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A grieving dad is on a mission.  He wants the world to know his daughter’s name, and her story.
Bill Conner left Madison, Wis., on May 22 — the day after his son Austin graduated from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee — with his daughter’s ashes tucked away in the front of a red handlebar bag.   He’s traveling across the country, on his bicycle, to Fort Lauderdale where his 20-year-old daughter Abigail died.  Before making the trip, Conner said he sold everything he owned, except his car and two bins of clothes.

The sound of baseball bats cracking filled the air at Jackson Heights Park on Saturday morning, setting the stage for the Quincy community to honor three educators who helped to pave the way to success for all the kids whose paths they crossed.
The ceremony was headed up by Mayor Pro-Tem Angela Sapp and Quincy Parks Director Greg Taylor, who spoke to community members about these educators and how they touched the community.

When Monica Watkins-Clay and her family moved from Chattahoochee to Quincy, she knew she couldn’t leave behind her Little Free Library. Little Free Library is a nationwide non-profit organization which, through sponsors like Watkins-Clay, is able to provide a free book exchange in the neighborhoods where they are located.

After more than three decades at the Quincy Music Theatre, Bill and Jane Mock are retiring.  The two met at the theatre 33 years ago.
“We were buddies for a while before we ever went out,” Jane said.
Bill said back then they were both volunteers.  
“I was building sets, and she was the artistic painter,” Bill said.  “We also starred in several shows
together.”