The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL back issues from May 2007:
ISU actors right athome in 'Our Town'
May 01, 2007 ... Afriend recently admitted she's seen Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeoand Juliet" a dozen times, but each time, she goes in hoping thatsomehow the end will be different this time. I realized, sitting in ISU's Westhoff Theatre, that that's exactlyhow I feel about Thornton Wilder's "Our ...
April truly showered us - in big news
May 01, 2007; ... COLUMN DIARY, a check of big headlines, small wonders and otherworldly events: April 2007 1. Congress, White House finally fully agree on Iraq. April Fool! 2. Cubs, Cardinals, Sox all lose baseball openers. Not April Fools! 3. Ohio State drops ...
Aaron Newman
May 01, 2007 ... Baseball- Aaron Newman pitched and hit Tri-Valley to a 12-2 Heartof Illinois Conference win over Deer Creek-Mackinaw at Mackinaw.Newman fired a complete game three-hitter, striking out nine with onewalk, while driving in three runs with two hits.- Mike Folkertshomered and Drew Duffy ...
Extra precautions after scary run-in near school
May 01, 2007; ... heyworthstar@verizon.net HEYWORTH - Extra precautions continued Monday in Heyworth afterthree grade school children felt threatened by a man in a truck. A man in a truck sitting outside a house made three childrennervous about 8 a.m. Friday as they started out for ...
Herr keys Saints' win over Calvary Baptist
May 01, 2007 ... Vanessa Herr scored twice to spark the Central Catholic HighSchool girls soccer team to a 6-1 victory over Calvary Baptist atNormal on Monday. Brittany Brady opened the scoring off an assist from Gina Hensonin the sixth minute. The Saints (7-5) did the rest of their scoring ...
Saints regroup, handle St. Teresa
May 01, 2007 ... After a slow defensive start which cost them an early lead, theCentral Catholic High School baseball team buckled down both on themound and in the field to pull away for a 7-2 nonconference win overDecatur St. Teresa on Monday at O'Neil Park. Central Catholic (15-8) jumped out to a ...
Bomb threat forces school's closure
May 01, 2007 ... CLINTON - A bomb threat Monday morning forced students fromWebster Elementary School for an hour. Students were taken to Clinton Junior High School as they arrivedat school and returned to Webster after a search of the building wascompleted about an hour later, said school ...
New jury convicts Hari of murder
May 01, 2007; ... PAXTON - Former Paxton resident David Hari was convicted a secondtime of shooting his estranged wife and killing her boyfriend. Hari, 44, was accused of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the Feb. 10, 2002, shooting of Lisa Hari, then 36,and Jeffrey Thomas, ...
Longtime ISU police official retires
May 01, 2007; ... NORMAL - Joe Cossairt said he doesn't think he would have landedhis jobs in law enforcement without Capt. Keith Gehrand's guidance. "He pretty much gave me a roadmap," Cossairt said. Illinois State Police Lt. Ted Kerrn described Gehrand as a friendand "an intelligent, caring ...
Babbitt's opensin new location
May 01, 2007 ... LOCAL Babbitt's opens in new locationNORMAL - Babbitt's Books opened at its new uptown Normal homeMonday. The 20-year-old bookstore moved from its longtime location at 104W. North St. to a new spot right around the corner at 117 E. BeaufortSt. The store ...
CCIW addingRose-Hulmanfor swimming
May 01, 2007 ... NAPERVILLE - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology will join theCCIW for men's and women's swimming beginning with the 2007-08season, the conference announced Monday. Rose-Hulman, a school known for its ...
Letters
May 01, 2007 ... Lucky to live where rule of law is followed As we celebrate Law Day on May 1, a day set aside by Congress tocelebrate "the rule of law," we should take a moment to think aboutthis wonderful idea our founding fathers came up with calledseparation of powers: Government characterized ...
Man hurt when car, lawn mower collide
May 01, 2007 ... COLFAX - A man was hospitalized after a collision between a carand a lawn mower Monday morning between Colfax and Anchor, policesaid. Jack Bales, 75, of Anchor was taken to Gibson Area Hospital inGibson City and later flown to Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Anursing ...
