BISHOP HILL—The Bishop Hill Old Settlers' Association continues its efforts to improve the looks of the Bishop Hill Cemetery. In past years, they have provided funds to clean and straighten headstones. And when needed, to mend those that were so old and in such bad shape that they actually had broken into two or more pieces.
CAMBRIDGE—A lot of history, generosity and sentimentality rolled into Cambridge Saturday, Aug. 7, during the second annual Cambridge Tractor Show.
CAMBRIDGE—Henry County Highway Department has recently completed the Cold-In-Place Recycling (CIR) project along two roads, County Highway 39 (known as Bishop Hill blacktop) and County Highway 24 (known as Kentville blacktop).
CAMBRIDGE—Cory Larsen of Cambridge knows about floors. He has been working with them almost 10 years now. Larsen now owns his own business, Larsen Wood Floors. He refinishes wood floors and installs them as well.
GENESEO—Richmond Hill Players will present a Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten family-friendly, Southern-fried, Yuletide comedy “Christmas Belles.” The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, Aug. 5, through Aug. 15, at the Barn Theater in Geneseo.
Area residents to “Dessert and Music in the Park” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, in Andover Lake Park.
CAMBRIDGE—On Saturday, June 19, the dining room at Hillcrest Home was transformed into a wedding reception hall thanks to the help of Mary Bergren and her many dedicated staff members.
BISHOP HILL—Antique cars are the focus of the Sunday, July 25, Antique Car Show in Bishop Hill, which attracts more than 100 antique and classic cars and their owners plus several hundred visitors enamored of the cars of yesteryear, which will encircle the park with registration from 9 a.m. to noon followed by mid-day judging and 3 p.m. awards.
CAMBRIDGE—Clarence Drescher of Cambridge is donating a replica of an outhouse as a raffle prize for Cambridge Tractor/Ag Day on Saturday, Aug. 7, downtown. Registration is at 7 a.m. and the show from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Raffle prizes include 10 gallons of John Deere paint, a pedal tractor and gift baskets. Raffle tickets will be sold the day of the event. Half-hog and 50/50 raffle tickets are already on sale. New this year will be “hit- and-miss motors” used for washing machines, wells and pumps; a semi tractor show and a farm tractor show. For more information, contact Karen Hutchinson at 937-5859.
CAMBRIDGE—A coroner’s jury recently returned verdicts on the deaths of Haley L. Harp, 21, of Cambridge and Richard J. Stiles, 49, of Orion.
CAMBRIDGE—Susan Bleuer has opened Bleuer Senior Services, LLC, to provide non-medical assistance for seniors who wish to remain in their homes. Officially opening on Thursday, July 1, the business serves seniors in Henry, Rock Island and Mercer counties.
OSCO—On Sunday, July 4, Osco Community Church will dedicate a memorial to men and women who have served in the military. The dedication will be part of Praise in the Park, a worship service that begins at 10 a.m. in Hand Park, Cambridge. Besides the dedication of the veterans’ memorial, the service will include patriotic music and singing, prayer for the United States and a message from the Bible.
CAMBRIDGE—All of our Henry County Fair pictures are now online at www.cambridgechron.com.
On the home page, scroll down to the "filmstrip" and look for the camera lens that says "Buy Photo Reprints." You can look at our pictures for free, and reprints are only $3 each plus shipping and handling.
They're divided into photo albums. For example, the 4-H horses album contains three more albums—Equestrian Ambassador Contest, Horse Show and Speed Show.
CAMBRIDGE—Shirley Miller retired from Cambridge High School at the end of the school year. Teaching has changed throughout the years according to Miller. “The financial crisis has really affected schools,” she said. “Going to workshop and conference is not an option like it was when I first started and I really enjoyed sharing and learning from other teachers.”
CAMBRIDGE—Gail Hutchinson of rural Geneseo retired from the Cambridge School district after teaching for 37 years. “I have enjoyed teaching,” she said. “Every day is different and it is such a good feeling when a student finally succeeds. I hope I made each child’s day the best possible day.”
CAMRIDGE—Mary Ghys of Geneseo taught 25 years in Cambridge before retiring at the end of the school year. “I have loved teaching,” said Ghys. “The best rewards has been watching the ‘light bulb’ go on and seeing former students succeed in life. I love to see and talk to former students.”
CAMBRIDGE—The Cambridge Abuse Coalition, aka C-SAC, a non-profit organization whose diversified services are substance abuse, will host its second Movie in the Park, and it will coincide with the Cambridge Main Street Hog Roast Saturday, July 10.
CAMBRIDGE—More than a dozen women attended the latest Business and Professional Women meeting to hear Henry County Sheriff Gib Cady speak about public safety. “When I started this job, the big thing was putting a deadbolt lock on your door,” Cady said.
CAMBRIDGE—This is the rest of David Clark's speech from Memorial Day, Monday, May 31. "I would like to share a voice from one of my generation, who served their country in Vietnam. The generation who are the children of those great Americans who saved the world in World War II."
CAMBRIDGE—On Friday, June 4, we asked our readers to tell us what they were looking forward to the most during the Henry County Fair. Below is the answer one reader gave us.
