During the well-attended Morrison, IL, Christmas Walk on Saturday, December 2, 2017, the public was welcomed to visually unwrap a present, at 112 E. Main Street. The “present” was a blank canvas that will be transformed next month into an art...
1. I have two left feet and can’t dance. Bring your left foot and your right foot, and we will show you how to square dance no matter how you wear your feet. Square dancing is just directed walking. 2. I have no rhythm. You do not need to have...
December 1, 2017 Dear Boys and Girls of Morrison, Today begins the happiest month of the year! That means, it is time for you to write me a Christmas letter. Tell me about your good behavior during the past 11 months. The elves and I so enjoy hearing all...
In 1917 a young Chicago, IL, businessman working in the insurance business, by the name of Melvin Jones, extended an invitation to delegations from various men’s clubs in the Chicago area. On June 7, 1917, this group formed the start of Lions and...
Editor’s note: This article was reprinted on Veterans Day. Fourteen years after the inception of the City of Morrison Veterans’ Park & Memorial in 2003, the inscription on the central, black, granite memorial stone has been fulfilled: “In...
