Near the southwest corner of Grove Hill Cemetery, along N. High Street, Morrison, IL, there is a brass sundial. It rests within a white, fluted, Doric column of concrete. Embossed on the top of the column are the builder’s name–W. G. WESTENDORF–and the date–MCMLXXII. As many do, the sundial offers […]
The Morrison Junior High Swim Team traveled to Rock Island, IL, on Thursday, March 27, 2014, to swim against Rock Island Junior High for their last meet of the 2014 season. The Colts had 19 Lifetime Cest swims and nine first place finishes against the Rocks. The Colts won the […]
In conjunction with the big “Dutch Bowl,” the Alumni Football Game between the Morrison Mustangs and the Fulton Steamers on Friday, June 27, 2014, an Alumni Band will be formed to play pre-game and half-time programs. The action takes place at the Morrison High Football Stadium, 643 Genesee Avenue, Morrison, […]
National Wound Care Awareness Week is Monday, June 2, through Friday, June 6, 2014. The CGH Wound Healing Center (CGH WHC), a member of the Healogics network, is participating in the first Healogics National Wound Care Awareness Week. One of nearly 600 Healogics managed centers, CGH WHC offers advanced therapies […]
Morrison Historic Preservation Commission will meet on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at City Hall, 200 W. Main Street, Morrison, IL, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the lower-level Boards and Commissions Meeting Room. The agenda follows. Call to Order Roll Call/Attendance Approval of May 6, 2014, minutes New Business Unfinished Business […]
Editor’s note: Andrea Allen, R. N. BSN, was the feartured speaker at the Monday, May 26, 2014, Memorial Day Services. At the request of thecity1.com, she submitted her essay for those who were moved by it and those who were unable to hear her speak in person. Mr. Prombo asked […]
Dewitt K. “Spud” Beswick, 97, died Thursday, May 29, 2014, at Four Seasons Living Center in Morrison, IL. He was born August 16, 1916, in Mount Pleasant Township, the son of Clarence W. and Maggie (Kennedy) Beswick. Spud was educated in the James one-room school in Whiteside County, where he […]
Eighty-four-year-old Robert Brands participated in the American Legion Honor Guard during the Morrison, IL, Memorial Day Parade and services, Monday, May 26, 2014. He was one of five members who offered the rifle salute. Brands is a veteran of the Korean War. Last summer, on Saturday, July 27, 2013, he […]
Editor’s note: This insightful piece was the winning 7th grade essay in the annual Whiteside County 6th through 8th grade competition, addressing “What a Veteran Means to Me.” May 5, 2014 Veteran Essayby Preston Behrens A veteran is kind of like a superhero to me. They saved the world from […]
At 4:00 a.m. Jim Prombo was dismayed at the Monday, May 26, 2014, rainstorm. It looked to ruin the annual Memorial Day Parade and service he and others had carefully built. He need not have worried. By the time the first-rate parade units began moving at 10:30, originating at N. […]
The Lincoln-Manahan House Museum, at 607 E. 3rd Street, in Sterling, IL, will be open each weekend now through October 2014, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday afternoons. A meticulously restored home/museum, the building depicts Sterling life in the mid-1800’s, when Abraham Lincoln visited this area. He slept […]
People enjoy watching the ever-changing images within the flames in a fireplace. They are mesmerizing and soothing. Image that view magnified exponentially in a controlled fire. Imagined images take on gigantic proportions! What can you find in these photos of a big brush burn, taken Sunday, May 25, 2014? It […]
On 05-23-14 at approximately 10:26 a.m. Deputies responded to a two-vehicle traffic accident at the intersection of Luther and Fargo Roads. Through the investigation, it was determined that an eastbound vehicle driven by Robert L. Unterzuber, 86, and his passenger Marilyn K. Unterzuber, 84, both of Rock Falls, IL, failed […]
The “Let’s Feed Our Children” free summer lunch program will begin on Tuesday, June 3, for all Sterling, and Morrison, IL, kids and continue through Thursday, August 14, 2014. Serving will be from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. This is the 13th year the United Way of Whiteside County […]
Janice Mae Crenshaw, 79, of Sterling, IL, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2014. She was born January 2, 1935, in Hahnaman Township, the daughter of John and Temple M. (Shere) Pierceson. She married Jerry Crenshaw on March 23, 1952, in Rock Falls, IL. Janice had worked for ten years at […]