Alex T. Paschal

As I was hoofing it around at last Saturday's sculpture walk in Rock Falls , a lady tipped me off to a bird down near the river.

DIXON — What started with two tractors and a love for God and country has blossomed into an 8-year tradition.

Armed with a 25-year-old film camera and a 20-year-old roll of 36-exposure film, photographer Alex T. Paschal made it his mission to take 36 individual portraits of people he met at a southern Illinois music festival. Here is the result.

A stone marker for the Broadway Methodist Church in Sterling was placed on the building when it was built in 1856. In 1902, fire damaged the spire and the mrker went into storage as repairs were made to the building.

The Dixon Knights of Columbus Council 690 will host its monthly breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at KayCee Hall, 506 W. Third St.

Newman High School Director of Marketing Gehrig Koerner made special mention of the Rock Falls School District, which donated 35,000 items to the program. Local businesses Zigler's Machine Shed, Mike Sprague State Farm, Walmart Distribution Center, REMAX Sterling, Sauk Valley Bank, and Sterling Cottages provided support and items themselves.

The walk will begin at 9 a.m. at the Larson Shelter in Centennial Park, with registration beginning at 8:15. Coffee and energy snacks will be available at the shelter before a short update on the status of polio eradication. A group photo will be taken before the walk begins.

With the help of members of the community and fellow Scouts, Cruz Ocampo made the plans, organized the help and secured the materials to build a cement walkway at the Dixon Church of the Brethren.

Dogs, cats and maybe a rabbit or a lizard all gathered Oct. 3 on the playground at St. Mary’s School in Dixon for the annual blessing of the pets.

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