Editor’s note: This feature by blogger John Purvis was posted Sunday, December 3, 2017. Click here to read Purvis’s posts: https://offthebeatenpathinillinois.blogspot.com/. The photos were taken by Purvis. On a recent outing Tom Anderson, Lil’ Nick, and I were up in Galena[, IL,] and we visited Grant Park. The park
You could be a winner in the “Bethesda Blaze” 2018 Relay For Life Team fundraiser. Raffle tickets currently are on sale for four great items. Prices are one ticket for $5 or three tickets for $10. “Bethesda Blaze” Relay for Life Team for the American Cancer Society is selling raffle
Editor’s note: Fair Board member Mke Wiersema took the two construction photos. This attractive digital sign was installed Wednesday, November 29, 2017, inside the east gate of the Whiteside County Fairgrounds. Its angled, two-tiered top mirrors the roof lines of the iconic Round Barn that lies behind it. Five revolving
Kaywyn J. Beswick, R. N./ARC Blood Drive Coordinator, submitted this report and photo. She is in the lower corner of the picture. The sixth and last Morrison American Red Cross blood drive of 2017 was held on Thursday, November 16, at Morrison United Methodist Church. The ARC goal was at
Attend Hero’s Tap Bar & Grill Holiday Party, on Saturday, December 9, 2017, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The location is 208 E. Main Street, Morrison, IL. There will be a variety of local items to purchase: crafts Scentsy wax warmer products Woody’s popcorn 1-2-3 Tees holiday t-shirts for adults
Join the Odell Public Library Friends at the Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL, on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. The Friends will host the movie accompanied with popcorn and drink. The film stars Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in a feel-good 1940 romantic comedy.
Clinton Symphony Orchestra’s popular “Holidays with the Symphony” concert is Saturday, December 9, 2017, in Vernon Cook Theater at Clinton High School at 7:30 p.m., in Clinton, IA. The orchestra will be joined this year by the Clinton High School Choirs, to perform selections with the orchestra and to lead
The Morrison Rotary Club has selected Kaleb Banks and Morgan Stuhlman as their High School Students of the Month for November 2017. Kaleb Banks is a member of FFA and has participated in Student Council in prior years. His hobbies include outdoor activities such as hiking, fishing, and playing basketball. Banks
Community State Bank, 220 E. Main Street, Morrison, IL, shared the holiday spirit, serving brownies and frosted cookies on Friday, December 1, and Saturday, December 2, 2017, during lobby hours. On Saturday, they also arranged for a professional photographer to take photographs of children with Santa. Included is one of
Large numbers turned out for the Chamber of Commerce Christmas Walk and Lighted Parade, thanks, in part, to warm temperatures and a nearly full moon. The theme was appealing to attendees, window designers, and parade entry fabricators, too: The Polar Express. All five candidates for the office of Whiteside County
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Morrison Garden Club members jumped aboard the 2017 Chamber of Commerce Christmas Walk theme, “The Polar Express,” and designed their most clever display to date. Eight installations adorn the southeast corner of U. S. Highway 30 and IL Route 78 in Morrison, IL. Park nearby and walk through the space
All five candidates running for the position of Whiteside County Sheriff donned their holiday spirit and entered the Chamber of Commerce Christmas Walk and Lighted Parade, on Saturday, December 2, 2017. The 6:00 p.m. parade was an opportunity to…. John Booker, left, is shown beside his float, prior to lining up
Scot Schaeffer, Luther College Vice President for Enrollment Management, has announced that Garrett Passmore of Erie, IL, has been accepted for admission for the 2018-19 academic year. Passmore has been awarded the Achievement Award. A National liberal arts college in Decorah, IA, with an enrollment of 2050, Luther offers an
Dear Editor: Today, [Monday, November 27, 2017,] I filed the paperwork with the County Clerk, to have my name placed on the ballot to be the next Sheriff of Whiteside County. My name is Tim Fisher. Over the last few months I’ve been asked two questions that I’d like to