The "Good Book" tells us that we should strive to treat other people the way we would like to be treated. Good advice to be sure and other things like being kind to one another, being polite, looking out for the other person's feelings etc, etc, etc. And to top it off, from the time we were ...

Market Report for October 12, 2018What a wet cool night for the Toledo Farmers' Market. There was a slight crowd and a handful of vendors on this Friday night. The fact that it was Homecoming kept vendors and customers away, but the most important factor was the weather.Kristi baked light for ...

I hope you read the article in last weeks Chronicle about the group from U of I School of Music Jazz Studies program. They plan to perform a music program about an immigrant's tale told through music.If you didn't read the article you should, then decide to attend the Wieting's production of ...

Market Report for October 5, 2018What a wet cool night for the Toledo Farmers' Market. There was a slight crowd and a handful of vendors on this Friday night. The fact that it was Homecoming kept vendors and customers away, but the most important factor was the weather.Kristi baked light for ...

We are in need of replenishing our volunteer list. If you have volunteered for the Wieting in years past but had to quit for one reason or another, are you able to come back?You are usually scheduled for work once a month. This would be a big help to us.Call Denise Fletcher at 641-891-7426 or ...

Summer officially ended on Saturday September 22nd. Sad to see it go, but I'm really looking forward to the cooler evenings that come with Fall and especially October. I have many fond memories of being out under clear, dark October skies just drinking in the beauty of the fall constellations ...

Market Report for September 28, 2018The last market for September, this season has gone fast. There is one month of the Toledo Farmers' Market left. Be sure to come on out and make those final market purchases.Kristi had plenty of bakery, twisty, bars, kolaches, rolicky, rolls, cookies, pies, ...

For the last two columns I have written I mentioned the card group I play with that used to meet at the community building. The oldest player died last week and I wanted to say goodbye to Dorothy. Thanks for the good times.The community building is now just a memory. Happy memories for me. How ...

I'm not sure how many readers know this, but my parents had three wonderful, yet average children and one terrific, exceptional child who will be celebrating his 61st birthday this Sunday. Now sixty-one may not be old to some of you but it's certainly not middle age either. Well as birthday ...

Market Report for September 21, 2018The weather has changed once again it was a cool Friday night for the Toledo Farmers' Market.Kristi had plenty of bakery, twisty, bars, kolaches, rolicky, rolls, cookies, pies and tomatoes and cucumbers.Caryn had her assorted jams, jellies, snack mixes, and ...