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Body Last Sunday the temperature reached the high 40s with a sunny sky. Monday, the temperatures were in the mid 50s with an abundance of sunshine. Tuesday was a warm, sunny day with highs in the upper 60s.

Body It is often said that each of us longs to be someone else. We may desire to be famous. We may desire to be a sports hero. Or, we may wish that we were more attractive, more intelligent, or wealthier.

Body KATE HANSEN was the top award winner at this year’s Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, held on Wednesday, March 3rd. Her business, Spread Kindness, makes bath bombs and shower steamers with kind messages in each one.

Body ty Commission meeting held on Tuesday, March 2nd, the commissioners gave their weekly reports. During Commissioner Tim Berland’s report, he stated that he had received a lot of calls dealing with road concerns.

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Body A memorial service for Velma Grimes, formally of Woodston, will be held Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church. If weather permits, a graveside service will be held. A lunch will be held at Woodston Fellowship Hall prior to the service.

Body Week of March 15 Breakfast Monday—Pancakes, fruit, juice, milk. Tuesday—Cereal bar, fruit, juice, milk.

Body This week’s subject, Désiré LeSage, has fascinated me ever since I first saw his portrait hanging in the gallery of the museum. In addition, he has descendants who led active lives in the history of Rooks County. His name is on the wall as a Civil War veteran.

Body Harry and Willardene Purdum of Stockton will be celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniverary on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The couple were married on March 11, 1961.

Body Darrell Rubottom: “The old truck sitting south of Solutions North Bank is like the truck in one of Dorothea Lange’s famous pictures of a migrant family during the Great Depression of the 1930s.”