New Windsor sesquicentennial anticipations exceeded The Times Record June 25, 2007

 After the Tour of Homes, Dale Whiteside entertained early arrivals at the park with his humor filled story telling which was highlighted with intervals of banjo picking and mouth bow music. After a performance by Kathleen Gibson & The Amazing Invisible Jitterbug Band, the winners of the New Windsor Public Library Essay contest were announced.
 

Essay results: Elementary division -- Elizabeth Waltz, first place; Christi Anna Willems, second place; Annie Althaus, third place.

Jr. & Sr. High division -- Aaron Evans, first place; Ahrian Latton, second place, Hank Briggs third place.

Adult division -- Pauline Ullrich Larson, first place, Mike Schaubroeck, second place; Jacqueline Riddell; third place. Honorable mentions for all categories were Marilyn Green, Marcia Johnson, Susan Collins and Jade Christian Cashen.

Beard, Bonnet and Dress contests were held preceding the essay competition.

Becky Torquist with granddaughters Lauren and Jenna Copeland were awarded 1st place in everyday dress. Lauren and Jenna also took first place in the bonnet division.

Knox College dean's list - Winter term

A New Windsor college student was named to the dean's list of distinguished students at Knox College, Galesburg, for winter term, the second semester of the academic year. Requirements for selection to the dean's list include a grade point average of at least 3.45 on a 4.0 scale.

Allyson Cooper, New Windsor, is a senior educational studies major,

2003 graduate of Sherrard High School, Sherrard, and daughter of David and Meri Cooper of New Windsor.

New Windsor men charged with theft of various items QC Times  May 3 2007

NEW WINDSOR, Ill. — A stolen golf cart and two all-terrain vehicles along with numerous tools have been recovered with the arrest of two New Windsor men.

Michael Shull, 42, and Michael Owen, 18, are being held in the Mercer County Jail with preliminary hearings set for May 14. Shull is being held on $40,000 bond and Owen is in custody on $50,000 bond.
Their arrests followed two search warrants at 201 Main St. in New Windsor.
“We received information of a possible stolen golf cart being held at this property,” sheriff’s investigator Bill Glancey said. “In the process of executing the search warrant we recovered the golf cart, two stolen all-terrain vehicles and some construction site material, mainly tools and lights.”
After a second search warrant was executed at the address, thousands of dollars of construction equipment, tools, and lawn and garden equipment were recovered. 
The items were stolen from Henry County, Rock Island County, Galesburg and Davenport. Additional arrests are pending.
Authorities said the two ATVs were taken from Triple E Sales in Orion and the golf cart was stolen from Ted’s Boatarama of Rock Island. 
One of the ATVs was valued at $9,500 with the other at $4,000. Glancey said both were still in the crates. The golf cart was valued at about $4,000.
Both men are facing three Class 3 felony counts of possession of stolen property.

So why did is this former New Windsor girl join the Army and end up in Iraq?

"Why not," she said. She has nothing but praise for the efforts given by all the soldiers working in Iraq. She sees her job as one of giving recognition to the soldiers and making their lives more meaningful. "The soldiers are doing such a fantastic job," she said.

She considers New Windsor her hometown, even though she left the Sherrard School District with her father, Arthur Torres, after her junior year in high school and ended up graduating from Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas. "I grew up in Illinois," she said, in a telephone interview on Tuesday, April 10, 2007.

She said that her job now is producing Cav Country, which is broadcast on the American Forces Network and to overseas military installations. It can also be found on the Pentagon Channel and on the Internet at www.cavcountry.net. "I'm producing our T.V. show," she said.

Essay Contest in Honor of New Windsor's Sesquicentennial April 20, 2007 The Times-Record 

Please contact Dave Kruse at 667-2515 (Library) for more information.

Edmond A. Pruett, 89, of New Windsor, died Sunday April 1, 2007 The Times-Record 

He was an U.S. Army Veteran of World War II.

Edmond owned Pruett Trucking in New Windsor and Woodhull for 33 years. He was then employed at Munson and Heartland Trucking in Monmouth retiring in 1996.

He was a member of the Mercer county VFW Post #1571 and the Oxford American Legion Post # 1197.

Online condolences may be left at www.dennisonfuneralhome.com

Birth: March 27,  Foster, Sarah and Thompson, Jeremiah, New Windsor, Ill., boy,