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West Burlington’s Tate Snodgrass (24) and Central Lee’s Garrett Holtkamp (23) tipoff to start the Class 2A District 11 semifinal game in West Burlington Thursday night. West Burlington defeated Central Lee, 67-55. WB will meet Pekin in the district final Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant.
West Burlington’s Caleb Hoenig (34) sinks a three against Central Lee in start the Class 2A District 11 semifinal game in West Burlington Thursday night. West Burlington defeated Central Lee, 67-55. WB will meet Pekin in the district final Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant.
West Burlington Police Union kicks off the fundraiser for West Burlington Elementary School Playground equipment at Monday night’s School Board meeting. Left to right: DARE Instructor – Ringo Covert, CWA Vice President – Grant Hillyer, WB School Board Vice President – Andy Crowner, CWA President – Kevin Glendening.
Is there a point where the “P.C. Police” are satisfied? Are there ever “enough” rules governing the jokes we tell, the mascots of sports teams, or the symbols on city seals? Or should we want a society as non-offensive as the American college campus? George Will, Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, imagines what an idyllic politically correct universe would look like.
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Obituaries this week
Steven D. Parris, 64, Burlington died Monday, February 15, 2016
Carroll Franklin Hunnicutt, 80, Mount Pleasant, died Friday, February 12, 2016
Pastor Dean Robert Moberg, 64, Burlington died Monday, February 15, 2016
Annabel S. Beck, 96, West Burlington, died Monday, February 15, 2016
Robert Dean Walker, 71, Burlington, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Peggy Ann Ell, 73, Burlington, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Lillian B. Horlyck, 92, West Burlington died Saturday, February 13, 2016
Frances D. Joy-Van Winkle, 89, Burlington died Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Pauline Idell Dreckmeier, 92, Burlington, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Bessie I. Fleming, 78, Burlington died Friday, February 19, 2016
Marva Jean Gilkey Hill, 87, Burlington died Friday, February 19, 2016
Jay Law, 45, Las Vegas, Nevada, died Tuesday February 16, 2016
Larry Gene Anderson, 73, Carman, IL died Saturday, February 20, 2016
Steven R. Kindig, 57, Burlington, died Friday, February 19, 2016
West Burlington’s Tate Snodgrass (24) goes to the basket against Pekin in the conference shootout Friday night in West Burlington. WB trailed Pekin by 17pts at the start of the fourth quarter before falling 66-63.
West Burlington’s Dayton Johnson (12) takes it to the hoop between Pekin defenders in the conference shootout Friday night in West Burlington. WB trailed Pekin by 17pts at the start of the fourth quarter before falling 66-63.