From the Star Courier microfilm files at the Kewanee Public Library Star Courier The Kewanee League of Women Voters will hold a forum Thursday on Tuesday s election where Black Hawk College and the Kewanee Public Library District are asking voters to approve increases in property taxes. The college is asking for an increase of 15.5 cents 12.5 cents for the education fund and 3 cents for the operation and maintenance fund, while the library seeks to increase its tax rate from 49 cents to 60 cents per $100 of equalized assessed valuation. The Kewanee FFA Chapter will sponsor a Donkey Basketball Tournament Saturday night featuring KHS students vs. faculty and Wethersfield students vs. community members. Proceeds will go to help send chapter members to leadership conferences and judging competitions, according to FFA advisor Harley Hepner.
Kewanee Scouts get busy saving bees by creating hotels where the insects can rest Susan DeVilder The Star Courier Jacque Komnick’s garage was buzzing with a hive of activity late Wednesday afternoon as the girls from Girl Scout Troop 4444 scooped flower seeds into bags and reworked toilet paper tubes. Just one year ago, the group’s appeal to the Kewanee City Council to change an ordinance that would have hindered their plans for a Silver Service project was front page news. The Troop’s hope to plant a pollinator garden near the Little cabin at the edge of town ran afoul of local law, which they only learned after presenting their garden idea to the Kewanee Preservation Society and researching the city ordinance.
Kewanee Public Library offers many services, programs Star Courier Covid Mitigations and the Kewanee Public Library With ever-changing mitigations still underway, you may have been wondering what that means for your local library. No matter where we are in the mitigations, the Kewanee Public Library is still operating as before. We are open 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday and 9 am to 1 pm on Saturdays. We do ask that you continue to treat us as an “In and Out” Library, staying only as long as necessary and no longer than an hour. Masks continue to be required and must be worn covering your nose and mouth.
Let me Take my Time lyrics from The Great Divide album Tired of cringing from the discordant notes of 2020, singer-songwriter Brett Conlin changed the arrangement and wrote his own soundtrack for the year that never was. The five-song album, called “The Great Divide, was inspired by an experience he shared with millions of Americans he never met, each song illustrating the hopes and dreams of friends, family and countrymen whose lives changed alongside his during the 2020 pandemic. Conlin s album is the lament of all of them, broken down into woeful tones and pleading verses that don t even pretend to answer any of the questions they ask. The tracks are performed only with an acoustic guitar and Conlin s melancholy vocal delivery.
Weekly review of Kewanee s history from the Star Courier archives Star Courier 15 years ago today Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 Kewanee Park District board members and employees held a Taco Night Thursday at Baker Park s 19th Hole to raise money for the Windmont Park Christmas Lighting Fund. Since vandals damaged displays and lights in the park on Dec. 26, approximately $6,500 has been raised through a number of community fundraisers to make sure the park is relit next December. Tractors from the past and present were driven to school and on display Thursday by members of the Wethersfield FFA for Tractor Day, part of National FFA Week activities.
Dean Karau For the Star Courier This brief paragraph was buried on page 8 of the Dec. 22, 1903, Kewanee Daily Star Courier: “The United States government wants the flying machine invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Dayton, O., brothers who made a successful test of their invention at Kitty Hawk, N.C.” That was our hometown’s inauspicious introduction to the age of flight, which had begun a mere five days earlier. A young Annawan boy was only five years-old at the time, so he surely didn’t read that article. But by 1910, Frederick Eugene Machesney had fallen in love with “aeroplanes,” and within a decade and a half, had become Kewanee’s flying “ace.”
15 years ago today Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 • Marquis, Inc., of Buda. has announced it has entered into an agreement with Growmark, Inc., of Bloomington. to lease or sell certain assets from its agricultural operations in Buda, Neponset and Hennepin. Marquis business partners Tom Marquis and Denny Throneburg also announced they will move the company headquarters and management staff to a temporary office in Hennepin while construction of a new office north of Hennepin is completed. • Cooking with the Stars II, our new cookbook featuring Star Courier Cooks of the Week from September 2004 to August 2005, is now available for $15.50 at the Star Courier office.