Printed July 23 2010

Busy fun weekend

Last weekend was one to remember. Friday we were invited to the “marriage of the century.” Steve Pampel and Sabrina Siron, who hail from my hometown of Lexington, tied the knot. The reception at The Coppertop on West Locust St., Bloomington, was very nice.

 Steve owns MG Car Wash on West College Ave., Normal, which is right in front of our office.

He also owns another one on Veterans Parkway and Morris Ave. and he wouldn’t forgive me if I didn’t put in a plug for him.

Sabrina is already aware Steve is addicted to Fantasy Baseball. She runs our league’s season opening draft and for some mysterious reason Steve got all the good players this year and is now in first place. I’m near the bottom and won’t be a threat to Steve. But, he has to watch out for Greg Patterson, defending champ, who is only a few points behind.

I went for hitting this year and that was a mistake. It appears to be the year of the pitcher. Oh well, as Cubs fans say, there’s always next year.

Speaking of the Cubs, a friend gave us some great tickets for last Sunday night’s game at Wrigley Field, which the Cubs won. There were a lot of hits and some home runs. Wrigley Field is no doubt the greatest place to see a game.

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Printed July 15 2010

Attend Patton Cabin Open House Sunday

I get to put in a plug this week for my old hometown, Lexington. The Patton Cabin is celebrating its annual Open House Sunday. We received the following press release from Brianna Groth about the event.

By Brianna Groth

Sunday, July 18 is the annual Patton Cabin Open House in Lexington from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. There will be tours, children’s games, butter churning, a mock election, refreshments, Black Hawk War re-enactors, and much much more!

Just a little history on the Patton Cabin. John Patton and his wife Margaret Wiley Patton arrived in the Lexington area in 1829. They found a place that they thought was a deserted Indian settlement, and decided to take up residence. When the Indians returned, they were very surprised to find a family of white people living in their home, but decided to let the Patton’s stay. By June of 1829 a one room 20’ x 20’ cabin was built by Patton with help from 10 other settlers and Indians from the Kickapoo and Delaware tribes that lived nearby. At the time the Patton’s had eleven children who slept in the loft above. The cabin was located about a half-mile south of Pleasant Hill.

By 1965 the cabin was no longer in use for anything, and land owner Ruth Reynolds donated the Patton cabin to the McLean County Historical Society with permission that it be moved. A committee from Lexington and many local organizations took on the task to disassemble the cabin. In 1969, the logs were reassembled on a concrete foundation in the Lexington Park District where it is today.

Come to lexington this Sunday and take a historical adventure back into the pioneer times when the cabin was still in use! Learn about what daily pioneer life was like. Hope to see you there!

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