"It's about time," said Harlan Freeman, a more-than-40-year resident who will get a front-row seat to the work as it will happen basically in his backyard along Seymour Street.

And among the many golfers there from the U of I basketball program was shooting guard from the 2005 National Championship Game team, Dee Brown. When he looks back on that team 21 years ago, Brown says he remembers the closeness they all had.

Unbeaten and state-ranked Oakwood has already made short trips to Bismarck and Georgetown for road Vermilion Valley Conference games against Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin on Aug. 22 and against Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman last Friday night.

After being postponed from its original August 15th date due to substantial rain, the Danville Police vs Danville Fire Charity Softball Game at Danville Stadium was able to be played on over Labor Day Weekend; on Saturday, September 5th.

"His coach (Carrie Cool) and I surprised him with this sign once it was posted," Prunkard said. "We had several students place in state, and one of our awesome parents reached out to me telling me that IDOT did this."