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Downtown Tales
July 3, 2009. Do not forget 9/11/2001
PHONE 239-2733,
E-mail us at rabinning@yahoo.com
www.pecatonica.net
The Downtown Tales are printed courtesy of
US BANK Pecatonica Branch
WEBKINZ ARE HERE !!!!!
Lemur, Jack Russel, Zebra, Bugie Bird,
Oriole Bird, Guinea Pig, Springer Spaniel,
Cherry Blossom Bird, Signature Golden Retriever.
“STOP IN – CHECK OUT”
What will be NEW for – JULY& AUG.
CASH & CARRY
Mix Bouquets - $8.00, Carnations 1 Dz. - $8.00
(Also available at Topway Sat. & Sun.)
DON’T “FORGET” OUR SPECIALTY ITEMS!
Fannie May Candies, Marian Heath Greeting Cards, Beautiful Custom Silk Arrangements
*NEW LINE OF PLUSH ANIMALS – GUND & AURORA
Call us for Delivery – 239-2455
BeanS Inn 239-2744
Open 10:00 am daily
Lunch Specials-July 6-10
Mon-Chicken Fried Steak
Tue-Taco Tuesday
Wed-Sesame Chicken Strips
Thur-Stuffed Green peppers
Fri-Buffalo Chicken wrap
Try our Friday Night Fish Fry
“Your LOTTO headquarters
BeanS Inn Family Style Chicken
Every Thursday from 5-9pm
Closed July 4th-Happy 4th of July
July 11th-11th Anniversary party
July 25-Cars on Main
Bootie’s Main Tap” 239-2126
Lunch Specials for July 6-10
Mon-Steak Sandwich
Tues-2 for 1 burgers
Wed-BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich
Thur.-Riblets Basket
Fri-Chicken Salad-Grilled or Crispy
Sat.-Prime Rib and Rib eyes, 5-9PM
NEW AT BOOTIES!!-Wed. Night steaks
Thurs. Night BBQ
July 4-NO Prime Rib!! Open 5am-9pm
July 11-GTO Karaoke
July 18-Prime Rib 5-9pm, Texas Hold Em
July 25-Cars on Main
HACK'S AUCTION AND REALTY
Auctions-Real Estate-Appraisals
www.hacksauction.com
417 Main St., Pecatonica
a (815) 239-1436
Greg, Swan, Jody Hachmeister
Durand Garage Door
Sales-Service-Installations
(815) 248-3667
STUDIO 99 Salon & Spa
239-9399
20% off any body treatment or facial with Lilly
New clients only
ARNIE BINNING APPLIANCE REPAIR
We service all makes
815)-239-2733
Notice-Just a reminder, I do not take ad's for the Tales over the phone. E-mail me or
drop off at Pec Hardware, Stonewall Cafe, or Beans Inn. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Or you can e-mail me at rabinning@yahoo.com.
Notice-The cost for an ad will be $4.00 for the first 18 words. After that it is .05 per word. Punctuation marks do not count.
Stonewall Cafe
Sat. -Thur. 6 am to 2 pm, Fri. 6 am to 8 pm
Sunday Breakfast Bar from 7 am to 1 pm
Daily Specials every day
Lunch Specials-July 6-10
Mon.-Dogs & Kraut
Tues.-Meatloaf
Wed.-Salad Buffet
Thur-Hot Turkey
Fri.-Beer Batter Cod, Fri. Nite -Fish Fry
SMOKE FREE ENVIROMENT
Call to reserve our banquet room for all your reunions, business parties or meetings and all special occasions. Please call 239-1900
Closed July 4th
NEED WINDOWS?
WHETHER YOU NEED TO R EPLACE ONE, SOME OR ALL OF YOUR WINDOWS, CALL ME FOR THE LOWEST PRICE ON HIGH QUALITY REPLACEMENT WINDOWS.
FREE ESTIMATES-SCOTT HAMILTON
239-1459
School Board meetings for Pecatonica CUSD #321, are held on the 4th Monday of every month at 7 pm. In the High School Library.
TURF & TOOL – Lawn care and Handyman Services John and Rick have years of service experience – lawn care, plumbing, carpentry, gutters & siding, apartment turnovers and management, and more. Call us this spring to prepare your lawn and garden. Call John at 815 543 2284
3 Cubed Inc. Computer center. Computer repair, upgrades, virus removal, custom built PC's, networks and much more. 517 Main St., Pecatonica. 815-239-2332
CARS ON MAIN, Sat., July 25. 9am-3pm
Rain or Shine
50/50 raffle, door prizes,3-D Sound
Pecatonica, IL
Join Now for ONLY $37
& FIRST 30 Days Free*
Call 239-9150 for info. *Offer Exp: 07/11/09
Deb’s Music Club
Currently taking applications for the 2009/2010 scholarship year. We offer subsidized piano lessons for young, beginning piano students in the Pec area. Please contact Ruth Casserly for details. Applications due by June 6, 2009!
815-239-1107
casserlytimruth@gmail.com
Visit us on the web at http://northstargfx.com
First Lutheran Church in Pecatonica;
The Women of First Lutheran Church, Pecatonica, invite you to have tea with them on Thursday, July 23, at 1 p.m. There will be tea and proper refreshments along with a program by “The Tea Ladies” Of Bloomington, iL. Cost is $15.00. Reservations are necessary. Call 815-239-1338. Proceeds go to Northern IL. Synod Projects fund.
