Bloomington Knights of Columbus Fish Fry

Bloomington Knights of Columbus is hosting a Fish Fry on Friday evenings now thru March 30th. Serving starts at 5:30 and goes until we run out of food or 7 PM.

In addition, on March 9th and Mar 16th we will offer a Shrimp Dinner, but ONLY those 2 evenings.

Fish dinner $8, Shrimp dinner when we have it, $8, Grilled Cheese Dinner $5 and Grilled Cheese Sandwich $2.

Every Tuesday evening at 5:30 we have a 3 piece Chicken Dinner for $7, always Open to the Public for meals.

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

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Is federal mobilization the answer?

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In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

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Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…