Soil fertility, crop production practices, and environmental stewardship will be the foci of a Tuesday, February 28, 2017, Soil Fertility Seminar. The program, sponsored by University of Illinois Extension, will be held at the Whiteside Extension Office in Sterling, IL. From 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., campus-based researchers will deliver […]
Squeek, Squeek, Squeek! Not a noise, it’s me, Squeek. I’m a one-year-old, female, domestic short hair Tabby at Happy Tails, 1408 McNeil Road, Rock Falls, IL I was a surrender to the shelter and have been looking for the right home since I arrived. You may just be it. Come […]
On Tuesday, February 14, 2017, Odell Public Library Friends will present one of the most powerful films of the last several years, “Selma.” Odell Public Library is located at 307 S Madison Street, Morrison, IL. The film zeros in a crucial chapter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy. It […]
Many of my good friends voted for Donald J. Trump. They really did not like Hillary Clinton and saw her as the Establishment candidate, the “Sage Canaday” [mountain-ultra-trail runner] of the rich and powerful, who have exploited them. The fact that the GOP Establishment didn’t like Trump made him and […]
Environmental groups have settled long-running litigation against the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), over pollution from three of its Chicago-area sewage treatment plants. The agreement requires the parties to work together to curb phosphorous discharges from the plants, that are fueling algae blooms and lowering water quality in the Chicago […]
Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. The demand for skilled laborers–electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians and others–continues to soar, and that’s a good thing for America. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, skilled-trades jobs have increased by more than 1 million since 2012, “the most of any […]
Clinton Community College (CCC) will host the ICCADI (Iowa Community College Advertising + Design Invitational) 2016 Winners exhibit, through Friday, February 3, 2017. The renovated CCC Library on the main campus at 1000 Lincoln Boulevard, Clinton, IA, includes an art gallery where the works will hang. The ICCADI design competition recognizes and celebrates […]
Editor’s note: John L. Micek is the Opinion Editor and Political Columnist for PennLive/The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, PA. So, this is the funhouse mirror of a White House that the American public will be treated to, for the next four years. The day after brand, spanking new Trump administration spokesman […]
Editor’s note: Rick Jensen is Delaware’s award-winning conservative talk show host on WDE. Take a breath, America. People are only freaking out, because our new President is a Republican. Today, most Americans agree Ronald Reagan was one of our greatest, most effective Presidents. Back in the 1980’s, the press ran […]
Editor’s note: Dick Polman is the National political columnist at NewsWorks/WHYY in Philadelphia and a “Writer in Residence” at the University of Pennsylvania. Check out the 25th Constitutional Amendment. A Vice President, working with a “majority of either the principle officers of the executive departments, or of such body as […]
Where can you meet new friends, have fun, and learn something new? The answer is, in Morrison, IL, with the Morrison Grand Squares dance club. You are invited to join us during our beginner square dance lessons starting on Monday, January 9, 2017, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., at the […]
Marc Adami submitted this report. The Whiteside Forum hosted Fr. Robert “Bud” Grant, PhD, an environmentalist, professor (at St. Ambrose University, Davenport IA), author, and Catholic Priest to speak to us on environmental ethics and environmental theology. Our meeting was held Thursday night, January 26, 2017, in the Program Room […]
January Is National Mentoring Month. One organization that takes that mission to heart is Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS.) Since 1904, BBBS has been changing children’s lives, by matching them with caring adults to guide them on a path to success. Millions of children need a caring adult role model. […]
The Illinois Sheriff’s Association announces that it will award over $54,500 in college scholarships throughout the State of Illinois, to students wishing to pursue higher education during the 2017-2018 academic year. The scholarships are to be applied to tuition, books, and fees only. The student must be enrolled full-time at […]
Janice E. Patten, 76, of Morrison, IL, died Sunday, January 29, 2017, at The Alverno Health Care Facility in Clinton, IA. Janice was born June 10, 1940, in Morrison, to Renzie J. and Iva (Tichler) Buikema. She was educated in the Morrison Grade Schools and was a 1958 graduate of […]