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Clouses celebrate 50th anniversary

Edward and Treva Clouse of Dysart will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, April 28. An Open House will be held that day at the Dysart Country Club beginning at 3 p.m. The open house will be hosted by their children and grandchildren: Jeff and Cathy Clouse; Jon, Ranae and ...

Making of “The Call” 

Part 6With filming completed at the end of September, the process of marketing "The Call" kicked into a higher gear. Remembering that the main purposes of making the movie were to promote our town and to raise money for the Traer's digital upgrade guides those efforts.Articles and cast photos ...

Three buses visited Gallery in October

It is always fun to see buses parked in front of the Traer Salt and Pepper Shaker Gallery. Two of the three buses which visited this past month were from Illinois, and the other was a bank tour group from Manchester.Jan Stockton of Nicolet Scenic Tours based in Ringwood, Illinois wrote the ...

Buckingham Post Office closes doors

By Amy JantzenManaging EditorThe Buckingham Post Office served its customers for the last time on Friday, Nov. 18.Located at 1235 Dwan St., the Post Office has been serving the Buckingham, rural Buckingham and rural Traer area residents since 1959 when Postmaster Roger Messerly, built the ...

Making of “The Call”

Once it was decided to make our own community movie, Scott Thompson of Our Town Pictures presented several synopses of potential screenplays. After debate and asking the opinions of people, "The Call" synopsis was chosenMany people in a small town start receiving phone calls from someone ...

Traer Chamber hosts Gals & Pals

This past weekend the Traer Chamber of Commerce hosted the Annual Gals and Pals day in downtown Traer.The ladies enjoyed a speaker and demostrations throughout the downtown businesses as well as shopping.The day ended with a fashion show put on at the Memorial Building.Each of the participants ...

Boy Scout Troop 304

Members of Boy Scout Troop 304 gave a presentation to the Ladies Auxillary on Tuesday, October 18. They informed the auxillary of what they have done in scouting since the last presentation a year ago. Members who represented the troop were: Robby Young, Max Markussen and Austin ...

This week at the movies

"Moneyball"Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced ...

Area Women Attend Women Of Faith Conference In St. Paul

Fourteen women traveled to the Xcel Center in St. Paul, Minnesota for the Women Of Faith "Imagine" tour held October 21-22. There they joined over 10,000 other sisters in Christ for a weekend of uplifting music, speakers, comedy and drama. For some of the women, the weekend represented an ...