Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote the report. The Morrison Mustang Golf Team opened the season with a Triangular meet on Thursday, August 12, 2021, against Rock Falls and Sterling Newman, at Rock River Golf Club, 3901 Dixon Avenue, Rock Falls, IL. Under new Head Coach Tom Frank, the Mustangs finished […]
The Loft on Main, 112 E. Main Street, Morrison, IL, hosted its monthly social gathering, “Third Thursday,” on August 19, 2021. Before doors open, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. the public is invited to relax in conversation with free coffee, tea/juice, and homemade treats. Visitors are encircled by hundreds of […]
Dick Polman, a veteran National political Columnist based in Philadelphia and a Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, writes at DickPolman.net. Email dickpolman7@gmail.com. Anyone who professes to be shocked by the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has not been paying attention. It was always bound to happen. It was […]
Peter Funt wrote this essay on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. The thwack of a baseball colliding with a bat and the thump of a folded newspaper landing on a porch are sounds I cherish. They’re rewinding for me this month, while watching the Little League World Series. As a kid, […]
Christine Flowers is an Attorney and a Columnist for the Delaware County Daily Times. Reach her at cflowers1961@gmail.com. I’ve been practicing immigration law for over 25 years, and I speak four languages fluently. I’ve traveled widely outside of the United States and lived abroad for large stretches in the 1980s […]
Joe Guzzardi is a Progressives for Immigration Reform analyst, who has written about immigration for more than 30 years. Contact him at jguzzardi@pfirdc.org. In 2019, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that the first thing he did, when he arrived at his office, was to check the […]
Danny Tyree welcomes email responses at tyreetyrades@aol.com. Yes, bus drivers are trapped in a work environment where rubber bands and paper footballs fly freely; where No. 2 pencils are irresistibly drawn toward major arteries; where First-Graders are exposed to birds-and-bees lectures by Sophomores (“If the bee has dreamy hair and […]
Michael Reagan, is the son of President Ronald Reagan, an author, a speaker, and President of the Reagan Legacy Foundation. Email reagan@caglecartoons.com. The left is truly dumbing down America’s kids. It’s nothing new. But based on the insane education policy recently implemented by the State of Oregon, it looks like […]
Spring Valley Reformed Church, 10960 Spring Valley Road, Fulton, IL, welcomes Anticipation Ministries to the outdoor stage, on Sunday August 22, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. Please join us in the Valley for an evening of worship and fellowship. A free-will offering will be taken. We will serve ice cream sundaes, […]
Kim Barragan seeks participants for a Vendor/Craft Show, at Whiteside County Fairground, 201 W. Winfield Street, Morrison, IL. The event will benefit St. Jude Children’s Memorial Hospital. The date is Saturday, September 4, 2021. Hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with free admission for the public. Sales tables […]
Northside Grade School, 520 N. Genesee Street, Morrison, IL, needs a one-on-one Paraprofessional to work in the Preschool program. If you are interested, please apply at the link below or call 815-772-2153. Apply at this link: https://www.applitrack.com/roe47/onlineapp/JobPostings/view.asp?FromAdmin=true&AppliTrackJobId=3415&fbclid=IwAR0hGeLP8AiJUYpDrGjeUiOl3tMhZKWcaM0aFdFB35KRHQGPkjypQmBWWCE.
Sunlight on the morning of Tuesday, August 17, 2021, shown on those who had been up before the sun appeared. At 7:40 a.m., outside the grand, newly-built Grandstand, this patch of Whiteside County Fairgrounds was deserted. It also was quiet, even as some Food Court vendors opened their stands, and […]
Arnold W. Popkin, 90, formerly of Morrison, IL, died Sunday, August 15, 2021, at Allure of Mount Carroll in Mount Carroll, IL. Arnold was born May 30, 1931, in Morrison, to John and Louise (Rosenow) Popkin. He attended rural Whiteside County grade schools. He served in the U. S. Army […]
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote these interviews. Heather Goeke, Southside 3rd Grade The Northern Illinois region is home to Heather Goeke. She happily returns to teach the third grade of Southside School in Morrison Community District #6. Born in Dakota, IL, she finished her High School education at Lena-Winslow High […]
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted this article. Remember your first car/truck? Remember the thrill of getting behind the wheel for the first time? What a scary thrill! Emmanuel Reformed Church is offering you an opportunity to relive that moment, as you visit the 8th Annual Car Show, on Saturday, August […]