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UTICA — What is the first thing you do when you’re given a book titled 100 Things to Do in Illinois Before You Die? You check to see how many you’ve already done, of course.

I guess I’m not ready to kick the bucket yet because I have done only 17 things on the “bucket list” compiled by Illinois author Melanie Holmes.

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