The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL back issues from September 2004:
IWU hosting two new art exhibits
Sep 01, 2004; ... BLOOMINGTON -- Two new art exhibits, one featuring the work ofinternationally known artist Ed Paschke, will open Thursday inIllinois Wesleyan University's Wakeley and Merwin Galleries, andcontinue through Sept. 27. "Prints," featured in the Wakelely Gallery, is an exhibit ...
B-N man faces Internet music suit
Sep 01, 2004; ... PEORIA -- A Twin City man is among hundreds of people hit withlawsuits in the music industry's latest attempt to crack down on theswapping of music files over the Internet. Federal copyright infringement complaints were brought nationwidelast week against 744 anonymous defendants ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Richard Ores PONTIAC -- Richard Leslie Ores, 61, of Pontiac died at 3:17 p.m.Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) in BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Harris-Martin-BurkeFuneral Home, 413 N. Main St., Pontiac, with the Rev. Norma ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Coralie Fox NORMAL -- Coralie G. Fox, 82, of Normal, formerly of PeoriaHeights and Marseilles, passed away Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at BroMennRegional Medical Center, Normal. Her funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Seals-CampbellFuneral Home, in Marseilles with the Rev ....
Another local bank robbed Three retail stores also hit in last week
Sep 01, 2004; ... BLOOMINGTON -- Citizens Savings Bank on Hamilton Road was robbedTuesday for the second time this month, bringing the August robberytotal to seven and the year's total to 11. Three retail businesses have been robbed in the last week as well,including one on Tuesday. The bank ...
Play ball
Sep 01, 2004 ... Joey, 4, left, and Bobby McGraw, 7, of Bloomington played baseballin the ...
Farewell, fellow muffin lovers
Sep 01, 2004; ... During my 17 years as food editor/writer at The Pantagraph, manyrecipe fans have asked for and received recipes for dishes and breadsand desserts they've either lost or want to find after samplingsomething really tasty. But Recipe Roundup in its current form thiscolumn, which is my last ....
Special Olympics sets Outdoor Sports Festival
Sep 01, 2004; ... DECATUR - Nearly 650 athletes from around the state will take partin golf, softball and equestrian competition in the Special OlympicsIllinois Outdoor Sports Festival in Decatur Sept. 11-12. Opening ceremonies will begin at 6:15 p.m. Sept. 11 with theParade of Athletes in downtown ...
It's telethon time again Labor Day event to benefit MDA
Sep 01, 2004; ... How to help What: 39th annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon to benefit MDA When: 8 p.m. Sunday to 5:30 p.m. Monday Where: WMBD Channel 31, Peoria, and WCIA Channel 3, Champaign What else: Firefighters will collect money during the Labor Dayparade that travels ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Majorie Moore LINCOLN -- Marjorie Faye Moore, 63, of Savoy, formerly of Lincoln,died at 8:10 p.m. Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at Carle Arbours NursingHome, Savoy. Service: Memorial Mass at 2 p.m. Friday at Holy Family Church,Lincoln, the Rev. Tony Lee officiating. Burial: ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Joseph 'Gene' Wolf BENSON -- Joseph "Gene" Wolf, 77, of 102 Pleasant St., Benson,died at 3:30 p.m. Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at the Illinois VeteransHome in LaSalle. He was born on July 25, 1927, in Benson, to Joseph "Sip" and PearlUphoff Wolf. He married Shirley Gerjets on June ...
Illini coach, QB say talent level measures up
Sep 01, 2004; ... As the clock ticked toward Saturday's University of Illinoisfootball opener, the time seemed right for an insider's evaluation ofa team coming off a 1-11 season. So Monday, a reporter asked Coach Ron Turner about the talentlevel of his eighth Illinois squad, and how it compares to ...
