Ridgway, Illinois Plans to Add “E”

This pleasant Gallatin County gem has decided to add the letter e to the official spelling of its name so as not to be confused with Ridgway, Colorado. Last night the Ridgeway council there voted 6-0 to add the vowel. Later the Republican council set August 5 as the date for the Democrats’ Chili Cook-off and Barbecue fund raiser in the town park. According to Democrats and the Farmer’s Almanac the first two weeks of August are the most likely time of the year for flooding.
In semi-related news, voters in Pankyville, over in Saline County, will go to the polls in a special referendum aimed at adding the letter s to its name. Residents there are said to be sick and tired of low rent jokes aimed at their village.
“The place was named for the leader of Our Gang, Spanky but fell into complication when people began dropping the s at the beginning of words like pneumonia or parsley, for that matter. “The fact that Stymie and often Farina, called our hero Panky has no bearing on this election.”
Readers may recall the final tally of a similar ballot held back in
December, when the town fathers and mothers of Ridgway, Pennsylvania renamed the place Ridgeway and then named it Ridgway back again while voters slept off a Christmas party. No other explanation would become available according to an official release. – Oral Waters