Rain, rain go away.  Ugh…seems like it has been raining for days and more days of rain are expected.  Not good in October when farmers are trying to get out their corn and beans.  Was going home from Macomb…

  Our sympathy to the family of Wayne Rankin.  He was from Bowen and the father of Terry and Dennis Rankin and Judy Reuschel.   Services will be this week in Bowen.  Dennis and Carol Rankin are part of our church…

  It has been an interesting week of scams.  I just got a new computer complete with virus protection.  On Monday I received a call about my computer having a virus that would make it unusable.  Ignored that one but…

  The church council of Living Faith United Methodist Church met on Monday evening.  Our group was small.  We worked on reports for charge conference which will be held at the church in October. Started loading the caravan for 3rd…

  The church council of Living Faith United Methodist Church met on Monday evening.  Our group was small.  We worked on reports for charge conference which will be held at the church in October. Started loading the caravan for 3rd…

Took one of my mini vacations last week.  That is an hour on the bank of the Mississippi River.  I am only about 30 minutes from the Mississippi where the river is a mile wide.  The water lilies are still…

Two long time residents of the area passed away this week.  Donna Hopping passed away on August 21st.  Hazel Flack passed away on August 20th.  Her funeral was at Living Faith United Methodist Church in Bowen.  Our sympathy to the…

Our sympathy to the friends and family of Richard Smith who lost a courageous battle with cancer this week.  I believe services are to be held on September 1st. Got a notice on face book about the Harry Truman Dinner…

While reading the Quincy paper this week, I noted that Gary Robbins had passed away.  This brought back some memories of Gary and my husband, Ben Gentry.  One weekend, when we were going to Peoria to visit one of my…

Last week Judy Ruggles called to tell me her brother in law, Bob Ruggles, 79 of Richmond, Virginia had passed away.  Bob was the brother of Rich, Judy’s late husband, and Frieda Ward.  Bob’s wife, Donna is a pastor. They…