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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Volunteer Opportunities</span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: Science & Wellness Night at Leal Elementary – Friday, April 29</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/dDFR4d"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Rain Barrel & Compost Bin Sale</span></a> – Saturday, May 14</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/ks8TEo"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Horticulture Hotline</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: Savoy Garden Club Presenters</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/HhffxM"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Garden Walk 2016</span></a> – Saturday, June 18</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Counting Education</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=14017"><span style="color: #4276aa;">4-Seasons Gardening</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Miscellaneous</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Master Naturalist Native Tree and Shrub Sale</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu/index.php"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Home, Yard & Garden Pest Newsletter</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rain Barrel & Compost Bin Sale – Saturday, May 14</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=14331"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Garden Walk Apparel</span></a> – Purchase before May 6</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Herb Plant Sale – Saturday, May 7</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=13636"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Plant a Pollinator Pocket!</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Science & Wellness Night – Leal Elementary School </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Friday, April 29, from 5:30 p.m-7:30 p.m.</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>I am in need of one more Master Gardener!</strong></span></p>
<p>Master Gardeners have been asked to assist Leal Elementary School in Urbana to assist providing information to families on how to grow/start their own vegetable gardens. Leal is hosting a Science and Wellness night on <strong>Friday, April 29 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. </strong></p>
<p>Master Gardeners will be passing out vegetable seeds to interested families, and possibly provide advice on starting vegetables at home. The school was given over 300 heirloom seed packets and teachers and families have also donated many. Their goal is that to share the seeds with anyone who needs them. Instead of distributing entire packets, however, seeds will be divvied up to families by what they need/want into envelopes/baggies.</p>
<p>To summarize:</p>
<ul>
<li>2 Master Gardeners volunteers needed Friday, April 29</li>
<li>When: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.</li>
<li>What: distributing vegetable seeds and vegetable gardening information</li>
<li>Where: Leal Elementary School, 312 W Oregon St, Urbana, IL 61801</li>
<li>Email Ava, <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:carmien2@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">carmien2@illinois.edu</span></a>, if you’re interested/available</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Rain Barrel & Compost Bin Sale - Urbana</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Saturday, May 14, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The University of Illinois Extension partners with the City of Champaign and the City of Urbana to provide a Compost Bin and Rain Barrel sale for community members. The event is Saturday, May 14 from 9 am to 3 pm. Pick-up for compost bins and rain barrels will be at the corner of Vine St. and E. Green Street in Urbana on the parking lot North of the City Building and across Lincoln Square Mall.</p>
<p>Master Gardeners will be requested to help distribute information on how to maintain and use rain barrels and compost bins. <em>You will NOT be required to help load/carry bins to homeowners vehicles</em>.</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/dDFR4d"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> to sign up on VolunteerSpot and volunteer for this great event!</p>
<p>Want to purchase a rain barrel or compost bin? Scroll down to <strong>MISCELLANEOUS</strong> for more information.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Savoy Garden Club Presentation</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The Savoy Garden Club would like one of the following presentations:</p>
<ul>
<li>Composting</li>
<li>Earth worms(good, bad, &invasive)</li>
<li>Boxwood pruning & care</li>
<li>Tree pruning</li>
<li>Tree identification</li>
<li>Turf care</li>
<li>Or anything in between!</li>
</ul>
<p>They would only need one presenter for just one of the listed dates:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sept 16, 2016</li>
<li>Jan. 17, 2017</li>
<li>Feb. 21, 2017</li>
<li>Mar. 21, 2017</li>
</ul>
<p>Please email me at <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:carmien2@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">carmien2@illinois.edu</span></a> if you’re interested.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Horticulture Hotline</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The Horticulture Hotline will open its doors for business on <strong>Monday, April 11</strong>. By working in the office, you stay up-to-date on how to control, identify, and remedy some of the biggest problems in a season. The Horticulture Hotline is one of the best ways to get involved, get immersed, and <strong>LEARN</strong> more about horticulture. Plus, you can count your hours in the Horticulture Hotline as either <em>Volunteer </em>or <em>Continuing Education</em> hours.</p>
