FUNNY MEETING YOU HERE: Amy Bonano, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Westoff of Quincy, recently attended the "Heart of a Solider" opera at the San Francisco Opera House in San Francisco, Calif. While there, Bonano met and had her picture taken with Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Stewart, whose book of the same title the opera is built around. Stewart is a native of Quincy and a friend of the Westoff family. Amy and Her husband, Mark, live in Salinas, Calif., a community not far away from San Francisco. The Bonanos found out Stewart would be at the opera and were able to hook up for a brief reunion.
FIRST MILE: The Rev. James Hailey of Bethel AME will be unofficially credited with running the first mile on the new indoor track area inside the Kroc Center, 405 Vermont, the $27.5 million facility that is being dedicated today. Hailey was part of a group able to tour the facility earlier this week and tried out some of the amenities. Twelve times around the track is supposed to equal a mile, but Hailey informed, "A mile is actually 12 1/2 times around the track," Hailey said.
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE: Like many other organizations and businesses in the area, Adams County is looking to help the United Way of Adams County in its annual campaign drive. A few events and a raffle have been planned, including a cookout on the courthouse lawn on Sept. 29 featuring pork sandwiches. Regional Superintendent of Schools Debbie Niederhauser, who serves on the Adams County United Way Team, gave an overview on the events at last week's County Board meeting. She also offered thanks to County Board member Mark Peter, a farmer from Mendon, who donated a hog for the cookout. "It's the pig that's really making the sacrifice," Peter quipped.
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Friday, May 17 2013 10:59 PM EDT2013-05-18 02:59:42 GMT
Dick Koetter, left, shares a laugh with Larry Sheffler and Bill Waters, rights, Friday at the reunion of the 126th Supply and Service Company at Cedar Crest Country Club. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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Saturday, May 18 2013 1:11 AM EDT2013-05-18 05:11:00 GMT
The Quincy Society of Fine Arts threw a birthday party gala Friday night complete with a toast to its founder and first president George Irwin.
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Saturday, May 18 2013 1:05 AM EDT2013-05-18 05:05:37 GMT
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Saturday, May 18 2013 12:42 AM EDT2013-05-18 04:42:00 GMT
By MATT HOPFHerald-Whig Staff Writer Legislation that would open primary elections to 17-year-olds in Illinois is on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk after the Senate overwhelmingly approved it earlier
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Friday, May 17 2013 10:47 PM EDT2013-05-18 02:47:47 GMT
When I trained as a medical technologist at Blessing Hospital in 1964-65, my parents in New Mexico assumed it was a church-related institution. Just recently a friend told me she also assumed that
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Friday, May 17 2013 10:42 PM EDT2013-05-18 02:42:47 GMT
By DON O'BRIEN Herald-Whig Staff Writer The Quincy School Board Finance Committee recommended small changes to the 2013 budget at its monthly meeting Friday. Most of the changes dealt with moving
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Friday, May 17 2013 2:52 PM EDT2013-05-17 18:52:14 GMT
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Wednesday, May 15 2013 10:13 PM EDT2013-05-16 02:13:46 GMT
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Friday, May 17 2013 7:18 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:18:43 GMT
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Friday, May 17 2013 2:21 PM EDT2013-05-17 18:21:49 GMT
Quincy Mayor Kyle Moore has appointed himself to the Board of Directors for the Great River Economic Development Foundation, the economic development arm for Quincy and Adams County.
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