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Author of the article: Gord Christmas  •  For the Reformer Publishing date: May 06, 2021  •  May 6, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Article content If there is a heaven and if I make the trip, there are people I hope are waiting when I get there. My mother will be on hand for sure with a shopping list of things I should have brought with me, chocolate, tomatoes, dill pickles, two pair of track pants preferably with a Blue Jays logo, some plants and a Spanish onion. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Special people to meet up with in t...

Photo courtesy of Ryan Browne A handful of local breweries are selling pints for a couple good causes. Working Draft Brewing Co., Young Blood Beer Co., Vintage Brewing Co., Karben4 Brewing and Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. have all partnered with initiatives dedicated to autism awareness, brain cancer research, suicide prevention and mental health education. A portion of the proceeds from each brewery’s beer will be donated to nonprofits. Things We Don’t Say: Craft Beer for Mental Health Photo courtesy of Ryan Browne Hope for the Day, a nonprofit focused on mental health education and proa...

Columnist Dean Karau recalls the day Kewanee 'lost its marbles' over marbles Star Courier Marble games were played by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans in ancient times, and Aztecs and Native Americans in more recent times. The marbles were made of, well, marble, as well as of clay, stone, nuts, and flint. The marbles we know got their start in Germany in the mid-1800s and made their way to America soon after that. But those marbles were still made by hand and were not commonly available. In the late 1880s, an American inventor was issued a patent for an “Apparatus for Rounding Plastic Clay...

    He was preceded in death by his loving stepfather, David John Busbee, who filled the role of father in his life and inspired him to overcome the many obstacles in his life due to Cerebral Palsy. He also inspired Edmond to go on to earn a 3rd degree black belt in karate, become a published author on Paleontology, complete two years of Bible College and to have successful careers in the family art gallery and as a medical clerk for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Murfreesboro, where he retired in 2020.   He is survived by his mother, Sandra Comeaux Busbee of Gallatin, TN; bro...