July 5, 2012, BY Phil Bertoni, The Fourth of July saw Mt. Pulaski as a great place to find a hidden treasure as well as a great meal. The VFW had nearly 300 diners take advantage of the organization's chicken dinners. The event's proceeds will help their town's overseas-duty veteran's organization (Veterans of Foreign Wars).

Recently retired WUIS Classics Music Director Karl Scroggin and his friends were there, as always, to support the cause. Karl's brother, Michael Scroggin, made the supreme sacrifice in Vietnam in the late 1960's.

The town was full of out-of-towners seeking those great treasures but local residents eagerly joined in the hunt. Boy Scout Troop 122 offered two locations for their BBQ Porkchop sandwiches to help keep the treasure-hunt cruisers fed.