American settlers. Instrumental in winning Illinois for the United States during the American Revolution and important to the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Illinois Creoles have a strong cultural history that opens a door to their effect in the Midwest. This presentation will explore what brought the French here, their fiddle music, a few of their exploits, and their lasting influence on the Illinois Country.

A Road Scholar Program by Dennis Stroughmatt

The first European culture to establish roots in Illinois, French Creoles along the Illinois, Wabash, and Mississippi Rivers would in many places be supplanted by later Anglo and German American settlers. Instrumental in winning Illinois for the United States during the American Revolution and important to the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Illinois Creoles have a strong cultural history that opens a door to their effect in the Midwest. This presentation will explore what brought the French here, their fiddle music, a few of their exploits, and their lasting influence on the Illinois Country.

A Road Scholar Program by Dennis Stroughmatt

The first European culture to establish roots in Illinois, French Creoles along the Illinois, Wabash, and Mississippi Rivers would in many places be supplanted by later Anglo and German American settlers. Instrumental in winning Illinois for the United States during the American Revolution and important to the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Illinois Creoles have a strong cultural history that opens a door to their effect in the Midwest. This presentation will explore what brought the French here, their fiddle music, a few of their exploits, and their lasting influence on the Illinois Country.

The New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music exhibit is a cultural history of America's Musical Landscape. It's the story of a diverse mix of people interacting with the New World, a world where cultures and customs met, mixed, and mingled to create new sounds. The distinct cultural identities of all these peoples are carried in song - both sacred and secular - and the music that emerges is known by names like blues, country, western, folk, and gospel.

New Harmonies tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people - Americans. It also promises a fascinating, inspiring, and toe-tapping listen to the American story of cultural exchange with its multi-media components. As a unique traveling exhibition, it is full of surprises about familiar songs, histories of instruments, the roles of religion and technology in shaping new sounds, and the continuity of musical roots from the colonial period to modern day punk and hip-hop.

New Harmonies will display from May 29, 2010 through July 11, 2010.

PCC Westside AmeriCorps volunteers will discuss 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' by Ursula K. Le Guin.

The Meaning of Service (MoS) is a reading and discussion program for Americorps volunteers featuring discussions that use short philosophical and literary texts on the nature of justice, service, and related themes. Meaning of Service presents participants with the opportunity to examine, refine, and regenerate the beliefs underlying their work.