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As events may be canceled or rescheduled at the last moment, please first check with the host or venue when making plans to attend an event. —- Second Saturday Open Studio Second Tuesday of every month, 12-4pm. Visit with artists working, painting, sketching and writing in their studios. Watch artists complete figure studies capturing both […]

High school teacher Jill Turley, 60 Newly retired after 35 years in special education Jill Turley worked for Sangamon Area Special Education District at Virden junior high for a semester, then taught in a self-contained classroom for emotionally disturbed students at a separate facility. Later she worked as a behavior interventionist. The past 18 years […]

Josh Jalinski admits up front that his book, Retirement Reality Check – How to Spend Your Money and Still Leave an Amazing Legacy, is a book that will be “an in-your-face look at how traditional financial planning has failed you.” This seems at first to be a strange comment about financial planners, since he is […]

Kathryn Harris remembers the first meal she ever cooked like it was yesterday. “I made pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans. For eight people!” Harris, who retired in 2015 as the director of library services at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum after a 45-year career, is one of 10 siblings. She described […]

Dottie Troop visits a lot of post offices but not to mail letters. Instead, she likes to gaze at Depression-era murals, the work of government-sponsored artists. More than 70 municipalities in Illinois have some form of post office art and, while Troop hasn’t visited all of them, she has made a dent in the list. […]

Becoming an empty-nester, retiring and caring for aging parents are life stages familiar to many. Springfield has numerous agencies that help seniors stay in their own home. Determining what’s best for your loved one can be daunting. Senior Services of Central Illinois (SSCI) is a good place to start. SSCI is a nonprofit organization that […]

Bill Nichols Aug. 14, 1940 I live in Jacksonville and own an insurance agency. I have been in the insurance business for 52 years and I’m still working. I will be celebrating my 80th birthday this year. I was born in a farmhouse in rural White Hall, Illinois. Being the last of eight kids, I […]

Tattoo artistKevin Veara, 58 28 years of experience. Owner of Black Moon Tattoos, Springfield. Don’t get a tattoo in the summer. The best time of year for bikinis and pool parties is not so good for tattoo work. Too much direct sunlight is one of the worst things for your healing tattoo. “It’s a double-whammy,” […]