Christmas Stories and “Old Friends”
An old friend of mine Jim Muir hosts a show on WQRL-FM Radio 106.3 
in Benton, Illinois from 8:00 -10:00 PM CST. Tonight's show, "Sound Off" will include callers telling their favorite Christmas memories of important people who made a difference in their lives. It is heart warming. Jim does a great job hosting the show as he is a professional. I would love to hear the show. It would be great if they streamed live on the web. Maybe Jim will send me a CD of tonight's show. I have so many great memories, like my Dad for sure, and so many others in Benton. Some of are my fondest memories are growing up at home with my parents, Gene and Emmagene Miller. Other people I would talk about are Noel Whittington, Bill B Smith, John Cherry, James Williams, and Don Crisp to name a few. I encourage all of you to reach out and tell the ones who are dear to you how much you appreciate them this holiday season.
This coming Friday a group of us, including my son, Reid and others here at McCormick International plan to go downtown to the Phillips Arena and see our resurgent Hawks take on the Utah Jazz. The Jazz are coached by a fellow Southern Illinoisan, Jerry Sloan. Jerry is a farm boy from McCleansboro who has made it big. Jerry also is an avid collector of antique farm tractors, a passion I share with him. I am sure he has a few old McCormick tractors. We belong to the same local collector club and see each other occasionally at shows. He is a great guy. I hope to chat with him courtside, this Friday night.
Oh yea! I will have another chance to see an Illinois team on Saturday night with Reid, as Illinois takes on Georgia, almost across the street from my office at The Gwinnett Arena. Maybe we will see someone from our hometown there.
