ALTON - Chad Sibley and Angie Able with Alton VFW Post 1308 discussed their work with the post and their perspectives on Memorial Day and the meaning behind it on a recent episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com . Sibley, who works with the post’s Auxiliary and Rituals Team, said they actually start Memorial Day with a ceremony at Killion Park on the Saturday before Memorial Day. He added they hosted the opening ceremony there last year and will return to host it again this year. On Sunday, Sibley said the Rituals Team goes to Fosterburg Cemetery to do a ceremony and seven-gun salute, which he described as one of the team’s longest-running events. Then on Memorial Day, they get started early by putting up flags at the post starting at 6:30 a.m., visiting four cemeteries around the city for more ceremonies, then departing for the Memorial Day parade at 10 a.m. He said it’s “an honor” to still be here to remember his fallen brothers and
GODFREY/BETHALTO - The Dugout is a CBD, Delta 8, vape and smoke shop with locations in Godfrey and Bethalto. Owner and Founder Kelsey Clark said The Dugout offers a wide range of products and has “something for everyone.” Kelsey started the business after her husband, Bradley, was badly injured at his job and tried CBD products to treat his pain. Seeing how they helped him inspired her to share those and other products with the rest of the community. “Instead of using pain medicines or anything, he used CBD products and so we started getting into that, and kind of just wanted to do the same thing to help other people,” she said. Bradley added that The Dugout stands out from some of the other CBD, Delta 8, and vape shops around the area with their knowledgeable staff and partnership with a hemp farm. “Most of the smoke shops in the area, they’re mainly just smoke shops … we carry a large variety of CBD products, not just smoke shop
ALTON - Wayne Able, Desert Storm veteran and Post Commander of the Alton VFW Post 1308, appeared on a recent episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com to reflect on his years of service as his term comes to a close and Memorial Day 2023 approaches. Able said his career as Post Commander has been “rewarding.” “It’s been rewarding. got to meet a lot of new people,” Able said. “I got to go out and meet with other VFW posts, and it’s surprising how many posts are willing to meet and greet and work with you.” Able added that he’s seen more collaboration over the years between local VFW posts working together to host Veteran’s Day and other events. While he’s proud of the work he’s down at Post 1308, he said it’s important for the post’s survival to pass the reins on to someone who can continue its success. “It was time for me to step down and let new, fresh minds be put in and new
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is TKnarr with a comment about Elon Musk’s troublesome demands of Twitter employees, and those employees being encouraged not to keep written records: This sounds like prime examples of a rule I’ve had for decades: if your bosses don’t want a written record of something, […]
April is typically the beginning of the spring homebuying season, but this year, fewer sellers than usual are putting their homes on the market. Homeowners who were able to lock in record-low mortgage rates in 2020 and 2021 aren't inclined to shop for a new house if that means getting a new mortgage. Institutional investors [...]
BETHALTO - The Bethalto Police today released information about an investigation into an incident, which may have involved a subject who was impersonating a police officer. The department took a delayed report of the incident that reportedly occurred on Interstate 255, just north of Illinois Route 140 at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2023. The Bethalto Police said the complainant reported being stopped by an unmarked white sport utility vehicle (SUV), that had emergency lights inside of the vehicle, near its visors. Once stopped the driver approached the complainant, telling her that she was speeding. The subject purportedly told the driver that he was “a cop” without being asked, and asked the driver if she believed that he was a cop. The subject wore a black collared shirt with a yellow circle or emblem on it, but he was not wearing a vest, duty belt, gun, or departmental logos/patches on his shirt. The subject released the driver with a warning for th
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is almost comically corrupt. He's been under federal indictment for securities fraud since 2015. In 2020 whistleblowers accused him of abusing his office to help a wealthy donor. Last year he requested state funds to pay off the whistleblowers, who had accused him of retaliating against them: Among the allegations ...continue reading "What’s the deal with Ken Paxton?"
Two out of every five Americans—40%, or 137 million people—live in counties with unhealthy air quality, according to the American Lung Association's 2022 State of the Air report. Poor air quality, including unhealthy ozone or particle pollution, can lead to long-term health effects, including respiratory and cardiovascular issues that can lead to premature death. Air [...]
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