Forsyth, Kleinheinz lift ISU soccer
Sep 01, 2004; ... NORMAL - The Illinois State soccer team didn't get off its firstshot until the 22nd minute of the match, but the Redbirds warmed upto earn a 2-1 win over Saint Louis Tuesday at Adelaide Street Field. Heather Forsyth gave ISU (2-0) a 1-0 lead on an assist fromMichelle Brumbaugh off ...
Teacher, newborn found dead
Sep 01, 2004; ... DELAVAN -- Counselors were meeting with students and staffmembers, and the flag outside the Delavan school complex was flyingat half-staff Tuesday, after a popular teacher and coach died inSpringfield. Christy Ann Hartzler, 27, a Delavan teacher and coach since 2001,was ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Gordon Kuester BUCKLEY -- Gordon R. "Gordy" Kuester, 63, a lifelong Buckleyresident, died at 11:14 a.m. Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at his home aftera short illness. Service: 10 a.m. Friday at St. John's Lutheran School Gym,Buckley, the Rev. Mark J. Haller ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Rose Wiel LINCOLN -- Rose M. Wiel, 88, of Lincoln died at 6:35 a.m. Tuesday(Aug. 31, 2004) at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield. Service: 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Family Church, Lincoln, the Rev.Tony Lee officiating. Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, ...
Home teams set for Intercity football tripleheader at Hancock Stadium
Sep 01, 2004; ... Football teams from University High, Normal Community and NormalWest have been designated as home teams in Friday's annual IntercityHigh School Tripleheader at Illinois State's Hancock Stadium. Fans from those teams will sit on the west side of the stadium,enter the stadium from ...
Bush has done nothing to ease energy costs
Sep 01, 2004 ... Energy prices are directly tied to our nation's recovery. There isno question that the higher our energy prices go the worse off theeconomy is. George Bush has done nothing to help this situation. We are themost powerful ...
State buying TV truck for disaster assessing
Sep 02, 2004; ... SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois taxpayers are about to become the ownersof a video production truck worth nearly a half million dollars. The vehicle, similar to equipment already in use by televisionstations, will be deployed to disaster scenes to send pictures andaudio of the incident ...
Flick Fact
Sep 02, 2004 ... Question Which came first - the Chicago Bears or the Chicago Cubs?Answer In the animal world, they're Cubs before they become Bears, andthe Chicago Cubs had ...
Social Security has reasons for cutting benefits
Sep 02, 2004 ... A recent letter to the editor reported that teachers and manyother government employees have their Social Security benefitsreduced or eliminated, ("Teachers can get penalized under SocialSecurity law," YourViews, Aug. 15). Missing in the letter was therationale for the two provisions ...
City hopes grants will ease sewer cost
Sep 01, 2004; ... FARMER CITY -- Farmer City hopes to use a mix of grants and itsown money to build the first phase of a sanitary sewer and water mainproject on Water Street, but homeowners could pay more if that ideafails. The sanitary sewer collapsed May 25, leaving 69 homes with ...
ISU assistant Forbes leaves for Texas A&M
Sep 01, 2004; ... NORMAL - Illinois State assistant basketball coach Steve Forbesresigned Tuesday and accepted the same position at Texas A&M. "The timing is not great with the home visits starting (Sept. 9),but I've been involved with all the recruits," said ISU coach PorterMoser. "You can't blame ...
Adoption research funds cut
Sep 01, 2004; ... SPRINGFIELD -- An adoption research center at Illinois StateUniversity will operate on a limited basis while university officialslobby to keep it open. The Center for Adoption Studies was formed in 1998 through apartnership with the Illinois Department of Children and ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Anita Kingdon GRIDLEY -- Anita W. Kingdon, 81, of 307 W. Sixth St., Gridley,passed away at 12:25 p.m. Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at St. Mary'sHospital, Streator. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity LutheranChurch, El Paso. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time ...
Boost off the bench Rogers to help ISU volleyball team's spirit
Sep 01, 2004; ... NORMAL -- Amber Rogers' plan was to lift the spirits of Haitianrefugees and others she met as a volunteer worker in the DominicanRepublic earlier this summer. "That was the original plan," said the 6-foot-1 Illinois Statesenior outside hitter, "but we actually found out that they ...
