WHITESIDE NEWS SENTINEL
VOLUME 163 NO. 35 • ESTABLISHED 1857
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2023 • $1.00
Morrison, Illinois
FALL PLANTING
Sarah Ford for Shaw Media
K & R Greenhouse employee Donnie Golden tends to plants Sunday, Aug. 27, as the growing season grows shorter. The business, located at 15543 Bishop Road in Morrison, is holding a season closeout sale Sept. 3-16 with deals on annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, trees, shrubs and decor. The sale doesn’t include house plants, poinsettias or mums, which are almost in bloom and ready for fall planting. See page 2.
LOCAL NEWS
REGIONAL NEWS
Improving Conditions
Fair Numbers
Challenger Fly-In
Thomson prison is now a low-security prison. / 3
County fair brings in estimated 21,000. / 6
Erie Airpark owners host the annual fly-in. / 3
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past.........................8 Property Transfers............................14 The Ancestor Project.................12, 13 Published every Tuesday 24 pages • One section
REGIONAL NEWS
Sports...................................13, 15, 17 Church News.............................18-19 Classifieds.............................20-24
DEATHS Jean Ellen Giesler, Robert “Bob” Hetz, Burdette R. Sandrock, Garry L. Near, Page 4