Home Delivery |
Contact Us |
Jobs |
Alerts |
News Archives |
Site map |
Log In |
Webmail |
Internet Services |
Mobile
Text size: 
Christmas Walk will have Santa, music
|
The 23rd annual Andover Christmas Walk will begin at 4:30 p.m. Saturday with a tree lighting ceremony and sing-along at the Andover Lake Park bandstand. A vegetable beef and chili soup supper will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. at the American Legion building, located just east of the park on Illinois 81. Santa Claus will be at the Legion building to visit with children, and there will be crafts to make, refreshments served and music by Deanna Swanson. There will be a miniature tree decorating contest with a silent auction of the decorated trees as well as other Christmas decorations. Anyone interested in entering the competition should contact Judy Jacobson, (309) 521-7262. The candle-lit Jenny Lind Chapel will be filled with Christmas music to be presented by Party of Four, a saxophone and clarinet quartet, from 6 to 8 p.m. Free wagon rides around the park will be offered to visitors to see the lighted displays and luminaries on the walkways. Free refreshments will be available at Casey's General Store during the hours of the walk, and all events are free of charge with the exception of the soup supper. The event is sponsored by the Andover Tourism Council and Andover Village Board. 
|
 
|
 |
|
||
Colona, IL Details |
|||
| (More Print Ads) |
Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
(More History)