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The Pioneer Club in downtown Kewanee is getting on the Neville Brand bandwagon by planning the week's menu specials around the late movie star from Kewanee. The Pioneer Club's Tom May met Brand in the Las Vegas airport in the 1960s. As Tom tells it, as a boy, he once accompanied his father, the late Jim May, on a "vacation" to the Nevada town, then much smaller than now. Gambling was also just becoming the main attraction. While walking through the airport, Jim spots Brand playing the slots, apparently on a layover while filming the "Laredo" TV series. He walks up, introduces himself and his young son as being from Kewanee, but unimpressed (or immersed in the game), Brand throws them a quick "Oh. Hi…" and goes back to pulling the arm of the slot machine. The Pioneer Club itself has a place in one of the stories told about Brand leaving Kewanee for Hollywood and vowing never to return. Then called The Dome, at 206 N. Chestnut St., Brand is said to have left the establishment early one morning, jumped over a parking meter and declared he was leaving the town for good and heading for Hollywood. Some say he swore he would never return. Other accounts differ.

“Over the course of a year, one in five adults will experience a mental illness, yet less than half will receive treatment. Because this is unacceptable, my Administration is fighting to make mental health care more accessible than ever,” Obama’s proclamation read, in part. FamilyWize, a national grassroots community initiative offering free prescription assistance in partnership with Kewanee Area United Way, is dedicated to reducing the cost of prescription medicine for individuals and families through distribution of free prescription savings cards. The FamilyWize cards may be used by anyone in need and are provided free through Kewanee Area United Way. FamilyWize and the United Way have helped nearly 7 million people nationwide save close to $700 million on the medicines they need to live healthy lives —including $197 million in mental health prescription cost savings. Almost 1,000 United Ways distribute the cards in the communities they serve. “Prescription medicine is crucial for maintaining mental health, but the high costs often act as a barrier,” said Deann Schweitzer, chief executive director of Kewanee Area United Way. “We’re living in tight economic times.

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