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Oglesby Knights of Columbus put building up for sale · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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Speaker 1: Oglesby Knights of Columbus put building up for sale. Written
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Speaker 1: by Tom Collins. This article is being read by an
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Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlit. There will be
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Speaker 1: no more fish fries at the Oglesby Knights of Columbus.
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Speaker 1: The Knights have put the hall up for sale. Grand
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Speaker 1: Knight Tom Daley said Friday that the officers of Scott
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Speaker 1: Muhitch Council number 7801 met recently and decided to sell
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Speaker 1: the building. There is no consensus yet to fold or
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Speaker 1: merge with another council. It was a very tough decision,
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Speaker 1: Daly said. Membership was stagnant, and the core of active
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Speaker 1: members is getting up in years. While events such as
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Speaker 1: fish fries were popular, the revenue was just enough to
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Speaker 1: cover the building's insurance. The Oglesby Knights are by no
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Speaker 1: means the only fraternal organization to place their building up
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Speaker 1: for sale or to mull over an increasingly uncertain future.
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Speaker 1: Interest in fraternal organizations as a whole has diminished across
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Speaker 1: the United States, and declining enrollment and dues have squeezed
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Speaker 1: those councils with buildings to keep up.