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September 1954 and the weather is still hot and dry. Does anyone remember Essie Molohan who taught third and fourth grade at Butler? She was my favorite teacher, even though she was the only one who …
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by Carole (Best) Brown
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9/13/21
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The forecast was grim.
What we thought could be a bad thunderstorm turned into streets flooded and the town of Gibson City was soaked when nearly nine inches of rain fell in just five hours. The …
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by Dawn Morris
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9/13/21
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I would like to thank those school board members who voted against the motion to investigate suing the Governor over his mask mandate.
In leaving, I mentioned the military and would like to expand …
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9/7/21
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Labor Day passed for another year; this time I have a better understanding of myself, so I saw the celebration through older but wiser eyes than previously.
Perhaps that’s the best reason …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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9/7/21
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Thirteen soldiers, 13 heros, 13 caskets wrapped in red, white and blue–what sorrow for 13 families and for all of America!
Our freedom is not free.
My story is old news to you. I …
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9/7/21
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When I was 16, I stopped in the Texaco gas station near Wood Street and South Main Street in Hillsboro and received both fuel and a life lesson.
“Fill it up,” I told Willis Sturgeon as …
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by Gene Sturgeon
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9/7/21
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We’ve got the “back to school blues” at our house, although it’s not affecting who you might think.
Charley, now age four, started her first day of preschool this week, and …
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by Mary Herschelman
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8/30/21
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Young pedestrians, bicycle riders, and school buses will soon return to Illinois’ streets and roads as another school year gets underway.
Transportation-related accidents are always …
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8/23/21
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There have been some really great things to have come out of the pandemic.
Tiger King. I feel like that should just be a sentence in itself. Tiger King. Regé-Jean Page from …
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by Tori O'Dell
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8/16/21
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The hot, dry weather drags on into August 1954 with little relief in sight, but as usual the farm families just put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Cousin Larry and his pals Charlie …
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by Carole (Best) Brown
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8/9/21
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The August issue of Illinois Country Living asks readers “use your voice” to delay closure of Prairie State Energy Campus (PSEC) coal plant, Illinois biggest carbon emitter. The …
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8/9/21
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I just wanted to say a big thank you to the Old Settlers Committee, all the hard-working queen candidates and all the many volunteers for the tireless hard work that went into making Old Settlers …
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8/9/21
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I would like to thank the Old Settlers Committee for selecting me as the grand marshal for this year's Old Settlers Days activities.
It was indeed a privilege and an honor to be chosen. …
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8/9/21
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I caught her again.
When daughter Dawn was an upper classperson at Hillsboro High, she and I had different standards for her conduct. Her mom had always been a goody-two-shoes (so much so that one …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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8/2/21
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The real “wokeness” is, it’s time for the church to “wake up!”
Romans 13: 11-14 speaks to us as Christians that it is high time to awake out of sleep, “for now …
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Don Hudelson, Hillsboro
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8/2/21
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With Old Settlers coming up fast and furious, I wanted to explain a few things that you might find different at this year’s celebration.
The first thing that comes to mind is our vendors. …
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by Susie Galer, Old Settlers Association
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7/26/21
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You are lost, hope is gone
But you must go on
And do the next right thing
As the mom of two girls, we have seen the Frozen movies at least a hundred times. Maybe more. And I could sing most …
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by Mary Herschelman
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7/26/21
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“Not everyone’s in here, but we’re going to go ahead and get started.”
Brother Jeff, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, says this almost every Sunday morning before …
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by Christy Mollet
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7/26/21
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It’s 6 a.m. in Princeton, IL. I have a six-hour drive to Rochester, MN, where the Mayo Brothers will take a look-see at my 80-year-old ticker. Some reason for stress.
I stop at the …
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by Jim Nowlan
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7/26/21
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July has been a busy month of serving members and it’s not over yet! We’ve enjoyed visiting with members across the county at our member appreciation meals that we hosted in conjunction …
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by Katie Wilson, Montgomery County Farm Bureau
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7/19/21
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