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By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsJeff Krug is worried the bar may be set too high.Krug of Mt. Pleasant, president of the Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour, which was hosted in Henry County Sept. 27-29, was thrilled (and maybe a tad relieved) with the event.?We had a blast,? Krug said enthusiastically Monday morning. ?It was an awesome experience. It by far exceeded my expectations ? how smooth it ran, the ...

Thursday, Sept. 6, 1 p.m. game: 1st, Chuck Woodruff and Virginia Krueger, Burlington; 2nd, Bernice Farmella and Bev Mickelson, Burlington.Monday, Sept. 10, 10 a.m. game, 6 1/2 Table Mitchell Movement: North-south: 1st, Betty Kilbourn and Lea Bradley; 2nd, Chuck Woodruff and Virginia Krueger; East-west: 1st, Ralph and Mary Jo Anderson, Burlington; 2nd, John and Suzee Vonharz, BurlingtonThursday, Sept. 13, 1 p.m. ...

This weekend, the ancient art of stone toolmaking will be featured at the ?Skunk River Knap-in,? a primitive arts and skills gathering in Oakland Mills.Demonstrations will be given throughout the event, which takes place Oct. 5 to 7.A target range will be set up to show off your atlatl or primitive bow skills.Flintknappers and primitive craftsmen will also be showing and selling their crafts.For more informati...

DEAR ABBY: I need to let off some steam, because the more I think about an incident that happened last summer, the madder I get.My sister and I take turns (a few days at a time) caring for our 91-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer?s and can?t be left alone.My family lives 60 miles from my mother, so before returning to my home for the Fourth of July, I took flowers to the family cemetery, which is close to ...

DEAR ABBY: I?m a single guy, 33 years old. I am 6 feet 9 inches tall, and defined as husky. I only need to enter a room and it gets quiet followed by a ?funny? comment about my size. I smile and laugh to put people at ease. Then I?m forgotten, a gentle giant who is called on only when people want something.I?m sorry to say women either want nothing to do with me, or something to do with my wallet. I don?t enjoy ...

Following is the tentative schedule for the Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour Sept. 27-29.Thursday, Sept. 279:30 a.m. ? Tour Lewelling Quaker Museum in SalemNoon ? Lunch at Geode State Park1:30 p.m. ? Tour Danville MuesumEvening in Mt. PleasantFriday, Sept. 289 a.m. ? Tour Old Threshers11:30 a.m. ? Tour Winfield Muesum2 p.m. ? Tour Swedish MuseumEvening in Mt. PleasantSaturday, Sept. 297:30 a.m. ? ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsElsie Hobbs has shown that it?s never too late to make a difference.When the 76-year-old resident of Lowell sat down to have her hair cut at noon on Friday, she wasn?t just looking to have a new hairstyle. She wanted to help someone else by donating her hair to Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides wigs for children who have lost their hair due to medical ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? It?s going to be about another month before students at New London Middle/High School are able to use the new science rooms.?The original date before all of this happened was Sept. 24. That was our target date, and we?re going to miss that by about a month,? said New London Superintendent of Schools Steve McAllister. ?They?re still working on things down there, ...

I decided to write this column while my red beets are cooking. I cook them long enough so that the skin peels off easily. I want to make pickled red beets to put in cans. We will serve those for lunch when we have church services next spring.I also have several more buckets of tomatoes ready to put into juice. With these tomatoes I?ll have well over 100 quarts of juice canned already, along with 80 pints of ...

WAYLAND ? The WACO Community School District is planning an informational meeting on its four-day school week, slated for the 2013-14 school year.The meeting will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Wed.) in the WACO High School Gymnasium.The district is inviting all Henry and Washington County residents to the meeting.For more information, contact WACO High School at 319-256-6200, or by email at tom.ferguson@wacocsd.org.