VOLUME 166 • NO. 49
Fulton, Illinois
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O HOLY NIGHT
Sarah Ford for Shaw Media
Live nativity volunteers are pictured during Fulton’s annual Christmas Walk on Friday, Dec. 3, on the grounds of the Fidelity-Drives historic building. The nativity also featured a herd of farm animals and rotating volunteers depicting the biblical scene. Downtown Fulton was full of visitors during the Christmas Walk festivities, with cookies and hot chocolate, kettle corn, a soup supper, games, tractor hayrack rides, caroling, business open houses, photo booths, a tree lighting and welcome by Mayor Wendy Ottens and appearances by Santa Claus and the Grinch. See page 2.
REGIONAL NEWS
REGIONAL NEWS
Honoring Veterans
Christmas Cantata
WAA service in Albany and Port Byron. / 3
Voices of Praise to perform at Emmanuel. / 5
WHAT’S INSIDE Police Reports.................................... 4 Glimpses of the Past......................... 8 Property Transfers............................12 Published every Tuesday by Sauk Valley Media, a division of Shaw Media Illinois 20 pages • One section
Sports.............................................. 13 Church News.............................14-15 Classifieds ..............................16-18
DEATHS Rhea Bechtel, Bernita L. Bush, Douglas “Dougie” Monroe Smith, Patricia Ann (Steadman) Lange, Charles A. McGowan, Barb A. Wright, Lois Murphy Spanich, Pages 5-7
LOCAL NEWS
Paying It Forward NelsonCorp contributes to food pantry. / 2