The Bunker Hill Area Chamber of Commerce is holding its annual Fall Festival on September 14 in the downtown area beginning at 10 am.

The event will feature vendors, food, beverages, a bounce house, an interactive Illinois Department of Natural Resources booth, music, a car show, a burnout contest, and a fireworks display sponsored by the Bunker Hill United Community Bank Community at 8 PM. City Heat band will perform from 12-4 and Rock Bottom from 6-10.

The Speed Demons host the car show and burn-out contest. The entry fee is $20, and the event runs from 10 to 5, Mark Flieger, the group spokesperson, said. Registration for the car show starts at 8 am. Enter on Highway 159 at Park Street. Car Show Awards will be presented at 4 pm.

The Burnout Contest starts at 5 pm. Cash and Custom-made Trophy for the 1st place winner. Kids Power Wheels Drag Racing from 12 pm – 1 pm and 100 goodie bags to the first 100 cars that enter the 2024 Car Show.

For further information, contact Jill Chapman at 618 223 9043, Lisa Webb at 618 407 2513, or Mark Flieger at 314 210 6254.

A football game pitting the Gillespie Miners against the Staunton Bulldogs, a parade and the second annual induction ceremony for newly named members of the Gillespie High School Athletic Hall of Fame will highlight Homecoming next month.

The theme of this year’s celebration is The Roaring Twenties.

The parade will kick off on South Macoupin Street at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 25. The parade will march to the high school where a pep rally is scheduled for 7 p.m., followed by the coronation of the Homecoming King and Queen at 7:15 p.m. There will be a Powder Puff Game/Cheer Section competition at 7:30 p.m., also on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

There will be a meet and greet with newly named members of the Athletic Hall of Fame at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27, followed by the Homecoming football game at 7 p.m. Hall of Fame  inductees include Mike Viano, Jack Genet, Dennis Best, Barbella Magus, Sam Stewart, William & Florence Schmidt and Family, and Deb Olson and the ’93, ’94 and ’95 GHS softball teams. New members will be inducted during a 2 p.m. reception on Sunday, Sept. 29, in the high school gym.

The annual Homecoming dance is set for 7-9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28 at the high school gym.

For GHS students, Homecoming activities will start well in advance of the Homecoming weekend festivities. Students from all four high school classes will work on building parade floats from 6-9 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, Monday, Sept. 23, and Tuesday, Sept. 24. Students will decorate hallways for Homecoming from 3-5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20, and 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Saturday, Sept 21.

Monday, Sept. 23 will kick off a week of “dress-up” days for students. For Monday, the theme is Boas and Bowties. Tuesday, Sept. 24 will feature Glitz and Glitter. Wednesday, Sept. 25 is Rhyme Without Reason Day, and Thursday, Sept. 26, will feature Gangsters vs. Flappers. The dress-up theme for Friday, Sept. 27 will be School Spirit.

In addition to Wednesday’s pep rally following the parade, there will be a game-day pep rally at 1:15 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27.

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Friends of the Gillespie Public Library and United Community Bank are hosting a joint “Fraud and Scam Prevention” seminar at on Monday, July 22 starting at 6 p.m. at the Gillespie Public Library.

The seminar will focus on today’s common scams and frauds, which includes imposter and check scams, money mule fraud and those that target seniors. Presenters will be Jenni Alepra of Gillespie UCB and Kennen Bertolis of Carlinville UCB.

The seminar is open to the public and is free of charge. For additional questions, call the Gillespie Public Library at 217-839-3614.