Announcements: Tuesday, July 1 at 5:30 p.m.-Swearing in Ceremony for Morton Mayor and Aldermen in City Hall Meeting Room. Also the City of Morton board Meeting at 6 p. m.
Thursday, July 3 at Morton Public Library-ESL Class at 5:30 p. m.
All CMRLS Libraries closed on Friday, July 4.
Friday, July 4-Sparkz and Restoration Car Show at Roosevelt State Park, 8 a.m.-2 p. m.
Friday, July 4 Independence Day Celebration at Roosevelt State Park-8 a. m. to Until Fireworks Display.
Farewell Mayor Gerald Keeton and thank you for your service to the citizens of the city of Morton. May God’s richest blessings go with you as new administration begins their service on July 1.
Registration for Youth Sports Registration which will offer tackle football, flag football, and soccer is making the opportunity to participate by registering at City Hall where forms are available. Check in early to receive information concerning the sport of interest and what will be expected of you or what will be supplied by the city.
Congratulations to: Greg Taylor, Camp Director of Timber Creek Camp on successfully climbing Mount Everest. His other conquests have been Aconcafua, Argentina; Mt. Vinson, Antartica with the 29,032 climb on Everest in Nepal as one of his proudest accomplishments.
To: Scott County School District Dr. Ginger Cockrell on being selected as the District’s Director of the Year. She is the Student Services Director.
To: Huellen Watson on accepting her new role as Principal of Bettye Mae Jack Middle School. A graduate of MHS her many further educational endeavors have provided the expertise to be offered this opportunity. Morton welcomes Huellen and her family: spouse Kyle and children, Austin, Kellen and Maggie Kate back to her home town.
Prayers and concern for: Ann Ross of West Point (request of Frisky Roland), Sara Lewis Fox and continued concern for Jimmy Palmer.
Sympathy to: James David Davis, Tammy Craft Graham, Dahlia Neelo Noel Hunt and Jerry Wayne Prestage.
Travelin’, visitin’ and such: Knowing that there will be many travelers/vacationers, etc. for the Independence Day Holiday this is just a sincere prayer for travel blessings and a wonderful safe holiday experience.
Sittin’ and thinkin’: July- “My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but to just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate”-Thornton Wilder, Americen writer (1897-1975).
A history of homemade ice cream…If it is true that-I scream, you scream,we all scream for ice cream, these cries have come up through the ages from some impressive vocal cords: Marco Polo (a devoted sherbert fan), Catherine de Merci, Richard the Lionheart, and our own George Washington, who was rumored to have run up some rather astounding ice cream bills during the hot summer months.
In the early days of the colonies and into the 19th century, ice cream was made by agitating a container of sweetened cream in a tub of salt and ice. The ice cream freezer that is still with us today was invented by Nancy Johson, an otherwise obscure figure on the culinary scene. In fact, it may have been her invention that brought ice cream down from its regal, aristocratic pedestal and onto the tongues of the middle class.
