Summer Reading Club registration is in full swing at Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL, for this year’s “Reading Takes You Everywhere” programming. Summer Reading offers five weeks of hands-on activities and entertainment opportunities, for children pre-school age through 8th grade. The goal is keeping kids’ reading
Poultry or “backyard chickens” is a growing hobby. Cities and towns are allowing a few hens and fun supplies including chicks that are readily available. The renewed passion fits right in with gardening and getting back to fresh! Most who keep chickens are motivated by having fresh eggs. Some hatch
From Saturday, May 5, through the morning of Friday, May 18, 2018, Loft 112 hosts a unique, collaborative exhibition, “This is Me! This is Hope!” Adult artists, some of whom are associated with Woodlawn Arts Academy, and students from Dennis Mennie’s Digital Arts Media classes have embellished 14 mannikins, using
Greetings, Veterans, As you know, there will be a Veterans Parade beginning at 10:00 a.m., in Savanna, IL, on Saturday, June 16, 2018. We want every veteran from both sides of the Mississippi River to join us and participate in the parade. The first two hundred vets that sign up
Morrison, IL’s, Annual Post Office Food Drive, “Stamp Out Hunger,” will be held Saturday, May 12, 2018. Place donations by your mail box by 9:00 a.m. They will be picked up by your mail carrier or a volunteer. All donations go directly to the Morrison Friends Food Pantry. Items needed
The Morrison Rotary Club awarded scholarships to Morrison High School Seniors at their awards night, on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Presenting the awards to the students was Rotarian Kevin Schisler. Congratulations to all of these students! The winners, right-to-left, were: Sauk Valley Community College Scholarship – Gillian Larson MIT Scholarship
Lyndsey Tegeler, Morrison, IL, was honored by Oklahoma State University at the recent College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) Scholarships and Awards Banquet. Tegeler is the 2018-2019 scholarship recipient of the Charles Ronald Gilman Memorial Endowed Scholarship. She was recognized during the banquet where CASNR presented more than
Whiteside Area Career Center, 1608 Fifth Avenue, Sterling, IL, recognized the following students. “The staff shares your pride in seeing your young person succeed at the Career Center. Thank you for your support over the years.” Morrison High School Senior Alex Cartwright was recently named April 2018 Student of the
In April 2018, Odell Public Library in Morrison, IL, and the Friends of Odell ran a successful campaign, “Building Better Readers,” to purchase materials for elementary-aged patrons. Barb Peterson wrote a Thrivent Action Team grant, which provided seed money for a shelving unit for children’s audio books plus nine new
Megan, Peyton, Lauren, McKenna, Cassie, Meghan, and McKenzie
Megan, Peyton, Lauren, McKenna, Cassie, Meghan, and McKenzie
The 71st Commencement Ceremony of Clinton Community College will be held on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at the Clinton High School W. J. Yourd Gymnasium, 817 8th Avenue South, Clinton, IA. The Commencement begins at 6:00 p.m. A reception follows the ceremony at Clinton Community College, 944 Lincoln Boulevard. CCC
St. Peter Lutheran Church will host a community blood drive from 3:15 to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The drive will be held in Fellowship nHall, and is open to the public. All presenting donors will be given a voucher to order a “Give to Life” t-shirt as
Son and father Brad and Joe Bielema, below respectively, are regular American Red Cross blood donors. They were among the first donors at the third annual American Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, May 5, 2018, in honor of the late Jennifer Banks. She was a woman who impacted all
Morrison Historical Society invites patriotic music lovers to celebrate Illinois’ Bicentennial anniversary and military personnel, through “Songs with Historical Significance,” on Sunday, May 20, 2018. Newly renamed “The Connection,” the captivating trio of Paul Engwall (standing), Aaron Johnson (left), and Jim Roeder will perform instrumentals and three-part harmony vocals, from