By: Hospice of the Rock River Valley
April 29, 2008

Most of us remember a person who seemed to go out of their way to help us during a difficult time in our life – a grandparent, a special teacher, even a stranger who became a friend. The recollections of these “faces of caring” remind us of the good within each of us. Nowhere are these faces of caring more common than among the volunteers that serve in hospices across the country.

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By: Janet Goodwell
April 17, 2008

I have a great concern that the programs offered by the Extension service in Whiteside County may be lost. The Extension service has not received the money from the state that was promised to them for this year. I would like to encourage anyone who has been a part of the many programs offered by Extension to call their senators and representatives to encourage the governor to release the money that was promised to us. Your phone calls are important as they are all tallied to see how many calls come in on a particular subject.

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By: Martin Koster
December 9, 2007

I knew they would come eventually. I knew it would be bad, too. I thought about paying a tree service to trim the branches on the seedless ash near our street, but I knew they would come anyway. Com Ed's "utility arborists" chopped up the tree on my front lawn so much, I wish that they had removed it completely. Why aren't those utility cables underground?

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