January 2011

The Union County Hospital Senior Circle chapter is offering a five-day/four-night motor coach tour to Branson, Mo. 

The tour is scheduled for April 30 through May 4, 2012. 

The cost is $550 per person based on double occupancy for Senior Circle members.

The cost for non-members is $650 per person based on double occupancy. 

Single occupancy is available for an additional $120 per person for members and non-members.

A Union County family has a brand new home, just in time for Christmas.

Last Saturday morning, the family was given the keys to the first home built in Anna by Habitat for Humanity.

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry.

The organization's website notes that:

"Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses alongside our homeowner partner families.

The new owners of the Sunshine Inn community center building in Anna say the facility could have a wide range of possible uses.

The building had been owned by Union County for a number of years.

The Union County Board of Commissioners recently declared the Sunshine Inn to be surplus property.

Monday night, Nov. 21, the structure, billed as an "historic community building," was sold at auction. The auction took place inside the building, which is located at 400 S. Main St.

The Union County Chamber of Commerce celebrated the successes of the past year at the organization's annual banquet.

The banquet was Thursday night, Dec. 8, at Von Jakob Vineyard near Alto Pass.

The evening began with a social hour, which was followed by dinner and an awards program.

During the awards program, the chamber honored a business of the year, a new business of the year and citizen of the year. A business improvement award was presented.

Those honored at the banquet included: