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Eureka Savings Bank gets naming rights to L-P’s agriculture building · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Eureka Savings Bank gets naming rights to LP's agriculture building.
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  Written by Matthias Werner, This article is being read by
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  Township High School announced a major contribution from Eureka Savings
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  Bank to support the high school's agriculture program. The LP
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  Board of Education formally accepted a five hundred thousand dollars
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  donation from Eureka Savings Bank during a board meeting on
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  Wednesday night. According to a news release from the school,
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  we are thrilled to receive this contribution from Eureka Savings Bank.
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  Board president Greg Sarver said, our replanted agriculture program is
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  already creating incredible opportunities for our students and community. In
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  recognition of this significant gift, the board approved naming the
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  on campus under construction Agricultural facility the US Eureka Savings
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  Bank Agriculture Center. Support like this from our community leaders
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  like Eureka Savings Bank will only accelerate what our students
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  are able to accomplish while reducing the financial burden on
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  our taxpayers. Sarver said. The Eureka Savings Bank Agriculture center
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  is expected to reach substantial completion in early August, in
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  time for the start of the twenty twenty six to
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  twenty seven school year on August eleventh. Eureka is very
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  proud to support LP in its agricultural program. Eureka Savings
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  Bank President and CEO John McCormick said, agriculture is a
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  cornerstone of our local economy, impacts us all in many ways,
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  and will teach students innovative and valuable skills. The facility
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  will feature two classrooms, along with an agriculture maintenance shop, greenhouse,
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  and student stored commercial kitchen for hands on learning opportunities.
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  According to the release, the Eureka Savings Bank Agriculture Center
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  will also offer dedicated office space for LP's Future Farmers
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  of America program. The more we invest in the community's success,
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  the brighter our future, and with the program that LP
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  and instructor Riley Hinsha have, it's already looking very bright,
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  McCormick said. Along with their financial contribution, Eureka Savings Bank
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  has pledged to support financial education opportunities in the agricultural
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  curriculum through guest speakers and supporting other opportunities for LP. Students.
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  According to the release, LP is currently working with additional
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  community businesses and individuals to support the agriculture program. According
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  to the release, learn more about the Agriculture program on
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  the LP website.