Deaths
May 01, 2007 ... central illinois Leland Ross Beck EUREKA - Leland Ross Beck, 87, Eureka, passed away Sunday (April29, 2007) at the Apostolic Christian Home in Eureka. Leland was born March 22, 1920, in Fort Madison, Iowa, to Alva andAdelia McPherson Beck. He married Margie H ....
ISU freshmen to represent B-N in Signature Cup
May 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Captain Frank Niepagen's final two selections forthe Bloomington-Normal golf squad in the Lee Enterprises SignatureCup definitely qualify as a couple "fresh" faces. Illinois State freshmen Stacey Miller and Drew Miller, who starredfor their Intercity high school teams ...
Majerus looking tobuild at Saint Louis
May 01, 2007; ... ST. LOUIS - Rick Majerus got out of coaching three years agobecause of health concerns. Now his biggest worry is putting SaintLouis on the basketball map. Majerus replaces Brad Soderberg, who won 20 games in the last ofhis five seasons but failed to generate even an NIT bid his ...
Streator man chargedwith stealing golf cart
May 01, 2007 ... INCOURT Streator man charged with stealing golf cart LEONORE - A Streator man has been charged with stealing a golfcart from a Leonore ...
House panel gets back to basics for GRT plan
May 01, 2007; ... SPRINGFIELD - Anticipating a showdown over possible tax increases,some Illinois lawmakers returned to Government 101 on Monday. Members of the House Revenue committee heard tax experts explainthe basic pros and cons of different types of taxes. State Rep. John Bradley, a Marion ...
Redbirds sign three for track
May 01, 2007; ... NORMAL - The Illinois State track and field team landed two newrecruits and a transfer for 2007, the university announced Monday. Sonja Zoric of Milwaukee and Ryan Asta of Barrington signednational letters of intent, while Kami Klopfenstein of Leo, Ind.,will transfer to Illinois ...
Officials, father of slain Lacon man await answers
May 01, 2007; ... LACON - A Marshall County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a manwho authorities said was suicidal and lunged at officers with aknife, something disputed by family witnesses. State's Attorney Paul Bauer is waiting for the completion of theinvestigation before determining whether the ...
Tast of Asia event planned for Sunday
May 01, 2007 ... News in brief Taste of Asia eventplanned for Sunday BLOOMINGTON - The McLean County India Association and the OCA-Central Illinois Chapter will host "Taste of Asia" from 2 to 5 p.m.Sunday at the DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center. The eventcelebrates Asian Pacific ...
Woman, baby escape Clinton fire
May 01, 2007; ... CLINTON - A woman baby-sitting her infant niece escaped a fireMonday that gutted the woman's rented mobile home in the West SideMobile Home Park. Catarina Hernandez and 7-month-old Luz Hernandez were outside themobile home when firefighters arrived around 10:30 a.m. Assistant ...
Exit Realty opens
May 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - People who want to buy or sell a house have anotherchoice for a real estate agency. Exit Heart of Illinois Realty moved into its new office space at1708 E. Empire St., Bloomington last month and already is busylisting and selling homes, said Lee Nalewanski, owner of ...
Where eagles share
May 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - The wild bald eagle that visited Miller Park inBloomington last week may have flown the coop. But experts think the visitor may have sparked a relationship thatcould lead to the hatching of one or both of the eggs the zoo'sfemale eagle, Beauty, laid during his stay ....
Fight against gangs is a never-ending battle
May 01, 2007 ... Tokeep gang problems under control in Bloomington-Normal, thecommunity must remain vigilant. That includes not only police and prosecutors but also communityorganizations, neighborhood groups and individuals. The biggest mistake the community could make is thinking thebattle ...
Gravel pit plan pulled - for now
May 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - The petition to create a gravel pit in southwestBloomington has been withdrawn for now. William Wetzel, the attorney for Hall Farms Trust, filed a noticewith the city to withdraw the petition pending before the city'splanning commission and zoning board. Hall ...
