Hello everyone, We are back online and operational again after days of being offline. Unfortunately, we became a target of someone that wanted to bring us down and we suffered from a large-scale malware attack. The attack was highly sophisticated and although it interrupted our service, our security partners confirmed the firewall we had in […]
NOTICE: TheBenGilPost.com server migration
On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. CST, the BenGil Post website will be undergoing a complete server migration. During the migration, the website will be down for approximately 12-24 hours. This means the most up-to-date news publication in the area will not be functional and you will not have access to TheBenGilPost.com. Note […]
Pegasus Travel Agent Dona Rauzi
Address: 709 N. Macoupin st. Phone: 217 – 556 – 3056 Website: Find Us on Facebook Email: dona@travelwithpegasus.com Hours of Operation: 27/7 – 365 Dona’s Experience: Earned a 3 night 4 day trip to any Sandals Resort in Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia, Bahama’s for two. Jan 2011, earned my Travel Institute Certificate for passing the […]
Basketball Skills Camp Coming to Ageless in Gillespie
Summer Basketball Skills’ Camp Instructed by Zak Allan and Mike Koniak If your child loves basketball and wants to improve his/her skills, this camp is designed for him/her. This camp is structured to give each player a challenging selection of fundamental drills and habit building exercises that will improve their overall basketball game. Camp aims […]
Week in Pictures: Black Diamond Days Edition
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of June 9 Black Diamond Days Edition
Letter to The Editor: Thanks!
We would just like to extend our sincerest thanks and gratitude to the city of Gillespie, Mayor Hicks, Dan Fisher, Kevin Polo, the city council, Shari Albrecht and the MEDP, as well as countless others who helped secure the grant for the demolition of our old building. We’ve been extremely blessed with great members and […]
New custom compounding pharmacy coming to Gillespie
Local pharmacist attends compounding training class Gillespie, IL – (September 21, 2012): T.J. Allan of newly established Pro-Pharm Compounding Pharmacy recently attended a four-day pharmacy compounding training course in Houston, Texas. Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) hosted pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas at its hands-on Comprehensive Compounding […]
Ageless Member of the Month – September
“Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can’t hear what you’re saying.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s been 24 years since I first walked through the doors at the old Maple Street School for my first day of kindergarten class with Mrs. Stauffer. 24 YEARS. And yet still to this day when I […]
Ageless Member of the Month – July
To most people fitness and athletics are synonymous. It’s an excuse we get a lot at the gym. “I’m not athletic enough to exercise. I was awful at P.E. in high school and never athletic enough to play sports so I’ll never be able to exercise.” In all honesty, it sounds good. Unfortunately, it’s far […]
Main Street: Finding a solution to an empty building
Here’s an interesting article about a man in Vandalia, IL who is revitalizing his hometown one business at a time. I love it for two reasons. He’s putting his money where his mouth is. No talk. All action. He’s proof entrepreneurship doesn’t have an age limit. Being too young or too old isn’t an excuse. […]
Ageless: June Member of the Month
“Youth is wasted on the young” – George Bernard Shaw Each month we look for members that inspire us. We search for members who have overcome obstacles that would have stopped most of us dead in our tracks. Our goal, other than to recognize their extraordinary efforts, is to convince you that no matter your […]
Ageless Member of the Month – May
Excuses. Excuses. Excuses. We all make them. When it comes to exercising and living a healthy lifestyle, we tend to make a lot of them. The most common excuse we hear is “I just don’t have time.” Even though there are 10,080 minutes in one week, people just can’t seem to find 90 minutes per […]
Give Until It Hurts
I think we have a misconception about giving. Books, motivational gurus, and even charities make it sound so simple, so effortless. We should want to give. It’s as if it should come natural to us. And if it doesn’t, we think we’re selfish. In turn, we get depressed and feel less like a human being […]
Main Street’s Triangle For Success
“And we know that the richest experiences in our lives aren’t when we’re clamoring for validation from others, but when we’re listening to our own voice – doing something that matters, doing it well, and doing it in a service of a cause larger than ourselves.” – Daniel Pink, author of Drive The Triangle For […]
Investing in the Youth
“An object in motion will stay in motion, and an object at rest will stay at rest, unless acted upon by an outside force.” – Newton’s first law of motion 14 year-old William Kampkwamba of Malawi, Africa didn’t have much. In fact, due to the worst famine his village had seen in 50 years, he […]
Mission Statement: What’s ours?
I wrote the following mission statement for Ageless after meeting with brand consultant Genece Hamby today. Even though our meeting was about Shopbengil.com, the Main Street Makeover Project, and the BenGil community, I wasn’t ready to write a mission statement for those projects… From our blog at Ageless: Three things inspired me to write the […]
The Brilliance of Bill – The Argument
As our conversation progressed, we rarely met a topic we didn’t agree on. In fact, it wasn’t until we started discussing the first step that needs to be taken to rejuvenate main street that our paths diverged. I’m a firm believer in tools. The more free, useful tools we can offer to small businesses, the […]
The Brilliance of Bill
A business can’t survive for 5 and 1/2 years on main street in Gillespie without a business savvy, resourceful owner that’s passionate about the community, especially if your business is a toy shop. Bill Toprani, owner of the newly renamed Village Toy Chest, is just that kind of entrepreneur. Last week I had the pleasure […]
ShopBenGil.com is almost here
ShopBenGil .com is set to launch next week. After a little over a year of “ideating”, planning, and programming, we’ve finally completed version 1.0. What is it www.shopbengil.com It’s a website that allows any business in the BenGil community (at-home or brick and mortar) to create a store on the site and sell their merchandise […]
Ageless Member of the Month: April
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. – Muhammad Ali Motivation: We all need it. Tony Robbins has made millions teaching it. Youtube has thousands of videos with millions of views broadcasting it. Authors, on a monthly basis, have made millions selling its secrets. Without […]
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