<p><strong><em>As a reminder, you are not required to answer homeowner’s questions immediately.</em></strong> We encourage you to kindly tell the homeowner that we will respond to questions within 48 hours with the best researched answer we can come up with.</p>
<p>Still not sure about the hotline? View Vermilion County Master Gardener Terry Collier's testimonial (above) about his first experience working the Horticulture Hotline.</p>
<p>New this year, you can sign up for a 2-hour shift verses a 4-hour morning or afternoon shift. This was done to make it easier for you to fit a few hours of volunteer time in your busy schedule. If you would rather work an entire morning, or afternoon, just sign up for two 2-hour shifts!</p>
<p>Master Gardener interns will also need some guidance! Please sign up to support them on their first day of the job!</p>
<p>If the Horticulture Hotline is having a slow day, you are welcome to bring personal material to work on (books, laptop, etc.) while waiting for a homeowner.</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/ks8TEo"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> to sign up on our Volunteer Spot calendar.</p>
<p>Have questions? Email me, Ava Heap, at <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:carmien2@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">carmien2@illinois.edu</span></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Garden Walk 2016</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Saturday, June 18</em></strong></span></p>
<p>June 18 is 2016 Garden Walk Day and, though it may seem far away, the Garden Walk Committee needs your commitment to help. Garden Walk is the primary (virtually the only) fundraising event for Champaign County Master Gardeners. The money we raise funds all of your favorite CCMG community gardens and the educational programs presented throughout the year. And Garden Walk is lots of fun! So join your fellow Master Gardeners to share your love of gardening with the public.</p>
<p>Under the theme <strong><em>Garden Destinations</em></strong>, Garden Walk 2016 features 6 private gardens as well as a commercial organic fruit, vegetable, and flower garden . . . plus Japan House, the Hosta Garden, and (of course) the Idea Garden. More information about the gardens is available at the Extension Office.</p>
<p>So please sign up to work as a Site Volunteer on Garden Walk Day. A description of responsibilities of Site Volunteers is included at the end of this email. We will have two shifts at each garden:</p>
<ul>
<li>The morning (AM) shift from 8:15 AM – 12:30 PM on June 18.</li>
<li>The afternoon (PM) shift from 12:15 PM – 4:15 PM on June 18.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can sign up for one shift or both shifts. To make signing up as easy as possible, we are using the online tool VolunteerSpot. No registration or passwords are needed. To volunteer, just click on this link <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__vols.pt_HhffxM&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=i1Ddhi1zgu91yhNvYr7PZnS0DGZDm1waoT8k3PsVA-4&m=7Y13pc7ue-Q5jYs_zgJtGSZKrjTUKbLAFm2dYdLxIjg&s=dSu_6A1i-1GH18qdl-dqMsCSak2RYR3b82ndXyFhLXQ&e="><strong style="color: #4276aa;">http://vols.pt/HhffxM</strong></a> and choose the time you want to volunteer. If you want to request a specific garden, click on Comment and indicate your preferred garden(s). We will make every effort to honor your preference. Assignments will be made in the order that volunteers sign up.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Questions?</strong> Email <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:gardenwalkchampaigncounty@gmail.com"><span style="color: #4276aa;">gardenwalkchampaigncounty@gmail.com</span></a> or call Christie at <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="tel:217-721-6296"><span style="color: #4276aa;">217-721-6296</span></a>.</p>
<p>We look forward to working with you on Garden Walk 2016.</p>
<p>Christie Roszkowski and Carolyn Pribble<br /> Garden Walk 2016 Volunteers Co-Chairs</p>
<p><strong><em>Responsibilities of Garden Walk Site Volunteers</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Be present during assigned shift on Garden Walk Day to welcome visitors, help with tickets, provide assistance to visitors and answer questions about the garden, Garden Walk, and the Master Gardener program.</li>
<li>Attend orientation/garden preview scheduled by Site Chairs to become familiar with the assigned garden, plants, and planned organization for Garden Walk Day.</li>
<li>Assist with light garden tasks (such as raking, weeding, deadheading) in the weeks just prior to Garden Walk Day.</li>
<li>Site Volunteers may attend the Garden Walk Preview on the Friday evening before the Garden Walk.</li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: 4-Seasons Gardening Webinars</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The 2016 4-Seasons Gardening has begun! Here’s what’s in store:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>TOMORROW:</strong> April 26 - Water Smart Gardening - David Robson</li>
<li>May 10 - Utilizing Containers and Raised Beds to Grow Vegetables - Nancy Kreith</li>
<li>May 24 - Backyard Greenhouse Basics - Kim Ellson</li>
</ul>
<p>Register to view the webinars from home or at the University of Illinois Champaign County Extension office.</p>
