Chet Bone, 100

By Ken Bradbury 1915 was a good year. Kiwanis International was founded, the first ...

Leave a reply

Share This

Eating your medicine

By Ken Bradbury A few years ago I read that students in the country of Holland had the lowest ...

Leave a reply

Share This

The Pipes! The Pipes are Calling!

By Ken Bradbury I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but Jacksonville has one heck of a lot of ...

Leave a reply

Share This

Bobby Burns night

By Ken Bradbury A skirl o’ the pipes, a whirl o’the kilt Come all ye fair lassies and whoe’er ...

Leave a reply

Share This

Wiki-People

By Ken Bradbury I have a suspicion that every town has one. … A Wiki-Person. Like the ...

Leave a reply

Share This

The Best of Jacksonville Awards

By Ken Bradbury Springfield’s Illinois Times’ most awaited issue is their “Best of Springfield” ...

Leave a reply

Share This

We . . . Don’t . . . Exist

When Jimmy Stewart went running down the streets of Bedford Falls in It’s a Wonderful Life, ...

Leave a reply

Share This

Talley’s Folly

When actress Mary Young got the call last Sunday afternoon she recognized the happy voice on ...

Leave a reply

Share This

Hey, bus boy!

Illinois College gave me a fine education but as I grow older I keep discovering things the ...

Leave a reply

Share This

Blame it on the Ferris Wheel

I don’t do heights. I mean, I’ve done them, but I don’t like being any place where I can’t ...

Leave a reply

Share This