PAXTON, IL OFFICIAL WEBSITE

PAXTON,IL

PRIDE's Tree Lighting Ceremony November 27 @ 7 pm and Christmas Parade November 28 @ 1:30 pm

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Picture gallery of local events

Majestic Theater Fire pictures

P.R.I.D.E. Announcements

HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

11/27 Downtown Tree Lighting Ceremony 7 pm followed by story time at the Firehouse 7:45 pm

11/28 "Looney Tooney" Christmas Parade 1:30 pm

12/4-12/6 Bag Sale Blitz

12/5 - Breakfast with Santa @ Paxton Park District Civic Center; 8-10 am; Free will donation for pancake and sausage breakfast with Santa

12/5 - Christmas Bazaar @ Evangelical Covenant Church

12/6 Business Holiday Open Houses 1-4 pm

12/6 Living Nativity Scene; 4-7 pm Directions

12/8 Wild-N-Wacky Firehouse Cook-off

12/10-11 House Decorating Contest

P.R.I.D.E. in Paxton's annual sponsorship drive started August 1st.

If you'd like to donate to PRIDE, please send check to PRIDE, P O Box 330, Paxton, IL 60957. Click here for list of our 2009-10 donors so far. All contributions are tax deductible.

Your dollars allow P.R.I.D.E. to continue all of its numerous projects including: Paxton website; Christmas parade, bag sale, holiday open houses, firemen's cook-off, holiday decorating contests; Music Under the Stars summer concert series; downtown streetscape enhancement; New Neighbors program; PRIDE in Paxton week; Historical Homes Walking Tour and Community Churches brochures; Ladies Day Out luncheon; bus tours to Paxton; Paxton Community Directory; retail promotions; and much, much more!

Also, volunteers are always welcome for help and ideas with any of P.R.I.D.E. projects.

Streetscape Update: Solar lamps have been installed. Thanks to Paxton Ready Mix for donating concrete and rock. Other poles are in the process of being painted black. New navy banners with the City Hall logo have arrived and will be installed on the light poles after the painting is completed.

You can see a new banner on display in the window of First National Bank in Paxton.

Local Celebrities

Tom Meents - 7 time Monster Truck World Champion

Bill Morrison - Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Authors from Paxton - click here for names/books