Morrison Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce a summer Movie Under the Stars event. It will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at the Morrison Sports Complex, located east of Morrison at Route 30 and Bishop Road. Enjoy the summer evening with a family-friendly, animated movie, “Secret Life
One of the Savanna Historical Society’s favorite storytellers, Brian “Fox” Ellis, returns to the Savanna Museum and Cultural Center, 406 Main Street, Savanna, IL, on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. The audience is ‘invited’ to a private board meeting and celebration of John Deere & Co. The founder
Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will host a “Pints for Fines” blood drive from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m., on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. All donors will receive a voucher to have $10 in overdue fines forgiven, at Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL. Help us save lives locally.
Morrison Christian Church, 201 S. Genesee Street, Morrison, IL, hosts its first Community Vacation Bible School, for children in kindergarten to Junior High. Sessions are Monday, July 17, through Friday, July 21, 2017, at the church, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Parents are invited each day, beginning at 11:30, to
For five mornings, Morrison Christian Church, 201 S. Genesee Street, Morrison, IL, hosts a Community Vacation Bible School for children in kindergarten to Junior High. Sessions are Monday, July 17, through Friday, July 21, 2017, at the church, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Parents are invited each day, beginning at
The Community Bank “Sandwich Corner” was apropos for the financial institution’s annual Customer Appreciation Day meal, on Friday, June 30, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Customers were treated to brats and hot dogs, chips, and drinks. They sat at picnic tables under a large tent. CSB originated in
Editor’s note: Click here tor read about the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, a pair of Morrison, IL, siblings met their new best friends–right in their living room, at 205 S. Cherry Street. These four became paired members of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of
“National Treasure” is an American adventure film by Disney Pictures. It will be shown at Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL, on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, beginning at 2:00 p.m. This is an exciting and fun-filled film with tidbits of American history, starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight,
To celebrate our founding fathers and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Odell Public Library will present the adventure film, “National Treasure,” starring Nicolas Cage, on Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The location is 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL, in the Program Room. The movie begins at 2:00 p.m.
Accessories have been the focus of fashion for millennia. One company has made it “a snap” to personalize, embellish, and modify your jewelry, footwear, and sunglasses. GINGERSnaps are decorative buttons that snap into pendants, bracelets, …
Chamber Coordinator Meridith Layne took the photograph. At noon, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, Morrison Chamber of Commerce paid a surprise visit to The Cornerstone Agency, Inc., 102 W. Main Street, Morrison, IL. Chamber members happily honored owner Todd Mickley, with the Because Nice Matters, Customer Service Award. The anonymous nomination
Clinton Community College, Clinton, IA, has announced the Summer 2017 President’s and Deans’ Lists of area Illinois scholars. President’s List students must earn a minimum of six credit hours and 4.0 GPA during the term. Chadwick: Ashlyn Shores Milledgeville: Jennifer Duncan Morrison: Rachel Oderwald and Nicholas Vargas Mount Carroll: Ashley
You would have thought that Riep Brands had departed the past and walked into the present, when KWQC TV6 features commentator Fran Riley visited Morrison’s Heritage Museum, on Friday, June 23, 2017. Shortly after 11:00 a.m., Riley and his creative photography staff entered the museum, at 202 E. Lincolnway, Morrison,
Raise your hand if you attended a rural Whiteside County schoolhouse. Raise your other hand if you have a photograph to document that. Your attendance is requested at the next program hosted by Morrison Historical Society, on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. To avoid being tardy for the
Cyndee Schaffer, an Illinois Humanities Road Scholar, will discuss the role of women in the military and, in particular, her mother’s WWII experiences as a WAC (Women’s Army Corps), by taking you on a journey from inspiration to publication in her presentation about “Mollie’s War.” Using excerpts from Mollie’s letters