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As a mom of two busy preschool boys with a full time job and a schedule over laden with community service projects, I am not exaggerating when I say I love my coffee maker, a super fancy …
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by Tori O'Dell
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1/21/20
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Remember as a teen when you devised a strategy to convince your old man to let you have the family car to go on a date Saturday night? You we're lobbying, trying to get what you wanted. We're all …
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by Jim Nowlan
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1/21/20
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We want to compliment Mr. Stevens and the students of the Hillsboro High School band.
We attended the home boys basketball game on Jan. 7 and couldn't have been more proud of their …
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Dale and Rhonda Joyce, Irving
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1/21/20
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Grandma saved several items in her 1953 diary. She listed the top stories of the past year. Number 1–Eisenhower's election as the first Republican president in 20 years. Number 2 cites the …
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by Carole (Best) Brown
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1/13/20
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No one has called me a party animal–ever. I might have attended one birthday party when I was 11 or 12, when a daughter of a friend of my mother's became a teenager and her mom invited a few …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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1/6/20
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Greetings and Happy New Year to the citizens of Montgomery County.
As we welcome the start of a new year and the closing out of a decade, I thought it would be a good time to update you on some of …
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Bryant Hitchings, Montgomery County State's Attorney
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12/30/19
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As we look back on this past year, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the many citizens of Litchfield and the surrounding area for their support.
We so appreciate the donations …
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Anne Jackson, secretary
Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center
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12/30/19
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The written word lasts: a well known quote from any professor of mass media journalism.
Luke 4:16-22 resonates a year round celebration of this truth: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because …
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Linda Hagood, Taylorville
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12/30/19
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The Herschelman family has done its fair share of eating this holiday season, and while it's on our New Year's resolution list to start eating better, we definitely enjoyed our favorites throughout …
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by Mary Herschelman
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12/30/19
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One of the O'Dell boys' favorite stories right now is "Curious George and the Surprise Gift."
In this particular adventure the mischievous monkey is enthralled by a very large gift that The …
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by Tori O'Dell
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12/23/19
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In this season of joy, I am reminded, as we all are–fleetingly–that not all share our joy. Several years ago, for example, the circus came to my rural town. A friend and I decided to …
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by Jim Nowlan
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12/23/19
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Of importance to Sorento School, please go to http://www.bccu2.org, the home page for our schools in Bond County, where you will see "enrollment boundary presentation" complete with maps proposing …
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Don Wall, Sorento
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12/16/19
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Recently, my husband and I noticed a beautiful sight in Witt as we were driving through at night time. There is a blue-lit cross way up in the sky on the top of the grain …
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Grandma and Grandpa pack their suitcases and along with Wayne, Geraldine, Larry and Linda drive across country to visit Alberta, Albert, and Billy Johnston in L.A. Grandma was always an inveterate …
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by Carole (Best) Brown rosebudbooks@gmail.com
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12/9/19
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This column connects former sheriffs across two states, and re-tells the story of a man who was murdered in Litchfield in 1939 while sitting in his easy chair, shot by an enemy he never knew he …
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by Mike Plunkett
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12/9/19
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As many of you know, the Salvation Army is here in Montgomery County year-round providing temporary emergency assistance to those in need.
Much of this could not be possible without the funding we …
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Don Hudelson, Red Kettle Campaign
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12/9/19
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It is important that residents attend the public hearing for the renewal of Shay 1 Mine permits held at the Macoupin County Courthouse, 201 E. Main Street in Carlinville, at 5:30 PM on Thursday, Dec. …
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At the Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center, we strive to change our displays on a regular basis.
We are currently concentrating on three areas: the Litchfield Police and Fire …
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Anne Jackson, secretary of Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center
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12/9/19
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Judy's roommate at Warren Wilson College, back in the better days when co-ed dorms were at least a decade away, had a folksy saying, made more charming by her Southern accent–which Judy …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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12/2/19
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Shortly after I met Kyle and was introduced to his family, I got to try one of their family-favorite recipes, taco soup.
Since it's been more than a decade, I can't remember the occasion where I …
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by Mary Herschelman
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11/25/19
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