DEREK'S QUALITY PAINTING
Interior and exterior, Business and Residential
Free estimates
Neat-Clean-Expert
Call 815-988-9592 or 815-239-2892
Free to a good home. I have four 8 weeks old kittens to give away. They all have been neutered or spayed. Call 815-997-2516 if interested.
BELL’S PLUMBING CO.
New construction, remodeling, all repairs. Locally Owned Licensed and insured.
Call 239-2557
427 Main St., Pecatonica IL 61063
815-239-1121 www.pecchiropractic.com
There will be a Taco supper at the Pecatonica United Methodist Church, corner of 5th and Washington, on July 9th from 4-7 pm in the dinning hall. The menu for the free will offering meal include soft and hard shell taco, or salad bowl with all the trimmings, hotdogs, beverages, ice cream with cookies and bars. Proceeds go to the chair lift fund. the community is to keep their kitchen cool and join us for a meal and fellowship.
For Sale-Oak roll top desk $550.00, GE Profile under counter, works good $50.00Oak entertainment center for 35” TV $100.00,
Call 815-978-3225
River's Edge Bible Fellowship
We are a new Bible church in Pecatonica. We meet on Sunday in the basement of US Bank, 9:15 Sunday School; 10:00 worship. We would enjoy meeting you. www.bytheriversedge.org
Iron Skulls MA Summer Bash, Breast Fest, Winnebago County Fairgrounds. Bands, food and fun. July 18th. Starts at Noon
Proceed help fight Breast Cancer
ABATE of Freeport Motorcycle Fun Day
Cedar Inn, Cedarville, IL.
Sunday, July 19, 2009. Starts at Noon
Motorcycle games, food and fun
ABATE of Freeport “Bark at the Moon” run
Sat., July 25. Sign up at the Whitehouse Bar in Ridott from 6-7PM.
Trask Bridge picnic Revisited & Burritt Grange Centennial Celebration
Burritt Town Hall -August 2 from 10am to 5pm
Free gate-Old tractors, Old cars, Museum, music
Food, crafts.
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN IT..
A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to Leave the examination room and said, Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side.' Very quietly, the doctor said, 'I don't know.' 'You don't know? You, a Christian man, Do not know what is on the other side?' The doctor was holding the handle of the door; On the other side came a sound of scratching and whining, And as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room And leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said, 'Did you notice my dog? He's never been in this room before.
He didn't know what was inside. He knew nothing except that his master was here, And when the door opened, he sprang in without fear. I know little of what is on the other side of death, But I do know one thing... I know my Master is there and that is enough.'
The election is over. It is time to repair friendships with the other party.
Governor Sarah Palin is doing her part to do just that.
The rest of the world cannot understand how, after bitter election campaigns, American politicians can kiss and make-up.
For instance, Gov. Palin has invited, to her great state of Alaska, the men who defeated her, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. She has set up a moose hunting trip for their enjoyment and hired three prominent experts in their field to assist them.
Dick Cheney will lead them on the hunt,
Ted Kennedy will drive them back to their cabins each evening, and Bill Clinton will entertain their wives and daughters while the hunters are afield.
What a lady! That Sarah is such a sport and thinks of everything!
A respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes,
and said, 'I would like to buy some cyanide.'
The pharmacist asked, 'Why in the world do you need cyanide?'
The lady replied, 'I need it to poison my husband.'
The pharmacist's eyes got big and he exclaimed,
'Lord have mercy! I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband.
That's against the law! I'll lose my license! They'll throw bot h of us in jail!
All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!'
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, 'Well now, that's different.
You didn't tell me you had a prescription.'
A man and woman are having marriage problems, and decide to end their union after a very short time together.
After a most brief attempt to reconcile, the couple goes to court to finalize their break-up.
The judge asks the husband, "What has brought you to the point that you are now at, where you are not able to keep this marriage together?"
The husband says, "In the six weeks we've been together, we haven't been able to agree on one thing."
The wife says, "Seven weeks.".
A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack.
'Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday.'
Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager.
Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.
The frog says, 'Sure. I have this,' and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.
Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.
She finds the manager and says, 'There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral.'
She holds up the tiny pink elephant. 'I mean, what in the world is this?'
(you're gonna love this)
The bank manager looks back at her and says...
'It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan, His old man's a Rolling Stone.'
(You're singing it, aren't you? Yeah, I know you are........)
Never take life too seriously! Come on now, you grinned, I know you did!!!
NEED WASHING?? A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target.. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Target.
We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.
The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in 'Mom let's run through the rain,' she said. What?' Mom asked.
'Let's run through the rain!' She repeated
'No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit,' Mom replied. This young child waited about another minute and repeated: 'Mom, let's run through the rain,' 'We'll get soaked if we do,' Mom said. 'No, we won't, Mom.. That's not what you said this morning,' the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.
This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?
'Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!'
The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.
'Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing,' Mom said
Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.
Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories everyday. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. I HOPE YOU STILL TAKE THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH THE RAIN.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.
Take the time to live!!!
Keep in touch with your friends, you never know when you'll need each other -- and don't forget to run in the rain!
As an airplane is about to crash, a female passenger jumps up frantically and announces, "If I'm going to die, I want to die feeling like a woman."
She removes all her clothing and asks, "Is there someone on this plane who is man enough to make me feel like a woman?"
A man stands up, removes his shirt and says, "Here, iron this!"
True Story;
BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR,
DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY.
This took place in Charlotte North Carolina . A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company . In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost 'in a series of small fires.' The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued and WON! (Stay with me.)
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