Julia Dowdle, Mercy Hospital’s 1966 ‘Mother of the Year,’

Julia Dowdle didn’t bat a watch when the pandemic started. The 97-year-old, who grew up all over the Depression, used to be no stranger to sacrifice — and used to be decided not to let COVID-19 upend her lifestyles. Pre-coronavirus, it is advisable catch Mrs. Dowdle zooming via Wilmette in her silver Toyota Camry, taking part in bridge along with her buddies or sending day-to-day letters and emails to her family members. She beloved to stick busy, so all over Illinois’ first stay-home order in March, she did the entirety in her energy to proceed her day-to-day regimen and dwell as unbiased as imaginable. She moved maximum of her in-person actions, comparable to bridge video games and check-ins with

Federer, Murray show no mercy

Roger Federer tamed big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic while Andy Murray showed an ailing Gilles Simon no mercy as they swept into the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday. The pair were joined by Jeremy Chardy and former finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who powered past another Frenchman Richard Gasquet to set up a meeting against 17-time Grand Slam king Federer. The Swiss ace was forced through a tough second set tiebreak by Raonic but held his nerve and raced to 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 win in 1hr 53min to reach his 35th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. "I've got

Mercy Rule wins it for Avery Bulls.

For a tournament that started last Saturday, the Will Dicus tournament finally came to an end. The tournament was prolonged throughout the week due to rain and has now been completed. Last night the Avery Bulls came in as the #1 seed as by winning both games they played last Saturday.In the semi-final round, the Equip Ministries defeated the Watauga Braves 10-0. Equip moved to the championship game against the Avery Bulls for a huge battle. Avery got 6 runs in the top of the first inning, but Equip came right back with 4 runs in the bottom of the first, ending the inning 6-4. The heavy hitting Bulls racked up 2