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4-H members showcase their exhibits during the Fair
ELIZABETH–4-H members from all over the county participated in the 2023 Jo Daviess County 4-H Fair on Monday, July 17 through Wednesday, July 19. Participants exhibited in a variety of … more
The annual Slick & Easy Golf benefit was held Saturday, July 29 at the Galena Golf Course. The crew pictured here, (L-R) Nanette Glasgow, Wendy Einsweiler, Sue Minter, Tammy Stephensen and Bruce Glasgow, worked as a team putting together all the components necessary to hold the event. They did an excellent job breaking several records of participation with 36 teams comprised of 144 golfers, 56 hole sponsors and an enormous number of silent auction items. This year’s proceeds will be shared between Galena area McIntyre and Berning families: Katie McIntyre, a Galena High School Drivers Education and Health teacher suffering from Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Beth Berning, a sixth-grade teacher at Drexler Middle School, Farley, Iowa, diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer.
Slick & Easy benefits families
The barber shop.
One day in the barber shop
A story from the Galena Daily Gazette of October 4, 1901…. A man who had the reputation of always being in debt, sat one day in the barber shop waiting to be shaved. He was lathered, … more
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"Ag Games" at Elizabeth Fair
The oldest community fair in Illinois held its 102nd annual event with three days of festivities from Friday, July 21 through Sunday, July 23. Here, Ivan Offenheiser, 3, Elizabeth, holds a freshly-made bale of straw from the 1/3 scale model 1922 Case hay press. Bill Hayes, middle, operates the Woodbine Service Garage in Woodbine and built the model over the past winter. Bill’s wife, Jocelyn, is in the back.
The Elizabeth Community Fair: The history of the oldest community fair in Illinois
ELIZABETH–The 102nd Elizabeth Community Fair was held Friday, July 21, through Sunday, July 23. The 2023 theme was “Growing the Future.” Events included the Kiddie/Outlaw … more
Celebrating Galena Brew Fest: People came out to Chestnut Mountain Resort over the weekend to have some beer and help support the Galena ARC.
Joel Zink holds one of his 11 chickens, Miss Peepers. Zink has been raising chickens for over five decades. Below: Zink owns many different breeds of chickens at his family home in Warren.
Tending to his flock: Warren teacher has spent five decades taking care of chickens
WARREN–Warren junior high social studies teacher Joel Zink’s classroom is filled with chicken paraphernalia, from stuffed animals to photos and paintings. Along with the items in the … more
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The Canadian forest fires have made for some subtle and almost eerie sunrises over the past week. This photo of the Thursday, June 15 sunrise was submitted by Charles Fach.
Sunrise through the haze
Family, friends, Gazette employees past and present, and members of the community celebrated Sarah (left) and Carter (right) Newton’s retirement from The Galena Gazette on Saturday, July 15.
Newtons honored for their years at The Gazette
Despite a previous evening of rain showers, Chestnut Mountain’s FarSide Mountain Bike Park Grand Opening on July 8 was a tremendous success with scores of riders from Iowa, Wisconsin, Chicago and downstate Illinois attending the event. Brian Valley, an experienced rider from Cedar Falls, Iowa, goes airborne off a drop ramp on beginner terrain that leads to intermediate and the more technical trails of Remi’s Ridge, True Love and Rock n’ Roll.
FarSide Mountain Bike Park opens
The Belden Boy Writing Camp wrapped up its three-day camp with a group photo. From left: P.J. HarteNaus, Ian Stadel, Paisley Stadel, Kelley Vail, Miranda Larson, Avery Krull, Helena Ind, Samantha Teeravechyan, Maggie Fulerson, Atticus Laughlin, Ella Brennan, Jake Bauer, Dylan Brennan, Sydney Barnes, Haper Yu, Jeanne Chemelik, Dominic Thorsen and Kim Thorsen.
Kids become authors at Belden Boy Writing Camp
GALENA–The kids who participated in the Belden Boy Writing Camp didn’t have to wait until they grew up to write a book. At the Belden Boy Writing Camp, kids from third grade on up … more
Bob Christensen jumped out of an airplane to celebrate his 90th birthday.
Still getting out there after 90 years
GALENA–At 90 years old, Bob Christensen is still out there making friends and going on adventures. After his wife, Joyce, passed away in 2021, Christensen had to decide what to do with his … more
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