Plymouth Women’s circle sponsored a Red Cross blood mobile at the PCCC on Tuesday.  Fifteen pints of blood were collected.  Not a large number of pints but 15 more than they had at the start of the day.  Thank…

  Lima Bean wondered why she was getting a bath on Tuesday evening but figured it out on Wednesday when Carol Rankin and I left for the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church which was held…

  Many of you know that President Abraham Lincoln had many relatives who lived and died in Hancock County.  A few months ago Harry Miller spoke to the Hancock County Historical Society about Thomas Jefferson Lincoln, a first cousin of…

    It is Memorial Day weekend.  When I was growing up, there were no silk flowers.  We grew iris and pennies and put them in cans of water and took them to the local cemeteries for our families.  We…

  Our community had a first and perhaps a first ever for Scouting.  Three triplet brothers all became Eagle Scouts on Saturday evening at Living Faith United Methodist Church.  All the members of the church were invited to the ceremony…

  Try to imagine one weekend when 2nd Saturday Breakfast, 3rd Sunday Market and WIU graduation all happen on the same weekend!  That weekend is rapidly drawing to a close and I am at the computer writing the Plymouth area…

  Don’t forget that this Saturday is the 2nd Saturday of May and that means that the Plymouth Pride Breakfast is from 7-10 am at the Community Center on the east side of the Square.  We will have biscuits and…

  Have been reading Robyn Carr’s series about Virgin River.  It is a very small town with all the problems that small towns have.  However it has something else too.  The people support each other and care about each other. …

  Bob and Ginny Lawton have a new great grand baby which they shared on face book.  He is the son of Rob Lawton. Tuesday I had .7 inches of rain in my gage.  It was most welcome and came…

  Lots of corn being planted right now.  Please be careful when driving as there is a lot of farm machinery being moved from one field to another.  And while we are talking about planting, I actually put out 7 tomato…