4 weeks ago I was looking over the listing of events for this date in history and I didn't realize how many events have taken place over the years on this date. For instance, in 1961 ABC"s "Wide World of Sports TV anthology premiered.
4 weeks ago The Quincy Exchange Club will be hosting the Annual Gus Macker Basketball Tournament in Quincy on May 25th and 26th. The time to sign up 4-person teams to play in the event is now.
4 weeks ago It's prom season and with it comes all the expense of going to the prom. The cost of everything continues to go up and the cost of going to the prom is no exception.
4 weeks ago Yesterday marked the 37th anniversary of what is considered by many to be the greatest play ever made in Major League Baseball. The play never involved a ball, a bat or a glove but it will go down as one of the most memorable.
5 weeks ago
April 25th is a very special day for me and four other people. It was 28 years ago today that 99Q hit the airwaves of the Hannibal-Quincy area. On April 25th, 1985 at 6am, WQCY-FM changed it’s format as well as my life. The format went from “Easy Listening” to “Top 40″ and with it a legacy began.
5 weeks ago The results are in and according to TV Guide the best television theme song of all time is "Cheers" where apparently everybody still knows your name even after two decades of being off the air. The readers of TV Guide Magazine were asked to help them find the 60 best themes since the dawn of television.
5 weeks ago Yesterday marked the 28th anniversary of the worst business decision ever made. I am sure it was made with the best of intentions, but the decision was met with a great deal of resistance from throughout the world.
5 weeks ago The City of Quincy's Arbor Day Tree Planting Ceremony will be held on Friday, April 26th at 1:30pm at Quincy University's North Campus at the Connie Niemann Center for Music.
April 23, 2013 Texas Governor Rick Perry arrived in Illinois yesterday and remains in Chicago today. He is on a determined mission to lure away some of the the state’s businesses. His whole theme is to pack up and leave Illinois and reopen in Texas.
April 23, 2013 I was at the Humane Society's "Fur Ball" Saturday night and had a wonderful time. People were dressed in cocktail attire and there were quite a few good looking ladies at the event. It got me to thinking about who might be the best looking woman I have ever seen in my lifetime?
