Ryan Schekel likely didn't know where Spring Valley, Ill. was on the map four years ago. That all changed when Hall High School's Mike Miroux decided to attend Mount Mercy University and run for Scheckel's Mustangs cross country and track teams.
A few weeks ago after our first measurable snow of the year, my husband and I were walking home from the bank. We had just signed some pretty major documents. Feeling a bit overwhelmed from doing the grown-up things in life, I heard it ... kids laughing, screaming, yelling. They were playing on a snow pile.
There has been a lot written about the controversy relating to the potential name change of Negro Creek. The most surprising aspect, for me, has been the curious passion of those who defend the creek’s name as though it were a source of local pride. They say the name was meant to honor the early black settlers of Bureau County, but I doubt that is what really motivates them to defend it. And I find it strange that this name seems most important to those who are white.
With warmer weather on the way, I thought it would be a good time to start thinking of some good and different dressing to go on all your tossed salads. Homemade dressing are always so much better than the bottled ones. Maybe try one of these on your next salad, and I bet you’ll agree.
Sometimes I like to pretend that I’m Marlin Perkins. For you youngsters out there who don’t know who I’m talking about, there used to be this show called “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom,” hosted by this old, white-haired guy named Marlin Perkins. The program gave you a close-up view of wild animals in their natural habitat.
All I wanted was a nice quiet dinner — a dinner I didn’t have to cook or deal with the dirty dishes. It had been a long day, and I just wanted to slink down into an out-of-the-way booth in a dark restaurant, have dinner and let the day quietly slip away. I just don’t have it in me to relive the entire restaurant saga, but let’s just say I couldn’t have chosen a worse place to relax and let the woes of the world vanish.
Allen Layton went in for hernia surgery after Thanksgiving and came out facing Stage 2 lymphoma.
What does some Bureau County ice fishermen do when they can’t find any ice to fish on in Bureau County? This is the problem that Carl Lund, Scott Hilmes and Brett Kloepping faced this winter. How did they handle it? They decided to drive north to find some ice.
You might have noticed my brother, Milo, doesn’t get mentioned much in my columns. He is an in-the-background kind of kid. In honor of his 10th birthday, I wanted to write a column with a bit of help from him.
Vacuums suck!
