In preparation for their toy distribution on Thursday, December 21, 2017, Morrison Firemen, spouses, parents, and other volunteers gathered to wrap a multitude of donated gifts. The two newest volunteers were part of the wrapping brigade. Travis Van...
Editor’s note: This feature by blogger John Purvis was posted Sunday, December 12, 2017. Click here to read Purvis’s posts: https://offthebeatenpathinillinois.blogspot.com/. The photos were taken by Purvis. Outside a...
Editor’s note: The article was submitted by Ronald H. Koehn. Ronald H. Koehn of Fulton, IL, will present a PowerPoint program entitled “What’s So Special about Lincoln?”, sponsored by the Odell Public Library. The program is at 6:30...
On Tuesday, January 9, 2018, beginning at 2:00 p.m., the Friends of Odell Public Library will present the story of Adele Bloch-Bauer. Her husband commissioned the painter Gustav Klimt to paint a portrait of Adele when she was 25. This painting became the...
American Legionnaires Jerry Brearton, Terry Jones, Kenneth Petersen, and Post #328 Commander Dale Usterbowski delivered holiday gifts to 31 local veterans, on Monday morning, December 18, 2017. Those recipients reside at Pleasant View Rehabilitation &...
