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*** UPDATED x2 *** Reader comments closed for the weekend
Friday, Nov 22, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * A generous $500 contribution from Rep. Dave McSweeney bumped up our fundraising total to $4,804 as of 5:43 this afternoon. Many, many thanks to everyone for helping out the Washington, IL-area tornado victims. Of course, you can still contribute any time. Click here to give. Thanks! *** UPDATE 1 *** As of late Saturday morning, our grand total is now up to $5,969! Many, many thanks to Rep. Mike Zalewsi, Allen Skillikorn, Jo Johnson and several others for their generous contributions since yesterday afternoon. Click here to help. Thanks! Here’s a photo of Oscar at his birthday party last night…  *** UPDATE 2 *** A bigtime donation from Rep. Lou Lang as well as other generous gifts have helped push our grand total so far to $6,679. Thanks to all! Click here to keep it going! * Oscar the Puppy is loving his birthday haircut, by the way. Here’s a bit of chaotic video I shot at the salon when I picked him up… He’s such a little cutie. * Will Cousineau helped choose the winner of today’s caption contest. I’ll be donating $100 to our tornado relief fund in Oswego Willy’s honor…
* Rep. Greg Harris generously donated $250 to our tornado relief fund today. Greg’s had a pretty good week, what with his gay marriage bill being signed into law. So, I let him choose our Friday music video. He didn’t disappoint… Here’s what we call our golden rule
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Rate the Oberweis announcement video
Friday, Nov 22, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * State Sen. Jim Oberweis announced his US Senate campaign via YouTube today. He answers a question right off the bat about why he’s running again. He admits to making “mistakes” in his past campaigns. He even says he plans to work across the aisle in the Senate. Oberweis also criticized Sen. Dick Durbin for serving in DC since Michael Jordan was a college sophomore.
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We’ve reached our third goal!
Friday, Nov 22, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * Donations to Washington, IL-area tornado victims from this website alone have exceeded $1,000. The grand total raised as of 2:18 pm is $2,417. Thanks! * Here’s your Oscar the Puppy video… If we raise another $500 by the end of the day, I’ll post a video of Oscar’s new haircut. You don’t wanna miss that one, so please click here and donate!
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Our second goal has been reached!
Friday, Nov 22, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * I said that I would match your contributions for Washington, IL-area tornado victims up to a thousand dollars, and we’ve already reached that goal. So, I’ve kicked in my match. As a way of saying thanks, here’s another Oscar the Puppy video. Playing tug of war with his dad… We started out the day with $415 raised via my Facebook page. So, we need a few hundred dollars more to get donations from this website up to a grand. I’ll post another Oscar the Puppy video when we’ve reached that goal. Please, click here to donate. Thanks! * Meanwhile, click here to check out before and after satellite photos of Pekin, East Peoria, and Washington, IL.
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We’ve reached our first goal!
Friday, Nov 22, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * I told you earlier today that as soon as the tally board hit $1000 on our fundraiser for Peoria-area tornado victims that I’d post an Oscar the Puppy video. That goal has now been reached. * Oscar and I haven’t been able to sit outside lately because of the weather, so we’re hanging out in our “great room,” by the fireplace. Occasionally, though, I get busy and he gets bored and wants to play. Sometimes, he makes that frustration audibly evident, as he did yesterday… Many, many thanks to everyone who has donated so far. If you haven’t yet contributed, please click here. It’s a very easy process. * Meanwhile…
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