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BERE. A definition of barn comes from a combination of two in Old English. . . bere, meaning barley and ern, a place or closet, hence barley place. Barley was the chief crop in early, early times. Because of its importance and lack of yardsticks (!) was a standard measurement — three barley corns equaled an inch.

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Millers Welcome New Son

Jonathan and Mallory Miller of Mt. Carroll are parents of a son, Trever Paul Miller, born Thursday, February 19, 2009, at FHN in Freeport, Illinois. Trever has one brother, Hunter, age 2. Grandparents are Bob and Barb Sargent of Lanark and Jeff Miller of Chadwick. Great grandparents are Kathy Schmidt of Shannon, Ranson Sargent of Freeport and John and Judy Miller of Chadwick.

Gruenwald-Lutz Welcome New Baby

Ty Gruenwald and April Lutz welcomed a baby boy into the world on January 8, 2009. Zander Alan Gruenwald was born at the Monroe Clinic in Monroe, Wisconsin. He is welcomed home by a brother, Cameron Gruenwald, 9 years old.

Grandparents are Mike and Linda Ruble of Lanark, IL and Rod and Bonnie Gruenwald of Chadwick. Great grandparents are RoseMary Lutz of Marshfield, Wisconsin, Cleo and Jr. Brown of Chadwick, Sharon Ruble of Savanna and Velma Gruenwald of Bartlett, Illinois.