YMCA to celebrate International Day of Yoga

MATTOON — The International Day of Yoga, or Yoga Day, is Wednesday, June 21.

The event was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 as a way to recognize the benefits of yoga and to celebrate the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

In celebration of Yoga Day, the Mattoon Area Family YMCA and Neal Center YMCA are inviting members of the public to experience yoga with YMCA instructors. There is no charge to participate in these opportunities on June 21.

Sunrise Yoga will be offered at 6 a.m. at Heritage Park in Mattoon. Mid-Day Chair Yoga will be offered at noon and Restorative Yoga will be offered at 5:30 p.m. at the Mattoon YMCA.

In Toledo, Mid-Day Yoga will be offered at 12:15 p.m. on the Courthouse Lawn. Evening Yoga will be offered at 4:45 p.m. in the Neal Center YMCA.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own yoga mats. A raffle will be offered and snacks will be available. For more information, call 217-234-9494 or visit the event page on the Mattoon Area Family YMCA Facebook page.

1965: The school is housed in the former Humble Oil Co. building on Route 45 on the south side of Mattoon.

1950: Proof that flash photography has become a national hobby is the Mattoon plant of the General Electric Co. which manufactures flash bulbs almost exclusively. A few incandescent or regular light bulbs in larger wattages are made here also.

1989: Pat and Rodney Williamson are ready to dine. Owner Leonard Losch looks on at Ellen Kay's.

1992: A bicyclist pedals along East Rudy Street where a row of new duplexes were built, next to a subsidized housing project.

1992: A group of children wait in line to challenge the winner to a game of tether ball at the E. Rudy Street housing project.

1985: aerial view of downtown Mattoon.

1977: Acquisition of the Douglas Nursing Center will complete another phase in Wesley Tower's total care package.

1991: The CTA office is carpeted, air conditioned, well-lit and features work stations designed around employee needs. Telemarketers generated $435 billion in sales last year. For each customer who says yes, 99 say no.

1959: The Eastern Division of the CIPS is completing a move into the new building in Mattoon. The structure has 36 offices and 23,000 square feet of office space.

1988: Burtschi is the first store in Illinois south of Springfield to offer Hummel figurines.

1963: A new line of paving equipment is exhibited by the Mattoon Blaw Knox plant at the Construction Equipment Exposition and Road Show, Chicago.

1959: In an effort to better serve the growing needs of the Midwest, Southwest and Far West market for flexible metal hose and tubing the American Brass Co. built its American Metal Hose Division plant in Mattoon.

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