Exelon aids Clinton park renovation
May 01, 2007; ... CLINTON <\ Fund-raising efforts continue for the renovation ofClinton's Woodward Park, but organizers are $50,000 closer to theirgoal thanks to a donation from Exelon Nuclear. "We hope this grant will provide a park of which the residents ofClinton can be proud of and offer another ...
Construction gainsreduce jobless rate
May 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Central Illinois unemployment stabilized in Marchafter increasing in February when inclement weather slowedconstruction work. The jobless rate in McLean County dropped to 3.5 percent in Marchfrom 4.2 percent the previous month, according to a report by theIllinois ...
Village elderon board withpublic service
May 01, 2007; ... EMINGTON - Ruby Vant sat down on her front porch steps to pet hercat, but Midnight moved away. A visitor offered assistance as Vant,99, struggled to stand up. But she waved off the offer, got up and smiled. The encounter was pure Ruby, an independent-minded woman thoughtto be ...
South Bend,Valdez holddown Chiefs
May 02, 2007 ... PANTAGRAPH STAFF PEORIA - Cesar Valdez held Peoria to one run over seven inningsTuesday as South Bend topped the Chiefs, 6-1, in Midwest Leaguebaseball action at O'Brien ...
Deaths
May 02, 2007 ... central illinois Anita M. Arnold LODA - Anita M. Arnold, 63, Loda, died at 2:35 a.m. Saturday(April 28, 2007) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Ford-Baier Funeral Home, Paxton,with the Rev. William C. Wiggins officiating ....
Shredding event planned for Friday
May 02, 2007 ... LOCAL Shredding event planned for Friday BLOOMINGTON - In a fight against identity theft, Smith Barney andConfidential On-Site Paper Shredding, or COPS, of Normal will sponsora free paper shredding event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. COPS will park a large ...
Theater will play big role at newB&B
May 02, 2007; ... LINCOLN - Stay the night in a two-room tropical suite with a claw-foot tub and wicker furniture. Or feel like you're in a Route 66diner and get a good night's rest with a poodle bedspread. Maybe you'll even time your stay to get caught up in a mystery inLas Vegas. It's all ...
Students laugh, learn to save
May 02, 2007; ... NORMAL - Normal Community High School students chuckled oftenTuesday as Rudy Lewis of the Illinois treasurer's office hit themwith some hard financial truths. "These years of your life are going to be the best of your life.Is that scary or what?" Lewis said, speaking to a consumer ...
Troupe plans events
May 02, 2007 ... Theater Troupe plans events NORMAL - The group GoodluckMacbeth explores the work of JohnPatrick Shanley with three performances titled "Welcome to the Moonand Other Plays." The Sunday night performance, at 9 p.m. above Maggie Miley's, willbe followed by a fund-raiser ...
Gainsmadeat Leepapers
May 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - The Pantagraph and 30 other Lee Enterprisesnewspapers continue to buck the national trend in circulation,posting gains in the most recent auditing period, the company hasannounced. As Lee's paid daily circulation held stable at 1.7 million dailyand 1.9 million ...
Cost trumps public safety when it comes to food labeling
May 02, 2007; ... Ifyou could save, say, $1,000 on the purchase of a new car ortruck because it did not have a shatterproof windshield and sideglass, would you cut the deal? Of course not; the safety of you and your family is priceless. Yet many ag businesses, farm groups and the federal ...
Dessert all wrapped up
May 02, 2007; ... Holding steady a bag of whipped cream while making a perfect swirlis a little different from handling a football. Mat Bimonte has done both. One for the Bloomington High Schoolfootball team, the other as a line cook for Carlos O'Kelly's. The 19-year-old college student doesn't ...
Asphalt project scrutiny begins
May 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Several Heyworth residents and an attorneyrepresenting Rowe Construction Co. questioned Decatur-based EntlerExcavating Co. on Tuesday about potential toxins and truck trafficthat could come from an asphalt plant proposed southeast of Heyworth. The questions followed a ...
Porter, BHS blank Mattoon in Big12
May 02, 2007 ... Kelsey Porter scored two goals and assisted on another asBloomington High School posted a 4-0, Big 12 Conference girls soccerwin over Mattoon on Tuesday at Mattoon. Beth Walther added a goal and an assist for BHS (12-4-1, 4-2),while Emily White contributed an unassisted ...
