IHSA Board of Directors Meeting Recap

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

February IHSA Board of Directors Meeting Recap

The IHSA Board of Directors met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, February 11, 2019, where the Board approved three action items.

ACTION ITEMS
1. The Board approved a recommendation to provide a waiver request to IHSA By-laws 3.021 and 3.022 for Champaign (St. Thomas More) due to their move to a five-class block scheduling system.

2. The Board approved a recommendation to move 2019 IHSA Boys Golf Regionals to Monday of Week 14 and 2019 IHSA Girls Golf Regionals to Thursday of Week 14 based on the date of Yom Kippur.

3. The Board approved a recommendation to set its meetings dates for the 2019-20 school year:
Monday, August 26, 2019
Monday, September 16, 2019
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Monday, December 16, 2019
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Monday, February 10, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Monday, June 15, 2020

ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Minutes from all Advisory Committees can be viewed by clicking here.

1. The Board approved the consent items from the Advisory Committees in the following sports & activities: Boys/Girls Cross Country, Football, Boys/Girls Golf, Boys/Girls Tennis, Boys/Girls Volleyball, Sportsmanship.

Consent items are recommendations that received approval from the sport/activity advisory committee, the Athletic Administrators Advisory Committee and the IHSA staff. Consent items can be viewed by clicking here.

Non-consent items are recommendations from sport or activity committees that did not receive a majority vote from the Athletic Advisory Committee or IHSA staff.

Two non-consent item was/were approved.

Volleyball
1. The IHSA will create a webinar to help train line judges, while encouraging schools to begin experimenting with assigning adults to serve as line judges for conference matches.

Sports Medicine
2. The Committee recommends that for all IHSA postseason contests, each host school must have an AED immediately accessible at each venue.

Some consent items of note include:

Tennis
1. Three rounds from the main draw will now be played on Thursday to provide greater flexibility in scheduling as tournament progresses in the event of weather.

Golf
1. Circle 10 rule may now be applied in the Regional and Sectional rounds.

APPEALS & ELIGIBILITY RULINGS
No appeals or rulings.

DISCUSSION ITEMS
At each meeting of the Board of Directors, there are certain items the Board discusses, but upon which no action is taken. The following is a report of those items from the February 11, 2019, agenda:

1. The Board discussed the IHSA Girls and Boys Basketball State Final hosting contracts, which are set to expire after the 2020 state tournaments. The Board intends to seek feedback in the coming months on a potential schedule change beginning in 2021 that would shift the IHSA Girls Basketball State Final Tournament to playing all four classes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of IHSA Week 34 (March 4-6, 2021). The IHSA Boys Basketball State Final Tournament would play all four classes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of IHSA Week 35 (March 11-13, 2021).

2. Representatives from Country Financial and Findley provided the Board with an update on IHSA investments, financial planning and retirement plans.

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Watchdog warns blaming Rauner ignores state’s structural problems

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

While Gov. J.B. Pritzker blames the previous governor’s administration for an expected $3.2 billion deficit in the coming fiscal year, a public finance watchdog said the state’s financial problems are larger than any single administration.
Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

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Pastor Rick Warren: How to Pray Effectively

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

How to Pray Effectively
by Rick Warren
“Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the nations. But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them . . . I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored’” (Nehemiah 1:8-9 NLT).

Here are four secrets to answered prayer based on the life of Nehemiah:

Base your request on God’s character. Pray like you know God will answer you: “I’m expecting you to answer this prayer because of who you are. You are a faithful God. You are a great God. You are a loving God. You are a wonderful God. You can handle this problem, God!”
Confess the sins of which you’re aware. After Nehemiah bases his prayer on who God is, he confesses his sins. He says, “I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned! We have sinned terribly by not obeying the commands, decrees, and regulations that you gave us” (Nehemiah 1:6-7 NLT). It wasn’t Nehemiah’s fault that Israel went into captivity. He wasn’t even born when it happened; he was most likely born in captivity. Yet he’s including himself in the national sins. He says, “I’ve been a part of the problem.”
Claim the promises of God. Nehemiah prays to the Lord, saying, “Please remember what you told your servant Moses” (Nehemiah 1:8 NLT). Can you imagine telling God to “remember” something? Nehemiah reminds God of a promise he made to the nation of Israel. In effect, he prays, “God, you warned through Moses that if we were unfaithful, we would lose the land of Israel. But you also promised that if we’d repent, you’d give it back to us.”
Does God have to be reminded? No. Does he forget what he’s promised? No. Then why do we do this? Because it helps us remember what God has promised.
Be specific in what you ask for. If you want specific answers to prayer, make specific requests. If your prayers consist of general requests, how will you know if they’re answered?
PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick
Talk It Over

Think of a prayer request you’ve recently made to God that hasn’t been answered yet. What motivates you to keep praying about it?
Pray again for that request, and follow the steps above. How does your prayer change?
What promises of God do you need to claim?

Give hope, prayer, and encouragement below. Post a comment & talk about it.

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Lawmakers say they have tentative deal on border funding to avert a second shutdown

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Key lawmakers said late Monday that they had reached a tentative agreement over immigration rules and funding for border barriers, a deal that if signed by President Donald Trump would avert another government shutdown set to start at week’s end.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

Filed Under: Breaking News

Editorial: Paging Milton Friedman: How the big minimum wage hike could hurt Illinois workers

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

A bill speeding through the Illinois General Assembly and expected to land soon on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk wraps a slew of political, socioeconomic and generational debates into one issue: raising Illinois’ minimum wage.

Here’s a link to the editorial at the Chicago Tribune.

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9 spring training questions for the Cubs, including Kris Bryant’s health and Joe Maddon’s new approach

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

After missing the National League Championship Series for the first time in four seasons, everyone in the Cubs organization is on notice.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

Filed Under: Sports

First Illinois bill proposed to legalize pot ‘more in line with how we treat alcohol’

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

SPRINGFIELD — Attention at the Statehouse is expected to begin focusing on one of Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s top priorities — legalizing recreational marijuana — with the deadline for lawmakers to introduce new bills on Friday.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

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Pritzker wants House to pass minimum wage bill without changes

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Gov. J.B. Pritzker heralded the Senate’s passage of a bill that raises the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 and pledged to include the increased costs in a balanced budget proposal later this month.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

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Business groups come together to urge changes to minimum wage bill

February 12, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Businesses from across the state came together in Springfield on Monday to urge the Illinois lawmakers to amend a proposed minimum wage increase to allow for lower pay outside the city of Chicago.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

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Keith Absher – Benton, IL

February 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Keith Absher, 71, of Benton, IL passed away Saturday morning February 9, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family.

He was born in Logan, IL on April 1, 1947, the son of Troy & Dorothy Aline (Kirkman) Absher.
He married Diane Cameron on February 20, 1970 in Benton and she survives.
Mr. Absher is survived by his wife, Diane Absher, of Benton; three children, Karen Lynn Byrd, and husband Keith, of Biloxi, MS, Tammy Sue Overton, of Benton, IL and Wendy Marie Gose, and husband Charles, of St. Louis, MO; 11 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren: several nieces and nephews; one brother, William Absher, and wife Patti, of Logan, IL.

Mr. Absher was preceded in death by his parents, Troy & Aline, sister, Sharon Jackson and one brother, William Absher.

It was Mr. Absher’s wishes to be cremated.
There will be a gathering of family & friends from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 16th at the Morton & Johnston Funeral Home in Benton.

For more information or to send online condolences please visit www.mortonjohnstonfuneralhome.com

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