By Dan Dauw
Geneseo Current
Geneseo Duck’s Unlimited
This is always a big event. It will be held on Saturday, September 27th at the Best Western Inn, Annawan, IL. There will be over 40 guns to be raffled off. It starts at 4:30 p.m. For more information go to www.geneseo.org or call Dale “Shotgun” Doubler @ 945-3516. Best to get your ticket(s) early.
Geneseo Ikes “Ham ‘n Bean Supper”
Open to the public, this annual event will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2025, from 4 – 7 p.m. It will be held at the Ikes Park, 1 mile north on Rt. 82. The cost is $10 per adult and children under age 10, $5.00. There is plenty of parking and seating available. There will be live entertainment and a 50/50 drawing.
The Grand Finale
The last “Downton Abbey” movie will be released worldwide on September 12, 2025. It will take place in the 1930s. It promises to be an excellent, farewell tribute to the Crawley family. Of course, you never know what Director/Producer Julian Fellowes’ had up his sleeve for his final DA movie?. Whatever, it will be seen by millions of devoted followers including Lorna and myself.
Marjorie Prime
We recently went to see this play at the Richmond Hill Barn. Janet Anderson went with us and we all enjoyed the play. There were just 4 actors, but that was all that was needed. There are two actors that we especially like to support, Jackie Patterson and Lorrie Lord. Jackie was in the play, A Fox on the Fairway, and Lorrie in Marjorie Prime. Both ladies did an excellent job.
We are always amazed how actors can remember all their lines. The next play at Richmond Hill is entitled, The Woman in Black. It looks like a really good mystery. The play is not recommended for children under 12. We hope to be there.
A “Dan D” Fish
A real "Dan D" of a catfish recently caught by Dan Dauw. It was released back into the lake.
Last week I ended up catching the biggest catfish in my many years of drowning worms. The channel cat bit on a dew worm just as I was reeling in close to shore. It seemed to take forever to bring Mr. Whiskers to where fellow fisherman, Tom Simpson, could net it.
I was using an ultra-light rig with 6 lb, test line. We weighed it before releasing it. It was 10 lbs, 8 oz. It looked like she had a belly full of eggs.
Vintage Farm Equipment Show
Just a reminder that this event will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at Bridge Park, Atkinson, IL. It’s free to the public and it starts at 8 a.m. There is plenty of parking and food available.
There will be horse-drawn equipment, hit-miss engines, farm tractors, Vintage farm trucks and motorcycles, lawn & garden tractors, Blacksmithing demonstrations and much more. Dan Dauw will give a presentation on the Navy and aircraft carriers starting at 10 and 11 a.m. This is the 10th Year Anniversary of this Vintage Farm Equipment Show.
Humor
What did the pickle with a big ego say? “I’m kind of a Big Dill.
I wish I had started my grey hair in Las Vegas. What happens in ‘Vagas stays in Vegas!
Quote
“Friends, though absent, are still present.” • Cicero