Land annexed for plant
May 02, 2007; ... CHENOA - The Chenoa City Council unanimously approved annexing andzoning more than 600 acres for a development that will include anethanol plant. Tuesday's vote paves the way for creating a tax incrementfinancing district, which is critical for the plant's construction.TIF ...
Clintonmayortakesthe reins
May 02, 2007; ... CLINTON - Retired Clinton schoolteacher Ed Wollet took his oath ofoffice as mayor of Clinton on Tuesday night, sending a message thathe has no intentions of flying solo in his first stint in publicoffice. "I am not doing this alone," Wollet said, addressing an overflowcrowd at ...
Duo, depth key as Tremont boys cruise to victory
May 02, 2007; ... DOWNS - Parker Thompson and Jeremy Pflederer were part of aneighth-place Class A state 3,200-meter relay team a year ago. On Tuesday, the Tremont High School track stars went theirseparate ways to combine for 66 (including relay points) of theirwinning team's 121 points in the ...
Visitor leaves bloodymark on rental home
May 02, 2007 ... Police, fire, rescue Visitor leaves bloodymark on rental home BLOOMINGTON - A Bloomington landlord went to a vacant propertyTuesday evening, only to find a stranger tracking blood around thehouse, police said. The owner found the barefoot man deliberately walking on ...
Expansion could head to ballot
May 02, 2007; ... NORMAL - Heartland Community College's $60 million expansion planpossibly could go to the voters after all. A group has organized to collect signatures on petitions callingfor a referendum on the planned $59 million bond issue. Organizersplan to kick off the effort ...
May puts injurybehind (for a day)in dominant outing
May 02, 2007; ... NORMAL - Amber May has surgery scheduled for her left knee on May16. Maybe. Normal Community High School's standout senior made her firstextended appearance Tuesday since dislocating her kneecap two weeksago. May struck out 11 of the 13 batters she faced as the ...
Brown enables Tri-Valley girls to nip Flanagan
May 02, 2007; ... DOWNS - Stephanie Brown rarely needs a reason to run well. When the reason to win also meant a McLean County Meet teamchampionship on Tuesday, the reigning Class A state 800-meterchampion from Tri-Valley dug deeper than anyone thought she could. With her Vikings facing a 92-89 ...
Wildcats ride 8, 9, 1 hittersto 8-5 win over rival NCHS
May 02, 2007; ... NORMAL - Normal West High School baseball coach Chris Hawkins hasbeen on a season-long quest to determine "who our nine toughest outsare." "I believe we still have a couple of tough outs on the bench,"Hawkins said. "It's a good problem to have." Identifying the Wildcats' most ...
U High edges Saints to giveBee 300th coaching victory
May 02, 2007 ... A Tyler Cook sacrifice fly with one out in the top of the eighthinning drove home the go-ahead run as the University High Schoolbaseball team gave Coach Greg Bee his 300th career victory in a 7-6decision over Central Catholic Tuesday at O'Neil Park. The Saints jumped out to a 2-0 ...
Man dies after mower accident
May 02, 2007 ... COLFAX - A 75-year-old Anchor man died Tuesday from injuries hesuffered Monday in an accident between a car and a lawn tractor. Jack Bales died, likely from closed-head injuries, at 10:13 a.m.Tuesday at the intensive care unit at Carle Foundation Hospital inUrbana, said Bill ...
Caleb Cook
May 02, 2007 ... Baseball- Caleb Cook hit the game-winning RBI single in the eighthinning to propel GCMS to a 7-6 victory over Lexington at Gibson City.-Mike Harrold hit a home run and drove in five and Matt Kemp struckout eight over four innings to lift El Paso-Gridley to a 9-2 victoryat Flanagan.- ...
Housevotes tosnuff outsmoking
May 02, 2007; ... SPRINGFIELD - Smoke-filled bars, hazy casinos and cloudy prisonhallways soon could be Illinois history. State lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban smoking in indoor publicplaces, and Gov. Rod Blagojevich suggested he'll sign off. A ban would cap a debate over secondhand smoke that ...
