Editorial/Column
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Blackhawks Raised Kane, and He Helped Raise Them
It seems like 1,000 years ago that I met Patrick Kane. Son Andy and I decided to buy the weekend…
How low can we go … how to get the biggest jump on Mother Nature
We all know “those” people, heck, we may be them. Are you the one gardener in your neighborhood trying to…
Quirky bits from Jackson Township
There are times in my research that I come across a bit that probably will never work up into a…
Gardner 2 Gardner: Plan for a spring that is “berry” good
You have probably made your seed orders by now. But did you look through the entire catalog? Often people start…
Outstanding In Their Field
I hesitate to even write about a current theory being bantered among chicken owners. I fear that even putting unsubstantiated…
February 1862 — The fight moves on to Tennessee
By Sandy Vasko February 1862 saw the 20th on the move. On Feb. 2, they left Cairo aboard steamships bound…
At the Farm Gate: Farming: A Job with as Many Boots as Hats
By Joanie Stiers Before the first puddles of spring arrived, I would rummage through the supply of hand-me-down rubber boots,…
Our Rural Heritage: Whatever became of Twelve Mile Grove?
By Sandy Vasko Today we look at the area known as Twelve Mile Grove, named such because it is twelve…
Newspapers Aren’t the Same Anymore? Neither Are We
I was having breakfast with colleague Cindy Wojdyla Cain at Jitter’s last week. As often happens, we got talking about…
Lawn Patrol … Start seeing vole damage
It would be so much easier if wildlife read all the information printed about them, wouldn’t it? But we just…