Marc Adami News Today

The Whiteside Forum will host guest speaker Bob Vaughn who managed to both survive the Vietnam War and document his experience with lots of pictures will present “My Vietnam War”

The Whiteside Forum will host a panel discussion on Sunday March 26th in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library talking about agriculture today. The title of the presentation is “Farm Life, Feeding the World and Future Farmers” and the panel will include: Kevin Larsen, Agriculture Professor, Sauk Valley Community College; Rachel Eissens, US Department of Agriculture, Morrison; Dr. Michael Selover, SVCC Ag. Instructor; Ron Lawfer, a dairy farmer from Kent who milks with robotic milke...

The Whiteside Forum will host guest speaker and historical object expert Ralph Kennedy from Mount Carroll, IL on Sunday February 26th at the Community Room of the Odell Public Library, starting at 2:00pm. Mr. Kennedy is the owner of Kennedy Furniture Conservation and he will describe to us the distinction and philosophical differences of Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of cultural and historical properties with some personal case study examples. The Odell Public Library is located a...

The Whiteside Forum will host Captain Marc Adami on Sunday January 29 where he will spin some sea stories of adventure on the high seas in his presentation “My Life at Sea: Pirates, Icebergs, Blowouts and other Disasters.” The presentation will begin at 2:00 pm in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library at 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, IL and is free and open to the public.<br/><br/>Mr. Adami is a retired Master Mariner, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and...

The Whiteside Forum will host guest speakers Paula Schares and Paula Purcell who will speak to the topic “Ukraine: How You Can Help” on Sunday November 27, 2022 starting at 2:00pm in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St. Morrison, IL.<br/><br/>All Whiteside Forum events are free and open to the public. If you are interested in the Ukraine and its culture or how Ukrainians are coping in and outside their war torn country and what the U.S. is doing to ...

Our major debates over politics and science are primarily debates about ethics. Progress and Polarization: Are things getting better or worse? The Whiteside Forum opens its 2022-2023 season on Sunday October 30, 2022 hosting Dr. Stephen Hicks who will speak to “Ethics and Current Ideological Movements,” starting at 2:00pm in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library at 307 S. Madison St. Morrison, IL. All Forum events are open to the public and free of charge due to the generosity of...