Governor: Put both companies in rate-relief bill
May 02, 2007; ... SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich again said he wants lawmakersto move forward with a plan to provide Illinoisans relief from highpower bills. Speaking to reporters in Chicago on Tuesday, the governor saidboth ComEd and Ameren should be included in any rate relief measurebeing ...
Thunder ownership transferred
May 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - After one season of play on the ice at U.S. CellularColiseum, ownership of the Bloomington PrairieThunder has shifted, amove that all but ensures the team will remain in the United HockeyLeague for the 2007-08 season. Tony Lisman of Muskegon, Mich., has assumed full ...
Collision ties up traffic
May 02, 2007 ... Pantagraph/CARLOS T. MIRANDA Paramedics immobilize an injured motorist after acollisionapparently involving two sport utility vehicles and apassenger car shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday at Veterans ...
Hancock involved in earlier collision
May 02, 2007; ... and Jake Wagman joe.strauss@lee.netp>and jake.wagman@lee.net ST. LOUIS - Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was in a potentiallyserious traffic accident less than three days before the one thattook his life Sunday, according to police reports. Hancock walked away from ...
Titans heading back toNCAADivision III tourney
May 02, 2007 ... BLOOMINGTON - For the third straight year, the Illinois Wesleyanwomen's golf team will participate in the NCAA Division III NationalChampionship. The Titans, who qualified by winning the College Conference ofIllinois and Wisconsin Tournament in the fall, are among 20 teams and11 ...
Judge acquits ISU theater professor
May 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - A former theater professor at Illinois StateUniversity was acquitted Tuesday of battery and official misconductcharges that said he kissed a student who contends the attention wasunwanted. Theater professor Patrick J. O'Gara, 63, faced two counts ofofficial ...
Letters
May 02, 2007 ... Don't believe GRT only hits big business I am strongly opposed to the new gross receipts tax that ourgovernor is proposing. Our governor is pandering to the ignorance ofthe citizens by trying to make them believe that only largebusinesses will have to pay the new GRT. Fact: ...
Clock ticks on - and on - at this NFL event
May 02, 2007; ... It lasted more than six hours. You could fly to L.A. in that time.You could aerate the yard, wash the car, groom the dog and steamclean the carpets. Britney Spears could go in and out of rehab. Twice. Somewhere between one-time Steelers' linebacker Andy Russell androokie ...
Mansfield woman honored for work with disabled
May 02, 2007; ... MANSFIELD - Maureen Gilbert was hoping no one would make a bigdeal out of her being named one of the "20 Outstanding Women YouShould Know" in East-Central Illinois for her work with disabledpeople. But her friends didn't let her off so easily. "I tried to minimize it, but ...
Rally planned todayabout war bill veto
May 02, 2007 ... NEWS IN BRIEF Rally planned today about war bill veto BLOOMINGTON - A local rally is planned to protest President Bush'sveto of a bill to end the Iraq war and bring the troops home in 2008. The rally will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday outside the McLean CountyMuseum of ...
Errors hurt Redbirdsin softball loss toEIU
May 02, 2007 ... Errors spelled disaster for the No. 22 Illinois State softballteam on Tuesday as the Redbirds were charged with four miscues in a 6-2 loss to Eastern Illinois at Charleston. ISU starter Stacy Birk (18-8) allowed five unearned runs and sixhits in four innings as the Redbirds dropped ...
Chocolate shop not so sweet on downtown tavern
May 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - A longstanding feud between two downtown businessowners has gotten a little more heated as one owner has put up a Website with videos showing bar fights, public urination and vandalism. John Shank, owner of the Chocolatier at 514 N. Main St., said hisWeb site shows ...
Bloomingtongolfer second instate Publinks
May 02, 2007 ... WHEATON - Mike Henry of Bloomington shot an even-par 72 Tuesdayfor a two-day 148 total and finished second in the Illinois StatePublic Links Championship at Arrowhead Golf Club. Henry was five shots behind Mark ...