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Late August means that it is time for the renewal of another Union County tradition.
The 2009 Union County Fair is scheduled next week. Again this year, the fair will be at Anna City Park in Anna.
This year’s schedule of activities at the fair offers a wide range of attractions and events. The...
To the editor,
If you live in Anna then you have obviously noticed the new trash bins we now have to use if our weekly garbage is to be collected. I have heard good and bad comments concerning the new format for garbage collection, what controversy there can be over garbage.
While there are pros...
To the editor,
I would like to thank you for the excellent front page coverage of the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna, along with the sincere editorial.
Printing of the three letters from local residents containing their concern of the future of our veterans in the Anna facility in the same issue...
Summer has regrettably come to an end. Soon, I’ll be traveling back to finish my senior year at the College of the Ozarks near Branson, Mo.
These past few months have been memorable. As many of you know I am an intern working to complete my training as a journalist and graphic designer.
I’ve...
Since the early days of Union County’s settlement, peaches have played an important role in the local economy.
This weekend, the peach will be celebrated as a Union County tradition continues in Cobden.
The 2009 Cobden Peach Festival is planned Friday and Saturday in the Union County village....
To the editor,
As of June 30, 2009, I have retired after 15 years of service to The Haven House Christian Family Crisis Center.
I would like to extend my heart felt appreciation for all the prayers, financial and moral support that the community has shown to me. I could not have accomplished and...
Are we losing touch with common sense? We are bombarded with doom and gloom articles about earth-destroying holes in the sky and climate change brought about by human induced global warming to a point where we have been panicked into spending billions of dollars without knowing if it is real.
A...
As our community and nation prepare to celebrate Independence Day on July 4, it’s worth taking a moment or two to reflect on some of the words which appear in the document which set our nation on a course leading to freedom from Great Britain. The following words come from our Declaration of...
It seems so easy to say. The Illinois Veterans Home in Anna needs to stay open. Period.
It seems sad that the closing of the veterans home has even become an issue. But it has. The future of the veterans home seems to have gotten caught up in the crisis surrounding the state’s budget, as have...
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