The Hiawatha Pageant was a grand tradition while it lasted, Elgin’s community ritual par excellence. I’ve wished that we could revive it, but in an era of political correctness run amok where even the most dignified iconography is considered disrespectful and racist, there’s no chance of it.
Maestro Hanson in composing Hiawatha to […]
Join The Courier News photographers for a collaborative exhibit in downtown Elgin. Photographers Michael Smart, Marina Makropoulos, Scott M. Bort and Nancy Howe present pieces of their work and are having a opening night reception at the Elgin Art Showcase Gallery. The receptions runs from 6-8 p.m. When: Thursday Apr 19, 2007 at 6:00 PM […]
The Elgin city council winners each drew over 20%. Rodgers came in in the mid teens, and Sandor couldn’t break ten percent, polling about even with Tricia Dieringer.
Congratulations to the winners and a thank you to the departing members for their service.
