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The Amish of Central Illinois
Includes stories and photo galleries about the Amish of Central Illinois. This section also provides information about The Amish of Illinois' Heartland, a new book by Rebecca Mabry.
Unofficial St. Pat's 2008
Stories, galleries, and a blog focused on the controversial Unofficial St. Patrick's Day celebration on February 29 and March 1 in Champaign-Urbana.
Send a Valentine
Love can be thrilling. Love can be wonderful, and it can also be painful. Sometimes it is all of these things at once. We offer the following valentines that run the gamut. Send your love, or send a condolence.
O'er the Cornfields We Go
Test your knowledge of holiday songs, compose a fill-in-the-blank story, and send friends and family santagrams. You can also submit holiday photos, recipes and share your best (Joy to the World!) and worst (Bah Humbug!) stories.
Nightmare on Main Street
Visit our Halloween site to print out some coloring pages, try some recipes, play Halloween trivia and the tarantula game, create a fill-in-the-blank story, plan a trip to an area pumpkin patch, and send ghoulgrams and tombstones to friends and family.





