Knox in the News

From the Register-Mail:

A new farmers’ market at the Knox County Fairgrounds will give shoppers another option for local produce this spring and summer. The farmers’ market will begin May 1.

Tom Collopy, a member of the Knox County Fair Board and the Local Growers Network, is the organizer of the new market.

The Local Growers Network is a group of people dedicated to growing fresh produce to be sold locally. LGN has a contract to grow a number of vegetables for the food service at Knox College.

From Sideways News:

Politically active people are more likely to be happy and optimistic, according to new research. If true, this would disprove the common idea that affluence and comfort equal happiness.

Psychologists Malte Klar of University of Göttingen, Germany, and Tim Kasser of Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, started by interviewing two sets of college students about their degree of political engagements and levels of happiness. The result was a clear correlation between optimism and the inclination to demonstrate.

From the Register-Mail:

The Monmouth College and Knox College men’s basketball teams each had one player receive honorable mention for the All-Midwest Conference Team, which was released Monday.

Prairie Fire sophomore forward Joe Kozak finished second on the team in scoring average (11.5) and first in rebounding (6.0). Kozak’s 7.3 rebounds per game in conference play ranked sixth in the league.

From WGIL radio:

The Knox College women’s and men’s indoor track and field teams had a strong finish to close out the Midwest Conference championship meet, as both teams moved up after the dust settled and the day was over, with the Men’s team finishing in seventh place and the women’s team finishing in sixth place. The seventh place finish by the men’s team is their highest finish since 2000, when Knox tied for sixth place. The sixth place finish by the women’s team is their highest finish since 2004, when the women’s team also finished in sixth.

In all, many Prairie Fire track and field athletes finished their indoor season on high notes, with 24 season best times or throws in various events.

From WGIL radio:

The sun was out, but if you’ll forgive the expression, in a respect, Sunday was no day at the beach.

The annual Law Enforcement Torch Run’s Polar Plunge benefiting Special Olympics at Lake Storey Sunday. Organizers say it was the largest plunge for them yet — one of several that happened statewide — with nearly nearly 250 people willing to shed some of their pride and take a dip into Lake Storey as a result of their raising funds…..

MOST MONEY RAISED BY A TEAM: The Corner Connection, $5,750
2nd PLACE: Beta Theta Pi Xi, $4,779
3rd PLACE: IL Beta Delta Chapter of Pi Beta Pi, $2,515

From the Register-Mail:

While Hawaii appears to have dodged a bullet from a tsunami spurred by Saturday’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake that rocked Chile, a Galesburg native who now lives in Hawaii says she was never in harm’s way.

Joy Ripperger, who graduated from Galesburg High School in 1986 and from Knox College in 1991, said she lives on Oahu in the city of Honolulu, far enough off the coast that she never feared for her safety. Her parents, William and Anne Ripperger, live in Wailuku on Maui.