I can barely believe that Dragging Main is less than 24 hrs away. I absolutely love it!!

The atmosphere is awesome!!! I love the variety of Antiques, Classics & Custom Autos, Vans, Trucks, and Motorcycles!!! 

I’m thinking of simply walking over to the festivities, this year. I’ll have a camera in hand and hopefully will stop in at Shooky’s or the Tin Pan Alley. Not sure, yet. 

I know to show up early. In years past, I’ve missed some really sweet rides.

I personally was never in favor of the wind turbines in our backyard, but the increased revenue for the school district was/is a BIG PLUS.. And it is supposed to offer some property tax relief to homeowners starting this year so that too is a good thing. But now theres are permit requests to build yet another 40-50 of these turbines and Im sure that it wont be long before construction begins. So, when is this gonna end?  Just how many more turbines is the county going to allow to be built? It already seems like there is a turbine everywhere you look well except that open spot in Hardees parking lot…Sure hope no one notices that spot or the open lots at the end of Cherry St.

For years you have helped so  many people in our area including ourselves. We all want you to know that you ARE appreciated and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts

The Mathews Family

Here are the trick or treat hours for Paxton this year:

5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. Immediately prior to trick-or-treating, the Paxton Park District is sponsoring its annual Halloween Parade at 4 p.m., starting in front of the Carnegie Library. Children will parade up Market Street to the firehouse to collect goodie bags, and the kids are then welcome to head south back downtown and trick-or-treat at local businesses.

There was a wonderful article in the Paxton Record this week about neighbors and friends helping harvest the crops of one of their own.  This is just one example of the blessings of living in a smaller community, specifically ours.  Not only did they harvest the crops, but they planted all of the acres in the spring.  The woman, Ellen Johnson of Gibson City, had lost her husband to pancreatic cancer in February.

This says so much about the wonderful people in our community.  The caring, generostiy and willingness to help others is just a part of the reasons I enjoy living in this area!!

So a huge “kudos” to all the people who helped Ellen Johnson out this year.  It speaks volumes for the type of community we all live in and you make us all proud!  And if you haven’t had a chance to read the article, go to www.paxtonrecord.net and check it out!