Dear Editor: If I could talk, I would tell you that school starts in a few weeks, and you will be seeing me on the roads again. I am a school bus for R. C. Smith Transportation. I would ask you to help keep our children safe, by being careful
As the 40th Anniversary Bix 7 race crowd finishes singing the National Anthem at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, July 26, 2014, a squadron of four, vintage aircraft will appear and descend over the crest of the hill. This tribute to honor military men and women will be conducted David
Kaywyn Beswick, R.N./Morrison American Red Cross Blood Drive Coordinator submitted this report. The weather was absolutely beautiful on Thursday, July 17, 2014, with sunshine and 77 degrees outside. A “cool” incentive to have fun and encourage more donors was conceived of by Stephanie Vavra from thecity1.com. This was to have
The Franklin Grove, IL, Harvest Festival Committee “welcones you to old fashioned fun,” during the 35th Harvest Fest celebrationwill be taking place Tuesday, August 5, through Saturday, August 9, 2014. The fair is located at Schell Park, 1/2 mile east of Milledgeville, IL. This year celebrates the 62nd Anniversary of
Morrison Historical Society Board of Trustees requests the pleasure of your company and your “plus 1-guest,” at a reception in honor of 15 resident mannequins, who live within Morrison’s Heritage Museum, 202 E. Lincolnway, Morrison, IL. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, 2014, with official introductions beginning
Editor’s note: Whiteside News-Sentinel Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted this interview with Morrisoon Community Hospital CEO Pam Pfister, regarding the eventual closing of Four Seasons Living Center. Dale Carnegie is quoted as saying “…when dealing with people remember that you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.”
Dear Editor: Hospice of the Rock River Valley, a United Way agency, would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who organized, helped, participated, and donated to the Schreiner Golf Outing on Saturday, June 14, 2014. For the fourth year, HRRV was chosen as the recipient of the proceeds raised from
Many enjoy a leisurely bicycle ride around town or across country. Others ride to and from work. Serious oficianados spend a week riding across Iowa in the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa–RAGBRAI–to be held Sunday, July 20, through Saturday, July 26, 2014. This is a trek of 418
An early rain kept many visitors from the Morrison Farmer’s Market on Saturday, July 12, 2014, but others arrived when the weather cleared. Visit “The Best Little Farmers’ Market in Northwestern Illinois” rain or shine each Saturday, in the parking lot behind the Whiteside Court Sevices building, beside Morrison’s Heritage
Blood supplies dwindle during summer months, so donors are especially needed this time of year. Consider a “team-of-three” donation. You and two friends hold the power to save up to nine lives during one hour of your time, on Thursday, July 17, 2014, from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. Team
Editor’s note: Gary Farrall of Erie, IL, submitted this feature. With its annual Cowboy Keeper Award, the National Day of the Cowboy 501(c)3 organization has been recognizing individuals, organizations, and projects that have contributed significantly to the preservation of pioneer heritage and cowboy culture, since its founding in 2005. Four
Members of the USS Long Beach CGN-9 Association, Inc. will gather to celebrate the 21st Annual Reunion, from Monday, September 8, through Sunday, September 14, 2014. The location is the Hilton St. Louis Airport, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO. The room rate is $89 per night inclusive of
At the end of June, 2014 Sterling Main Street kicked off sales of tickets for its first 50/50 raffle. Tickets will be on sale through the month of July. A single winner will be drawn during Sterling Main Street’s annual Music Fest on Saturday, July 26, at the Grandon Civic
MOUNDS Last summer, the sixth annual Whiteside County, Illinois Barn Tour was held Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, and 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Sunday. Day trippers followed a map and well-placed road signs to visit ten locations in the
Remember leisurely Sunday drives in the country with the family? Relive those memories while exploring symbols “of a way of life rapidly disappearing from the American landscape.” This weekend, take a road trip in the rural Sterling, and Dixon, IL, area of Whiteside County to 11 barns, each with individual