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MENTHE ARVENSIS is scientific for members of the mint family which inhabit the Northwest. They soon will be popping through. There is thought to be some two to three thousand varieties due to hybridization. In the wild, of course, there aren’t that many but there’s a lot.

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Former Lanark Residents Celebrate 40th Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Dent Preston celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on February 5th, 2012. Dent and Marietta Scott were married in Lanark, Il on Feb. 5, 1972 by Rev. Joe Piesen. They are former Lanark residents who now live in Kirkland, IL. Dent is employed at Illini Swine, Inc./Kingston, and Marietta is an academic specialist at Northern Illinois University.

They are the parents of three children and have seven grandchildren. Scott (Dawn) and Drew, Shelbie, Kendall, and Rory of Lanark; Anthony (Amanda) and Braydin, Lowden, and Sophie of Lanark; and Andrea of Cleveland, Ohio.

They celebrated with a family dinner.

Rogers Celebrate 65 Years

Please join us at the Shannon Cafe on Saturday, March 10th from 1:30-4:00 p.m. and/or on Sunday, March 11th

from 3:00 p.m. to ? at Route 20 Bar and Grill, Freeport, IL where the “Mississippi Man” will perform to celebrate the 65th Anniversary of SHIRLEY and AL ROGERS. Join the lovebirds in this awesome milestone. Please omit gifts.

—Their Family

Johnsons Welcome New Son

Thomas and Ashley Johnson of Chadwick, Illinois are the proud parents of a new son, Kashten R. Michael Johnson, born on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Kashten is joined at home by three siblings, Karen, age 6; Konner, age 4 and Kinlee, age 1.

Maternal grandparents are Paul and Diane Shipman of Milledgeville, IL. Paternal grandparents are Kathy Walker, also of Milledgeville. Maternal great-grandparents are Dixie Fredricks of Milledgeville, Betty Shipman, also of Milledgeville and Donald Scheidecker of Andover, Minnesota. Paternal great-grandparents are Jerry and Pil Scott of Morrison, Illinois and Ruth Johnson of Lyndon, IL.

Stanleys Welcome New Daughter

Stephanie and Zachary Stanley of Chadwick, Illinois are the proud parents of a new daughter, Laikin Kaylynn Stanley, born on Saturday, February 25, 2012.

Maternal grandparents are Kim and Patty Miller of Milledgeville, IL. Paternal grandparents are Mark Stanley, also of Chadwick and Liz Erhler of Freeport, Illinois. Maternal great-grandparents are Ivan and Barb Miller of Milledgeville and Bill and Fran Schryver, also of Milledgeville.