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    In the summer of 1958 Eddie Cochran told us that “there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.”
    Almost 60 years have passed and, as far as I know, both the summertime blues and the common cold have not yet been cured. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try, enter the Blue Margarita.
    A Blue Margarita, also known as a Moonlight Margarita is as tasty as it is colorful. The Blue Margarita is not simply a Margarita with blue food coloring. It is very much its own drink with a sweeter flavor profile than the traditional lime Margarita.

    There have been at least three books written about the history of Will County. In each of them you will find a list of prominent citizens that the author felt really made a difference in the building of our community.
    Today we will look at the Haydens, who in W.W. Stevens’ book, “Past and Present of Will County”, published in 1907, were identified as one of the most influential families in the Wilmington area.  

    The word picnic has been around since the early 18th century. It originally meant a meal where everyone contributed something, but by the 19th century it had taken on a whole new meaning.
    Picnics came to mean eating outdoors. They can be private, as in a picnic for two. Or in the case of Braidwood they can come to mean an outdoor party of immense proportions.
    From the start picnics in Braidwood involved some sort of parade or event. The earliest reference to a picnic I can find is from late June 1873.

When was the last time you stepped into a phone booth?

Odds are you can’t even find one these days when, before the cell phone, they were stationed throughout the community.