What's the debate for Illinois Senate hopefuls?
Sep 01, 2004 ... The debate in the Senate campaign so far has been about debating.Last spring, Barack Obama suggested six debates to Republican primarywinner Jack Ryan. Now with only two months left, Obama finds time for only three.The refrain of surrogate candidate Alan Keyes has become debate me ...
Man gets 33 years for molesting girl
Sep 01, 2004; ... BLOOMINGTON -- A Bloomington man was sentenced Tuesday to 33 yearsin prison for molesting a young girl. Edward J. Lester, 33, received 15 years for each of two counts ofpredatory criminal sexual assault and three years for aggravatedcriminal sexual abuse. The prison terms will be ...
Demolition stirs memories Normal leaders, developers recall College Hills birth
Sep 01, 2004; ... College Hills Mall timeline Below are significant dates in the history of College Hills Malland the new Shoppes at College Hills. August 1978 -- Plans for College Hills announced with Carson PirieScott & Co. and Montgomery Ward & Co. as anchors. Aug. 14, 1980 -- First ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Gary Scott BLOOMINGTON -- Gary R. Scott, 52, of Bloomington, formerly ofAssumption, died at 1:12 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 28, 2004) at OSF St.Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Seitz Funeral Home,Assumption, with Tom Mulch officiating ....
Letter details MMNA compensation Final information to go out today
Sep 01, 2004; ... NORMAL -- Officials at Mitsubishi Motors North America will mailletters today with finalized information about the layoff process forunion workers who will lose their jobs in the coming weeks. The packet will provide additional details about compensation,layoff pay, recall/loss of ...
Setting it right
Sep 01, 2004 ... On The Job -- Laurie Cox is an art therapist and counselorpracticing in Normal. She is not a ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Lloyd Edward Ogden BLOOMINGTON -- Lloyd Edward Ogden, 74, formerly of Towanda andBloomington, died Sunday (Aug 29, 2004) at Friendsview Health Center,Newberg, Ore. Service: 10 a.m. today at Zion Lutheran Church, Newberg, PastorSteve Estrem and Pastor Norm Olson officiating ....
A round of applause
Sep 01, 2004 ... For Normal Policeman Greg Passini for being honored recently asone of 16 Heroes of the Highway by the McLean County chapter ofMothers Against Drunk Driving. It was a record ...
BHS spikes Lexington Petrinec powers Purple Raiders past Minutemen
Sep 01, 2004; ... Ashley Petrinec had seven aces among her 11 service points Tuesdayas the Bloomington High School volleyball team handed Lexington a 25-15, 25-17 setback at the Robert Frank Sports Complex in the seasonopener for both teams. Petrinec also had a team-high five kills. Cassie Kirk had ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Thomas McNulty BLOOMINGTON -- Thomas "Wayne" McNulty, 72, of 7 Charles Place,Bloomington, died at 6:40 p.m. Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at OSF St.Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. His funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Carmody-FlynnWilliamsburg Funeral Home, Bloomington, ...
France shouldn't give in to kidnappers' demands
Sep 01, 2004 ... France is doing the right thing by not giving in to a group thattook hostages and demanded an end to the country's ban on Muslim headscarves in schools. Giving in on this issue would only encourage more hostage-taking. The best way to discourage such politically motivated ...
Arts in Brief
Sep 01, 2004 ... MUSIC IWU faculty award BLOOMINGTON -- For the 17th consecutive year, David Vayo, aprofessor of music composition and theory at Illinois WesleyanUniversity, has received an award for his musical compositions fromthe New York-based American Society of Composers, Authors ...
