Today's Features

Pamela Wallace is a new “Fayette Face,” having recently moved to Vandalia to assume the responsibilities of the manager of the American Legion Home.

“Now unto Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.”

Ephesians 3:20 

This is Patty Sprague’s favorite scripture, which she feels has given her the strength through the years.

The late Clifford Nickels, who lived on the road now known as Ill. Route 185, across from the area on which the 4-Mile Store once stood, shared many of his memories of the long-ago days of his youth.

Homestead Critters Coping Well with Snow & Cold …
… probably better than their caregiver, Bill. He faithfully tends to them, making sure that have plenty to eat (we think they need more for energy and warmth in this weather) and plenty to drink (they are all drinking a lot of water, which is always available, but Bill has to break the ice on some of it sometimes). The horses, Sugarfoot and Lady, have a new heater in their water tank this year.