Marilyn Monroe and Bement, Illinois
When my editor from Senior News & Times asked me to do a story about the 60th Anniversary of Marilyn Monroe coming to…
Tag: Illinois
Midgetoys were among some of the unusual toys spied at toy show
The Central Illinois Toy Show in Bloomington, Illinois was a first for me. After trying out a new place to eat Abe’s Café…
Governor’s Mansion was site of Senior Hall of Fame and Governor’s Unique Achievement Awards
The garden outside the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield, Illinois, was still blooming when I went to the Governor’s Mansion to cover this for…
Lincoln-Herndon Law Office, Lincoln’s old stomping grounds
Springfield, Illinois as everyone knows is filled to the brim with history of our nation’s 16th president. Downtown not far from the Abraham…
At the American Thresherman’s Show Minneapolis Moline is King!
For just a few short years my dad was a teacher and he taught in Nashville Illinois. That’s how it was that I…