Flick Fact
Sep 01, 2004 ... Question Can you name the apparatus that, when it first appeared in CentralIllinois about 85 years ago, this newspaper predicted it would killup to 500 Bloomington folk a year when residents would be struck ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Marilyn Marple BLOOMINGTON -- Marilyn J. Marple, 71, of 1509 N. Calhoun St.,Bloomington, died at 4:10 a.m. Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at ASTA CareCenter of Bloomington. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at East LawnFuneral Home, Bloomington. Her funeral will be held ...
More realistic time needed for filing FOIA court cases
Sep 01, 2004 ... With the stroke of his veto pen, Gov. Rod Blagojevich cleared up amisunderstanding that could have meant a setback for people trying tofollow the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. The bill said court challenges to rejected FOI requests would haveto be filed within 60 days ....
Central Catholic topples Calvary
Sep 01, 2004; ... Eddie Montes De Oca netted a pair of goals Tuesday to lift theCentral Catholic High School soccer team to a season-opening 3-1 winover Calvary Baptist at Sale Barn Field in Bloomington. Montes De Oca scored in the 27th minute off a Louie Joseph assistto give the Saints a 1-0 ...
Bottled Up Energy Home canning her all-consuming passion
Sep 01, 2004; ... Canning tools * Ball or Kerr home canning jars * Ball or Kerr two-piece lids * Steam-pressure cooker * Ball Blue Book of Preserving * Cooking timer * Food scale * Measuring cups and spoons * Wide-mouth funnel * Rubber ...
Trooper hurt in crash on Hershey State Farm exec hit but uninjured
Sep 01, 2004; ... BLOOMINGTON -- An Illinois state trooper was injured Tuesday whenhis squad car crashed into a Chevy Suburban driven by Ed Rust Jr.,chairman and chief executive officer of State Farm Insurance Cos. Rust, 54, of Bloomington, was alone in the SUV. He was notinjured, said Steve Vogel, ...
Auctioneer answers call to compete
Sep 01, 2004; ... For the last 29 years, Terry Wilkey has been earning a living withhis rapid fire gift of gab. He's sold salvaged autos, farmland,tractors and antiques faster than you can say, "I've got 400, nowgive me 5." Call him seasoned, experienced, accomplished, comfortable in hisown skin ....
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Christy Ann Hartzler DELAVAN -- Christy Ann Hartzler, 27, of Springfield, formerly ofDelavan, and her newborn baby daughter, Caileigh Ann Hartzler, werepronounced dead at 8:34 a.m. Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at 2620 S.Dirksen Parkway, Springfield. Christy Ann Hartzler was born ...
Temple starts at safety
Sep 01, 2004; ... NORMAL -- At the all-important free safety position, the IllinoisState football team has settled on sophomore James Temple. For now, at least. Drawing the starting assignment for Thursday's 7 p.m. seasonopener against St. Xavier at Hancock Stadium, Temple will be the ...
Renner, not Weller, has our interests at heart
Sep 01, 2004 ... I'm disturbed that Jerry Weller's "fun" fund-raising extravaganzasare taking place in Washington and not Illinois. Recently, challenger Tari Renner held a fund-raising picnic in hisback yard, with neighbors, friends and supporters in attendance,hoping to help him win election. In ...
Daily Digest
Sep 01, 2004 ... DEER CREEK Antique tractor event raises $400 for relief An antique tractor poker run on the weekend raised about $400 fortornado victims in Roanoke. "Everyone had a great time. It was a riot to watch," said PattyCameron, a Deer Creek Legion auxiliary ...
Riding the Redbird Express
Sep 01, 2004 ... The Redbird Express Campus Shuttle bus stopped in front ofWatterson Towers on Tuesday along North Street in ...
Governor protests HUD changes Federal housing subsidies at stake
Sep 01, 2004; ... SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich called on the Bushadministration Tuesday to reconsider a plan that could result in theloss of low-income housing subsidies for hundreds of Illinoisfamilies. In a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSecretary Alphonso ...
