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Drive-through format Cairo Smorgasbord a huge success

Thu, 03/25/2021 - 12:00am

The change to a drive-through format did not diminish the turnout for the Cairo Rural Volunteer Fire Department’s Annual Smorgasbord Dinner held on Saturday, March 20. Fire department member Brad Lindell (at left) carries meals to waiting customers. Meals included pulled pork or beef, fireman potatoes, and smokehouse baked beans. Reports from the event indicated it was so popular that food ran out thirty minutes before the scheduled end of serving. (–courtesy photos)

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Gibbon 150th Commemoration program “Power couple produced from Pioneer Trail” to be presented April 10

Gibbon 150th Commemoration program “Power couple produced from Pioneer Trail” to be presented April 10

Thu, 03/25/2021 - 12:00am

Learn about a most influential couple whose life together was birthed in Gibbon. Hear how Reverend Arthur Carson and wife, Laura, lived through some of America’s most exciting dramas and changed the lives of millions around the world. See the book one of them wrote about their remarkable journeys around the world and how they came to be beloved and considered the father and mother of an entire group of people in Burma.

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Wood River’s St. Mary’s Catholic Church updating to tile flooring

Thu, 03/25/2021 - 12:00am

For the past several weeks, Lance Parlin and Chris Woods have been working dawn to dusk removing carpeting in the nave and sanctuary of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wood River and replacing it with tiles that add to the historic ambiance of the church.

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Fisher and Wiese reign as Wood River High Winter Ball King and Queen

Thu, 03/25/2021 - 12:00am

Tristan Fisher, son of Marla Fisher, and Keely Wiese, daughter of Craig and Michelle Korte and Jeremy Wiese, were crowned 2021 Winter Ball King and Queen at the Winter Ball held at Wood River Rural High on Saturday, March 20. (–courtesy photo)