By Dan Dauw
Geneseo Current
Reminder CC Renewal Class
If you need to renewal your Conceal Carry permit, Mike Weis, JW’s Shooting Parlor, is offering a 3-hour CC renewal class on Thursday, April 18, 2024, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The cost of the class is $50.00 and it will be held at the JW’s Shooting Parlor, 207 N. State St., Geneseo, IL.
Bring your handgun and 30 rounds of ammunition. It might be a good idea to also bring your current CC permit and FOID card. A FOID card is good for 10 years and the CC for 5 years. Any questions call the business at (309) 944-4174.
TV Ads
I just wonder why so many ads lately show a vehicle zoom right up to the edge of a cliff. So is that suppose to be some kind of cool thing. I like the Liberty ad showing two ladies with a baby inside a baby cart saying its first words, “Liberty.”
Trout Fishing
In all my years of trout fishing during the spring and fall trout season this past spring trout season I totally bombed out! My wife and I always get our limit or close to it, but two rainbows in three days was horrible.
The first two days we fished at Centennial Park, Rock Falls, IL, and the third day at Moline’s Prospect Park Lagoon. I use minnows for bait and they have never let me down. The fellow next to us caught 3 “big” trout. The third one got off his hook and he jumped partly in the water and shore.
By gosh, he got it! However, he ended up getting his hook on the back of his coat. He asked us if we could get it out as he had no pliers. I got the hook out, no problem. Later, as he left, he gave us his 3 trout. One good deed deserves another so I gave him my long nose pliers. Each trout was enough for a meal for both of us.
After the sun was up for about a half hour we saw something really neat. Not far from us we saw a beautiful bald eagle swoop down, grab a trout from the water and took off. Awesome!
Jokes
They say the safest place to be when “The Big One” hits California is in a doorway……in Utah.
I got in trouble the other day at work. I had used the company phone to call France because I thought their accent is cool.
Lots of tornadoes this year although we usually don’t feel that much wind in an election year. So, what if l don’t know what “Armageddon” means?! It’s not like it’s the end of the world!!!!
Knife
Do you ever stop and think when you use a knife the importance of such a tool or weapon? The knife first appeared at least 2.5 million years ago or around the time Todd Sieben was born. They were originally made of wood, bone, stone and flint. Of course, today knife blades can be made of copper, bronze, iron, steel, ceramic, and titanium. Modern knives have either a fixed or folding blades.
Think about all the various purposes of a knife. Hunters use a knife to dress a deer, or clean a fish. Soldiers use a knife in combat. Kitchen knives for preparing food, daggers and switchblades for weapons.
There are knives for throwing or juggling and for religious ceremonies. Sadly, a knife can also be a murder weapon, right “OJ?”
Ooops, I guess I’m a little late on that score! Anyway, I’ll write more about knives in a later article, but until then, stay sharp!!
Glen Anderson Adds Another Year
Alias, “Birdman of Henry County,” will hit the “Big 90” on May 7th. He and his wife, Janet, have done a lot of volunteer work for the Geneseo community. He has also given many presentations to area groups on the conservation of birds, prairies and woodlands. The other day I asked him why do birds fly south for the winter? He said, “Because it’s too far to walk.” He has a bird for sale, but it won’t go “cheep!”
Quote of the Week
“Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.” - Jacques DeLille