Grant landed by B-N airport
Sep 01, 2004; ... BLOOMINGTON -- The Central Illinois Regional Airport will receivea $850,000 U.S. Department of Transportation grant to develop moreservice at the airport, U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Ill., hasannounced. "This grant will deliver a much needed economic boom to theBloomington area," ...
DEATHS
Sep 01, 2004 ... Ervin Arnold Franson ODELL -- Ervin "Butch" Arnold Franson, 84, of Odell died at 4:50p.m. Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at Livingston Manor, Pontiac. Service: private family service Friday, the Rev. Pinckney ...
Pomeranz leads Chiefs to victory
Sep 01, 2004; ... PEORIA -- Stuart Pomeranz threw seven shutout innings Tuesday tolead the Peoria Chiefs to a 7-1 Midwest League victory over theWisconsin Timber Rattlers ...
IWU women's soccer harbors high hopes
Sep 02, 2004; ... BLOOMINGTON -- The Illinois Wesleyan women's soccer team hopes toascend to the level of the nation's best in Division III this season. The Titans, who open their season Saturday against Calvin in theTitan Soccer Classic, posted a 12-3-4 record last fall and have 18letter-winners ...
WEEKEND'S BEST BETS
Sep 02, 2004; ... Prints by Paschke World-class Chicago artist Ed Paschke will be at Illinois WesleyanUniversity today to lecture and attend the opening of his one-manshow in IWU's Wakeley Gallery, "Prints," on view through Sept. 27.The lecture is from 4 to 5 p.m., followed by the reception, from 4 ...
BHS grad Ford beats odds, makes SIU softball squad
Sep 02, 2004; ... The odds were against Clare Ford, more than the Bloomington HighSchool graduate realized last week when she reported as a walk-on toSouthern Illinois softball practice. Ford was unaware Salukis' coach Kerri Blaylock had not kept a walk-on in four years. "I just thought, 'This ...
Festival film fare runs gamut of genres
Sep 02, 2004 ... "Twilight Samurai," reviewed above, is the opening film of theannual Beyond Normal Films Showcase, screening at 7 p.m. tonight andFriday. The festival of first-run foreign and independent film farecontinues through the rest of the September at the Normal Theater indowntown ...
Some students get role in picking roommates
Sep 02, 2004; ... Some colleges keep higher education professionals in charge ofmatching students, while other schools give students a direct role inthe process. Regardless of who makes the assignments, factors can range fromwhether they smoke to whether they would fit with a floor full ofstudents ...
Window work
Sep 02, 2004 ... Perched atop a bay window, stuart Henderson of Henderson PaintContractos, Bloomington, caulked the ...
Ex-U High star earns national coach honor
Sep 02, 2004; ... Derek Johnson never wants to stop being a student when it comes tohis favorite subject: pitching a baseball. The 1989 University High School graduate said he is constantly"trying to learn more things and get better." "I always try to think outside of the box," he ...
Motorist helps in arrest in child abduction case
Sep 02, 2004; ... NORMAL -- A motorist who flagged down a Normal police officerWednesday night helped lead to two arrests in a child abduction case. An Amber Alert was issued for a 1-year-old girl taken about 12:20p.m. Wednesday from a Boys & Girls Club in Peoria, Normal policesaid. A man was ...
DEATHS
Sep 02, 2004 ... Margaret Shanks BLOOMINGTON -- Margaret Louise Shanks, 85, of 713 W. Jackson St.,Bloomington, died at 8:02 a.m. Wednesday (Sept. 1, 2004) at OSF St.Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Her funeral will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Church,Bloomington, with the Rev ....
DEATHS
Sep 02, 2004 ... Edward Koranda HEYWORTH -- Edward Koranda, 86, of Zion, father of a Heyworthresident, died Monday (Aug. 30, 2004) at Victory Memorial Hospital,Waukegan. Service: 11 a.m. Saturday memorial service at Congdon ...
Step-stool
Sep 02, 2004 ... Shorty Kalkwarf of Minonk used his company truck to reach the sideof an anhydrous ...