The Allen Chamber of Commerce has begun their 2025 Membership Drive. Community members will be contacted by membership chairmen Charles and Betty Speir to pay dues and renew memberships for 2025. New members are always welcome.
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Join the Allen Masonic Lodge for breakfast Saturday, March 1st, from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m., at the Lodge on West Broadway. The breakfast fundraisers are held the first Saturday of each month with a menu of sausage, biscuits, gravy, scrambled eggs, hash browns and coffee.
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The Allen men will face Velma Alma on Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the regional tournament at 2:30. A win will bring them back Friday afternoon. The Lady Mustangs will meet up with Wrights City at 6 pm Friday for a chance to punch their ticket to State Tournament. Tournament bracket inside The Advocate. If you can’t make it to the game, follow the action on the Hudl app.
Read morewalked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn’t open the register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren’t available for breakfast. The frustrated gunman walked away.
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