Friday, December 1, 2023

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I’ve Never Been This Age Before!

By Rosemary O’Keefe April is the month we honor and show appreciation to those who volunteer. I had the honor to have lunch at the beautiful Kokopelli Club House in Marion one day last week to honor the volunteers for Shawnee Alliance. I was invited to be a guest speaker …

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Crash on Rt. 146 at Concord Church Rd. Sunday morning sends two to hospital

Illinois State Police are currently investigating the cause of this one-vehicle accident that occurred late this morning on Rt. 146, east of Vienna at Concord Church Road. Two unidentified people were transported to a hospital by Johnson County Ambulance. The injuries of the occupants are unknown at this time. Extrication of …

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I’ve Never Been This Age Before!

By Rosemary O’Keefe A recent “casual” reading involved learning something about our brain. This information came from Dr. Richard Restak, Georgetown University. It got me to thinking! Everyone has heard some variation of the theory that, over the course of our lives, we actually use only a small percentage of …

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I’ve never been this age before!

By Rosemary O’Keefe I certainly did enjoy the excitement across the street last week. That is where they were filming ‘Dig Two Graves’, a story whose time frame was in the 1970s. Seems this street area was just right for what the writer had in mind. I loved seeing, all …

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I’ve Never Been This Age Before!

By Rosemary O’Keefe The “Sound of Music” is a movie many people enjoy viewing more than once. I’m not thinking about movies but about the sounds we seldom acknowledge. If you and I were having a conversation over a cup of coffee and I asked you, “What are some of …

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I’ve never been this age before!

By Rosemary O’Keefe I suppose many of us often ask this question, “I wonder whatever happened to…?” I’m always excited to find the answer and love it when I actually meet up and can converse with said person. I have had such an occasion recently and thought you might enjoy …

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I’ve Never Been This Age Before!

By Rosemary O’Keefe Sorry I missed last week’s column but I got behind, and could not meet the earlier time that was needed because of the Monday holiday. My cursive style of writing caused a slight bleep in my last column. When describing a darning egg I wrote the words …

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I’ve Never Been This Age Before!

Have you laughed today? Sometimes it seems we have laughing experiences more often than others. This past week it seems laughing was a real happening for me. It probably comes as no surprise that older people probably find more humor in the events of the past than in the anticipation …

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