5/4/2024 - 5/4/2024
Gather your group and have fun planning your floats, boats, golf carts or whatever your entry may be for this year’s Rend Lake Water Festival Parade. It’s sure to be a day filled with fun and sunshine! This year’s parade will be on Saturday May 4th, 2024
This year's theme is The Eclipse "Twice in a Lifetime" so put on your creative caps and show us how you can put a new twist on the Eclipse. This can be a song, anything to do with the sun, the moon or the eclipse. Example dress in your favorite 80's outfits and decorate for "Total Eclipse of the heart". dress up in the 60's theme and do bad moon rising. The parade is on May 4th. do a twist with star wars and the eclipse.....may the 4th be with you. ect.
We will again have registration in the parking lot of the Antique Auto Museum (211 N. Main St. - one block NORTH of the Benton Public Square) from 8:00 am – 9:30 am and line up on West Washington Street, as in past years.
4/27/2024
Join us for our Kubota Orange Days Sales Event happening Saturday, April 27th from 9:00AM-1:00PM- Free Hotdogs
- Test drive a new Kubota product!
- Register to receive a coupon for up to $500 off select machines (one day only)!
Don't miss our biggest sales event of the year with special financing rates!
5/4/2024 - 5/5/2024
This course will provide an understanding for the law-abiding citizen’s right to self-defense. The participants will develop skills and attitudes essential for the safe and effective use of a handgun for the protection of self and family. Further, coverage will be provided on mental awareness, how to avoid victimization, and mindset development for use of a firearm when faced with a life threatening encounter. This course will review basic gun safety rules for guns in the home, travel and concealed carry. Also covered will be the responsibility of firearm ownership laws, how to legally travel with a firearm and the justified use of lethal force. Students will be required to participate in classroom and firearms range activities and demonstrate basic live-fire handgun proficiency. An Illinois Firearms Owners ID card is recommended, but not required. This course assumes participant already has a basic understanding of firearms, firearm’s safety and possesses basic firearm’s use skill sets. However, even very novice shooters are more than welcome and even encouraged to attend. (No Firearms or ammunition allowed in the classroom)
This course is available to and encouraged for private/professional groups of 15 or more. Course facilitator would provide classroom facility suitable for the number of participants. Contact us for more information and the training team availability and dates.
Course meets all of the Illinois Concealed Carry Curriculum Mandates.
5/9/2024
This is the 3-hour Concealed Carry Renewal Class for Illinois Concealed Carry permit holders. Per Illinois Concealed Carry Act Mandate, the class will consist of reviewing all laws associated with Illinois Concealed Carry followed up with a live fire range qualification.
This is an approved curriculum by the Illinois State Police and this course meets the renewal mandates.
Registration includes: Range fees, training firearms rental, ammunition, safety glasses and hearing protection