Residential Tree Planting Incentive by Garden Club

Morrison Garden Club President Sharon Moore submitted this press release. Many of us in Morrison, IL, have lost trees due to storms and disease. Morrison Garden Club would like to help encourage residents to replace some of those trees. The club is sponsoring a “tree planting reimbursement program” this fall.

National Assisted Living Week Fun

Marketing Director Karla Burn submitted the feature and photos. Resthave Care & Rehabilitation, 408 Maple Avenue, Morrison, IL, celebrated National Assisted Living Week, with special events and prizes for our residents. Indoor and outdoor scavenger hunts were held. Residents were able to choose a Resthave t-shirt or tumbler as a

Viking Mississippi Stops Near Fulton

The feature and photos were submitted by Jacklyn Hanson. Whiteside County, IL, now has another attraction sailing through on the Mississippi River. A new river cruise ship, “Viking Mississippi,” (home port of New Orleans, LA,) made another voyage through the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock & Dam #13,

CCC Summer 2022 President’s and Deans’ Lists

Clinton Community College, Clinton, IA, has announced the Summer 2022 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. Fenton:  Carter Jepson Fulton:  Cailyn Piercy and Ethan Rash Lyndon:  Heather Allison Morrison:  Tammy Hoffman

September 17 Taco Sale for Mission Trip

Morrison, IL, is home to Paula Rodriguez and Linda Temple, long-time friends who are dedicated to their Christian missionary travels, together or with students, in North America or across the Pacific Ocean. They have scheduled three fundraising events this fall, in September, October, and November. Rodriguez wrote, “We are serving

Boogie Woogie Bingo Is…Fun!

Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote the event report and took the photos. Captions were supplied by Karla Burn. The Whiteside County Fairgrounds, in Morrison, IL, was the site on Saturday, September 9, 2022, for a second “Boogie Woogie Bingo” event this year. If you are like this author, you are

Bennett Wedding at Resthave September 8

Marketing Director Karla Burn submitted this feature and photo. Resthave Care & Rehabilitation, 408 Maple Avenue, Morrison, IL, was blessed today, [Thursday, September 8, 2022]! We had another wedding to celebrate, this time in our courtyard. Miss Jenna Kuehl (now Mrs. Bennett) wanted to make sure her grandparents would be

August Garden of the Month, Beauty From Every Angle

Morrison Garden Club member Sharon Moore submitted the press release and photo. Just over a year ago, in 2021, Morrison Garden Club was able to provide funds for the plantings of the Island Garden, at the front entrance of Morrison Community Hospital, 303 N. Jackson Street, Morrison, IL. We could

Garden Off Garden Plain Is Featured

Article and photos submitted by Sharon Moore. Morrison Garden Club’s Featured Garden is the “Garden Off Garden Plain.” Like the colors of a rainbow, the gardens’ inhabitants burst forth in color–for this is no plain garden. Morrison Garden Club is featuring the beautiful gardens of Bonnie and Don Reed of

CCC Graduates 176

Clinton Community College celebrate the 75th Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 6, 2022, at W. J. Yourd Gymnasium, 817 8th Avenue South, Clinton, IA, at 6:00 p.m. A Grab ‘n Go Cupcake Reception immediately followed. The Ceremony was lived streamed on Clinton Community College’s Face Book page at https://www.facebook.com/clintoncommunitycollegeia. The

Free Community Meals at First Presbyterian September 8

First Presbyterian Church of Morrison, 100 E. Lincolnway, Morrison, IL, offers a free, community, Drive-Up Meal, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. (or until food runs out), on Thursday, September 8, 2022. Community members of all ages are welcome to enjoy free, hearty, take-home meals. Drive up to 300 N. Genesee

Resthave Fathers Day Car Show

Marketing Director Karla Burn submitted the press release and photographs. Resthave Care & Rehabilitation, 408 Maple Avenue, Morrison IL, hosted a Car Show, cookout, and live music by Les Wilson, for their Father’s Day Celebration, on Friday June 17, 2022. A huge thank you goes to Mark Schuler and Veneta

Methodists Begin New Wednesday Worship Services

Anne Frame submitted this press release. Morrison United Methodist Church will begin Quest–a contemporary worship and fellowship time–on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Quest is a time of contemporary music, prayers, and a brief thoughtful message, led by Pastor Sun-ah Kang. Services will be every other

CDC Recommends First Updated COVID-19 Booster

On Thursday, September 1, 2022, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations, for use of updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech (for people ages 12 years and older) and from Moderna (for people ages 18 years and older.) Updated COVID-19 boosters