We’ve touched om this subject before and want to take another stab at it, because the vaccination statistics put forth by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are not accurate, …
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by P. Carter Newton
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4/20/21
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P
eople in this county have always been generous when it comes to helping those suffering from devastation or from challenging circumstances. Whether it is a cancer fundraiser or raising funds for …
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by Brandon Behlke
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4/20/21
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“You can go fishing with me when you can cast a fishing line into the circle,” my father told me as he laid out a string circle on the grass.
I wanted to make him proud of me. I …
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by Lynn Werner
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4/20/21
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My urban neighbor loved them. They terrified me. She adored how they came to drink together at night. I could only imagine them falling into the open skylight over the loft where I slept. She …
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by Lynn Werner
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4/12/21
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Some say that it is hard for news to not travel far in a small town. Whether it is a wedding, a birth, a death or illness, it seems that everyone in town will know in a matter of hours. They also …
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by Brandon Behlke
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4/12/21
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In a normal year, East Dubuque residents would by now have received a hanger with two notes. One note shared the story of the East Dubuque Boy Scouts and the other provided the necessary details …
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by P. Carter Newton
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4/12/21
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Not withstanding the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year, The Galena Foundation, through precautions to ensure everyone’s safety, has continued to advance its mission to …
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by Ken Robb, president, The Galena Foundation
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4/5/21
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I am grateful for having the opportunity to continue to live in the community I have called home for 28 years. It is an area and county that many of us who have been lifelong residents have taken …
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by Brandon Behlke
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4/5/21
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Cindi Martinovic looked out across the prairie she had restored as if she heard it waking up to the calls of spring. A young oak that Martinovic had planted as a seedling was ready for spring …
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by Lynn Werner
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4/5/21
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Here it is. . .small world stories version two. These come from David Kies of Gold Canyon, Ariz.; Scott Ettleman, Galena; and my wife, Sarah, who jogged my memory.
David shared this …
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by P. Carter Newton
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4/5/21
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What are your favorite small-world stories? I’ve been thinking about this over the past week after seeing a couple of Galenians at an unexpected place.
I chauffeured Sarah down to Iowa City, …
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by P. Carter Newton
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3/29/21
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The life of a high school student over the past couple years vastly changed to those just the year prior. Prom was cancelled, graduation looked like a drive-in movie theater (which some high school …
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by Brandon Behlke
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3/29/21
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