Heritage Canyon December 7 Events

Please join the Early American Crafters on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at Heritage Canyon, 515 N. 4th Street, Fulton, IL, for two seasonal events on one day!  Create a Christmas memory at our site beside the Mississippi River. From 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. eleven historic or reproduction village buildings

Drive-Through Toy Drop December 7

You have a second opportunity to help Santa and Mrs. Claus and their elf fill the Morrison Fire Department vehicles, before departure later this month to local homes.  On Saturday, December 7, 2013, simply gather unwrapped, new toys and gifts and drive to the fire station, 206 W. Main Street,

International Thanksgiving Fellowship

International Thanksgiving Fellowship Weekend college students will be in town over the Thanksgiving holiday.  The community of Morrison is invited to interact with them!  We have guests coming from France, Colombia, China, Korea, and Spain. Organizers Janet Fisher, Carol Hollister, and Ben Hollister, along with Church Women United, would love

Resthave Residents Move In

The wait has ended!  Sunday, November 24, 2013, was moving day at Resthave Retirement & Nursing Home, 408 Maple Avenue, Morrison, IL.  The doors are open to three new wings making up the new Assisted Living area, and excited, anxious residents are moving in. Grace Boelkins, at left, is standing

Resthave Remodeling Awaits

This long, empty hall waits for people to fill it.  A rocking chair in an empty room waits to be enjoyed.  Seventeen residents wait to move their beloved possessions into a beautiful new space, the Assisted Living Quarters at Resthave Retirement & Nursing Home, 408 Maple Avenue, Morrison, IL. The

Pie, Pie, Pie Eating Contest

These young boys entered a pie eating contest at the Jefferson School, Washington, D. C., on August 2, 1923.  Do you love pie, too?  This event will appeal to both children and adults.  Sullivan’s Foods, Madison Street and E. Lincolnway, Morrison, IL, will host a Pie Eating Contest on Saturday,

Support a Local Pet Shelter

Do you dress your pet?  This event will appeal to both of you.  Sullivan’s Foods, Madison Street and E. Lincolnway, Morrison, IL, will host a Holiday Dress-Up Poster Contest.  Proceeds of the contest will be donated to a local pet shelter. Customers are invited to bring a 4 x 6″

We Sing for Their Supper November 24

On Sunday, November 24, 2013, churches in Morrison, IL, will present the sixth annual “We Sing for Their Supper” community concert.  It will be held at Ebenezer Reformed Church, 309 E. Park Street, Morrison, beginning at 6:00 p.m.  A free-will offering will be taken to benefit the Morrison Christmas Helping

Fire Department “Caring for Our Community”

It is easy to determine what these Morrison, IL, firefighters are up to–in the month of November–in preparation for the month of December 2013.  They are beginning the Morrison Fire Department “Caring for Our Community” toy drive.  Left-to-right are John VanDerLeest, Barry Brown, Kent Shepard, Rob Hudson, Mark Cox, and

Support to Aid Washington, IL, Victims

Morrison High School Class of 1986 friends of Frankie Mendoza will be gratified to know he and his family are safe from a tornado that layed waste to Washington, IL, on Sunday, November 17, 2013.  He and his wife and their two sons were unharmed, but on Monday, November 18,

Morrison-Rockwood Trail Paved

Have you worked at a single project or met a personal goal that took 16 years of your life?  Few have. So, imagine the deep sense of accomplishment that was felt by Friends of the Parks on Friday, November 15, 2013, when a little more than a mile of surface

Bielema’s Honor Flight

Joe Bielema, shown at left, of Morrison, IL, had but a few hours sleep before he began a whirlwind journey on Thursday, October 3, 2013.  Excitement over his first Honor Flight to Washington, D. C.–plus the early departure–allowed for little rest.  He boarded a Wiersema Charter Service, Inc. bus at

10:45 a.m. Veterans Day Service

On Veterans Day, Monday November, 11, 2013, at 10:45 a.m., the Morrison American Legion will conduct a Memorial Ceremony at the Veteran’s Memorial Site of the Grove Hill Cemetery, High Street, Morrison, IL.

November 16 Home for the Holidays Bazaar and Home Tour

Saturday, November 16, 2013, will be a day to enjoy at the annual Morrison United Methodist Church “Home for the Holidays” Bazaar.  You will find a great variety of crafters, both local and from away, along with homemade jams and jellies, cookies and candies, and the famous homemade pies made