<p>To view from <strong>HOME</strong>, follow this link to register: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/hmrs/4seasons/"><span style="color: #4276aa;">http://web.extension.illinois.edu/hmrs/4seasons/</span></a></p>
<p>To view from the <strong>CHAMPAIGN OFFICE</strong>, follow this link to register: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=14017"><span style="color: #4276aa;">go.illinois.edu/4seasonsgardening </span></a> </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Master Naturalist Native Tree and Shrub Sale</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Interested in expanding the use of native flora in your yard or garden? East Central Illinois Master Naturalists (ECIMN) are making available for purchase a selection of trees and shrubs indigenous to Illinois. Our soil and climate have tested these plants for 8,000 years, it's a good bet they will work for you! Click here to see a <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/downloads/54233.pdf"><span style="color: #4276aa;">detailed description</span></a> of each tree and shrub offered below. </p>
<p>Enjoy the benefits of using native plants:</p>
<ul>
<li>Increases/restores the native range of species that are important to local ecology and wildlife habitat (like butterflies!)</li>
<li>Decreases the risks found with monoculture plantings, i.e. pests, diseases, invasive, etc.</li>
<li>Using natives is ecologically responsible</li>
<li>Native species are adapted to local weather patterns and are more tolerant of changes in weather, when they are sited correctly</li>
<li>Can reduce overall costs on an acre of property by as much as 75%</li>
</ul>
<p>All plants come in special 5 gallon containers which are designed to encourage numerous roots but inhibit circling roots. No chemicals (such as copper) are used to enhance a fibrous root system.</p>
<p>Plants cost $25 each (including shipping and handling). <strong>Orders will be accepted until 8/31/2016.</strong> </p>
<p>Your order will be <strong>delivered locally for pickup on Friday, 9/16/2016 (3pm-6pm) or Saturday, 9/17/2016 (9am-noon)</strong> at the Champaign County Forest Preserve District (CCFPD) Maintenance Building located at 650 N Lombard, Mahomet, IL. It is located just S of the Museum of the Prairie at Lake of the Woods. From I-74, go north on Hwy 47 past the cemetery and one house/driveway. It is the first entrance on the east (right) after you pass the cemetery and driveway. <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Museum+of+the+Grand+Prairie/@40.205717,-88.393761,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x880cc404d603e909:0x888b033529c0a5a4"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Map.</span></a></p>
<p><strong>Supplies are limited and orders will be fulfilled on a first come, first served basis. </strong> Sales are open to only MN/MG from March 28-July 6. Sales are open to everyone, including the public, after July 6 until August 31.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Home, Yard & Garden Pest Newsletter</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Below is a preview of the Issue no. 2 of the Home, Yard & Garden Newsletter.</p>
<p>Here’s a sneak peek at what you’ll learn in this first issue:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fields and Lawns of Purple</li>
<li>Spruce Needle Casts (Rhizosphaera and Stigmina)</li>
<li>Gymnosporangium Rusts on Eastern Red Cedar</li>
<li>Invasive Plant Phenology Report - April 2016</li>
<li>Modified Growing Degree Days (Base 50°F, March 1 through April 21)</li>
<li>Woody Oak Galls</li>
</ul>
<p>If you’re not already signed up to receive these directly to your inbox, do so now: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu/index.php"><span style="color: #4276aa;">http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu/index.php</span></a></p>
<p><strong><em>Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Sale – Urbana</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Saturday, May 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.</em></strong></p>
<p>Want to purchase a rain barrel or compost bin? <br /> <br /> <strong>Rain Barrel - $55.00 regular, $30 with Stormwater Utility rebate<br /> Compost Bin - $47.50</strong></p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__urbanaillinois.us5.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D0976904319da17e19c4386164-26id-3D91f955d74e-26e-3Db13ca83a49&d=BQMBaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=i1Ddhi1zgu91yhNvYr7PZnS0DGZDm1waoT8k3PsVA-4&m=uKCId_DJKGOnErs9AdEPnG6Tu6Omy_Qk9AN4WM35MBg&s=QrVaW_PeSA_2LxjVnMW6lX8I0KFXWa4MBqL8o4bWJAw&e="><span style="color: #4276aa;">PRE-ORDER</span></a><strong> and save time!</strong></p>
<p><br /> For more information on the products, visit the City of Urbana’s webpage:</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://urbanaillinois.us/posts/2016/04/rain-barrel-and-compost-bin-sale-2016"><span style="color: #4276aa;">http://urbanaillinois.us/posts/2016/04/rain-barrel-and-compost-bin-sale-2016</span></a> <br /> <br /> <em>For more information on this event, please call Scott Tess at 217-384-2381 or by </em><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:srtess@urbanaillinois.us"><em style="color: #4276aa;">email</em></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Garden Walk Apparel </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Place Orders by May 6</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The website for the Garden Walk T-shirt is up and ready to take your orders. All Garden Walk volunteers are required to wear this shirt day-of Garden Walk: Saturday, June 18. All t-shirt orders are due <strong>Friday, May 6</strong>.</p>
