Recreation

Jeremiah Haas is an outdoors columnist for the Quad-City Times and Dispatch-Argus. The Hunter Safety Class scheduled for Saturday[, August 15, 2020,] at the Morrison Sportsmen’s Club [and] September’s class at the Rock Island Conservation Club ha[ve] been canceled, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  Currently there are no other

The Saturday, 4th of July, 2020, weekend is just around the corner.  If you are heading to the Mississippi River for a boating or camping trip, there are things to know before you go!  While most of our Refuge land and water is open for public enjoyment, offices and Visitor

Finding items that you need, want, or cannot pass up is always fun for garage sale lovers.  During the Morrison City-Wide Garage Sale, the Editor, her daughter, and granddaughter attended 13 sites on Saturday, June 20, 2020.  One stop included discounted fruit smoothies with brunch pastries at Embraced, 104 W.

On June 19, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., WQPT will stream a virtual commemoration of the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth.  To watch, visit wqpt.org or visit the WQPT Facebook page. Juneteenth dates back to June 19, 1865, when Union soldier, Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, TX, with the news

Lloyd DeShane organized an old fashioned, Sunday, May 31, 2020, drive through a bit of Whiteside County, IL.  He had scheduled an ideal spring day.  Cross-country vistas were blessed by azure skies, awash with white, fluffy, Cumulonimbus clouds. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., 50 vehicles departed Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge has announced that applications for the General Public-Special Deer Hunt, at Lost Mound Unit in Savanna, IL, are available for Illinois residents, through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (ILDNR) deer application “First Lottery.”  Applications may be made now through Thursday, April

Clinton Community College will host the 39th Annual B-rrry Scurry 4-Mile Run, on Saturday, February 1, 2020.  The route is flat and fast, with chip timing and instant results, and the post-race party is legendary.  Proceeds benefit CCC students through scholarships. Registration is available at www.eicc.edu/brrry or stop in to

The fragrance of hot cider, decorations of cut greens, and shortened daylight hours signal that Christmas in Heritage Canyon approaches.  Join the Early American Crafters in Fulton, IL, 515 N. Fourth Street, as we replicate life in the mid-1800s.  Wood-burning stoves, oil lanterns, and first-person interpreters bring the buildings to

The Fish and Wildlife Service reminds everyone about Closed Areas and No Hunting Zones on the Upper Mississippi River Refuge in Pools 12, 13, and 14.  These areas cover a small percentage of the Refuge and are subject to special regulations, relating to access and waterfowl hunting.  Upper Mississippi River

Stephanie Vavra wrote this article.   Editor’s note:  See the Letter to the Editor from Sharon Boyles. Monday, November 11, 2019, was a day that began with several inches of snowfall on the ground and temperatures that would keep it in place for days.  It was a windy morning for the

Jamie Carter wrote this article. Will you be alive in 2061?  If not, your only chance to see something of Halley’s Comet comes in both early May and late October each year.  That is when Earth moves through streams of particles which the great comet deposited in the inner solar

Andresen Nature Center, 409 N. 4th Street, celebrates Fall Festival on Saturday, October 5, and Sunday, October 6, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. both days, in Fulton, IL.  Park downtown and ride the shuttle to the Center entrance. For youngsters and adults, entertaining activities await. On Saturday at

The Early American Crafters–Heritage Canyon historical interpreters–invite the public to enter 11 buildings on Saturday, October 5, and Sunday, October 6, 2019, in Fulton, IL.  Fall Festival is held at 515 N. 4th Street from 10:00 a.m. from 4:00 p.m. both days.  Park downtown and ride the shuttle to the