By RICHARD GUEBERT JR. Former Illinois Farm Bureau President Everyone can point to that year in their lives – the year when 23 inches of snow blanketed…
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By Michael Cleary For almost 20 years, I’ve been writing about my favorite Christmas tree ornament, a glass Santa whose color has nearly completely faded…
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By RICHARD GUEBERT JR. Illinois Farm Bureau President For many years, I have heard that agriculture policy is one of the few areas in Springfield…
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Sometime around age 40, my guilty pleasure food changed to pulled pork nachos: tortilla chips softened with melted nacho cheese, topped with pulled pork and…
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The 39th Illinois Volunteer artillery, just before the Battle of Charleston. By Sandy Vasko Last time we talked about the war, it was January 1863,…
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Thursday, June 30, 2011, started out like any other during the previous six months or so: Sword of Damocles hanging over my head as I…
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Ah, fall, my favorite season, the season of apples, pumpkins and more. The first images that come to mind might be caramel apples and jack-o-lanterns.…
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By Michael Cleary I’ve always been a strong believer that a printed newspaper, one that you can hold in your hand and turn the pages,…
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A change is in the air. It is now officially fall, both meteorologically and astronomically. And, if you like your German beers, it is also…
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