<p>The T-shirt may be worn at other venues such as the Idea Garden, the Community Gardens or your own garden. It has the State MG logo on the upper left front with Champaign County designated under the State logo and it has volunteer across the back. The T-shirt is a 50-50 blend and is a great weight for the warm months.</p>
<p>To get to the ordering site on the web:</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/champaignmg/"><span style="color: #4276aa;">https://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/champaignmg/</span></a> (this is the website for Champaign County Master Gardeners).</li>
<li>On the right side under <strong>Register Online</strong>, click on <strong><em>Champaign County Master Gardener's Garden Walk T-shirt Sale</em></strong>. You will be on the T-shirt ordering page. Prices are given along with the closing date for ordering and approximate delivery date of the T-shirts for pick up at the Extension Office.</li>
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<p><strong><em>Please note that this is </em></strong><strong><em>not a new design.</em></strong> If you have a T-shirt from previous years and you’re happy with its quality, you need not order another.</p>
<p>Please contact Carolyn Burrell, <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:cburrell@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">cburrell@illinois.edu</span></a>, with any questions.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Herb Plant Sale – Urbana </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Saturday, May 7 </em></strong></span></p>
<p>The Champaign-Urbana Herb Society will hold its annual Herb Plant Sale on Saturday, May 7, inside Lincoln Square.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Herb Plant Sale</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. (or until sellout) </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Inside Lincoln Square, Urbana</strong></span></p>
<p>Our annual plant sale, offering a wide variety of herbs, is our only fundraising event and has become a much anticipated community tradition. All proceeds from the plant sale will go towards book donations to area libraries, mini-grants to schools, and to our educational public herb garden at Meadowbrook Park in Urbana.</p>
<p>For more information about the sale, visit our website (click here) or our Facebook page. Also, click here for full press release. The link to the flyer is here. A detailed list of plants for sale is available on the C-U Herb Society’s web site.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Satomi Wakita</p>
<p>C-U Herb Society Plant Sale Publicity</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://www.cuherbsociety.org"><span style="color: #4276aa;">www.cuherbsociety.org</span></a></p>
<p>Phone: (217)377-6615</p>
<p>Email: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:cuherbsociety@gmail.com"><span style="color: #4276aa;">cuherbsociety@gmail.com</span></a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Plant a Pollinator Pocket!</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Are you interested in promoting pollinator conservation efforts across the state? BEE a positive influence on pollinator populations and plant a Pollinator Pocket today! Pollinator Pockets are small spaces of flowering plants that can attract and nurture insect pollinators. An example is attached to this email.</p>
<p>Starting today, you can now register your site as an official University of Illinois Extension Pollinator Pocket. <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__web.extension.illinois.edu_registration_-3FRegistrationID-3D13636&d=BQMFAg&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=i1Ddhi1zgu91yhNvYr7PZnS0DGZDm1waoT8k3PsVA-4&m=KdRI1HGb4f6C4lUoAr-4ZZ2EtEqDHs9x4XAiq9wLu0o&s=rGpn3ZBzZ5DQ-SihTc8x9p7Zzc7mZBP9avUVmdfw2Sg&e="><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here to access the online registration.</span></a> Once registered, your site will be added to our <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_maps_d_edit-3Fmid-3DzhwkVy11PaKc.kv-5FACmLt4Rtc-26usp-3Dsharing&d=BQMFAg&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=i1Ddhi1zgu91yhNvYr7PZnS0DGZDm1waoT8k3PsVA-4&m=KdRI1HGb4f6C4lUoAr-4ZZ2EtEqDHs9x4XAiq9wLu0o&s=AvKs_2SBeQLjvS2gTCOPPF7Pxqx2NHxTYUrcKlBbmrw&e="><span style="color: #4276aa;">online map</span></a>, showing Pollinator Pockets throughout the state. </p>
<p>As part of the registration process, you have the option to purchase a 9” x 6” aluminum sign designating your site as an official Pollinator Pocket. A copy of the sign is attached to this email. Members of the general public may purchase their sign for $15.00, however, we are offering a special price to certified Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists. To receive your sign discount, please enter the code <strong>POCKET</strong> when prompted during the registration.</p>
<p>To BEE notified of news and updates about the Pollinator Pocket Program, <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__illinois.edu_gm_subscribe_30214&d=BQMFAg&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=i1Ddhi1zgu91yhNvYr7PZnS0DGZDm1waoT8k3PsVA-4&m=KdRI1HGb4f6C4lUoAr-4ZZ2EtEqDHs9x4XAiq9wLu0o&s=lvcEf6q2ghdEyb55JbQ3HpGxuE3zZHAbGk-GQnjbIuk&e="><span style="color: #4276aa;">click here to be added to our email list</span></a>.</p>
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<p>Champaign, IL 61821</p>
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