Broken Grass and Tony Furtado and the American Gypsies will hoot and holler their way into the Capital City this Saturday, with a “Harvest Hoedown” that promises a roaring night of real music for anyone who loves live picking. Broken Grass came together in Carbondale, Ill., as a bluegrass band with a heavily subversive musical […]
Joseph Andrew Carrier
Freelance writer Joseph Andrew Carrier specializes in environmental issues.
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Dream team
Don Jones had dreams of playing in the major leagues. He was a young pitcher with a good arm, and he was beginning to attract the attention of big-time scouts. But the Army had other plans, and Jones ended up in Korea. Now Jones’s 19-year-old grandson, Kyle, has similar dreams. The 19 year-old pitcher for […]
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Where the wild things are
From the first step, education coordinator Sally Patterson enlists the help of the students she leads through the green world of Lincoln Memorial Garden. “Everyone keep your eyes open: I only have one set of eyes. If we work together we can see a lot more.” Before long a small girl squeals, pointing: “There’s a […]
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Playing with firearms
Two bills winding their way through the Illinois legislature would legalize the use of handguns during the regular deer season. Currently, handgun permits are issued to hunters only on a county-by-county basis during a special three-day season in January. One of the bills’ sponsors, Todd Seiben, a Republican state senator from the northwestern Illinois town […]
