Sweet corn is starting to turn up on the roadside stands and I picked my first tomatoes and zucchini this past week. The Japanese beetles are still devouring the linden trees and roses.
Minonk's Fourth of July celebration was again a very successful event and the volunteers are to be commended for their hard work. An MDR graduate from many years ago returned to Minonk for the July 4th celebration and was disappointed to see that the high school band did not participate in the parade. This person played with the Marching Mohawks band in the July 4th parade every year while he was in school.
Speaking of schools I heard an interesting story about a prank played on the Minonk high school superintendent in the early 1930's. A group of high school students actually led a horse up the steps of the old high school into the Superintendent's office and managed to escape right before the Superintendent walked into his office to discover the equine visitor. The leader of the prank became a prominent businessman in Minonk and is now deceased.
If anyone has an interesting story to tell, please let me know. It would be fun to compile a list of stories from the past.
Meanwhile by this time next week, ex Governor Blagojevich should be found guilty at his trial in Chicago. If not, Illinois will be the most disgraced state in the nation.