By Cheryl Wormley I had planned to write this Declarations about the trip Jim and I took to Colorado last week, but that can wait. Dick Butkus’ death Oct. 5 takes priority. Yes, that’s me and his honor in the photo. The occasion: the 1964 Illinois State Fair. I was Illinois Dairy Princess, and Butkus […]
No one was picking the 7 – 2 Woodstock Blue Streaks to beat the 3 – 7 Prairie Ridge Wolves despite their historically bad season. The pundits all thou…
October 31, 2026


